Cornetto: A Combinatorial Lexical Semantic Database for Dutch

Piek Vossen, Isa Maks, Roxane Segers, Hennie van der Vliet, Marie-Francine Moens, Katja Hofmann, Erik Tjong Kim Sang, Maarten de Rijke

Abstract: One of the goals of the STEVIN programme is the realisation of a digital infrastructure that will enforce the position of the Dutch language in the modern information and communication technology.A semantic database makes it possible to go from words to concepts and consequently, to develop technologies that access and use knowledge rather than textual representations.