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Telesophy

Schatz, Bruce

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telesophy.report1985.digitization.pdf

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https://hdl.handle.net/2142/116990

Description

Title
Telesophy
Author(s)
Schatz, Bruce
Issue Date
1985-08
Keyword(s)
  • Information retrieval
  • Hypermedia
  • Networked infrastructure
  • Global communications
  • Information spaces
  • Community systems
Abstract
The vision of universal and uniform access to all the world's knowledge has intrigued people for a long time. Recent advances in hardware and software technology make it possible to consider constructing an information retrieval and storage system for the WorldNet, the communications network comprising "all" the world's computers. Such advances include: fiber optics, graphics workstations, object systems, electronic mail, and bibliographic databases. This report is a feasibility study for a system providing transparent knowledge manipulation for different types of data stored in different physical locations. It outlines, from abstract philosophy to concrete technology, an approach to building an environment to support "telesophy", or "wisdom at a distance". The conclusion is that, in the foreseeable future, it will be technically and economically feasible to build a system to support browsing and sharing inside a worldwide information space.
Publisher
Bell Communications Research (Bellcore), Morristown NJ USA
Series/Report Name or Number
Bellcore technical memorandum TM-ARH-002487
Type of Resource
still image
Genre of Resource
technical report
Language
eng
Sponsor(s)/Grant Number(s)
Bell Communications Research
Copyright and License Information
open access

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