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