*** Update: WordNet Version 1.4 is now available *** (Release notice, users' mailing list information and README file) WordNet Version 1.4 is now available. The WordNet database is close to 13.5 megabytes, exclusive of the search code. The entire package is approximately 17.5 megabytes. The WordNet search code is distributed in binary form only, and is presently available for Sun-3, Sun-4, NeXT, DECstation, RS-6000, Silicon Graphics, Solaris 2.3, Macintosh and PC architectures. An X Windows interface is available for Sun-3, Sun-4, DECstation, RS-6000, Silicon Graphics, Solaris, Linux and NeXT (please note that this is NOT a NeXTStep application - you must have X Windows for the NeXT in order to use the X Windows interface). A Microsoft Windows interface is available for the PC. A command line interface is also provided for all architectures except the Macintosh. If you are currently using an earlier version of WordNet you are strongly encouraged to upgrade to version 1.4. Small bugs and inconsistencies in both the database and search software have been corrected, and the database coverage has been expanded. Attributes have been added with this release. New with release 1.4 is a semantic concordance: a textual corpus linked to a lexicon with semantic tags. The concordance consists of 103 files from the Brown Corpus annotated with pointers to word senses in the WordNet 1.4 database. An X Windows application, Escort, is provided for searching the concordance files for occurrences and co-occurrences of semantic tags. Escort has been ported to the Sun-4, NeXT and DECstation platforms. You must install WordNet 1.4 before installing and using the semantic concordance package. The semantic concordance package is approximately 20 megabytes. Summary of changes: Updates to database - additional coverage, cleanup Addition of attributes Port to RS-6000 New semantic concordance package We prefer that you ftp the WordNet system via anonymous ftp from one of the following ftp sites: In the US: clarity.princeton.edu [ 128.112.144.1 ] In Europe: ftp.ims.uni-stuttgart.de [141.58.127.61] ************************************************************************** * 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 UPDATING, IT IS * * USEFUL TO US TO KNOW THAT YOU HAVE UPGRADED TO 1.4. * ************************************************************************** ***** REMEMBER TO FTP IN "binary" MODE!!! ***** On clarity.princeton.edu the packages are located in the subdirectory 'pub'. This is the README file in this directory. Information about ftping from ftp.ims.uni-stutgart.de follows later in this message. To ftp the UNIX version of WordNet 1.4, ftp the following file: wn1.4unix.tar.Z WordNet Version 1.4 for UNIX systems in compressed tar format. This includes the WordNet database, binary installation of search code for Sun-4, DECstation, RS-6000 and NeXT, and documentation. Installation instructions and a Makefile are included. Man pages are provided as unformatted troff files. wn1.4sun3.tar.Z WordNet Version 1.4 binaries for Sun-3 only. Does not include the database, Makefile, or documentation. If you are using a Sun-3, you should ftp 'wn1.4unix.tar.Z' and 'wn1.4sun3.tar.Z', and install the Sun-3 binaries in the desired 'bin' directory. wn1.4sgi.tar.Z WordNet Version 1.4 binaries for Silicon Graphics only. Does not include the database, Makefile, or documentation. If you are using an SGI workstation, you should ftp 'wn1.4unix.tar.Z' and 'wn1.4sgi.tar.Z', and install the SGI binaries in the desired 'bin' directory. See 'readme.sgi' for more information. wn1.4sol2.tar.Z WordNet Version 1.4 binaries for Solaris 2.3 only. Does not include the database, Makefile, or documentation. If you are running Solaris 2.3, you should ftp 'wn1.4unix.tar. Z' and 'wn1.4sol2.tar.Z', and install the Solaris binaries in the desired 'bin' directory. wn1.4linux.tar.Z WordNet Version 1.4 binaries for Linux 0.99 only. Does not include the database, Makefile, or documentation. If you are running Linux, you should ftp 'wn1.4unix.tar. Z' and 'wn1.4linux.tar.Z', and install the Linux binaries in the desired 'bin' directory. To ftp the PC (DOS) version of WordNet 1.4, ftp the following files: readme.pc README file for PC installation. wn14.arc PC version in ARC format. This includes the WordNet database, binary installation of search code (command line and Microsoft Windows interfaces), and documentation. Installation instructions and installation batch file, and a batch file for running WordNet are included. Man pages are provided in a format which can be sent to the line printer or viewed on the screen. arc.exe arc program needed to 'unarc' the PC version. If you already have this on your PC you do