Stephen Downes

Knowledge, Learning, Community
A lot of people, Robert Gregoire among them (translated into English, original French), are echoing Tim Berners-Lee's call for an open web of data. Berners-Lee writes, "The Web evolved into a powerful, ubiquitous tool because it was built on egalitarian principles and because thousands of individuals, universities and companies have worked, both independently and together as part of the World Wide Web Consortium, to expand its capabilities based on those principles.. But "Some of its most successful inhabitants have begun to chip away at its principles. Large social-networking sites are walling off information posted by their users from the rest of the Web."

Today: 1052 Total: 1058 [Direct link] [Share]

Image from the website


Stephen Downes Stephen Downes, Casselman, Canada
stephen@downes.ca

Copyright 2024
Last Updated: Mar 28, 2024 1:14 p.m.

Canadian Flag Creative Commons License.

Force:yes