Harald Alvestrand

Name: Harald Tveit Alvestrand

Born: June 29, 1959 in Namsos, Norway

Norwegian computer scientist. Former chairman of the Internet Engineering Task Force from 2001 until 2005.
Author of several important RFCs, many in the general area of internationalization and localization.
Has worked for Norsk Data, UNINETT, EDB Maxware, and Cisco Systems, Inc.
Currently works for Google.

Significant publications

RFC 2148 (BCP 15) Deployment of the Internet White Pages Service.
RFC 2277 (BCP 18) IETF Policy on Character Sets and Languages.
RFC 5226 (BCP 26) Guidelines for Writing an IANA Considerations Section in RFCs.
RFC 2438 (BCP 27) Advancement of MIB specifications on the IETF Standards Track.
RFC 1766 + RFC 3066 Tags for the Identification of Languages (was BCP 47).
RFC 3932 (BCP 92) The IESG and RFC Editor Documents: Procedures.
RFC 3935 (BCP 95) A Mission Statement for the IETF.