not need to ftp this file. To ftp the Macintosh version of WordNet 1.4, ftp the following files: readme.mac README file for Macintosh installation. MacWordNet1.4.sit.bin Macintosh version in Stuffit format. This includes the WordNet database, binary installation of search code, and documentation. p Man pages are provided in Postscript format. UnStuffit-Deluxe-TM.bin Unstuffit program needed to unpack the Macintosh version. If you already have UnStuffit on your Macintosh, you don't need to ftp this file. Semantic concordance: wn1.4semcor.tar.Z Semantic concordance package in compressed tar format. Includes the semantically tagged files, Escort searching application for Sun-4, DECstation and NeXT, and documentation. Installation instructions and a Makefile are included. Man pages are provided as unformatted troff files. Papers and WordNet documentation only: wn1.4man.tar.Z WordNet 1.4 documentation (man pages) only as unformatted troff files. 5papers.tar.Z troff paper describing WordNet project in compressed tar format ("Five Papers on WordNet"). A Makefile for formatting and printing the papers is included. 5papers.ps "Five Papers on WordNet" in PostScript format ready for printing. If you need a PC or Macintosh version on diskette we will provide WordNet on magnetic media. There is a charge of $25 for PC diskettes (high density only, either 3 1/2" or 5 1/4"), $25 for Macintosh diskettes (high density 3 1/2" only), and $30 for 8mm tape. Please send a check, payable to Princeton University, along with a request for a specific format to: Princeton University Cognitive Science Laboratory 221 Nassau Street Princeton, NJ 08544-2093 Attn: WordNet If you have received an earlier version of WordNet on magnetic media, you may return the media to us and receive an upgrade for $10. To receive a printed copy of "Five Papers on WordNet", please send $6 to the address above. (We do prefer that you ftp this document if possible.) If you are running on an unsupported platform or have a need for the source to the WordNet search code, please send mail to wordnet@princeton.edu. We will consider requests for source code on an individual basis. Please address all email concerning WordNet to wordnet@princeton.edu. We will try to respond in a timely manner. If you have received this message via email and do not wish to remain in the user database, please send a request to be deleted. *********************************************************************** Information about ftp site ftp.ims.uni-stuttgart.de: Host: ftp.ims.uni-stuttgart.de [141.58.127.8] Login: ftp Password: Your e-mail address Directory: WordNet ('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 Central European Time (i.e. outside 9 a.m. - 6 p.m.). We didn't modify the original files in any way, but used the GNU gzip utility for compression (this saves almost 3MB). Additionally, the two huge files (wn1.4semcor.tar.gz and wn1.4unix.tar.gz) have been split in 500k chunks for easier downloading. The directory contains the following files: -rw-r--r-- 1 oli 92849 Aug 25 08:10 5papers.tar.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 oli 8446 Aug 25 08:10 README -rw-r--r-- 1 oli 1990 Aug 25 08:35 README.WordNet-mirror -rw-r--r-- 1 oli 722 Aug 25 08:10 README.bug -rw-r--r-- 1 oli 8262 Apr 23 10:45 WordNet-Mailing-List -rw-r--r-- 1 oli 19933 Aug 25 08:10 wn1.4man.tar.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 oli 524288 Aug 25 08:16 wn1.4semcor.tar.gz.aa -rw-r--r-- 1 oli 524288 Aug 25 08:16 wn1.4semcor.tar.gz.ab -rw-r--r-- 1 oli 524288 Aug 25 08:16 wn1.4semcor.tar.gz.ac -rw-r--r-- 1 oli 524288 Aug 25 08:16 wn1.4semcor.tar.gz.ad -rw-r--r-- 1 oli 524288 Aug 25 08:16 wn1.4semcor.tar.gz.ae -rw-r--r-- 1 oli 524288 Aug 25 08:16 wn1.4semcor.tar.gz.af -rw-r--r-- 1 oli 524288 Aug 25 08:16 wn1.4semcor.tar.gz.ag -rw-r--r-- 1 oli 524288 Aug 25 08:16 wn1.4semcor.tar.gz.ah -rw-r--r-- 1 oli 216953 Aug 25 08:16 wn1.4semcor.tar.gz.ai -rw-r--r-- 1 oli 41843 Aug 25 08:10 wn1.4src.tar.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 oli 524288 Aug 25 08:16 wn1.4unix.tar.gz.aa -rw-r--r-- 1 oli 524288 Aug 25 08:16 wn1.4unix.tar.gz.ab -rw-r--r-- 1 oli 524288 Aug 25 08:16 wn1.4unix.tar.gz.ac -rw-r--r-- 1 oli 524288 Aug 25 08:17 wn1.4unix.tar.gz.ad -rw-r--r-- 1 oli 524288 Aug 25 08:17 wn1.4unix.tar.gz.ae -rw-r--r-- 1 oli 524288 Aug 25 08:17 wn1.4unix.tar.gz.af -rw-r--r-- 1 oli 524288 Aug 25 08:17 wn1.4unix.tar.gz.ag -rw-r--r-- 1 oli 524288 Aug 25 08:17 wn1.4unix.tar.gz.ah -rw-r--r-- 1 oli 524288 Aug 25 08:17 wn1.4unix.tar.gz.ai -rw-r--r-- 1 oli 524288 Aug 25 08:17 wn1.4unix.tar.gz.aj -rw-r--r-- 1 oli 264233 Aug 25 08:17 wn1.4unix.tar.gz.ak Please read all README* files. The file 'README.WordNet-mirror' is appended at the end of this mail. In case you shouldn't already have gzip, please ask you system administrator to download it from prep.ai.mit.edu or one of the numerous ftp sites which mirror GNU software. