There is going to be a need for extensions to HTML, and the real issue will be the degree to which those extensions are open versus proprietary. Whatever the ultimate shape of content on the Internet, I don’t think it will stop with HTML.
Predictor: Berkov, Barry F.
Prediction, in context:In a 1995 article for Online magazine, Barry F. Berkov says: ”Clearly a large number of content providers have decided that they can work within the limitations of HTML, and the demand has increased faster than we anticipated. But I don’t think the issue is settled yet. There is going to be a need for extensions to HTML, and the real issue will be the degree to which those extensions are open versus proprietary. Whatever the ultimate shape of content on the Internet, I don’t think it will stop with HTML.”
Date of prediction: September 1, 1995
Topic of prediction: Information Infrastructure
Subtopic: Language/Interface/Software
Name of publication: Online
Title, headline, chapter name: An Interview with Compuserve’s Barry F. Berkov
Quote Type: Direct quote
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This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Garrison, Betty