Name: The next web
Uploaded: 2009-03-13T01:00:00Z
Duration: 16 min 3 s
Description: 20 years ago, Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web. For his next project, he's building a web for open, linked data that could do for numbers what the Web did for words, pictures, video: unlock our data and reframe the way we use it together.

Tim Berners-Lee: The next web

The next web

20 years ago, Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web. For his next project, he's building a web for open, linked data that could do for numbers what the Web did for words, pictures, video: unlock our data and reframe the way we use it together.

Unlocking data and connecting it online promises to revolutionize how societies solve problems. Early web innovation started with frustration over incompatible information and grew thanks to a grassroots spirit, not just technology. With linked data, scientists can now bridge disciplines and answer questions never asked before, like finding proteins related to specific brain functions. Sharing 'raw data now' could empower everything from smarter governments to mapping the world together.