To answer briefly: Tim Berners-Lee created the World Wide Web, while working at CERN in 1989, and he also protocol-standardized it through the creation of HTML, HTTP, and URLs, later founding the W3C to promote web standards.

Details:

• Origin of the Web: The World Wide Web was conceived and developed by Tim Berners-Lee in 1989 at CERN to facilitate automated information sharing among researchers across institutions and countries.

• Key technologies: HTML (structuring documents), HTTP (transfer protocol), and URLs (document addressing) were the core building blocks Berners-Lee introduced to make linked hypertext information globally accessible.

• Public-domain decision: Berners-Lee and CERN made the Web freely available to the public, enabling rapid global growth and adoption. This openness significantly contributed to the Web’s expansion into the ubiquitous platform it is today.

If you’d like, I can tailor this to a specific angle (e.g., historical timeline, impact on publishing, or Berners-Lee’s later work with the W3C) or pull additional up-to-date sources.