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8 the millennium prize ” We must remember that the Web is a long way from revealing its full potential. The extension from humanreadable to include also machine-readable information is just one direction of development.” Tim Berners-Lee, acceptance speech at the award ceremony of the Millennium Technology Prize 2004 in Helsinki, Finland
the millennium prize 9 The Inaugural Prize Winner “The original idea of the Web was that it should be a collaborative space where by writing something together, and as people worked on it, they could iron out misunderstanding.” Tim Berners-Lee The inaugural Millennium Technology Prize was awarded to Tim Berners-Lee, who revolutionized electronic communication by inventing the World Wide Web. ”The Web has significantly enhanced many people’s ability to obtain information central to their lives,” says Professor Pekka Tarjanne, chairman of the international Selection Committee. “The Web is encouraging new types of social networks, supporting transparency and democracy, and opening up novel avenues for information management and business development.” Free for All Tim Berners-Lee was born in Britain in 1955 and earned a physics degree from Oxford University. He developed the Web while working at CERN, world’s largest particle physics laboratory in Geneva, Switzerland. The Web was first made available to the public in 1991. The invention of the Web involved several interdependent innovations. The first server, browser/editor, HTTP protocol, HTML language and URL address together allow Web users to store, access and read information with one piece of software – the browser. Berners-Lee gave the Web to the world to use for free. “The decision to make the Web an open system was necessary for it to be universal”, he says. “Had the technology been proprietary it would probably not have taken off. You can’t propose that something be a universal space and at the same time keep control of it.” Work Continues Tim Berners-Lee has continued the work to render the Web increasingly accessible and efficient. He leads the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Currently he focuses on the development of a Semantic Web which would represent a quantum leap in information processing. President Tarja Halonen presented the prize to Tim Berners-Lee
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