The World Wide Web
Announcement: 4th WWW conference
Brussels meeting for European [prospective] members
Clarification on security protocols (3 March)
The WorldWideWeb (W3) is the universe of network-accessible information,
an embodiment of human knowledge.
It is an initiative started at
CERN, now with many participants.
It has a body of software, and a set of protocols and conventions.
W3 uses hypertext and multimedia techniques to make the web easy for anyone
to roam, browse, and contribute to.
The W3 Consortium
now ensures the continued interopability which is W3 though
its rapid evolution.
This is run by MIT
with INRIA acting as European host,
in collaboration with
CERN
where the web originated.
(See hosts).
Everything there is to know about W3 is linked directly or indirectly to
this document.
-
What's out there?
- Pointers to the world's online information, subjects, W3 servers,
etc.
- WWW Software Products
- What there is and how to get it:
clients,
servers,
gateways,
libwww and
tools.
- Discussion
- News groups, WWW mail
addresses, how to contact
the WWW Team, W3
interactive talk
- Conferences
-
World Wide Web Conferences
- Bibliography
- Paper documentation on W3 and references.
Also: manuals.
- Project background
- Summary,
Illustrated talk,
People,
History, why the
W's are green
- How can I help?
- If you would like to support or add to the web..
- Getting CERN code
- Getting the code by
anonymous FTP, etc.
-
Frequently Asked Questions
- If you can't find it above or below
(old small list).
-
How to provide data
- How can I become an information provider on the web?
Developments
- Projects
- Look at ideas for new projects and things people are currently working on.
- Security
- A page of resources relating to security on the World Wide Web.
- Collaboration
- Resources and jumping-off points relating to collaboration on the World Wide Web, and examples of collaboration tools.
Specs, Tutorials, etc:
- HTTP
- All available information on Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
and related protocols.
- HTML format
- The markup language used for some documents and for search
hit-lists.
- Graphics
- Pointers to information, specs, FAQ etc.
- Access Authorization
- Document protection
in W3.
- Common Gateway Interface
- The interface between httpd servers (CERN's and
NCSA's at least) and user-written gateways to other database systems, etc.
-
Addressing (URLs)
- The syntax of W3 document addresses.
Tim BL