jaz's Full Review: Tim Berners-Lee et al - Weaving the Web: The Origi...
"Weaving the Web" by Tim Berners-Lee provides an interesting first-hand view of the origin of the World Wide Web. Going from thought to reality, the author describes how an internal initiative of his at the Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire (CERN) became what we now call the World Wide Web (WWW).
The book is a fairly easy read, especially if you are familiar with the terminology. In reading the book, I found it interesting to discover just how early on I was on board the WWW, having used Mosaic, lynx, and anything else that came around, before there was a company called Netscape. The history part is interesting, especially talk about how Tim continually tried to keep things open.
Somewhere around two-thirds of the way through the book, the author goes from talking about the creation of the web to how he sees it evolving, into a Semantic Web, where XML and RDF rule the world. I found this part less enjoyable of a read and less interesting, though who knows, maybe a seed has been planted. Nice to hear how the creator of something sees it evolving.
For those less web savvy, the book includes a glossary. In addition, background information and references are available online at http://www.w3.org/People/Berners-Lee/Weaving/. How could a book about the web not have something on the web from it....
Surprising, I found quite a few mistakes that a decent copy editor should have found. I can't see why this book would have been rushed, but hopefully later printings will correct the mistakes.
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