The WorldWideWeb project is a collaborative effort involving researchers, developers, and visionaries from CERN and institutions worldwide. Below are some of the key contributors whose work is woven into the fabric of the web.
The founder of the WorldWideWeb project (1989). With a background in text processing and real-time software, Tim wrote the original web application on the NeXT workstation along with most of the communications software. He previously developed "Enquire" in 1980.
A long-time advocate for document markup systems, Robert handles public relations for the project while contributing browser software for the Macintosh platform. He previously ran CERN's Office Computing Systems group.
A graduate of Leicester Polytechnic who wrote the original Line Mode Browser, ensuring the web was accessible to anyone with a dumb terminal.
An early follower who championed the use of formal SGML. He authored the HTML DTD and developed tools to modernize legacy files.
Joined in 1991; authored the VMS Help system gateway and worked on the modular browser architecture and DECnet communications.
Author of the Viola hypertext browser and the ViolaWWW variant at UC Berkeley.