Conference on Data Systems Languages

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CODASYL met for the first time 28 May 1959. Its purpose was to develop a universal business language. Its first such language was COBOL. The organization worked on various languages over the years but never actually standardized one. The standardization process was left to ANSI.

CODASYL formed a List Processing Task Force in 1965 and this became the Data Base Task Group. By the end of 1971 this group had become the Data Description Language Committee.

Some of the CODASYL committees continue as spin-offs but the basic organization no longer exists.

More Information

• Introduction to Databases
• H2 History
• COBOL History Article
• CODASYL: historical background