Telesophy

Schatz, Bruce

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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

Language

eng

Sponsor(s)/Grant Number(s)

Bell Communications Research

Copyright and License Information

open access

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