ODBC Driver Manager
E185668
ODBC Driver Manager is a software component that coordinates communication between applications using ODBC and the appropriate database-specific ODBC drivers.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Microsoft ODBC Driver Manager | 1 |
| ODBC Driver Manager canonical | 1 |
| Open Database Connectivity Driver Manager | 1 |
| iODBC | 1 |
| unixODBC | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1647721 — 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: ODBC Driver Manager Context triple: [ODBC, hasComponent, ODBC Driver Manager]
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A.
ODBC
ODBC (Open Database Connectivity) is a standard API that enables applications to access and query data from a wide variety of relational and non-relational database management systems using a common interface.
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B.
OLE DB
OLE DB is a Microsoft data access API that provides a uniform way for applications to access data from a variety of relational and non-relational data sources.
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C.
Db2 Data Server Manager
Db2 Data Server Manager is IBM’s web-based administration and monitoring tool for managing, tuning, and analyzing Db2 database environments.
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D.
DSN
DSN is the acronym for NASA’s Deep Space Network, a global system of large radio antennas used to communicate with and track interplanetary spacecraft and distant space missions.
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E.
JDBC
JDBC (Java Database Connectivity) is a Java-based API that enables applications to connect to and interact with relational databases in a standardized way.
- 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: ODBC Driver Manager Target entity description: ODBC Driver Manager is a software component that coordinates communication between applications using ODBC and the appropriate database-specific ODBC drivers.
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A.
ODBC
ODBC (Open Database Connectivity) is a standard API that enables applications to access and query data from a wide variety of relational and non-relational database management systems using a common interface.
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B.
OLE DB
OLE DB is a Microsoft data access API that provides a uniform way for applications to access data from a variety of relational and non-relational data sources.
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C.
Db2 Data Server Manager
Db2 Data Server Manager is IBM’s web-based administration and monitoring tool for managing, tuning, and analyzing Db2 database environments.
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D.
DSN
DSN is the acronym for NASA’s Deep Space Network, a global system of large radio antennas used to communicate with and track interplanetary spacecraft and distant space missions.
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E.
JDBC
JDBC (Java Database Connectivity) is a Java-based API that enables applications to connect to and interact with relational databases in a standardized way.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ODBC component
ⓘ
database connectivity middleware ⓘ software component ⓘ |
| abbreviationOf |
ODBC Driver Manager
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Open Database Connectivity Driver Manager
|
| associatedWith |
Data Source Names
ⓘ
ODBC driver registry entries ⓘ |
| canBeImplementedBy |
ODBC Driver Manager
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Microsoft ODBC Driver Manager
ODBC Driver Manager self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
iODBC
ODBC Driver Manager self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
unixODBC
|
| category |
data access middleware
ⓘ
database access technology ⓘ |
| conformsTo |
ODBC
ⓘ
surface form:
ODBC specification
|
| coordinatesCommunicationBetween |
ODBC drivers
ⓘ
ODBC-enabled applications ⓘ |
| enables |
database independence for ODBC applications
ⓘ
use of multiple database drivers from a single application ⓘ |
| handles |
ODBC version compatibility with drivers
ⓘ
driver capability negotiation ⓘ |
| interactsWith | database management systems via ODBC drivers ⓘ |
| manages |
ODBC connection handles
ⓘ
ODBC environment handles ⓘ ODBC statement handles ⓘ |
| operatesAtLayer | between application and database driver ⓘ |
| primaryFunction |
load appropriate ODBC driver for a given data source
ⓘ
manage ODBC data source configurations ⓘ provide a consistent ODBC API to applications ⓘ route ODBC calls from applications to database-specific ODBC drivers ⓘ |
| provides |
indirection layer between application and database driver
ⓘ
runtime binding to ODBC drivers ⓘ |
| requires | installed ODBC drivers ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
connection management
ⓘ
driver loading and unloading ⓘ driver selection based on data source name ⓘ error handling and reporting to applications ⓘ mapping ODBC function calls to driver implementations ⓘ transaction coordination across ODBC connections ⓘ |
| supportsLanguage |
C
ⓘ
C++ ⓘ languages that can call native libraries ⓘ |
| supportsPlatform |
Linux
ⓘ
Windows ⓘ
surface form:
Microsoft Windows
UNIX-like operating systems ⓘ |
| supportsStandard |
ODBC
ⓘ
surface form:
Open Database Connectivity
|
| usedFor |
abstracting database-specific driver details from applications
ⓘ
connecting applications to relational databases via ODBC ⓘ |
| usesInterface | ODBC API ⓘ |
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: ODBC Driver Manager Description of subject: ODBC Driver Manager is a software component that coordinates communication between applications using ODBC and the appropriate database-specific ODBC drivers.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Open Database Connectivity Driver Manager
this entity surface form:
Microsoft ODBC Driver Manager
this entity surface form:
unixODBC
this entity surface form:
iODBC