What’s the future for the World Wide Web?
In a rare interview Sir Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web and director of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) speaks to the British Computer Society (BCS) and reveals a three point vision for the development of the Web. Specifically, Sir Tim identifies the biggest issues facing the Web in the near future as; security, the Mobile Web with the seamless availability of information on any device, and Web services. He also speaks about the need for the Web and society as a whole to address the complex issue of intellectual property and the question of private ownership versus public accessibility. Sir Tim spoke to the BCS for its publication IT Now to support the forthcoming special conference devoted to the World Wide Web (WWW2006) at which he will be a key speaker. The conference, which promises to be one of the hottest tickets this year, organised by the University of Southampton in association with the BCS will bring together key players from the international Web communit
