History of the World Wide Web: Tim Berners-Lee
Consider the following questions as you are conducting your research:
1. Biography of Tim Berners-Lee: Who is he? What is his background? He has had a number of significant accomplishments in his career (also consider awards and publications), describe several and their significance to Web design.
2. What was Berners-Lee vision of the World Wide Web? Has the development of the Web over the last decade lived up to his vision? Why or why not?
3. Provide a brief history of the Internet. Who were a couple of the major contributors and what were their contributions (consider individuals as well as organizations or other groups)?
Web Sources:
Berners-Lee, Tim. Tim Berners-Lee. World Wide Web Consortium. 26 January 2007. http://www.w3.org/People/Berners-Lee/
Internet Society. “Histories of the Internet: A Brief History of the Internet.” 26 January 2007. http://www.isoc.org/internet/history/brief.shtml#Timeline
Sources from Westwood Library:
Berners-Lee, Tim & Mark Fischetti. Weaving the Web: The Original Design and Ultimate Destiny of the World Wide Web. New York: Harper Business. 1999. Call No. TK5105.888.B46 1999
Sources from EBSCO and ProQuest:
Berners-Lee, Tim, et al. “The World Wide Web.” Association for computing Machinery. Communications of the ACM. 37:8. ProQuest. Westwood College Library. 26 January 2007. Doc ID 786
Holloway, Marguerite. “Molding the Web.” Scientific American. Dec 97: 6. Academic Search Elite. EBSCO. Westwood College Library. 26 January 2007. AN 9712016195
Patterson, Robert. “On…the…Net@cma.ca.” CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal. 160: 1. Academic Search Elite. EBSCO. Westwood College Library. 26 January 2007. AN 1454506
Phillipson, Guy. “A Short History of the Web.” Campaign. June 30, 2006. Westwood College Library. 26 January 2007. Doc ID 1081119191
“A Wealth of Innovation.” Strategic Direction. Oct 2004: 10. ProQuest. Westwood College Library. 26 January 2007. Doc ID 724765681
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