Telesophy

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https://hdl.handle.net/2142/115169

Title: Telesophy
Author(s): Schatz, Bruce
Issue Date: 1985-08
Keyword(s): electronic libraries, information retrieval, community knowledge, networked infrastructure
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, Morristown NJ
Series/Report Name or Number: Telesophy Project Report #1
Type of Resource: text
Language: en
Handle URL: https://hdl.handle.net/2142/115169
Sponsor(s)/Grant Number(s): Bell Communications Research (Bellcore)