CHRONOLOGY
[Each line begins with the year or the year/month.]
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 metalanguage project.
2001/04: The Human-Languages Project becomes the iLoveLanguages portal.
2004/01: Project Gutenberg Europe is launched as a multilingual project.
2007/03: IATE is the new terminological database of the European Union.
2009: "The Ethnologue" launches its 16th edition as an encyclopedic reference work.