 CORDIS content dates back to the origin of the service in 1990 and the website has been online since 1994, as the first website of the European institutions.CORDIS is managed by the Publications Office of the European Union, on behalf of the European Commission's research Directorates-General and Agencies.CORDIS was created in 1990 following a Communication of the Commission for the implementation of an RTD information service (SEC(1988)1831).