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Dr '''Jenifer Fay Alys Tennison''', [[OBE]],<ref>https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/269031/New-Year-Honours-2014-PM-list.pdf page 42</ref> is a British software engineer who is currently Technical Director at the [[Open Data Institute]].
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| workplaces = [[Open Data Institute|Open Data Institute (ODI)]]<br>[[Open Knowledge Foundation|Open Knowledge Foundation (OKFN)]]<br>[[The Stationery Office|The Stationery Office (TSO)]]<br>[[Gov.uk|GOV.UK]]<br>[[World Wide Web Consortium|World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)]]<br>Epistemics Ltd<ref name="linkedin"/><br>[[University of Nottingham]]
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| thesis_title = Living ontologies : collaborative knowledge structuring on the Internet
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| doctoral_advisor = [[Nigel Shadbolt]]
| known_for = Work on [[Gov.uk|legislation.gov.uk]] and [[Data.gov.uk]]<br>
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}}Dr '''Jenifer Fay Alys Tennison''', [[OBE]],<ref name="obe1"/> is a British software engineer who is currently Technical Director at the [[Open Data Institute]].


==Education==
She holds a [[PhD]] in collaborative [[ontology]] development from the [[University of Nottingham]].
Tennison was educated at the [[University of Nottingham]] gaining a [[Bachelor of Science]] degree in [[Psychology]] in 1994<ref name="linkedin">{{cite web |url=http://www.linkedin.com/in/jenit |title=Jeni Tennison LinkedIn profile |publisher=LinkedIn.com |archivedate=2014-01-04|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6MNSsSMvG}}</ref><ref>{{cite doi|10.1016/S1093-3263(97)81619-1}}</ref> and a [[PhD]] in [[Ontology (information science)|collaborative ontology development]] in 1999<ref name="tennisonphd">{{cite thesis |degree=PhD |first=Jeni|last=Tennison |title=Living ontologies : collaborative knowledge structuring on the Internet |publisher=University of Nottingham |date=1999 |url=http://www.google.com|authorlink=Jeni Tennison}}</ref>, supervised by [[Nigel Shadbolt]].


==Career==
She was awarded an OBE in the 2013 New Year Honours for services to Technology and [[Open Data]]<ref>http://semanticweb.com/odi-celebrates-new-year-obe-technical-director-jeni-tennison_b41222</ref>
Tennison has been the [[Software architecture|technical architect]] and lead developer for legislation.gov.uk and previously worked on the linked data aspects of data.gov.uk. Previously, Tennison was self-employed as a consultant.

Tennison is author of several papers<ref name="acm">{{ACMPortal|id=81341497370}}</ref><ref name="dblp">{{DBLP|id=Tennison:Jeni}}</ref><ref name="googlescholar">http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=jeni+tennison</ref><ref name="microsoft">{{AcademicSearch|1794500}}</ref><ref name="scopus">{{Scopus|id=55936138800}}</ref><ref>{{cite doi|10.1145/1166160.1166161}}</ref><ref>{{cite doi|10.1145/1166160.1166163}}</ref><ref>{{cite doi|10.1007/3-540-39967-4_32}}</ref><ref>{{cite doi|10.1006/ijhc.2002.1000}}</ref><ref>{{cite doi|10.1145/2464464.2532514}}</ref> books including ''Beginning XSLT 2.0''<ref name="beginning">{{cite isbn|1590593243}}</ref> and ''Xslt and Xpath on the Edge''<ref name="edge">{{cite isbn|0764547763}}</ref>. Tennison was an invited expert on the [[XSL]] and [[XML]] Processing Working Groups at the [[World Wide Web Consortium|World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)]] and was appointed to the W3C's Technical Architecture Group in 2011.