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oliver Christ Institute for Natural Language Processing, University of Stuttgart, Germany oli@ims.uni-stuttgart.de/christ@is.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ==================== README.WordNet-mirror ==================== In accordance with Randee Tengi we keep a copy of the current WordNet distribution here. This directory contains WordNet Version 1.4 originally from clarity.princeton.edu:/pub/ (transferred from there on Aug 25, 1993). The original files are unmodified, but are compressed with the GNU gzip compression utility instead of standard 'compress' which was used to build the original distribution. Interested parties downlaoding the software from here are kindly requested to inform Randee under the following email address wordnet@princeton.edu if they install WordNet (through that they will be put on the WordNet mailing list to inform them of any changes, patches and updates). Anyone who wants to make this tar file available on an ftp server should ask Randee in advance and should include a similar request. Due to the size of the WordNet distribution, please restrict downloading to time frames outside office hours Central European Time (i.e. outside 9 a.m. - 6 p.m.). In order to facilitate easier downloading, the files wn1.4semcor.tar.gz and wn1.4unix.tar.gz have been split into 500k chunks. To rebuild the distribution, download all parts, and 'cat' them into one tar.gz file, for example with the following commands: cat wn1.4semcor.tar.gz.a* > wn1.4semcor.tar.gz cat wn1.4unix.tar.gz.a* > wn1.4unix.tar.gz The .gz files can then be unpacked with the 'gunzip' utility. You may also use a pipe: cat wn1.4semcor.tar.gz.a* | gunzip | tar xf - cat wn1.4unix.tar.gz.a* | gunzip | tar xf - All queries regarding the installation of the system, its use and maintenance should go to Randee, and _not_ to us. We're just providing disk space here. Oli --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oliver Christ Institute for Natural Language Processing, University of Stuttgart, Germany oli@ims.uni-stuttgart.de --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ******* WordNet users' mailing list ********** We have (finally) set up a WordNet users' mailing list that will be administered here at Princeton. Items addressed to the mailing list will be automatically forwarded to all users on the list. Please note that this mailing list is separate from the user database. In order to participate in the mailing list, you must specifically request to be added. We hope that the mailing list will be a place for useful discourse about WordNet to take place. We at Princeton are always interested to hear what our users are doing with WordNet, and we imagine many users wonder what other users are using it for. Hopefully this mailing list will help to bring researchers together to exchange their ideas, experiences, code and philosophies. To post a message to the mailing list, address mail to 'wn-users@princeton.edu'. Requests to be added to or removed from the mailing list should be sent to 'wn-users-request@princeton.edu'. Although you have received this announcement, you will only be added to the mailing list if you send a request to 'wn-users-request@princeton.edu'. Please be sure to include your correct e-mail address in the body of your request. Also, to help us keep our records up to date, if you are a current WordNet user it would be helpful to us if you would include the version of WordNet you are using (the latest release is 1.4) and the platform(s) that you are running on. If you have code or various flavors of the WordNet database that you would like to share with others, at the present time we prefer that you keep the data at your site, announce it to users via the mailing list, and make it available to interested parties either via 'ftp' or e-mail. If your site does not allow anonymous ftp, then we will consider moving the data to Princeton. Requests of this sort should be addressed to 'wn-users-request@princeton.edu'. To help with the administrative end of things, items sent to 'wn-users-request@princeton.edu' should use the 'Subject' of the message to convey the intent of the request. To be added to the mailing list, please specify a subject of 'Add user'. Similarly, to be removed from the list, specify a subject of 'Remove user'. Other types of requests should attempt to make intelligent use of the message subject. PS. Administrative requests may only be handled once a week so please be patient.