For more than twenty years, the FrameNet research project has been hosted at the International Computer Science Institute (ICSI), an independent research institution in Berkeley, California. This means that our public website has been hosted on machines maintained by ICSI, and our databases and software, including text annotation and data distribution systems, have also been running on servers located at ICSI. However, ICSI now plans to change with the times and move all its research projects onto cloud hosts, eliminating the need to maintain most of the computer hardware now at ICSI. Thus, the FrameNet project is also in the process of finding suitable cloud hosting. We will make every effort to make this a smooth transition, but the change-over may result in the public website being unavailable at some times, a temporary website appearing in its place, and delays in responding to requests for downloads of the FrameNet lexical database. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
Collin Baker
FrameNet Project Manager