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In March 1989 Berners-Lee wrote a short document called [http://www.w3.org/History/1989/proposal.html Information Management: A Proposal], describing an information management system using [[hypertext]]. This first paper envisaged browsers on client computers that would have read-only access to hypertext documents and databases stored on several different servers. The documents would be transmitted over the network in a standardized hypertext format. | In March 1989 Berners-Lee wrote a short document called [http://www.w3.org/History/1989/proposal.html Information Management: A Proposal], describing an information management system using [[hypertext]]. This first paper envisaged browsers on client computers that would have read-only access to hypertext documents and databases stored on several different servers. The documents would be transmitted over the network in a standardized hypertext format. | ||
| − | In November 1990, Berners-Lee and Robert Cailliau published a more formal proposal, titled [http://www.w3.org/Proposal.html WorldWideWeb: Proposal for a HyperText Project]. This proposal described the web as a network of links that would allow you to navigate from one node to another, where each node was a hypertext document. It was noted that a world-wide web would require a standard access protocol for requesting documents from remote servers, and a standard information format for the transmitted documents. The proposal also mentioned the possibility of providing a keyword search option (this would later be provided by [[ | + | In November 1990, Berners-Lee and Robert Cailliau published a more formal proposal, titled [http://www.w3.org/Proposal.html WorldWideWeb: Proposal for a HyperText Project]. This proposal described the web as a network of links that would allow you to navigate from one node to another, where each node was a hypertext document. It was noted that a world-wide web would require a standard access protocol for requesting documents from remote servers, and a standard information format for the transmitted documents. The proposal also mentioned the possibility of providing a keyword search option (this would later be provided by [[search engine]]s). |
By Christmas 1990, Berners-Lee had built the basic tools necessary for a working Web: | By Christmas 1990, Berners-Lee had built the basic tools necessary for a working Web: | ||
| − | *the first [[ | + | *the first [[web browser]], called WorldWideWeb (later renamed Nexus), which was also a Web editor |
| − | *the first [[ | + | *the first [[web server]] (running on a NeXT computer using the NeXTSTEP platform) |
| − | *the set of first [[ | + | *the set of first [[web page]]s, which described the project itself (archived [http://www.w3.org/History/19921103-hypertext/hypertext/WWW/TheProject.html here]) |
Berners-Lee presented the WorldWideWeb browser to the CERN ECP/PT group on February 26, 1991 (a link to the presentation can be found under that date in [http://www.w3.org/History.html this timeline]. | Berners-Lee presented the WorldWideWeb browser to the CERN ECP/PT group on February 26, 1991 (a link to the presentation can be found under that date in [http://www.w3.org/History.html this timeline]. | ||
