I hope that the concept of the Web as an information space independent of hardware type and location will continue to exist … I hope we will be smart enough to allow this evolution and never have to suddenly stop, put a “7” in front of all the URIs, and call it something else.
Predictor: Berners-Lee, Tim
Prediction, in context:In a 1994 e-mail exchange with Tim Berners-Lee, reporter Kris Herbst asks questions for a story she is preparing to run in the August issue of Internet World. Berners-Lee saved the communication and put it up on the W3.org Web site, in its “history” section. Berners-Lee makes the following statement regarding the lifespan of the Web: ”I hope that the concept of the Web as an information space independent of hardware type and location will continue to exist, just as the concept of a computer, say, or writing, never went out once invented. Just the initiation of it will evolve very much. I hope we will be smart enough to allow this evolution and never have to suddenly stop, put a ‘7’ in front of all the URIs, and call it something else.”
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, 1994
Topic of prediction: Information Infrastructure
Subtopic: General
Name of publication: Internet World
Title, headline, chapter name: Interview with Berners-Lee
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://www.w3.org/History/1994/WWW/Journals/InternetWorld/Interview.txt
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