What is Makoto Murata's full name?
Makoto Murata
Makoto Murata nickname(s):
Makoto Murata
Makoto Murata date of birth:
1960
How old is Makoto Murata?
66
Where was Makoto Murata born?
Japan
Makoto Murata body shape:
Slim
What color are Makoto Murata's eyes?
Brown - Dark
What color is Makoto Murata's hair?
Brown - Dark
What is Makoto Murata's ethnicity?
Asian
What is Makoto Murata nationality?
Japanese
What is Makoto Murata's occupation?
Japanese computer scientist
Short Biography
Makoto Murata (村田 真 Murata Makoto, born 1960) is a Japanese computer scientist. He participated in the W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) XML Working Group. The Working Group designed XML1.0, a markup language specification. Murata and James Clark designed RELAX NG, an XML schema language.Murata is the convener of ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 34 WG 4, responsible for Office Open XML maintenance.CareerIn 1982, Murata received his bachelor's degree from the Faculty of Science, Kyoto University.In 1985, he joined Fuji Xerox.From 1993 to 1995, he researched structured documents at Xerox Webster Research Center.As of 1997, he worked at Fuji Xerox Information Systems on lease from Fuji Xerox.In 2000, he left Fuji Xerox.Since 2000, he has researched at International University of Japan.From 2000 to May 2008, he also researched at IBM Tokyo Research Laboratory.Since September 2008, he has been a Fellow of the Center for Global Communications (GLOCOM), the International University of Japan.July 2006, Murata obtained the doctor’s degree in Engineering from Graduate School of Systems and Information Engineering of the University of Tsukuba.In November 2009, he assumed the position of Technical Lead at Japan Electronic Publishing Association (JEPA) and has since been leading the EPUB Research Team of JEPA.Since 2010, Murata has been a Vice Chairman of IVS Technology Promotion Council.