This is the README file for WordNet 1.7 1. About WordNet WordNet was developed at Princeton University's Cognitive Science Laboratory under the direction of George Miller, James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of Psychology, Emeritus. Over the years many linguists, lexicographers, students, and software engineers have contributed to the project. WordNet is an online lexical reference system. Word forms in WordNet are represented in their familiar orthography; word meanings are represented by synonym sets (synset) - lists of synonymous word forms that are interchangeable in some context. Two kinds of relations are recognized: lexical and semantic. Lexical relations hold between word forms; semantic relations hold between word meanings. To learn more about WordNet, read "Five Papers on WordNet", available via anonymous FTP from our Web site and in printed form. A book, "WordNet: An Electronic Lexical Database", containing an updated version of "Five Papers on WordNet" and additional papers by WordNet users, is available from MIT Press: http://mitpress.mit.edu/book-home.tcl?isbn=026206197X Information about WordNet, access to our online interface, and the various WordNet packages that you can download are available from our Web site. All of the package documentation is also available online, as well as a FAQ. On this site we also have information about other uses of WordNet. http://www.cogsci.princeton.edu/~wn/ 2. Contacting Us Ongoing deveopment work and WordNet related projects are done by a small group of researchers, lexicographers, and systems programmers. Since our resources are VERY limited, we request that you please confine correspondence to WordNet topics only. When reporting a problem, please be as specific as possible, stating the computer platform you are using, which interface you are using, and the exact error. The more details you can provide, the more likely it is that you will get an answer. With release 1.7, we have added a FAQ to our Web site. Please refer to the FAQ first to see if your problem or question is already addressed here. Please address all e-mail concerning WordNet to 'wordnet@princeton.edu'. We maintain a database of "registered" WordNet users. We use this database to send mail to users when necessary (such as announcing a new release), and also to help keep track of the number of users we have, which in turn helps us with important items such as funding. If you download WordNet, you are encouraged to send e-mail to the address above, stating which platform you're using. In addition to the user database, there is a WordNet user discussion group mailing list. Information on joining the user mailing list is in the file README.ml. 3. The WordNet Web Site We maintain a Web site at http://www.cogsci.princeton.edu/~wn/ From this site users can download WordNet, run a Web interface to WordNet, and download "Five Papers on WordNet". We also maintain links to other related projects and online interfaces to WordNet, and an extensive (but by no mean complete) bibliography. We will add links to user applications and papers. Please send e-mail to the above address. With version 1.7 we have added a FAQ file to our Web site. If you have trouble installing or downloading WordNet, have a bug to report, or any other problem, please refer to the FAQ first. If you can heal thyself, please do so. The FAQ will be updated over time. And if you do find a previously unreported problem, please report it to 'wordnet@princeton.edu'. 4. WordNet Packages WordNet Version 1.7 is the only version available for download at this time. See the file CHANGES for information about changes from version 1.6. Several different WordNet packages are available. All are available from the WordNet FTP site. Most users require only the "Database package". An explanation of each package follows. Please note that the packages will not be released all at once, so if you are an early 1.7 user, some of the packages described below may not be available yet. Please check back at our Web site for new packages. 4.1 Database Package The database package is a complete installation for WordNet 1.7 users. It includes the 1.7 database files, precompiled binaries for the supported platforms specified below, source code for the WordNet browsers and library, and documentation. The other packages are not included - they must be downloaded and installed separately. 4.2 Semantic Concordance Package The semantic concordance package is no longer available as of WordNet 1.7. If you need the Semantic Concordance for WordNet 1.6 (and the 1.6 database), please contact 'wordnet@princeton.edu'. 4.3 Prolog Database Package The WordNet 1.7 database files are available in a Prolog-readable format. Documentation describing the file format is included. This package is only downloadable in compressed tar file format, although once unpackaged it can be used from PC and Macintosh systems since the files are in ASCII. 4.4 Sense Map Package To help users automatically convert 1.6 senses to their corresponding 1.7 senses, we provide sense mapping information in this package. The sense map package contains files to map polysemous and monosemous senses, and documentation that describes the format of these files. As with the Prolog database, this package is only downloadable in compressed tar file format, but the files are also in ASCII. 