Håkon Wium Lie

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Norwegian person computer scientist human software engineer web pioneer

Håkon Wium Lie is a Norwegian web pioneer best known as the creator of Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) and a key figure in the development of open web standards.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Norwegian person → computer scientist → human → software engineer → web pioneer →
advocated	open web standards → standards-based web browsers →
birthCountry	Norway →
birthDate	1965-07-16 →
birthPlace	Halden →
coAuthor	Bert Bos →
coCreated	CSS1 specification → Cascading Style Sheets →
collaboratedWith	Bert Bos → Tim Berners-Lee →
educatedAt	MIT Media Lab → University of Oslo → Østfold University College →
employer	Opera Software →
familyName	Lie →
fieldOfWork	cascading style sheets → web design → web standards → web technology →
givenName	Håkon →
hasTwitterAccount	@wiumlie →
hasWebsite	https://www.wiumlie.no →
hasWritten	Cascading Style Sheets: Designing for the Web →
knownFor	CSS → Cascading Style Sheets → open web advocacy → web standards →
languageSpoken	English → Norwegian →
memberOf	W3C CSS Working Group → World Wide Web Consortium →
name	Håkon Wium Lie →
nationality	Norwegian →
notableWork	CSS specifications → Cascading Style Sheets: Designing for the Web →
occupation	Chief Technology Officer → author → standards activist →
positionHeld	CTO of Opera Software →
residence	Oslo →
workedOn	CSS2 specification → CSS3 modules →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
@wiumlie →	accountOf
Bert Bos →	collaboratedWith
CSS →	createdBy
Håkon Wium Lie ("Håkon") →	givenName
Yurii Rubinsky Memorial Award →	hasNotableRecipient
Håkon Wium Lie →	name