OSCON open source convention
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OSCON (Open Source Convention) is a major annual technology conference focused on open source software, drawing developers, technologists, and business leaders for talks, tutorials, and community collaboration.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| OSCON open source convention canonical | 2 |
| O'Reilly Open Source Convention (OSCON) | 1 |
| Open Source Convention | 1 |
| O’Reilly Open Source Convention | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T920745 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: OSCON open source convention Context triple: [O'Reilly Media, notableFor, OSCON open source convention]
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A.
PyCon US
PyCon US is the largest annual conference for the Python programming community in the United States, featuring talks, tutorials, sprints, and networking for developers and enthusiasts.
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B.
Open Source Initiative
The Open Source Initiative is a non-profit organization that promotes and protects open source software by defining the Open Source Definition and approving licenses that comply with it.
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C.
Open Source Development Labs
Open Source Development Labs was a non-profit organization that supported and promoted Linux and open-source software development, notably serving as a home base for Linus Torvalds before it merged into The Linux Foundation.
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D.
The Cathedral and the Bazaar
The Cathedral and the Bazaar is a highly influential essay and book on open-source software development that contrasts centralized, top-down programming models with decentralized, collaborative approaches.
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E.
EuroSys
EuroSys is a leading European conference focused on computer systems research, covering topics such as operating systems, distributed systems, and systems security.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: OSCON open source convention Target entity description: OSCON (Open Source Convention) is a major annual technology conference focused on open source software, drawing developers, technologists, and business leaders for talks, tutorials, and community collaboration.
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A.
PyCon US
PyCon US is the largest annual conference for the Python programming community in the United States, featuring talks, tutorials, sprints, and networking for developers and enthusiasts.
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B.
Open Source Initiative
The Open Source Initiative is a non-profit organization that promotes and protects open source software by defining the Open Source Definition and approving licenses that comply with it.
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C.
Open Source Development Labs
Open Source Development Labs was a non-profit organization that supported and promoted Linux and open-source software development, notably serving as a home base for Linus Torvalds before it merged into The Linux Foundation.
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D.
The Cathedral and the Bazaar
The Cathedral and the Bazaar is a highly influential essay and book on open-source software development that contrasts centralized, top-down programming models with decentralized, collaborative approaches.
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E.
EuroSys
EuroSys is a leading European conference focused on computer systems research, covering topics such as operating systems, distributed systems, and systems security.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
open source conference
ⓘ
technology conference ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
connect developers and businesses
ⓘ
promote open source adoption ⓘ share best practices in open source ⓘ support open source communities ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
OSCON open source convention
ⓘ
OSCON open source convention ⓘ
surface form:
Open Source Convention
|
| focusesOn |
business of open source
ⓘ
open source communities ⓘ open source software ⓘ software development ⓘ |
| fullName |
OSCON open source convention
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
O’Reilly Open Source Convention
|
| hasActivity |
community events
ⓘ
expo hall ⓘ keynote talks ⓘ networking events ⓘ technical sessions ⓘ training sessions ⓘ tutorials ⓘ workshops ⓘ |
| hasAudienceSize | thousands of attendees ⓘ |
| hasFormat |
in‑person event
ⓘ
multi‑track conference ⓘ |
| hasFrequency | annual ⓘ |
| hasParticipantType |
IT architects
ⓘ
business leaders ⓘ open source advocates ⓘ software developers ⓘ system administrators ⓘ technology leaders ⓘ |
| hasScope | international ⓘ |
| hasTopic |
DevOps
ⓘ
cloud computing ⓘ data science ⓘ databases ⓘ infrastructure ⓘ open source licensing ⓘ programming languages ⓘ security ⓘ web development ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://conferences.oreilly.com/oscon ⓘ |
| includes |
hallway track discussions
ⓘ
project showcases ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| organizedBy |
O'Reilly Media
ⓘ
surface form:
O’Reilly Media
|
| sponsoredBy | technology companies ⓘ |
| typicalLocation |
Austin, Texas, United States
ⓘ
Portland, Oregon, United States ⓘ San Jose, California, United States ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: OSCON open source convention Description of subject: OSCON (Open Source Convention) is a major annual technology conference focused on open source software, drawing developers, technologists, and business leaders for talks, tutorials, and community collaboration.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
O'Reilly Open Source Convention (OSCON)
subject surface form:
OSCON
this entity surface form:
O’Reilly Open Source Convention
subject surface form:
OSCON
this entity surface form:
Open Source Convention
subject surface form:
OSCON