==Awards==
Tennison was awarded the [[Order of the British Empire|Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE)]] in the [[2014 New Year Honours]]<ref name="obe1"/><ref name="obe2"/><ref name="obe3"/>for services to Technology and Open Data.<ref name="obe1"/><ref name="semweb">{{cite web |url=http://semanticweb.com/odi-celebrates-new-year-obe-technical-director-jeni-tennison_b41222 |title=ODI celebrates New Year OBE for Technical Director, Jeni Tennison |last1=Franzon |first1=Eric |date=2-03-12-30 |publisher=SemanticWeb.com |archivedate=2014-01-01|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6MNUc13C7}}</ref>


== References ==
== References ==

Revision as of 15:54, 4 January 2014

Dr. Jeni Tennison
Jeni Tennison by Paul Downey
Born
Jenifer Fay Alys Tennison

1973 (age 50–51)[citation needed]
Cambridge[6]
NationalityBritish
Alma materUniversity of Nottingham
Known forWork on legislation.gov.uk and Data.gov.uk
AwardsOBE (2014)[1][2][3]
PhD (1999)[4]
Scientific career
FieldsOpen data
Linked data
XSLT
XML
InstitutionsOpen Data Institute (ODI)
Open Knowledge Foundation (OKFN)
The Stationery Office (TSO)
GOV.UK
World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
Epistemics Ltd[5]
University of Nottingham
ThesisLiving ontologies : collaborative knowledge structuring on the Internet (1999)
Doctoral advisorNigel Shadbolt
Websitetwitter.com/JeniT
www.jenitennison.com
theodi.org/team/jeni-tennison

Dr Jenifer Fay Alys Tennison, OBE,[1] is a British software engineer who is currently Technical Director at the Open Data Institute.

Education

Tennison was educated at the University of Nottingham gaining a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology in 1994[5][8] and a PhD in collaborative ontology development in 1999[4], supervised by Nigel Shadbolt.

Career

Tennison has been the technical architect and lead developer for legislation.gov.uk and previously worked on the linked data aspects of data.gov.uk. Previously, Tennison was self-employed as a consultant.

Tennison is author of several papers[9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18] books including Beginning XSLT 2.0[19] and Xslt and Xpath on the Edge[20]. Tennison was an invited expert on the XSL and XML Processing Working Groups at the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and was appointed to the W3C's Technical Architecture Group in 2011.

Awards

Tennison was awarded the Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2014 New Year Honours[1][2][3]for services to Technology and Open Data.[1][21]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "New Year Honours 2014". gov.uk. 2014-01-01. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-01-01.
  2. ^ a b "No. 60728". The London Gazette (invalid |supp= (help)). 2013-12-30.
  3. ^ a b Thwaites, Emma (2013-12-30). "ODI celebrates New Year OBE for Technical Director, Jeni Tennison". The Open Data Institute. Archived from the original on 2014-01-01.
  4. ^ a b Tennison, Jeni (1999). Living ontologies : collaborative knowledge structuring on the Internet (PhD thesis). University of Nottingham.
  5. ^ a b "Jeni Tennison LinkedIn profile". LinkedIn.com. Archived from the original on 2014-01-04.
  6. ^ Elliott, Chris (2014-01-01). "Honour from Queen for Cambridge technologist Jeni Tennison welcomed by World Wide Web creator Tim Berners-Lee". Cambridge News. {{cite web}}: Check |archiveurl= value (help)
  7. ^ Jeni Tennison on Twitter
  8. ^ Attention: This template ({{cite doi}}) is deprecated. To cite the publication identified by doi:10.1016/S1093-3263(97)81619-1, please use {{cite journal}} (if it was published in a bona fide academic journal, otherwise {{cite report}} with |doi=10.1016/S1093-3263(97)81619-1 instead.
  9. ^ Jeni Tennison author profile page at the ACM Digital Library
  10. ^ Jeni Tennison at DBLP Bibliography Server Edit this at Wikidata
  11. ^ http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=jeni+tennison
  12. ^ Jeni Tennison publications indexed by Microsoft Academic
  13. ^ Jeni Tennison's publications indexed by the Scopus bibliographic database. (subscription required)
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  21. ^ Franzon, Eric (2-03-12-30). "ODI celebrates New Year OBE for Technical Director, Jeni Tennison". SemanticWeb.com. Archived from the original on 2014-01-01. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

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