Tantek Çelik
Encyclopedia
Tantek Çelik is a computer scientist of Turkish
-American descent and was the Chief Technologist at Technorati
. He is one of the principal editors of several CSS
Specifications.
He gained a following during his time at Microsoft
(1997–2004), where he worked on the Macintosh version of Internet Explorer
. Between 1998 and 2003 he managed a team of software developers that designed and implemented the Tasman
rendering engine for Internet Explorer for Mac version 5. During his time at Microsoft he also served as their alternate representative (1998–2000) and later their representative (2001–2004) to a number of working group
s at the World Wide Web Consortium
(W3C), due to this work he is credited on a number of recommendations relating to XHTML
and Cascading Style Sheets
. While working for Microsoft he also developed the "box model hack" that is used by web designers to work around the Internet Explorer box model bug
.
Before working at Microsoft he worked in a variety of software engineer roles at Sun Microsystems
, Oracle Corporation
and Apple Computer
. During his four years at Apple Computer (1992–1996), he spent most of his time on the OpenDoc
project, first as a senior software developer and then as a technical lead. In 1996 he left Apple to form a software development and consulting company specialising in OpenDoc development, 6prime, with another OpenDoc technical lead Eric Soldan, however in 1997 Aladdin Systems purchased 6prime's main product REV releasing it as Flashback.
At Technorati, he led the adoption of better standards support (including microformats
) throughout the company, including their website's front page. He was also involved with the special Election 2004
section of the website, including writing the initial version. He serves as a founder at the Global Multimedia Protocols Group
and has Bachelor's and Masters degrees in Computer Science from Stanford University.
He is the older brother of the actress Aysan Çelik.
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
-American descent and was the Chief Technologist at Technorati
Technorati
Technorati is an Internet search engine for searching blogs. By June 2008, Technorati was indexing 112.8 million blogs and over 250 million pieces of tagged social media...
. He is one of the principal editors of several CSS
CSS
-Computing:*Cascading Style Sheets, a language used to describe the style of document presentations in web development*Central Structure Store in the PHIGS 3D API*Closed source software, software that is not distributed with source code...
Specifications.
He gained a following during his time at Microsoft
Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...
(1997–2004), where he worked on the Macintosh version of Internet Explorer
Internet Explorer for Mac
Internet Explorer for Mac was a proprietary web browser developed by Microsoft for the Macintosh platform. Initial versions were developed from the same code base as Internet Explorer for Windows...
. Between 1998 and 2003 he managed a team of software developers that designed and implemented the Tasman
Tasman (layout engine)
Tasman was a layout engine developed by Microsoft for inclusion in the Macintosh version of Internet Explorer 5. Tasman was an attempt to improve support for web standards, as defined by the World Wide Web Consortium. At the time of its release, Tasman was seen as the layout engine with the best...
rendering engine for Internet Explorer for Mac version 5. During his time at Microsoft he also served as their alternate representative (1998–2000) and later their representative (2001–2004) to a number of working group
Working group
A working group is an interdisciplinary collaboration of researchers working on new research activities that would be difficult to develop under traditional funding mechanisms . The lifespan of the WG can last anywhere between a few months and several years...
s at the World Wide Web Consortium
World Wide Web Consortium
The World Wide Web Consortium is the main international standards organization for the World Wide Web .Founded and headed by Tim Berners-Lee, the consortium is made up of member organizations which maintain full-time staff for the purpose of working together in the development of standards for the...
(W3C), due to this work he is credited on a number of recommendations relating to XHTML
XHTML
XHTML is a family of XML markup languages that mirror or extend versions of the widely-used Hypertext Markup Language , the language in which web pages are written....
and Cascading Style Sheets
Cascading Style Sheets
Cascading Style Sheets is a style sheet language used to describe the presentation semantics of a document written in a markup language...
. While working for Microsoft he also developed the "box model hack" that is used by web designers to work around the Internet Explorer box model bug
Internet Explorer box model bug
The Internet Explorer box model bug refers to the way in which earlier versions of Internet Explorer handle the sizing of elements in a web page, which differs from the standard way recommended by the W3C for the Cascading Style Sheets language...
.
Before working at Microsoft he worked in a variety of software engineer roles at Sun Microsystems
Sun Microsystems
Sun Microsystems, Inc. was a company that sold :computers, computer components, :computer software, and :information technology services. Sun was founded on February 24, 1982...
, Oracle Corporation
Oracle Corporation
Oracle Corporation is an American multinational computer technology corporation that specializes in developing and marketing hardware systems and enterprise software products – particularly database management systems...
and Apple Computer
Apple Computer
Apple Inc. is an American multinational corporation that designs and markets consumer electronics, computer software, and personal computers. The company's best-known hardware products include the Macintosh line of computers, the iPod, the iPhone and the iPad...
. During his four years at Apple Computer (1992–1996), he spent most of his time on the OpenDoc
OpenDoc
OpenDoc was a multi-platform software componentry framework standard for compound documents, intended as an alternative to Microsoft's Object Linking and Embedding ....
project, first as a senior software developer and then as a technical lead. In 1996 he left Apple to form a software development and consulting company specialising in OpenDoc development, 6prime, with another OpenDoc technical lead Eric Soldan, however in 1997 Aladdin Systems purchased 6prime's main product REV releasing it as Flashback.
At Technorati, he led the adoption of better standards support (including microformats
Microformats
A microformat is a web-based approach to semantic markup which seeks to re-use existing HTML/XHTML tags to convey metadata and other attributes in web pages and other contexts that support HTML, such as RSS...
) throughout the company, including their website's front page. He was also involved with the special Election 2004
Elections in the United States
The United States has a federal government, with elected officials at the federal , state and local levels. On a national level, the head of state, the President, is elected indirectly by the people, through an Electoral College. In modern times, the electors virtually always vote with the popular...
section of the website, including writing the initial version. He serves as a founder at the Global Multimedia Protocols Group
Global Multimedia Protocols Group
The Global Multimedia Protocols Group was founded in March 2003 by Tantek Çelik, Eric Meyer, and Matt Mullenweg. The group has developed methods to represent human relationships using XHTML called XHTML Friends Network and XHTML Meta Data Profiles , for use in weblogs....
and has Bachelor's and Masters degrees in Computer Science from Stanford University.
He is the older brother of the actress Aysan Çelik.