The internet is global, we like to say, but it is largely English, which not everyone on the web speaks, and many parts of it are in languages we don't generally speak here in North America. Is there a better way? Prof Pierre Levy of the University of Ottawa thinks so and is working hard on the Information Economy Meta language (IEML) that can be understood by computers worldwide. It reminds one of the efforts in the accounting community to develop XBRL. Whether or not Prof Levy suceeds, the concept is going to have a lot of legs over the next few years. Truly global and computer readable languages are needed for global e-business, and for that matter everything else. globeandmail.com : Pioneers aim to create new language for the Web