The most important thing that was new was the idea of URI-or URL, that any piece of information anywhere should have an identifier, which will allow you to get hold of it.

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If you use the original World Wide Web program, you never see a URL or...

If you use the original World Wide Web program, you never see a URL or...

Intellectual property is an important legal and cultural issue. Society as a whole has complex...

Intellectual property is an important legal and cultural issue. Society as a whole has complex...

The Semantic Web is not a separate Web but an extension of the current one,...

The Semantic Web is not a separate Web but an extension of the current one,...

Most larger companies now see that for the market to grow, Web infrastructure must be...

Most larger companies now see that for the market to grow, Web infrastructure must be...

That idea of URL was the basic clue to the universality of the Web. That...

That idea of URL was the basic clue to the universality of the Web. That...

Any good software engineer will tell you that a compiler and an interpreter are interchangeable.

Any good software engineer will tell you that a compiler and an interpreter are interchangeable.

The Web is now philosophical engineering. Physics and the Web are both about the relationship...

The Web is now philosophical engineering. Physics and the Web are both about the relationship...

Sites need to be able to interact in one single, universal space.

Sites need to be able to interact in one single, universal space.

In '93 to '94, every browser had its own flavor of HTML. So it was...

In '93 to '94, every browser had its own flavor of HTML. So it was...

We need diversity of thought in the world to face the new challenges.

We need diversity of thought in the world to face the new challenges.

The Web as I envisaged it, we have not seen it yet. The future is...

The Web as I envisaged it, we have not seen it yet. The future is...

You affect the world by what you browse.

You affect the world by what you browse.

The challenge is to manage the Web in an open way-not too much bureaucracy, not...

The challenge is to manage the Web in an open way-not too much bureaucracy, not...

We shouldn't build a technology to colour, or grey out, what people say. The media...

We shouldn't build a technology to colour, or grey out, what people say. The media...

The Mobile Web Initiative is important - information must be made seamlessly available on any...

The Mobile Web Initiative is important - information must be made seamlessly available on any...

We could say we want the Web to reflect a vision of the world where...

We could say we want the Web to reflect a vision of the world where...

Anyone who has lost track of time when using a computer knows the propensity to...

Anyone who has lost track of time when using a computer knows the propensity to...

Everybody who runs a Web site knows we're not assured of compatibility, and we could...

Everybody who runs a Web site knows we're not assured of compatibility, and we could...

Celebrity damages private life.

Celebrity damages private life.

What is a Web year now, about three months? And when people can browse around,...

What is a Web year now, about three months? And when people can browse around,...