diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 37586c00..7f0f9a0b 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,17 +1,28 @@ # English WordNet -The English WordNet as individual files in [GWN-LMF](http://globalwordnet.github.io/schemas/) -format. This Wordnet is an attempt to make it easier to provide feedback in the -form of patches to the [Princeton Wordnet](https://wordnet.princeton.edu/). -It is undergoing a first trial in Summer 2018. +English WordNet is a lexical network of the English language grouping words into synsets and linking them according +to relationships such as hypernymy, antonymy and meronymy. It is intended to be used in natural language processing +applications and provides deep lexical information about the English language as a graph. + +English WordNet is a fork of the [Princeton Wordnet](https://wordnet.princeton.edu/) developed under +an open source methodology. The quality and veracity of the resource may differ from the Princeton +WordNet and we welcome contributions. The English WordNet is available as individual files in [GWN-LMF](http://globalwordnet.github.io/schemas/) format. + +## Releases + +English WordNet is released through the [English WordNet website](https://en-word.net/). The version released are + +* **2019 Edition** (Released 15th April 2019). [(LMF)](https://en-word.net/english-wordnet-2019.xml.gz) +[(RDF)](https://en-word.net/english-wordnet-2019.ttl.gz) +[(WNDB)](https://en-word.net/english-wordnet-2019.zip) ## Download The latest version can be accessed here -* [As WN-LMF XML](http://server1.nlp.insight-centre.org/enwordnet-update/english-wordnet-3.2.xml) -* [As RDF (TTL)](http://server1.nlp.insight-centre.org/enwordnet-update/english-wordnet-3.2.ttl) (the RDF TTL file conains only the instances - the Ontolex schema is also available [as RDF XML](https://www.w3.org/ns/lemon/ontolex)) -* [As WordNet database files](http://server1.nlp.insight-centre.org/enwordnet-update/english-wordnet-3.2.zip) +* [As WN-LMF XML](http://server1.nlp.insight-centre.org/enwordnet-update/english-wordnet-3.3.xml) +* [As RDF (TTL)](http://server1.nlp.insight-centre.org/enwordnet-update/english-wordnet-3.3.ttl) (the RDF TTL file conains only the instances - the Ontolex schema is also available [as RDF XML](https://www.w3.org/ns/lemon/ontolex)) +* [As WordNet database files](http://server1.nlp.insight-centre.org/enwordnet-update/english-wordnet-3.3.zip) Please note these files are automatically compiled from the HEAD of MASTER and may not be available immediately after a commit. @@ -28,19 +39,13 @@ Further conversions are available through the converter [here](http://server1.nl ## Changes -**We are currently only accepting the following changes:** - -* Minor corrections to definitions, examples (e.g., spelling) -* Corrections of lemmas -* Corrections of relationship types -* Proposals for deletion of duplicate or nonextant concepts - -We are not accepting any additions of synsets, lemmas or relations. - We welcome changes, to make a change please read our [contributing guidelines](CONTRIBUTING.md) and make a pull request. -Also please read the guidelines for [consistency of the format](FORMAT.md) +English WordNet is a high-quality resource that acts as a gold-standard for natural language processing, +as such we cannot accept any automatically generated results that have not been manually validated. + +Please be aware that we use the Also please read the guidelines for [format](FORMAT.md) ## License