Libwww

libwww
Other names[CERN] Common [WWW] Library,[1][2]
CERN World-Wide Web Library of Common Code,[3]
W3C Reference Library,[4]
W3C Sample Code Library,[5]
W3C Protocol Library[6]
Original author(s)Tim Berners-Lee,[6]
Jean-François Groff,[7][6]
Henrik Frystyk Nielsen[6][8]
Developer(s)José Kahan
Initial release1.0, November 1992; 32 years ago (1992-11)[9]
Stable release
5.4.2[10] Edit this on Wikidata / 24 June 2017; 7 years ago (24 June 2017)
Repository
Written inC
Operating systemFreeBSD,[11] Solaris,[11] Linux,[11] Mac OS X,[11] Microsoft Windows[11]
TypeLibrary for web browsers, servers, and other protocols
LicenseW3C Software Notice and License
Websitewww.w3.org/Library

Libwww is an early World Wide Web software library providing core functions for web browsers, implementing HTML, HTTP, and other technologies. Tim Berners-Lee, at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), released libwww (then also called the Common Library) in late 1992, comprising reusable code from the first browsers (WorldWideWeb and Line Mode Browser).

Libwww was relied upon by the then popular browser Mosaic.[12] By 1997, interest in libwww declined, and the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), which took over from CERN, reduced its commitment to the project.[13] Later, the purpose of libwww was redefined to be "a testbed for protocol experiments";[6] in that role it was maintained for the benefit of the W3C's web standards-promoting browser Amaya.[14] Active development of libwww stopped in 2000.[9][15]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference common library was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Nielsen, Henrik Frystyk (17 June 1994). "CERN Common World-Wide Web Library Version 2.16pre1 Available". [email protected] (Mailing list). CERN. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
  3. ^ Nielsen, Henrik Frystyk; Lie, Håkon W. (October 1994). "Towards a uniform library of common code: A presentation of the CERN World-Wide Web Library". Computer Networks and ISDN Systems. 28 (1–2): 13–23. doi:10.1016/0169-7552(95)00104-8. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
  4. ^ Nielsen, Henrik Frystyk, ed. (22 June 1995). "W3C Reference Library". 1.8. World Wide Web Consortium.
  5. ^ Nielsen, Henrik Frystyk, ed. (18 February 1997). "Libwww - the W3C Sample Code Library". 1.67. World Wide Web Consortium.
  6. ^ a b c d e Cite error: The named reference official was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ "Web History Day: Pioneering Software and Sites". The World Wide Web History Project. Retrieved 28 March 2010.
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  9. ^ a b Kahan, José, ed. (7 June 2002). "Change History of libwww". 1.41. World Wide Web Consortium. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
  10. ^ http://www.w3.org/Library/Distribution/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  11. ^ a b c d e "W3C libwww libraries". PhysioNet. Cambridge, MA: University of São Paulo. 19 March 2008. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 30 May 2010.
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