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# The World Wide Web project

The World Wide Web project

# World Wide Web

The WorldWideWeb (W3) is a wide-area[ hypermedia][1] information retrieval initiative aiming to give universal access to a large universe of documents.

Everything there is online about W3 is linked directly or indirectly to this document, including an [executive summary][2] of the project, [Mailing lists][3] , [Policy][4] , November's [W3 news][5] , [Frequently Asked Questions][6] . 

[What's out there?][7] :  Pointers to the world's online information,[ subjects][8] , [W3 servers][9], etc. [Help][10] :  on the browser you are using [Software Products][11] :  A list of W3 project components and their current state. (e.g. [Line Mode][12] ,X11 [Viola][13] , [NeXTStep][14] , [Servers][15] , [Tools][16] ,[ Mail robot][17] ,[ Library][18] ) [Technical][19] :  Details of protocols, formats, program internals etc [Bibliography][20] :  Paper documentation on W3 and references. [People][21] :  A list of some people involved in the project. [History][22] :  A summary of the history of the project. [How can I help][23] ? :  If you would like to support the web.. [Getting code][24] :  Getting the code by[ anonymous FTP][25] , etc.

[1]: http://info.cern.ch/WhatIs.html
[2]: http://info.cern.ch/Summary.html
[3]: http://info.cern.ch/Administration/Mailing/Overview.html
[4]: http://info.cern.ch/Policy.html
[5]: http://info.cern.ch/News/9211.html
[6]: http://info.cern.ch/FAQ/List.html
[7]: http://info.cern.ch/DataSources/Top.html
[8]: http://info.cern.ch/DataSources/bySubject/Overview.html
[9]: http://info.cern.ch/DataSources/WWW/Servers.html
[10]: http://info.cern.ch/Help.html
[11]: http://info.cern.ch/Status.html
[12]: http://info.cern.ch/LineMode/Browser.html
[13]: http://info.cern.ch/Status.html#35
[14]: http://info.cern.ch/NeXT/WorldWideWeb.html
[15]: http://info.cern.ch/Daemon/Overview.html
[16]: http://info.cern.ch/Tools/Overview.html
[17]: http://info.cern.ch/MailRobot/Overview.html
[18]: http://info.cern.ch/Status.html#57
[19]: http://info.cern.ch/Technical.html
[20]: http://info.cern.ch/Bibliography.html
[21]: http://info.cern.ch/People.html
[22]: http://info.cern.ch/History.html
[23]: http://info.cern.ch/Helping.html
[24]: http://info.cern.ch/README.html
[25]: http://info.cern.ch/LineMode/Defaults/Distribution.html