WNPKGS(7WN)

NAME
wnpkgs - description of various WordNet system packages

DESCRIPTION
WordNet 1.6 is distributed in several formats and in various packages. All of the packages are available via anonymous FTP from ftp.cogsci.princeton.edu and from the WordNet World Wide Web site at http://www.cogsci.princeton.edu/~wn/. A CD-ROM containing the PC and Macintosh packages will be available from MIT Press in Spring of 1998. Search their web site at http://mitpress.mit.edu for information on purchasing the CD-ROM.

  Packages Available Via FTP or WWW
The following WordNet packages can be downloaded using a web browser such as Netscape from ftp://ftp.cogsci.princeton.edu/wordnet/, or from the web site noted above. Users can also FTP directly from ftp.cogsci.princeton.edu, directory wordnet.
Package | Filename | Platform | Size* | Description
WordNet 1.6 | wn16.unix.tar.gz | Unix | 37MB | WordNet 1.6 database, interfaces, sense index, gloss index, interface and library source code,documentation.
Database | wn16pc.exe | PC |  |
 | wn16mac.sea | Macintosh |  |
Semantic | semcor16.unix.tar.gz | Unix | 43MB | Semantic concordance files tagged to WordNet 1.6 database, escort(1WN) interface, documentation.
Concordance | semcor16.exe | PC |  |
 | semcor16.mac.sea | Macintosh |  |
Prolog Database | prolog16.tar.gz | All | 18.6MB | WordNet 1.6 database files in Prolog-readable format, documentation.
Sense Map | snsmap16.tar.gz | All | 6.7MB | Mapping of 1.5 noun senses to 1.6 senses, documentation.
* Size refers to size of installed package. The size of the installed database package differs by computer platform. Ths size listed is for the largest installation. The WordNet database and accompanying packages require a large amount of disk space as noted in the table above. The database package contains necessary files and some auxiliary files which may be deleted to save space.
Listed in the table below are the sizes of required and optional files.
File | Size | Required
Required database files | 22MB | Yes
cntlist | .9MB | No
Gloss Index (index.gloss) | 5.7MB | No
Sense Index (index.sense) | 6.1MB | No

  CD-ROM
The WordNet 1.6 CD-ROM contains the WordNet database package for the PC and Macintosh systems. The user can choose to install the entire package, including all the database files, on their system, or to run WordNet from the CD-ROM. The other WordNet packages are also included on the CD-ROM.

  Database Package
The database package is a complete installation for WordNet 1.6 users. It includes the 1.6 database files, precompiled binaries for the 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. Note that these are the platforms that the binaries were compiled on. Most should work on newer versions of the operating system.
Hardware | Operating System
Sun SPARC | SunOS 4.1.3
Sun SPARC | Solaris 2.5.2
SGI | IRIX 5.3
PC(486) | Linux (kernel 2.0.27)
PC(Pentium) | Windows/95
PC(386) | Windows 3.1
PC(386) | DOS
PowerMac | MacOS 7.5.1

  Semantic Concordance Package
The semantic concordance package contains three sets of semantically tagged Brown Corpus files, statistical information, and the escort(1WN) interface precompiled for the Unix and Windows-based PC platforms listed above. Documentation describing the format of the semantic concordance files and on using escort(1WN) is included. The WordNet 1.6 database is not included in this package and must be downloaded separately.

  Prolog Database Package
The WordNet 1.6 database files are available in this package 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.

  Sense Map Package
To help users automatically convert 1.5 noun senses to their corresponding 1.6 senses, we provide noun sense mapping information in this package. This package contains files to map polysemous and monosemous nouns, and documentation that describes the format of these files. As with the Prolog database, this package is only downloadable in compressed tar format, but the files are also in ASCII.

NOTES
The lexicographer files and grind(1WN) program are not distributed. The tools and programs used to create the semantic concordances are not distributed.

SEE ALSO
wnintro(1WN), wnintro(3WN), wnintro(5WN), wnintro(7WN).