m UNL
into native languages. United Nations University's UNL Center will work
with its partners to create and promote the UNL software, which will be
compatible with popular network servers and computing platforms."

In 2000, 120 researchers worldwide were working on a multilingual
project in 16 languages (Arabic, Brazilian, Chinese, English, French,
German, Hindu, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Latvian, Mongolian,
Russian, Spanish, Swahiki, and Thai). The UNDL Foundation (UNDL:
Universal Networking Digital Language) was founded in January 2001 to
develop and promote the UNL project.

CHRONOLOGY

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1968: ASCII is the first character set encoding.
1971: Project Gutenberg is the first digital library.
1974: The internet takes off.
1990: The web is invented by Tim Berners-Lee.
1991/01: Unicode is a universal character set encoding for all languages.
1993/11: Mosaic is the first web browser.
1994/05: The Human-Languages Page is a catalog of language-related internet resources.
1994/10: The World Wide Web Consortium will deal with internationalization and localization.
1994: Travland is dedicated to both travel and languages.
1995/12: The Kotoba Home Page deals with language issues using our keyboard.
1995: The Internet Dictionary Project works on creating free translating dictionaries.
1995: NetGlos is a multilingual glossary of internet terminology.
1995: Global Reach is a virtual consultancy stemming from Euro-Marketing Associates.
1995: LISA is the localization industry standards association.
1995: "The Ethnologue: Languages of the World" offers a free online version.
1996/04 : OneLook Dictionaries is a fast finder in online dictionaries.
1997/01: UNL (universal networking language) is a digital metalanguage project.
1997/12: AltaVista launches AltaVista Translation, also called Babel Fish.
1997: The Logos Dictionary goes online for free.
1999/12: Britannica.com is the first main English-language online encyclopedia.
1999/12: WebEncyclo is the first main French-language online encyclopedia.
1999: WordReference.com offers free online bilingual translating dictionaries.
2000/02: yourDictionary.com is a major language portal.
2000/07: Non-English-speaking internet users reach 50%.
2001/01: Wikipedia is a main free multilingual cooperative encyclopedia.
2001/01: The UNDL Foundation develops UNL, a digital metalangua