Interface for WordNet enrichment with classification systems

Abstract

This paper presents an interface that incorporate a method to enrich semantically WordNet 1.6. with categories or classes from other classification systems. In order to build the WordNet enriched it is necessary the creation of a interface to label WordNet with categories from different available classification systems. We describe features of the design and implementation of the interface to obtain extensions and enhancements on the WordNet lexical database, with the goal of providing the NLP community with additional knowledge. The experimental results, when the method is applied to IPTC Subject Reference System, show that this may be an accurate and effective method to enrich the WordNet taxonomy. The interface has been implemented using programming language C++ and providing a visual framework.