Mark Nottingham
Encyclopedia
Mark Nottingham is an influential web infrastructure developer who is one of the authors of the Atom
(with Robert Sayre
) and WS-I Basic Profile
specifications, the author of RFC 4229: HTTP Header Registrations, and the chairman of the IETF HTTPBIS Working Group and W3C Web Services Addressing Working Group. He was an early advocate of web service
s, protocols that enabled software interoperability over the web.
Nottingham joined Yahoo in 2006, where he works as a principal technologist—a position the company calls a "technical Yahoo" -- in the media infrastructure department. He previously worked for BEA Systems
as a senior principal technologist and at Akamai Technologies
as a research scientist.
The Web Services Addressing Working Group was launched in 2004 to extend the WS-Addressing
specification. The group produced three specifications and closed in 2007.
In 2002, Nottingham wrote "So You'd Like to Be a Standards Geek," a reading list on Amazon.com
for people who aspire to create Internet protocols and formats. He included Machiavelli's
The Prince
among the books to read: "It's short, sweet (well, not really) and gets you in the proper frame of mind for doing battle, er, gathering consensus," he quipped.
He has been a featured speaker at the technical conferences QCon 2007 in London
, QCon 2008 in San Francisco and XTech 2006 in Amsterdam
.
Originally from Baltimore
, Maryland
, Nottingham graduated from Towson University
with a bachelor of arts in photojournalistic studies, a self-designed major that included work in journalism
, photography
and graphic design
.
He lives in Melbourne
, Australia
, with his wife Anitra and their two sons.
Atom (standard)
The name Atom applies to a pair of related standards. The Atom Syndication Format is an XML language used for web feeds, while the Atom Publishing Protocol is a simple HTTP-based protocol for creating and updating web resources.Web feeds allow software programs to check for updates published on a...
(with Robert Sayre
Robert Sayre
Robert Sayre is a software developer who wrote the Atom specification along with Mark Nottingham. Sayre joined Mozilla in 2006, where he worked until 31 May 2011 as an engineering director...
) and WS-I Basic Profile
WS-I Basic Profile
The WS-I Basic Profile , a specification from the Web Services Interoperability industry consortium , provides interoperability guidance for core Web Services specifications such as SOAP, WSDL, and UDDI...
specifications, the author of RFC 4229: HTTP Header Registrations, and the chairman of the IETF HTTPBIS Working Group and W3C Web Services Addressing Working Group. He was an early advocate of web service
Web service
A Web service is a method of communication between two electronic devices over the web.The W3C defines a "Web service" as "a software system designed to support interoperable machine-to-machine interaction over a network". It has an interface described in a machine-processable format...
s, protocols that enabled software interoperability over the web.
Nottingham joined Yahoo in 2006, where he works as a principal technologist—a position the company calls a "technical Yahoo" -- in the media infrastructure department. He previously worked for BEA Systems
BEA Systems
BEA Systems, Inc. specialized in enterprise infrastructure software products known as "middleware", which connect software applications to databases and was acquired by Oracle Corporation on April 29, 2008.- History :...
as a senior principal technologist and at Akamai Technologies
Akamai Technologies
Akamai Technologies, Inc. is an Internet content delivery network headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, US.The company was founded in 1998 by then-MIT graduate student Daniel M. Lewin, and MIT Applied Mathematics professor Tom Leighton...
as a research scientist.
The Web Services Addressing Working Group was launched in 2004 to extend the WS-Addressing
WS-Addressing
WS-Addressing or Web Services Addressing is a specification of transport-neutral mechanisms that allow web services to communicate addressing information...
specification. The group produced three specifications and closed in 2007.
In 2002, Nottingham wrote "So You'd Like to Be a Standards Geek," a reading list on Amazon.com
Amazon.com
Amazon.com, Inc. is a multinational electronic commerce company headquartered in Seattle, Washington, United States. It is the world's largest online retailer. Amazon has separate websites for the following countries: United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Japan, and...
for people who aspire to create Internet protocols and formats. He included Machiavelli's
Niccolò Machiavelli
Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli was an Italian historian, philosopher, humanist, and writer based in Florence during the Renaissance. He is one of the main founders of modern political science. He was a diplomat, political philosopher, playwright, and a civil servant of the Florentine Republic...
The Prince
The Prince
The Prince is a political treatise by the Italian diplomat, historian and political theorist Niccolò Machiavelli. From correspondence a version appears to have been distributed in 1513, using a Latin title, De Principatibus . But the printed version was not published until 1532, five years after...
among the books to read: "It's short, sweet (well, not really) and gets you in the proper frame of mind for doing battle, er, gathering consensus," he quipped.
He has been a featured speaker at the technical conferences QCon 2007 in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, QCon 2008 in San Francisco and XTech 2006 in Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...
.
Originally from Baltimore
Baltimore
Baltimore is the largest independent city in the United States and the largest city and cultural center of the US state of Maryland. The city is located in central Maryland along the tidal portion of the Patapsco River, an arm of the Chesapeake Bay. Baltimore is sometimes referred to as Baltimore...
, Maryland
Maryland
Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east...
, Nottingham graduated from Towson University
Towson University
Towson University, often referred to as TU or simply Towson for short, is a public university located in Towson in Baltimore County, Maryland, U.S...
with a bachelor of arts in photojournalistic studies, a self-designed major that included work in journalism
Journalism
Journalism is the practice of investigation and reporting of events, issues and trends to a broad audience in a timely fashion. Though there are many variations of journalism, the ideal is to inform the intended audience. Along with covering organizations and institutions such as government and...
, photography
Photography
Photography is the art, science and practice of creating durable images by recording light or other electromagnetic radiation, either electronically by means of an image sensor or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film...
and graphic design
Graphic design
Graphic design is a creative process – most often involving a client and a designer and usually completed in conjunction with producers of form – undertaken in order to convey a specific message to a targeted audience...
.
He lives in Melbourne
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, with his wife Anitra and their two sons.
External links
- Mark Nottingham's personal web site
- RFC 4287, The Atom Syndication Format
- WS-I Basic Profile
- RFC 4229
- So You'd Like to Be a Standards Geek, written by Nottingham