Internet creator regrets double slash

One of the founders of the Internet and the standards URL, HTTP, HTML, head of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Tim Berners-Lee (Tim Berners-Lee) would like to get rid of double slash (" // ") after the" http: "at the beginning of the address designation. So the “father” of the network answered a question from The New York Times journalist about what he would have done differently if the story could have been rewritten. Following his explanation, two adjacent characters are not at all mandatory, and a considerable amount of paper and trees could be saved due to the absence of the need to specify them, not to mention the time spent on pressing keys when entering the time and power (although today, of course, browsers facilitate the task and add “http: //” independently).


But the history, as is known, does not tolerate the subjunctive mood, therefore Berners-Lee is full of enthusiasm for the current task - the creation of so-called electronic governments, when public services and document management will become more open, transparent and effective. At the moment, the scientist is working on the embodiment of this concept with British institutions. For example, one of the proposals is to combine road maps with data on incidents involving cyclists. This will help the latter to avoid dangerous sections of the path and reduce the chances of being hit by cars. According to the professor, this year, government agencies around the world have begun to actively join the trend of transition to web technologies and provide access to traffic, weather, public safety and health data. The main lesson presented by the Internet is that open information and simple free tools to access it inevitably lead to innovations and improvements in the functioning of the state and business.

Based on 3dnews