WordNet Version 1.5 Now Available

Shari L. Landes (shari@phoenix.Princeton.EDU)
Fri, 17 Mar 95 17:08:44 EST

*** WordNet Version 1.5 is now available ***

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 and in printed form. WordNet is available in several
different packages, based on computer platform.

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