Present States and perspectives of Knowledge and Infology Leading Information Societies in the 21^st Century －Past 10 years and Coming 10 Years－

Abstract

　Global information infrastructures and computers are being developed very rapidly, and diversified massive information can be obtained through Internet. Access to necessary information and distributing generated information become easy owing to large quantity, high speed and globalization of sophisticated computers and communication technologies.
　Basic principles and architectures of the present information technologies remain same contrary to apparent development. It is the time to move to the new era of information based on new principles and innovative technologies resulting from "fundamental research of information and knowledge.