Robert Sayre is a software developer

Software developer

A software developer is a person concerned with facets of the software development process. Their work includes researching, designing, developing, and testing software. A software developer may take part in design, computer programming, or software project management...

 who wrote the Atom

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...

 specification along with Mark Nottingham

Mark Nottingham

Mark Nottingham is an influential web infrastructure developer who is one of the authors of the Atom 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...

. Sayre joined Mozilla

Mozilla

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 in 2006, where he worked until 31 May 2011 as an engineering director. He previously worked for the digital marketing agency IconNicholson as a software engineer.

Sayre was a speaker at the IETF annual meeting in 2007, the Google

Google

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 Test Automation Conference in 2007 and XTech 2006 in Paris

Paris

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. He wrote "Atom: The Standard in Syndication," an article published in the July/August 2005 issue of the journal IEEE Internet Computing

IEEE Internet Computing

IEEE Internet Computing is a bi-monthly magazine, published by the IEEE Computer Society, covering all aspects of emerging and maturing Internet technologies. The journal publishes articles concerning the latest developments, key trends, and new applications related to the Internet...

, and is a former developer of a Mac

Mac OS

Mac OS is a series of graphical user interface-based operating systems developed by Apple Inc. for their Macintosh line of computer systems. The Macintosh user experience is credited with popularizing the graphical user interface...

 client for the Soulseek

Soulseek

Soulseek is a peer-to-peer file-sharing network and application. The term Soulseek might refer to one of the two networks, or one of the three official user client interfaces. Soulseek is used mostly to exchange music, although users are able to share a variety of files...

 file-sharing service.

Sayre lives in San Francisco and graduated from Syracuse University

Syracuse University

Syracuse University is a private research university located in Syracuse, New York, United States. Its roots can be traced back to Genesee Wesleyan Seminary, founded by the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1832, which also later founded Genesee College...

 in 2000. At age 2, he was diagnosed with a Wilms' tumor

Wilms' tumor

Wilms' tumor or nephroblastoma is cancer of the kidneys that typically occurs in children, rarely in adults.Its common name is an eponym, referring to Dr. Max Wilms, the German surgeon who first described this kind of tumor....

. He's a former resident of France

France

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 and Tunisia

Tunisia

Tunisia , officially the Tunisian RepublicThe long name of Tunisia in other languages used in the country is: , is the northernmost country in Africa. It is a Maghreb country and is bordered by Algeria to the west, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east. Its area...

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External links

• Robert Sayre's weblog
• RFC 4287, The Atom Syndication Format
• Don't Break the Web, a presentation by Sayre at the 2nd Annual Google Test Automation Conference