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{{for multi|the entrepreneur and computer scientist born in 1944|James H. Clark|other people named James Clark|James Clark (disambiguation){{!}}James Clark}} {{Primary sources|date=January 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}} {{Use British English|date=April 2018}} {{Infobox person | name = James Clark | image = <!-- filename only, no "File:" or "Image:" prefix, and no enclosing [[brackets]] --> | alt = <!-- descriptive text for use by speech synthesis (text-to-speech) software --> | caption = | birth_name = James Jackson Clark | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1964|02|23}} | birth_place = [[London]], [[England]] | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (DEATH date then BIRTH date) --> | death_place = | nationality = | education = [[Charterhouse School]] | alma_mater = [[University of Oxford]] (BA) | other_names = | occupation = | years_active = | known_for = {{ubl| |[[Groff (software)|groff]] |[[Expat (library)|Expat]] |[[Document Style Semantics and Specification Language|DSSSL]] |[[XSLT]] |[[XPath]] |[[Regular Language description for XML|TREX]] |[[RELAX NG]] |[[Ballerina (programming language)|Ballerina]] }} | notable_works = | spouse = Joy Chanpen | partner = <!-- (unmarried long-term partner) --> | children = 1 | mother = | father = | relatives = {{ubl|[[Robert Sainsbury]] (maternal grandfather)|[[David Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Turville|David Sainsbury]] (maternal uncle)}} | family = [[Sainsbury family]] | awards = XML Cup (2001)<ref name=bio/> | module = {{Infobox scientist |embed=yes | fields = {{ubl|[[XML]]|[[Open-source software]]}} | workplaces = Thai Open Source Software Center <br>SIPA<br />[[WSO2]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wso2.com/about/board/|website=wso2.com|title=WSO2 Team|author=Anon|year=2020}}</ref> }} | website = {{Official URL}} }} '''James Clark''' (born <time datetime="1964-02-23">23 February 1964</time>) is a software engineer and creator of various [[open-source software]] including [[Groff (software)|groff]], [[Expat (library)|expat]] and several [[XML]] specifications.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://www.jclark.com/bio.htm|title=James Clark Biography|first=James|last=Clark|year=2020|website=jclark.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724032845/http://www.jclark.com/bio.htm|archive-date=2020-07-24}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://blog.jclark.com/|title=James Clark's Random Thoughts|first=James|last=Clark|website=blog.jclark.com|year=2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite interview |last=Clark |first=James |interviewer-last=Kim |interviewer-first=Eugene Eric |url=https://www.drdobbs.com/a-triumph-of-simplicity-james-clark-on-m/184404686 |title=A Triumph of Simplicity: James Clark on Markup Languages and XML |date=2001-07-01 |df=dmy |work=[[Dr. Dobb's Journal]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020224025029/http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=862/ddj0107e/ |archive-date=24 February 2002}}</ref><ref name=twitter>{{twitter}}</ref>
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