XML Files

The distribution format of all GermaNet data is XML. The XML files represent all data that is available in the GermaNet database. There are two types of XML files. One type represents all synsets with their lexical units and their other properties. The other type represents all relations, both conceptual and lexical relations.

Synset Files

These files are organized around the three word categories currently considered in GermanNet: nouns, adjectives, and verbs. For each word category a predefined set of files exists which elements are named according to the table of semantic fields in GermaNet. Thus, these files are named wordCategory.wordClass.xml, e.g. adj.Allgemein.xml, nomen.Tops.xml, etc.

The synset files contain all synsets with their lexical units and all other properties, as the following example shows:

<synset id="ID" wordCategory="CATEGORY">
<lexUnit id="ID" orthVarOf="VAR" acceptable="ACC" sense="SE" source="SRC" namedEntity="NE" artificial="AR" styleMarking="SM">
<orthForm>ORTHFORM</orthForm>
<orthVar>ORTHVAR</orthVar>
<oldOrthForm>OLDORTHFORM</oldOrthForm>
<oldOrthVar>OLDORTHVAR</oldOrthVar>
<frame>FRAME</frame>
<example>
<text>TEXT</text>
<exframe>EXFRAME</exframe>
</example>
<compound>
<modifier property="PROP" category="CAT">MODIFIER1</modifier>
<modifier property="PROP" category="CAT">MODIFIER2</modifier>
<head property="PROP">HEAD</head>
</compound>
</lexUnit>
<paraphrase>PARAPHRASE</paraphrase>
</synset>

Document Type Definition (DTD) for Synset Files

Relation File

This type of XML file represents both kinds of relations: conceptual and lexical relations. All relations are encoded within one XML file, which is named gn_relations.xml.

<con_rel name="hyperonymy" from="ID" to="ID" dir="revert" inv="hyponymy" />
<lex_rel name="antonymy" from="ID" to="ID" dir="both" />

Document Type Definition (DTD) for Relation File

Interlingual Index File

All Interlingual Index data is stored in a single file interLingualIndex_DE-EN.xml. Each record is linked to a specific lexical unit, and contains information from the Princeton WordNet.

<iliRecord lexUnitId="ID" ewnRelation="RELATION"
pwnWord="WORD" pwn20Sense="SENSE"
pwn20Id="ID" pwn30Id="ID"
pwn20paraphrase="PARAPHRASE" source="SOURCE" >
<pwn20Synonyms>
<pwn20Synonym>SYNONYM</pwn20Synonym>
<pwn20Synonym>SYNONYM</pwn20Synonym>
</pwn20Synonyms>
</iliRecord>

Document Type Definition (DTD) for Interlingual Index File

<!ELEMENT pwn20Synonyms (pwn20Synonym+)>
<!ELEMENT pwn20Synonym (#PCDATA)>

Wiktionary Paraphrases Files

There's a total of three files containing Wiktionary paraphrases, containing words of different word categories (nouns, verbs, and adjectives). These files are named in the following manner: wiktionaryParaphrases-adj.xml, wiktionaryParaphrases-nomen.xml, wiktionaryParaphrases-verben.xml.

Each WiktionaryParaphrase, which has an identifier referring to the word in Wiktionary (wiktionaryId), a sense number (wiktionarySenseId), and a definition (wiktionarySense), is linked to a specific lexical unit in GermaNet (lexUnitId). The editedattribute specifies whether this specific Wiktionary definition is still in its original wording extracted from Wiktionary or if it was (slighly) modified.

Document Type Definition (DTD) for Wiktionary Paraphrases Files

<!ELEMENT wiktionaryParaphrases (wiktionaryParaphrase+)>
<!ELEMENT wiktionaryParaphrase EMPTY>
<!ATTLIST wiktionaryParaphrase
lexUnitId CDATA #REQUIRED
wiktionaryId CDATA #REQUIRED
wiktionarySenseId CDATA #REQUIRED
wiktionarySense CDATA #REQUIRED
edited (yes|no) #REQUIRED>