Open Definition
E120230
Open Definition is a set of principles that clearly define what “open” means for data and content, ensuring they can be freely used, modified, and shared by anyone.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Open Definition canonical | 3 |
| Open Definition 2.0 | 2 |
| Open Definition 1.0 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1040716 — 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: Open Definition Context triple: [Open Knowledge Foundation, supports, Open Definition]
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A.
Alright
"Alright" is a song featured on John Legend's debut studio album "Get Lifted."
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B.
OK
OK is the official two-letter United States Postal Service abbreviation for the state of Oklahoma.
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C.
Open VLD
Open VLD is a Flemish liberal political party in Belgium that advocates free-market policies, individual freedoms, and European integration.
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D.
glasnost policy
The glasnost policy was Mikhail Gorbachev’s reform initiative in the late Soviet Union that promoted unprecedented openness, transparency, and freedom of information in government and society.
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E.
.no
.no is the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) assigned to Norway for use in its internet addresses.
- 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: Open Definition Target entity description: Open Definition is a set of principles that clearly define what “open” means for data and content, ensuring they can be freely used, modified, and shared by anyone.
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A.
Alright
"Alright" is a song featured on John Legend's debut studio album "Get Lifted."
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B.
OK
OK is the official two-letter United States Postal Service abbreviation for the state of Oklahoma.
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C.
Open VLD
Open VLD is a Flemish liberal political party in Belgium that advocates free-market policies, individual freedoms, and European integration.
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D.
glasnost policy
The glasnost policy was Mikhail Gorbachev’s reform initiative in the late Soviet Union that promoted unprecedented openness, transparency, and freedom of information in government and society.
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E.
.no
.no is the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) assigned to Norway for use in its internet addresses.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
definition of open data and open content
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set of principles ⓘ standard for openness ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
content
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data ⓘ knowledge ⓘ |
| category |
open content
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open data ⓘ open knowledge ⓘ |
| corePrinciple |
access to source
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free modification ⓘ free sharing ⓘ free use ⓘ integrity of the author’s work ⓘ license must be technology-neutral ⓘ license must not be specific to a product ⓘ license must not restrict other software or data ⓘ no discrimination against fields of endeavor ⓘ no discrimination against persons or groups ⓘ no technical restrictions ⓘ redistribution allowed ⓘ reuse allowed ⓘ |
| defines |
open content
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open data ⓘ open knowledge ⓘ |
| hasAuthor | Open Knowledge Foundation ⓘ |
| hasShortName | OD ⓘ |
| includesVersion |
Open Definition
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Open Definition 1.0
Open Definition 1.1 ⓘ Open Definition self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Open Definition 2.0
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| influencedBy |
Free Software Definition
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Open Source Initiative ⓘ
surface form:
Open Source Definition
|
| influences |
open content licenses
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open data licenses ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| latestVersion |
Open Definition
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Open Definition 2.0
|
| licenseCompatibilityCriterion |
must allow commercial use
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must allow creation of derivative works ⓘ must allow redistribution under the same terms or compatible terms ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | Open Knowledge Foundation ⓘ |
| publisher | Open Knowledge Foundation ⓘ |
| purpose |
to define what open means for data and content
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to ensure data and content can be freely used, modified, and shared ⓘ |
| scope |
legal openness of data and content
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licensing conditions for openness ⓘ |
| usedBy |
cultural heritage institutions
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open data community ⓘ open government data initiatives ⓘ research data initiatives ⓘ |
| website | https://opendefinition.org/ ⓘ |
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: Open Definition Description of subject: Open Definition is a set of principles that clearly define what “open” means for data and content, ensuring they can be freely used, modified, and shared by anyone.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Open Definition 1.0
this entity surface form:
Open Definition 2.0
this entity surface form:
Open Definition 2.0