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'''Universal Networking Language''' ('''UNL''') is a declarative [[formal language]] specifically designed to represent [[semantic]] data extracted from [[natural language]] texts. It can be used as a [[pivot language]] in [[interlingual machine translation]] systems or as a [[knowledge representation]] language in [[information retrieval]] applications.

UNL was created at the Institute of Advanced Studies of the [[United Nations University]], in Tokyo, and it has been developed at the [http://www.undlfoundationundl.org UNDL Foundation], in Geneva, Switzerland, along with a large community of researchers all over the world (the so-called UNL Society).

== Scope and goals ==

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== History ==

The UNL Programme started in 1996, as an initiative of the [http://www.ias.unu.edu Institute of Advanced Studies] of the [http://www.unu.edu United Nations University] in Tokyo, Japan. In January 2001, the United Nations University set up an autonomous organization, the [http://www.undlfoundationundl.org UNDL Foundation], to be responsible for the development and management of the UNL Programme. The Foundation, a non-profit international organisation, has an independent identity from the United Nations University, although it has special links with the UN. It inherited from the UNU/IAS the mandate of implementing the UNL Programme so that it can fulfil its mission. Its headquarters are based in Geneva, Switzerland.

From the very beginning, a consortium of university departments from all regions of the world has been engaged in developing the UNL. That's the UNL Society, a global-scale network of R&D teams, involving about 200 specialists in computer science and linguistics, who are at work creating the linguistic resources and developing the web structure of the UNL System. The UNL Centre provides technological support and co-ordinates the implementation of the Programme.

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== External links ==

* [http://www.unlweb.net UNLWEB] The UNL Community Portal

* [http://www.undlfoundationundl.org/ UNDL Foundation] where UNL development is coordinated.

* [http://www.undl.org/unlsys/unl/unl2005/ UNL Specs]

* [http://www.cicling.org/2005/UNL-book Online book on UNL]

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=== UNL Society ===

* [http://www.undlundltokyo.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=34&Itemid=64 UNL Centre (Tokyo)]

* [http://www.dreamdoorsoft.com/ UNL Centre (Bangladesh)]

* [http://www.undl.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=35&Itemid=65 UNL in Armenia]