Patrick Durusau

Patrick Durusau (patrick@durusau.net) is an independent consultant and standards editor. He currently serves as editor for the OASIS OpenDocument Technical Committee, co-editor of ISO/IEC 13250 parts 1 and 5 (topic maps), and convener of JTC 1/SC 34/WG 3. He also chairs the US mirror committee to SC 34, INCITS/V1. In addition to being a topic maps editor, he also teaches a course on topic maps at the Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois.

In no particular order he is interested in the role of formats as part of the interoperability question, semantic integration while preserving semantic diversity, and the development of open and collaborative environments both in and between standards organizations. He holds degrees in law and theology. His term on the TAB extends to July 2011.