Tim Berners-Lee's 'Information Management: A Proposal'
Tim Berners-Lee submitted his initial proposal for a distributed information system at CERN, outlining the concepts that would become the World Wide Web.
Significance
This document laid the theoretical foundation for the Web, articulating the need for a system to link information across different machines and users.
Key facts
- Date
- 1989-03-12
- Type
- invention
- Location
- CERN, Geneva, Switzerland