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This is the README file for WordNet 2.0
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1. About WordNet
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WordNet was developed at Princeton University's Cognitive Science
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Laboratory under the direction of George Miller, James S. McDonnell
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Distinguished University Professor of Psychology, Emeritus. Over the
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years many linguists, lexicographers, students, and software engineers
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have contributed to the project.
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WordNet is an online lexical reference system. Word forms in WordNet
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are represented in their familiar orthography; word meanings are
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represented by synonym sets (synsets) - lists of synonymous word forms
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that are interchangeable in some context. Two kinds of relations are
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recognized: lexical and semantic. Lexical relations hold between word
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forms; semantic relations hold between word meanings.
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To learn more about WordNet, the book "WordNet: An Electronic Lexical
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Database," containing an updated version of "Five Papers on WordNet"
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and additional papers by WordNet users, is available from MIT Press:
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http://mitpress.mit.edu/book-home.tcl?isbn=026206197X
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Information about WordNet, access to our online interface, and the
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various WordNet packages that you can download are available from our
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web site. All of the software documentation is available online, as
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well as a FAQ. On this site we also have information about other
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applications that use WordNet.
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http://www.cogsci.princeton.edu/~wn/
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2. Contacting Us
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Ongoing deveopment work and WordNet related projects are done by a
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small group of researchers, lexicographers, and systems programmers.
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Since our resources are VERY limited, we request that you please
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confine correspondence to WordNet topics only. Please check the
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documentation, FAQ, and other resources for the answer to your
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question or problem before contacting us.
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When reporting a problem, please be as specific as possible, stating
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the computer platform you are using, which interface you are using,
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and the exact error. The more details you can provide, the more
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likely it is that you will get an answer.
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Please address all e-mail concerning WordNet to 'wordnet@princeton.edu'.
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We maintain a database of "registered" WordNet users. We use this
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database to send mail to users when necessary (such as announcing a
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new release), and also to help keep track of the number of users we
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have, which in turn helps us with important items such as funding. If
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you download WordNet, you are encouraged to send e-mail to the address
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above, stating which platform you're using and which package(s) you've
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downloaded.
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In addition to the user database, there is a WordNet user discussion
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group mailing list. Information on joining the user mailing list
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is in the file README.list.
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3. The WordNet Web Site
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We maintain a Web site at http://www.cogsci.princeton.edu/~wn/
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From this site users can download WordNet, run a web interface to
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WordNet, and download "Five Papers on WordNet." We also maintain
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links to other related projects and online interfaces to WordNet, and
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an extensive (but by no means complete) bibliography. If you have an
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application or paper that you would like included, please send e-mail
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to the above address.
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If you have trouble installing or downloading WordNet, have a bug to
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report, or any other problem, please refer to the online FAQ file
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first. If you can heal thyself, please do so. The FAQ will be
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updated over time. And if you do find a previously unreported
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problem, please report it to 'wordnet@princeton.edu'.
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4. Current Release
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WordNet Version 2.0 is the latest version available for download. See
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the file CHANGES for information about changes from version 1.7.1.
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Precompiled binaries for the WordNet browsers and library are included
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in the database package for the following platforms.
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(Note that these are the platforms that the binaries were compiled on.
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Most should work on newer versions of the operating system.)
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Sun SPARC Solaris 8
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Red Hat Linux 7.2
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Windows 2000
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Windows XP
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Silicon Graphics Irix 6.5.8
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5. WordNet Packages
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WordNet packages can either be downloaded from our web site, or via
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anonymous FTP. The "Download WordNet" link describes each package.
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In order to facilitate downloading, some of the packages are available
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as both a single file or a series of smaller files. If you download a
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package that has been split into smaller files you must make sure that
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you download all of the individual files in the package.
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6. Downloading WordNet
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***** IF YOU USE FTP, REMEMBER TO FTP IN "binary" MODE!!! *****
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* IF YOU DONWLOAD WordNet, PLEASE SEND MAIL TO wordnet@princeton.edu SO WE *
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* CAN UPDATE OUR RECORDS AND KEEP TRACK OF OUR USERS FOR FUTURE MAILINGS *
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* AND RELEASES. EVEN IF YOU ARE A CURRENT USER WHO IS UPGRADING, IT IS *
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* USEFUL TO US TO KNOW THAT YOU HAVE UPGRADED TO 2.0. *
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****************************************************************************
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6.1 Princeton FTP Site
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Host: ftp.cogsci.princeton.edu [128.112.144.11]
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Login: ftp
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Password: Your e-mail address
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Directory: pub/wordnet
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6.2 Stuttgart Mirror FTP Site
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Host: ftp.ims.uni-stuttgart.de [141.58.127.61]
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Login: ftp
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Password: Your e-mail address
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Directory: /pub/WordNet/2.0
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Note: 'ls' sometimes doesn't work properly, 'dir' shows everything.
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Due to the size of the WordNet distribution, please restrict
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downloading to time frames outside office hours (i.e. outside 9am -
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6pm EST).
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All queries regarding the installation of the system, its use and
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maintenance should be made to wordnet@princeton.edu only.
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7. Installing WordNet Packages
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WordNet packages are generally very easy to install. See the UNBUNDLE
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file (on the FTP site and on the web site under "Download WordNet")
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for instructions on unbundling downloaded packages. Once unbundled,
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each package contains an INSTALL file with package-specific
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installation and compilation instructions.
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8. Bugs
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Before reporting download or installation problems, or bugs, please
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check the FAQ and BUGS files on our web site to see if your situation is
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already addressed there. If not, then report WordNet related
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problems to 'wordnet@princeton.edu'.
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