I wouldn&#x27;t read that much into what TimBL is saying about the &quot;principle of least power&quot;. It seems more like a <i>post facto</i> realization, and particularly in light of expectations for a transition into a Semantic Web. The 1990 WWW proposal [1] reveals the web to have been more-or-less the bare minimum glue to unify CERN&#x27;s document troves, and to do so in a highly expedient timeframe. A far cry from TimBL&#x27;s earlier ENQUIRE, and no in-depth design principles per se.<p>[1] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.w3.org&#x2F;Proposal.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.w3.org&#x2F;Proposal.html</a>