World Wide Web
An information system where documents and other web resources are identified by URLs, interlinked by hypertext links, and accessible via the Internet.
Core metadata
- ID: world_wide_web
- Era: Modern
- First known date: 1989 (exact)
- Region: CERN / Switzerland
- Review status: source_checked
- Maturity: established
Prerequisites
- Data Compression (data_compression)
- Graphical User Interface (GUI) (graphical_user_interface_gui)
- Hypertext Systems (hypertext_systems)
- Internet (internet)
- Personal Computers (personal_computers)
Dependents
- API Economy (api_economy)
- Civic Open Data Portals (civic_open_data_portals)
- E-Commerce Platforms (e_commerce_platforms)
- E-commerce (e-commerce)
- HTTP Protocol (http_protocol)
- Search Engines (search_engines)
- Social Media (social_media)
- Web Browsers (web_browsers)
Fields
Field lanes
- Telecommunications & Networking: Services & Applications
Node sources
- The World Wide Web Project (CERN, 1991, official_agency) • Supports: node, maturity
Prerequisite edge evidence
Edge/source evidence summary:
- Prerequisite edges: 5
- Average edge confidence: 68%
- Prerequisite sources: 5
- expert_inference: 5
| Prerequisite | Type | Confidence | Evidence level | Note | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Internet (internet) | enabling | 68% | expert_inference | Internet provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path. |
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| Personal Computers (personal_computers) | enabling | 68% | expert_inference | Personal Computers provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path. |
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| Graphical User Interface (GUI) (graphical_user_interface_gui) | enabling | 68% | expert_inference | Graphical User Interface (GUI) provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path. |
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| Hypertext Systems (hypertext_systems) | enabling | 68% | expert_inference | Hypertext Systems provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path. |
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| Data Compression (data_compression) | enabling | 68% | expert_inference | Data Compression provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path. |
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