Division of Semantic Labor in the Global Wordnet Grid

In this paper, we describe an implementation of the Global WordNet Grid in the KYOTO project that distinguishes 3 layers of knowledge: domain vocabularies, wordnets and a central ontology. The layers are distinguished according to the principle of the division of linguistic labor, as defined by Putnam (1975). Such a division is required to handle and structure the large quantities of domain vocabulary and its linguistic diversity. We define the relations between the layers and explain how they can be used for reasoning and inferencing.

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