AWhat changed
Berners-Lee proposed a linked information system to make distributed research information easier to connect and navigate.
Scientific scope
The 1989 distributed-hypertext proposal preserved by W3C.
Evidence
Original sources and institutional historical accounts support the stated contribution. The reading boundary is recorded at each source; this assessment is not an independent scientific verification.
Contributors
- Tim Berners-Lee · SCIENCE: Named source contributor to this scoped work; individual labor shares are not measured.
Provisional WRS assessment, edition 2026-10-16.1. Independent expert calibration is pending. This grade does not certify correctness or assign ownership.
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