Information Management Consulting

Postal Address	Saratoga CA USA
E-mail	charles@sgmlsource.com; charles@xmlbooks.com

Dr. Charles F. Goldfarb - Dr. Goldfarb invented the SGML language in 1974 and later led the team that developed it into the International Standard on which both HTML and XML are based. He serves as Editor of the Standard (ISO 8879) and as a consultant to developers of SGML and XML applications and products. While at IBM Dr. Goldfarb led the project that invented SGML's precursor, GML, in 1969, for which he coined the term "markup language". He edits Prentice-Hall's "Definitive XML Series from Charles F. Goldfarb" and co-authored "The XML Handbook, Second Edition". He has been profiled in Forbes and other publications and is an Honorary Fellow of the Society for Technical Communication and holder of the PIA Gutenberg Award. He is a graduate of Harvard Law School and Columbia College.