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General rightsIt is not permitted to download or to forward/distribute the text or part of it without the consent of the author(s) and/or copyright holder(s), other than for strictly personal, individual use, unless the work is under an open content license (like Creative Commons). Disclaimer/Complaints regulationsIf you believe that digital publication of certain material infringes any of your rights or (privacy) interests, please let the Library know, stating your reasons. In case of a legitimate complaint, the Library will make the material inaccessible and/or remove it from the website. Please Ask the Library: http://uba.uva.nl/en/contact, or a letter to: Library of the University of Amsterdam, Secretariat, Singel 425, 1012 WP Amsterdam, The Netherlands. You will be contacted as soon as possible. IntroductionOne 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 for Dutch is a crucial component for this infrastructure for three reasons: (1) it enables the development of semantic web applications on top of knowledge and information expressed in Dutch, (2) it provides people with access to information systems and services through their native Dutch language and (3) it will connect the Dutch language to the semantic P. Vossen ( ) I. Maks H. van der Vliet