Web Service for Thesaurus

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Helmut Juskewycz - 19 Mar 2007 07:27 GMT

Hi guys,

I am currently writing an application which deals with text. I want to
add a thesaurus feature. For that I am looking for a Web Service which
provides a thesaurus optionally in different languages. Google didn't
help so much yet.

Thank you!

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Andrew Thompson - 19 Mar 2007 08:18 GMT

> I am currently writing an application which deals with text. I want to
> add a thesaurus feature. For that I am looking for a Web Service which
> provides a thesaurus optionally in different languages. Google didn't
> help so much yet.

Try my google..
<http://www.google.com/search?q=thesaurus+java>
The second top hit at the moment claims..
"Add a thesaurus to your Java applications"

Andrew T.

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Helmut Juskewycz - 20 Mar 2007 02:43 GMT

> Try my google..
> <http://www.google.com/search?q=thesaurus+java>
> The second top hit at the moment claims..
> "Add a thesaurus to your Java applications"

It is defintely worth a look, however it is only for English, I would
prefer a Thesaurus which supports different languages.
And because of the google lookup, I am from Austria, so I suspect that
my Google results differ.
Thank you for the link.

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Andrew Thompson - 20 Mar 2007 02:59 GMT

> > Try my google..
> > <http://www.google.com/search?q=thesaurus+java>
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
> It is defintely worth a look, however it is only for English, I would
> prefer a Thesaurus which supports different languages.

Good point. OK, try adding 'multilingual'
to that search, might get you closer.

> And because of the google lookup, I am from Austria, so I suspect that
> my Google results differ.

(Another) Good point - I usually get bumped
to Google in Australia, (but jump back to
ensure the Google 'international' gives
approximately the same results) but
because this is all about languages,
the hit rankings may vary according
to which 'native' language the end user
is suspected (by Google) to be using.

FTR - top three sites I am seeing here,
with the addition of 'multilingual', are
alphaWorks, a page from IBM, and then SWAD.

Andrew T.

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Ike - 20 Mar 2007 12:12 GMT

Helmut,

Look up the WordNet API -- you can discern SysSets therein, solving your
problem if you package that up as a WebService. Addictionally, the open
source project jwnl (on sourceforge) allows a Java port to WordNet. Lastly,
I believe there is data available for WordNet in languages other than
English - Ike

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Andrew Thompson - 20 Mar 2007 12:44 GMT

> Look up the WordNet API -- you can discern SysSets therein, solving your
> problem if you package that up as a WebService. Addictionally,

LOL. Sorry. It's just that one letter typo.
in that word made me think of a back lane
where junkies hang out.. ;-)

..back to business.

A.

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