These statements of architectural principle explain the thinking behind the specifications. These are personal notes by Tim Berners-Lee: they are not endorsed by W3C. They are aimed at the technical community, to explain reasons, provide a framework to provide consistency for for future developments, and avoid repetition of discussions once resolved.
These documents date from the original
design of the web, dating from 1990 when the first HTML editor
was available to write them. When reading them please bear this
in mind. Some have been updated later. Although the design is for
a global general hypertext system, the justification for the
initial project was the CERN environment and this may be evident
in some places.
Other historical notes
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