FinnWordNet - the Finnish WordNet ================================= Resource name: The Downloadable Version of the Finnish WordNet Short name: FinnWordNet-dl Version: 2.0 Persistent identifier: urn:nbn:fi:lb-2016042503 Licence: Princeton WordNet licence + CC BY 3.0 FinnWordNet ----------- FinnWordNet is a wordnet for Finnish. It was created by having professional translators translate the word senses of the Princeton WordNet (PWN) 3.0 into Finnish and by combining the translations with the PWN structure. FinnWordNet is a part of the FIN-CLARIN infrastructure project: https://www.kielipankki.fi/organization/fin-clarin/ The FinnWordNet project was active in 2010–2012 and was led by Research Director, Dr Krister Lindén at the then Department of Modern Languages (Language Technology) of the University of Helsinki. For more information about FinnWordNet, please see http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:lb-2014052714 For more information about this downloadable version of FinnWordNet, please also see http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:lb-2016042503 Packages and directories ------------------------ Please note that this package contains the unchanged data of four packages previously distributed separately, and the source code of the WordNet 3.0 Grind program modified for FinnWordNet. Only the README files have been edited. This package contains the following directories: dict - FinnWordNet data files in the Princeton WordNet database format lex - FinnWordNet in the Princeton WordNet lexicographer file format lists - Various lists (synsets, translations, relations) generated from FinnWordNet data in a tab-separated-values format rels - FinnWordNet data as relations in a tab-separated-values format WNgrind-3.0-FiWN-20120213 - WordNet 3.0 Grind program modified to support FinnWordNet data Please refer to the respective README files in the directories for more information. The file NEWS contains news about FinnWordNet. General notes about FinnWordNet data ------------------------------------ The character encoding in all FinnWordNet data is UTF-8. Newlines are Unix-style (single line feed, ASCII 0x0A). Licence ------- Since FinnWordNet retains the structure and glosses of Princeton WordNet, it is a derivative of PWN subject to the PWN licence: http://wordnet.princeton.edu/wordnet/license/ The PWN licence allows free use, including commercial use, provided that a copyright notice is given: WordNet Release 3.0 This software and database is being provided to you, the LICENSEE, by Princeton University under the following license. By obtaining, using and/or copying this software and database, you agree that you have read, understood, and will comply with these terms and conditions.: Permission to use, copy, modify and distribute this software and database and its documentation for any purpose and without fee or royalty is hereby granted, provided that you agree to comply with the following copyright notice and statements, including the disclaimer, and that the same appear on ALL copies of the software, database and documentation, including modifications that you make for internal use or for distribution. WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. THIS SOFTWARE AND DATABASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND PRINCETON UNIVERSITY MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. BY WAY OF EXAMPLE, BUT NOT LIMITATION, PRINCETON UNIVERSITY MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF MERCHANT- ABILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR THAT THE USE OF THE LICENSED SOFTWARE, DATABASE OR DOCUMENTATION WILL NOT INFRINGE ANY THIRD PARTY PATENTS, COPYRIGHTS, TRADEMARKS OR OTHER RIGHTS. The name of Princeton University or Princeton may not be used in advertising or publicity pertaining to distribution of the software and/or database. Title to copyright in this software, database and any associated documentation shall at all times remain with Princeton University and LICENSEE agrees to preserve same. The translations of FinnWordNet are copyright of the University of Helsinki and they are licenced under Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) 3.0, which is similar to the PWN licence: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Please cite the following paper when referring to FinnWordNet: Krister Lindén and Lauri Carlson. 2010. FinnWordNet – WordNet på finska via översättning. LexicoNordica – Nordic Journal of Lexicography, 17:119–140. [In Swedish, with an English abstract.] Contact ------- In questions regarding FinnWordNet, please contact fin-clarin@helsinki.fi.