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Bo Leuf

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Bo Arne Leuf, who lived from 9 July 1952 to 24 April 2009, was co-author of the book The Wiki Way (2001), written in collaboration with wiki inventor Ward Cunningham. His book Peer To Peer (2002) discusses different peer-to-peer solutions from both a technical and a legal point of view, and his publications also include Outlook in a Nutshell and The Semantic Web: Crafting Infrastructure for Agency (2006). He lived in Gothenburg, Sweden, where he came from Västernorrland in 1971 to study engineering physics at Chalmers University, and in 1979 he opened a book shop called Wizard in the city; in 1992 he moved to Malmö. He was a candidate for the Pirate Party in the Swedish general election of 2006 and was also on its board as treasurer.

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Birth Year
1952 1
Birth Date
1952-07-09 1
Death Year
2009 1
Death Date
2009-04-24 1
Notable Work
Peer to Peer: Collaborating and Sharing over the Internet (2002) 1
Notable Work
The Wiki Way: Quick Collaboration on the Web (2001, with Ward Cunningham) 1
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1. Bo Leuf (Wikipedia)
  • Lead, birth year
    Bo Arne Leuf (July 9, 1952
  • Lead, death year
    April 24, 2009) was co-author of the book The Wiki Way
  • Lead, The Wiki Way
    was co-author of the book The Wiki Way (2001), written in collaboration with wiki inventor Ward Cunningham
  • Lead, Peer To Peer
    His book Peer To Peer (2002) discusses different peer-to-peer (P2P) solutions both from a technical and legal point of view.
  • In Field: Web Science, Lead, wiki book
    was co-author of the book The Wiki Way (2001), written in collaboration with wiki inventor Ward Cunningham
  • In Group: World Wide Web Pioneers, Lead, wiki collaboration
    written in collaboration with wiki inventor Ward Cunningham
  • Affiliated With: Chalmers University of Technology, Affiliation, chalmers-university-of-technology
    to study engineering physics at Chalmers University
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