Thu Jan  1 23:03:12 1998, faith@cs.unc.edu


WHAT:

The files contained herein are designed to convert the WordNet (r) 1.6 data
into a working database and index for the DICT server.

The original data for this version of:
    WordNet (r): A Lexical Database for English fromthe Cognitive Science
    Laboratory at Princeton University 
is available from: ftp://clarity.princeton.edu/pub/wordnet/wn1.6unix.tar.gz

This package contains conversion software and a copy of the original data.
Please see the raw data for distribution terms for the raw and formatted
data.  The formatting _software_ is currently distributed under the GNU
General Public License.  If you need it use it under another license,
contact the author.


CONFIGURATION:

./configure


EXECUTION:

make          builds the libraries and executables
make db       formats the database
make install  installs the database (no executables are installed)

When you're done with the "make db" step, it should say
      121968 headwords

(This is up from 114596 headwords in WordNet 1.5.)

dictzip will be run if it is available.


PROBLEMS:

If the problem is with the programs, you should contact me, Rik Faith
(faith@cs.unc.edu).  Patches or suggestions are always welcome, but my time
is limited and I might not reply to your email immediately.  If it's many
years after 1998, faith@acm.org might be a better alternative address.

