http://www.metafilter.com/tags/calssification Posts tagged with 'calssification' at MetaFilter. Tue, 17 Jun 2008 07:15:11 -0800 Tue, 17 Jun 2008 07:15:11 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/72573/The%2Dweb%2Dconceived%2Din%2D1934 <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/17/science/17mund.html?ex=1371441600&amp;en=dcb3569538ca10b7&amp;ei=5124&amp;partner=permalink&amp;exprod=permalink">Le r&#0233;seau</a> - Starting in the late 19th century, Belgian <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Otlet">Paul Otlet</a> envisioned the basics of a human powered Wikipedia and Google. He created a 12 million item database on index cards and accepted queries via mail or telegraph. The article describes his work and the Mundaneum museum in his honor. Be sure to watch the video. There is a <a href="http://www.sofidoc.be/lhomme.htm">full documentary on Otlet</a> as well. tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.72573 Tue, 17 Jun 2008 07:15:11 -0800 belgian calssification documentation informationscience internet Mundaneum otlet search Argyle