知网正式发布至今已经8年了。海内外很多人对它已不陌生了。现在该是我们为知网的理论发现做点小结的时候了。本文它们包括(1)知网的知识观,(2)关于知识的获取和表达,(3)事件类概念分类的双轴论,(4)关于语义角色,(5)知识数据描述语言(KDML)。本文还介绍了知网的计算意义的能力以及它最新发展。知网将成为一些新兴技术如自然语言搜索等的基础设施。

It was over 8years since the release of the first version of HowNet. Lots of people both at homw and abroad have already been familiar with it. Thus it is thought to be high time for us to discuss its theoretical issues. The paper elaborates the following theoretical findings: (1) HowNet’s understanding of knowledge, (2) the acquisition and representation of knowledge, (3) the biaxial theory of event classification, (4) semantic roles, (5) HowNet’s knowledge database mark-up language. The paper also presents the powerful capability of computation of meaning and the latest achievements in the development. HowNet will become the infrastructure of some human language technologies, such as natural language search.