GermaNet is a lexical semantic network that partitions the lexical space in a set of concepts that are interlinked with semantic relations. A semantic concept is modeled by a synset (short for synonymy set) in GermaNet. A synset is a set of words (called lexical units) where all the words are taken to have (almost) the same meaning.
This repository contains the Java API to access the GermaNet data. The main class named GermaNet serves as a starting point to the API.
When a GermaNet object is constructed, data is loaded from the
GermaNet XML sources.
The API is located in the package de.tuebingen.uni.sfs.germanet.api.
To use the API you can either download the jar or, if you are using Maven, add the following dependency to your pom file:
<dependency>
<groupId>de.tuebingen.uni.sfs.germanet</groupId>
<artifactId>germanet-api</artifactId>
<version>13.3.0</version>
</dependency>
The latest version of the API works for GermaNet realeases starting from 13.0.
For a short introduction into the latest version API and some code examples of how to use it, you can have a look at the java notebook in this repository. You can either look at the code or download it as an interactive jupyter notebook if you follow the instructions in the readme.
For a more extensive introduction into the linguistic concepts related to GermaNet and more sophisticated examples of how to use the API, have a look at this PDF and the following code. This tutorial is based on an older version of the API but can also be used with the current version.
If problems or further questions arise, simply contact us by e-mail: germanet-feedback@sfs.uni-tuebingen.de