The original WWW proposal is quite easy and interesting to read through: https://www.w3.org/History/1989/proposal.html

Part of the original requirements was the decentralized nature, which I always found extra interesting:

> CERN Requirements - Non-Centralisation - Information systems start small and grow. They also start isolated and then merge. A new system must allow existing systems to be linked together without requiring any central control or coordination.

Doesn't directly answer your question I suppose, but gives at least one perspective on how at least one person saw it at that point :)