A next step is the move to universal authorship, in which everyone involved in an area can contribute to the electronic representation of the group knowledge.
Predictor: Berners-Lee, Tim
Prediction, in context:Tim Berners-Lee made the following remark in a 1991 document he called an “online seminar on the World-Wide Web”: ”So much for the Web as it is. Everything we have seen so far is information distributed by server managers to clients everywhere. A next step is the move to universal authorship, in which everyone involved in an area can contribute to the electronic representation of the group knowledge.”
Biography:Tim Berners-Lee of CERN first released his revolutionary World-Wide Web for initial use in 1991 and with it shared his invention HTML (hypertext mark-up language). He later served as director of W3 Consortium, an open forum of companies and organizations whose goal was to find ways to help the Web reach its full potential. (Pioneer/Originator.)
Date of prediction: January 1, 1991
Topic of prediction: Getting, Sharing Information
Subtopic: Medical/Professional
Name of publication: www.w3.org
Title, headline, chapter name: World Wide Web Seminar
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://www.w3.org/Talks/General.html
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