Support [for exchanging digital audio and multimedia data] needs to be in HTML and in the transport protocol, but it is not possible with current Web. It needs to be included in a new standard.
Predictor: Wilson, Scott
Prediction, in context:In a 1994 article for InfoWorld, Karen Rodriguez interviews Scott Wilson, who led the University of Illinois National Center for Supercomputing Applications development team that brought Mosaic from Unix to Windows, then went to work for Spry Inc. Following is an excerpt of their conversation: Q: “Are we likely to see [inputing digital and audio and multimedia data into a document] within the next 12 months?” A: “I think it is more of a direction than a feature that is implemented. Flexibility needs to be implemented in the Web. The Web is not Spry’s product; we cannot control it. Support [for exchanging digital audio and multimedia data] needs to be in HTML and in the transport protocol, but it is not possible with current Web. It needs to be included in a new standard.”
Date of prediction: August 1, 1994
Topic of prediction: Information Infrastructure
Subtopic: Language/Interface/Software
Name of publication: InfoWorld
Title, headline, chapter name: Spry’s Wilson Helps to Tame the Internet Jungle
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?Did=000000000019904&Fmt=3&Deli=1&Mtd=1&Idx=1&Sid=1&RQT=309
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