Applications of WordNet

Topic discussed on the 5th September 2008
Where wordnet is used, give some applications.
Give detail explanations of the applications.
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WordNet intends to create a product that could combine the advantages of electronic dictionaries and online thesauri. It is an ideal tool for disambiguation of meaning, semantic, tagging and information retrieval.

Some applications of WordNet (WN):
1. Conceptual identification/disambiguation
2. Information retrieval
3. Query expansion
4. Machine translation
5. Document classification

WN can be used in the development of a natural language interface to optimize the precision of Internet search engines by expanding the queries.
WordNet has served as a support for the development of tools to enhance the efficiency of internet resource searches.