WWDS APIs: Application Programming Interfaces for Efficient Manipulation of World WordNet Database Structure

Authors

  • Hanumant Redkar Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
  • Sudha Bhingardive Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
  • Kevin Patel Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
  • Pushpak Bhattacharyya Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
  • Neha Prabhugaonkar Goa University
  • Apurva Nagvenkar Goa University
  • Ramdas Karmali Goa University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1609/aaai.v30i1.9849

Keywords:

WordNet, WWDS, WWDS APIs, World WordNet Database Structure

Abstract

WordNets are useful resources for natural language processing. Various WordNets for different languages have been developed by different groups. Recently, World WordNet Database Structure (WWDS) was proposed by Redkar et. al (2015) as a common platform to store these different WordNets. However, it is underutilized due to lack of programming interface. In this paper, we present WWDS APIs, which are designed to address this shortcoming. These WWDS APIs, in conjunction with WWDS, act as a wrapper that enables developers to utilize WordNets without worrying about the underlying storage structure. The APIs are developed in PHP, Java, and Python, as they are the preferred programming languages of most developers and researchers working in language technologies. These APIs can help in various applications like machine translation, word sense disambiguation, multilingual information retrieval, etc.

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Published

2016-03-05

How to Cite

Redkar, H., Bhingardive, S., Patel, K., Bhattacharyya, P., Prabhugaonkar, N., Nagvenkar, A., & Karmali, R. (2016). WWDS APIs: Application Programming Interfaces for Efficient Manipulation of World WordNet Database Structure. Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 30(1). https://doi.org/10.1609/aaai.v30i1.9849

Issue

Vol. 30 No. 1 (2016): Thirtieth AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence

Section

Demonstrations