James David Mason, Ph.D.
Address
Chairman, ISO/IEC JTC1/SC34
Y-12 National Security Complex
Science Applications International Corporation
Oak Ridge
Tennessee
USA
Email: mxm@y12.doe.gov Web: www.y12.doe.gov/sgml/sc34/sc34oldhome.htm
Y-12 National Security Complex
Science Applications International Corporation
Oak Ridge
Tennessee
USA
Email: mxm@y12.doe.gov Web: www.y12.doe.gov/sgml/sc34/sc34oldhome.htm
Biography
James D. Mason - James D. Mason, originally trained as a physicist, mediaevalist, and linguist, has been a writer, systems developer, and manufacturing engineer at U.S. Department of Energy 1 facilities in Oak Ridge since the late 1970s. In 1981, he joined the ISO's work on standards for document management and interchange. He has chaired ISO/IEC JTC1/SC34, which is responsible for SGML, DSSSL, Topic Maps, and related standards, since 1985. Dr. Mason has been a frequent writer and speaker on standards and their applications. For his work on SGML, Dr. Mason has received the Gutenberg Award from Printing Industries of America and the Tekkie Award from GCA.