5. Supported Platforms Precompiled binaries for the WordNet browsers and library are included in the database package for the following platforms. Note that these are the platforms that the binaries were compiled on. Most should work on newer versions of the operating system. Sun SPARC Solaris 7 Red Hat Linux 7.0 Windows 98 Windows 2000 Windows NT Silicon Graphics Irix 6.5.8 Source code is included in the database package so users on different computer platforms can compile the WordNet library and browsers for their system. 6. Disk Space Requirements The WordNet database package requires approximately 31MB of disk space, depending on computer platform. The sense index (6.6MB) file is optional, and can be removed to save space. The database alone requires 23.5MB of disk space. The space requirements of the various packages can be found on the "Download" page on the WordNe Web site. 7. Obtaining WordNet 1.7 Packages via FTP We prefer that you FTP the WordNet system via anonymous FTP from one of the following FTP sites: In the US: ftp.cogsci.princeton.edu [128.112.144.11] In Europe: ftp.ims.uni-stuttgart.de [141.58.127.61] Anyone who wants to mirror this release on an FTP server should notify Princeton in advance. 7.1 FTP Packages In order to facilitate downloading, some of the packages are available as either a single file or a series of smaller files. If you download a package that has been split into smaller files, as indicated by the suffix ".tar.gz.aX" where "X" is a lower case letter, you must download all of the individual files in the package. Please note that the packages will not be released all at once, so if you are an early 1.7 user, some of the packages described below may not be available yet. Please check back at our Web site for new packages. 7.1.1 WordNet Database Packages Includes WordNet 1.7 database, interfaces, sense index, interface and library source code, and documentation. wn17.unix.tar.gz Unix wn17.unix.tar.gz.aX Unix (split into 512K chunks) wn17pc.exe PC wn17pcm.* PC (split into 512K chunks) 7.1.2 Prolog Database Includes WordNet 1.7 database in Prolog-readable format and documentation. prolog17.tar.gz All Platforms prolog17.tar.gz.aX All Platforms (split into 512K chunks) 7.1.3 Sense Map Package Includes files mapping of 1.6 noun senses to 1.7 senses and documentation. snsmap17.tar.gz All Platforms 7.1.4 "Five Papers on WordNet" The paper "Five Papers on WordNet" is available in several different formats: 5papers.pdf PDF file 5papers.ps Postscript file 5papers.tar.Z compress tar file of nroff source 7.1.5 Other Files README this file README.* various other README files CHANGES changes to WordNet made since version 1.6 LICENSE WordNet license INSTALL.unix Unix installation instructions INSTALL.pc PC installation instructions FAQ Frequently Asked Questions 7.2 Downloading WordNet via FTP You can download WordNet directly from the Princeton or Stuttgart FTP sites or via links on the WordNet Web site. You should download whichever package files you need and the appropriate INSTALL file for your system. ***** REMEMBER TO FTP IN "binary" MODE!!! ***** ************************************************************************** * IF YOU FTP WordNet, PLEASE SEND MAIL TO wordnet@princeton.edu SO WE * * CAN UPDATE OUR RECORDS AND KEEP TRACK OF OUR USERS FOR FUTURE MAILINGS * * AND RELEASES. EVEN IF YOU ARE A CURRENT USER WHO IS UPGRADING, IT IS * * USEFUL TO US TO KNOW THAT YOU HAVE UPGRADED TO 1.7. * ************************************************************************** 7.2.1 Princeton FTP Site Host: ftp.cogsci.princeton.edu [128.112.144.11] Login: ftp Password: Your e-mail address Directory: pub/wordnet 7.2.2 Stuttgart Mirror FTP Site Host: ftp.ims.uni-stuttgart.de [141.58.127.61] Login: ftp Password: Your e-mail address Directory: /pub/WordNet/1.7 Note: 'ls' sometimes doesn't work properly, 'dir' shows everything. Due to the size of the WordNet distribution, please restrict downloading to time frames outside office hours (i.e. outside 9 a.m. - 6 p.m.). All queries regarding the installation of the system, its use and maintenance should be made to wordnet@princeton.edu only. 7.2.3 Downloading Compressed Tar File Packages Some of the packages (those with the extension "tar.gz") have been archived with tar and compressed with 'gzip'. To install a package compressed with 'gzip', you need to have 'gzip' (or 'gunzip') on your system. If you don't, you can download it from "prep.ai.mit.edu" or one of the numerous FTP sites that mirror the GNU software. If you download a package that has been split into smaller files, as indicated by the suffix ".tar.gz.aX" where "X" is a lower case letter, you must download all of the individual files in the package. Note that some of the compressed tar file packages can be used on PC systems once unbundled, however they must be unpackaged by a tool such as WinZip that understands how to unbundle files in this format. 7.2.4 Downloading PC Packages PC packages are distributed as compressed self extracting archives. Each package is in a single file. Simply run the downloaded file to unbundle the archive. 8. Installation The INSTALL files listed below contain instructions for unbundling packages on that platform. You should FTP the appropriate file for your platform. INSTALL.unix Unix installation instructions INSTALL.pc PC installation instructions Each package, when unbundled, contains a file, INSTALL, with installation instructions for that package. 9. Bugs Before reporting download or installation problems, or bugs, please check the FAQ file that's on our Web site to see if your situation is already addressed there. If not, then report WordNet related questions to 'wordnet@princeton.edu'. The FAQ and various README.* files will be udated periodically in response to problems and such reported by users.