Sociotard Posted October 2, 2007 Report Share Posted October 2, 2007 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Otlet The greatest unknown revolutionary was the Belgian Paul Otlet. In 1895 he set about freeing the information in books from their bindings. He built a universal decimal classification and then figured out how that organized data could be explored, via “links” and a “web.” In 1910 Otlet created a “radiated library” called the Mundameum in Brussels that managed search queries in a massive way until the Nazis destroyed the service.[ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted October 2, 2007 Report Share Posted October 2, 2007 Re: Pulp Era Internet: Paul Otlet Interesting! This man was definitely ahead of his time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Long Posted October 2, 2007 Report Share Posted October 2, 2007 Re: Pulp Era Internet: Paul Otlet Never heard of this guy before. Tres cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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