Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre
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The Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre is a leading research organization that curates and distributes the world’s primary database of small-molecule organic and metal-organic crystal structures for the scientific community.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre canonical | 1 |
| Cambridge Structural Database | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T916704 — 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)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre Context triple: [Granta Park, hasTenant, Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre]
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A.
International Union of Crystallography
The International Union of Crystallography is a global scientific organization that promotes international cooperation in crystallography, sets standards, and publishes key journals and reference works in the field.
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B.
American Crystallographic Association
The American Crystallographic Association is a scientific society dedicated to advancing the study of crystal structures and promoting research and education in crystallography.
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C.
Chemical Abstracts Service
Chemical Abstracts Service is a division of the American Chemical Society that provides a comprehensive database of chemical literature and substances, widely used for research and indexing in the chemical sciences.
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D.
Natural Environment Research Council
The Natural Environment Research Council is a UK-based public research organization that funds and coordinates environmental science, including oceanographic and climate research.
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E.
Cambridge Engineering Design Centre
The Cambridge Engineering Design Centre is a research and teaching centre at the University of Cambridge focused on advancing engineering design methods, tools, and practice across academia and industry.
- 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: Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre Target entity description: The Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre is a leading research organization that curates and distributes the world’s primary database of small-molecule organic and metal-organic crystal structures for the scientific community.
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A.
International Union of Crystallography
The International Union of Crystallography is a global scientific organization that promotes international cooperation in crystallography, sets standards, and publishes key journals and reference works in the field.
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B.
American Crystallographic Association
The American Crystallographic Association is a scientific society dedicated to advancing the study of crystal structures and promoting research and education in crystallography.
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C.
Chemical Abstracts Service
Chemical Abstracts Service is a division of the American Chemical Society that provides a comprehensive database of chemical literature and substances, widely used for research and indexing in the chemical sciences.
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D.
Natural Environment Research Council
The Natural Environment Research Council is a UK-based public research organization that funds and coordinates environmental science, including oceanographic and climate research.
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E.
Cambridge Engineering Design Centre
The Cambridge Engineering Design Centre is a research and teaching centre at the University of Cambridge focused on advancing engineering design methods, tools, and practice across academia and industry.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
crystallographic data centre
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non-profit organization ⓘ research organization ⓘ |
| abbreviation | CCDC ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith |
International Union of Crystallography
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Protein Data Bank ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dataAccessModel |
free access for academic users in many countries
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licence-based access ⓘ |
| databaseType | small-molecule crystal structures database ⓘ |
| dataScope |
X-ray crystallography data
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neutron diffraction data ⓘ three-dimensional crystal structures ⓘ |
| field |
chemistry
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crystallography ⓘ materials science ⓘ structural biology ⓘ |
| founded | 1965 ⓘ |
| founder | Olga Kennard ⓘ |
| hasCatalogue | CSD Communications (deposition-only structures) ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Cambridge, England ⓘ |
| legalForm | charitable organization ⓘ |
| maintains |
Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Cambridge Structural Database
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| mission | to advance chemistry and crystallography through the collection and dissemination of structural data ⓘ |
| primaryService |
curation of crystallographic data
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development of crystallographic software ⓘ distribution of crystallographic data ⓘ |
| product |
CSD System
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CSD-CrossMiner ⓘ CSD-Discovery ⓘ CSD-Enterprise ⓘ CSD-Materials ⓘ ConQuest search interface ⓘ Mercury crystallographic visualization software ⓘ Mogul geometry library ⓘ |
| regionServed | worldwide ⓘ |
| serves |
academic researchers
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materials industry ⓘ pharmaceutical industry ⓘ scientific community ⓘ |
| shortName | CSD ⓘ |
| specializesIn |
metal-organic crystal structures
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small-molecule organic crystal structures ⓘ |
| supportsActivity |
computational chemistry
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crystal engineering ⓘ drug design ⓘ materials design ⓘ |
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: Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre Description of subject: The Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre is a leading research organization that curates and distributes the world’s primary database of small-molecule organic and metal-organic crystal structures for the scientific community.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre
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maintains
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Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Cambridge Structural Database