MIT "started invented" the web.  CERN was where the software was first
implemented.

On Mon, 20 Nov 1995, Andrew Mcnab wrote:

> In article <[log in to unmask]>,
> Elizabeth Maria Cook <[log in to unmask]> writes:
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> |>Well, I'm glas such sites have been created, but it seems like somebody
> |>needs to do a little PR for these pages, like getting them prominently
> |>listed on the Directories (like Yahoo.)  I thought Bart's idea was a good
> |>one, because I didn't know there were other sites, and I've done numerous
> |>seraches looking for museum sites.   When one
> |>tries to use a directory or search engine to find museum www sites, one
> |>has to make topic choices about art/history/science that are obviously
> |>limiting when searching for museums.
> |>Just my two cents--I think it's fantastic that there are directory pages
> |>out there, but to provide a metaphor:  A phone book doesn't do you much
> |>good when you have to find it through the card catalog in your local
> |>library first.
> |>
> |>Liz Cook
> |>
>
> When CERN started invented the WWW, it also set up the WWW Virtual Library
> project to provide a subject catalogue for it. This consists of a main
> list of subjects areas:
>       http://www.w3.org/hypertext/DataSources/bySubject/Overview.html
> which are maintained by other people around the world
> eg Museums is in Oxford:
>       http://www.comlab.ox.ac.uk/archive/other/museums.html
> but History of Science is in Australia:
>       http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/hstm/hstm_ove.htm
>
> The quality of the catalogues is generally much better than Yahoo
> (since they're each administered by one person.) However, it's not in
> the USA and doesn't have a catchy title like "Yahoo!". Consequently, a
> lot of people never hear about it.
>
> There's a very bad tendency of the Web being divided into US and
> non-US parts with few cross links. Resist it! The Web has the potential
> to be a global library. Add a link to a site on the other side of the
> world today! (I'm getting carried away here ... sorry)
>
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