# Nigel Oxbrow
**Wikidata**: [Q112547958](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q112547958)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/nigel-oxbrow

## Summary
Nigel Oxbrow (born 1953) is a computer scientist, adviser, and manager known for work in knowledge management, informatics, and human resource management systems. He is recorded in national and international authority files (including VIAF and a Dutch author identifier), indicating recognition in bibliographic and professional databases.

## Biography
- Born: 1953
- Known for: Work in knowledge management, informatics, and human resource management systems
- Field(s): Knowledge management; Informatics; Human resource management; Human resource management systems

## Contributions
Available authoritative records list Nigel Oxbrow as a computer scientist, adviser, and manager whose professional fields include knowledge management, informatics, and human resource management systems. These records establish his professional identity and domain of practice but do not provide itemized titles of papers, products, companies founded, patents, or standards within the supplied source material. His presence in library and national authority files (VIAF: 10159636934943110787; nlai_id: 2218; nl_cr_aut_id: mub20201080752) shows that published or cataloged works exist under his name in bibliographic systems, and that he is recognized by institutions that track authorship and professional contributions. The supplied data documents his occupations and fields of work, indicating a career oriented toward applying informatics and knowledge-management principles within human resource management contexts. Beyond these authority-recorded facts, no specific publications, project names, product releases, patent numbers, or founding dates are present in the provided material.

## FAQs
### Q: Who is Nigel Oxbrow?
A: Nigel Oxbrow is a male computer scientist, adviser, and manager, born in 1953, whose recorded fields are knowledge management, informatics, and human resource management systems.

### Q: What are his main areas of expertise?
A: His main areas of expertise are knowledge management, informatics, human resource management, and human resource management systems, as listed in authoritative records.

### Q: Are there published works by Nigel Oxbrow?
A: Authority records (for example VIAF and national catalog identifiers) list him, which indicates there are cataloged or published items under his name, but the provided source does not list specific publications or titles.

## Why They Matter
Nigel Oxbrow's recorded professional profile situates him at the intersection of computer science, informatics, and organizational human resource practices. Those domains are central to how organizations capture, organize, and apply knowledge and how they design information systems supporting HR processes. Being identified in national and international authority files (VIAF and national catalog identifiers) means libraries and bibliographic services have differentiated his work from others and consider his authorship or professional contributions significant enough to warrant unique identifiers. Such identifiers facilitate accurate citation, discovery, and aggregation of an individual's outputs across systems and catalogs. Even in the absence of itemized works in the supplied material, the combination of occupations (computer scientist, adviser, manager) and fields (knowledge management, informatics, HRMS) indicates a professional role that bridges technical system design and organizational practice. Without professionals operating in these roles, organizations would find it harder to translate information technologies into usable HR and knowledge-management solutions; his recorded presence in authority systems reflects a measurable stake in that translation.

## Notable For
- Listed occupations: computer scientist, adviser, and manager (as recorded in authority data).
- Fields of work: knowledge management, informatics, human resource management, and human resource management systems.
- Birth year recorded as 1953.
- Identified in bibliographic and authority systems: VIAF ID 10159636934943110787; nlai_id 2218; nl_cr_aut_id mub20201080752.

## Body

### Identifiers and Authority Records
- VIAF identifier: 10159636934943110787.
- Dutch National Library author identifier (nl_cr_aut_id): mub20201080752.
- nlai_id: 2218 (with name variants recorded, e.g., "Oxbrow, Nigel" and a Persian-script variant).

### Biographical Data
- Birth: 1953 (year recorded in supplied sources).
- Sex/gender: male (recorded in authority data).
- Languages: English (recorded as a language he speaks/writes).

### Occupation and Roles
- Occupations recorded: computer scientist; adviser; manager.
- These roles are recorded in the supplied authority metadata and point to both technical and leadership responsibilities.

### Fields of Work
- Knowledge management: listed as a primary field of work.
- Informatics: listed as a primary field of work.
- Human resource management and human resource management systems: listed as areas of specialization.

### Publication and Catalog Presence
- The presence of VIAF and national catalog identifiers indicates that Oxbrow has been associated with materials or records cataloged in library and bibliographic systems.
- The supplied material does not enumerate titles, publication dates, publishers, or other bibliographic details.

### Limitations of Available Data
- The provided source material does not include specific publications, project names, patents, employer names, educational institutions, or places of birth.
- All statements above are limited to the facts contained in the supplied authority and field metadata.

## References

1. Czech National Authority Database