Rich Text Format
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Rich Text Format (RTF) is a cross-platform document file format developed by Microsoft that preserves basic text formatting and structure while remaining readable by many word processors.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Rich Text Format canonical | 2 |
| RTF | 1 |
| Rich Text Format (RTF) Specification by Microsoft | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1634420 — 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: Rich Text Format Context triple: [Google Docs, supportsExport, Rich Text Format]
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A.
Markdown
Markdown is a lightweight markup language that uses plain-text formatting syntax to create structured documents, most commonly used for README files, documentation, and web content.
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B.
HOCR
HOCR is the commonly used abbreviation for the Head of the Charles Regatta, a major annual rowing event held on the Charles River in Boston and Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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C.
HTM
HTM is the public transport company that operates trams and buses in and around The Hague in the Netherlands.
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D.
Portable Document Format
Portable Document Format (PDF) is a widely used file format designed for reliably presenting and exchanging documents independent of software, hardware, or operating systems.
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E.
PostScript
PostScript is a page description and programming language widely used in desktop publishing and printing to precisely define the layout and appearance of text and graphics.
- 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: Rich Text Format Target entity description: Rich Text Format (RTF) is a cross-platform document file format developed by Microsoft that preserves basic text formatting and structure while remaining readable by many word processors.
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A.
Markdown
Markdown is a lightweight markup language that uses plain-text formatting syntax to create structured documents, most commonly used for README files, documentation, and web content.
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B.
HOCR
HOCR is the commonly used abbreviation for the Head of the Charles Regatta, a major annual rowing event held on the Charles River in Boston and Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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C.
HTM
HTM is the public transport company that operates trams and buses in and around The Hague in the Netherlands.
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D.
Portable Document Format
Portable Document Format (PDF) is a widely used file format designed for reliably presenting and exchanging documents independent of software, hardware, or operating systems.
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E.
PostScript
PostScript is a page description and programming language widely used in desktop publishing and printing to precisely define the layout and appearance of text and graphics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
document file format
ⓘ
markup language ⓘ |
| abbreviation | RTF ⓘ |
| backwardCompatibility | older RTF readers can often read newer RTF files with limited features ⓘ |
| basedOn | control word syntax similar to early Microsoft Word formats ⓘ |
| characterEncoding |
ANSI
ⓘ
Unicode ⓘ code pages ⓘ |
| compatibilityGoal | readable on multiple operating systems ⓘ |
| designedFor | interchange of formatted text between applications ⓘ |
| developer | Microsoft ⓘ |
| documentation |
Rich Text Format
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Rich Text Format (RTF) Specification by Microsoft
|
| doesNotSupportFeature | advanced layout features of modern page description languages ⓘ |
| fileExtension | .rtf ⓘ |
| fileSignature | {\rtf ⓘ |
| genre | word processing document format ⓘ |
| inception | 1987 ⓘ |
| latestSpecificationPublication | 2008 ⓘ |
| mediaType |
application/rtf
ⓘ
text/rtf ⓘ |
| openSpecification | partially documented by Microsoft ⓘ |
| platform | cross-platform ⓘ |
| primaryUse | exchange of formatted text between different word processing systems ⓘ |
| programmingLanguage | plain text control words ⓘ |
| replacedBy | Office Open XML for many Microsoft Office scenarios ⓘ |
| securityConsideration | can contain embedded objects that may pose security risks in some contexts ⓘ |
| standardizationStatus | proprietary specification ⓘ |
| structure | plain text with control words and groups ⓘ |
| supportsFeature |
Unicode text
ⓘ
basic character formatting ⓘ document metadata ⓘ embedded images ⓘ font specification ⓘ footnotes and endnotes ⓘ headers and footers ⓘ hyperlinks ⓘ language and locale information ⓘ lists ⓘ paragraph formatting ⓘ section breaks ⓘ styles ⓘ tables ⓘ text alignment ⓘ |
| typicalUseCase | simple formatted documents that must be widely readable ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Apache OpenOffice
ⓘ
surface form:
Apache OpenOffice Writer
LibreOffice ⓘ
surface form:
LibreOffice Writer
Word ⓘ
surface form:
Microsoft Word
WordPad ⓘ many other word processors ⓘ |
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: Rich Text Format Description of subject: Rich Text Format (RTF) is a cross-platform document file format developed by Microsoft that preserves basic text formatting and structure while remaining readable by many word processors.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
RTF
this entity surface form:
Rich Text Format (RTF) Specification by Microsoft