Microsoft Visio
E186214
Microsoft Visio is a diagramming and vector graphics application from Microsoft used to create flowcharts, organizational charts, network diagrams, and other visual representations of information.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Microsoft Visio canonical | 2 |
| Visio Professional | 1 |
| Visio Standard | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1647940 — 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: Microsoft Visio Context triple: [VBA, runsInside, Microsoft Visio]
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A.
Corel Centre
Corel Centre was the original name of the multi-purpose arena in Ottawa, Ontario, that serves as the home of the NHL’s Ottawa Senators.
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B.
Microsoft Whiteboard
Microsoft Whiteboard is a digital collaborative canvas application by Microsoft that enables real-time brainstorming, drawing, and idea sharing across devices and teams.
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C.
SmartArt graphics
SmartArt graphics are a collection of pre-designed visual diagrams in Microsoft Office that help users easily illustrate information, processes, and relationships in a polished, professional format.
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D.
PowerPoint
PowerPoint is a widely used Microsoft presentation software application for creating, editing, and delivering slide-based visual presentations.
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E.
Tableau
Tableau is a widely used data visualization and business intelligence software platform that enables users to analyze, explore, and present data through interactive dashboards and reports.
- 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: Microsoft Visio Target entity description: Microsoft Visio is a diagramming and vector graphics application from Microsoft used to create flowcharts, organizational charts, network diagrams, and other visual representations of information.
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A.
Corel Centre
Corel Centre was the original name of the multi-purpose arena in Ottawa, Ontario, that serves as the home of the NHL’s Ottawa Senators.
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B.
Microsoft Whiteboard
Microsoft Whiteboard is a digital collaborative canvas application by Microsoft that enables real-time brainstorming, drawing, and idea sharing across devices and teams.
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C.
SmartArt graphics
SmartArt graphics are a collection of pre-designed visual diagrams in Microsoft Office that help users easily illustrate information, processes, and relationships in a polished, professional format.
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D.
PowerPoint
PowerPoint is a widely used Microsoft presentation software application for creating, editing, and delivering slide-based visual presentations.
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E.
Tableau
Tableau is a widely used data visualization and business intelligence software platform that enables users to analyze, explore, and present data through interactive dashboards and reports.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (59)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
diagramming software
ⓘ
proprietary software ⓘ vector graphics editor ⓘ |
| acquiredBy | Microsoft ⓘ |
| acquisitionYear | 2000 ⓘ |
| developer | Microsoft ⓘ |
| distributionModel |
standalone license
ⓘ
subscription via Microsoft 365 ⓘ |
| fileFormat |
.vdx
ⓘ
.vsd ⓘ .vsdx ⓘ .vssx ⓘ .vstx ⓘ |
| hasEdition |
Visio Plan 1
ⓘ
Visio Plan 2 ⓘ Microsoft Visio self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Visio Professional
Microsoft Visio self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Visio Standard
|
| initialReleaseDeveloper | Shapeware Corporation ⓘ |
| license | commercial ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
Windows
ⓘ
surface form:
Microsoft Windows
|
| partOf |
Microsoft Office
ⓘ
surface form:
Microsoft Office family
|
| platform |
Microsoft 365
ⓘ
Windows ⓘ |
| publisher | Microsoft ⓘ |
| softwareGenre |
business graphics software
ⓘ
diagramming tool ⓘ |
| supportsFeature |
collaboration tools
ⓘ
data linking ⓘ export to PDF ⓘ export to image formats ⓘ import from Excel ⓘ integration with Microsoft Office ⓘ integration with Microsoft Teams ⓘ integration with SharePoint ⓘ layering of shapes ⓘ shape connectors ⓘ stencils ⓘ templates ⓘ validation rules ⓘ vector graphics ⓘ |
| supportsLanguage | multilingual interface ⓘ |
| supportsStandard |
BPMN
ⓘ
IEEE network diagram conventions ⓘ Unified Modeling Language ⓘ
surface form:
UML
|
| targetUser |
IT professionals
ⓘ
business users ⓘ project managers ⓘ systems analysts ⓘ |
| usedFor |
creating BPMN diagrams
ⓘ
creating Gantt charts ⓘ creating IT infrastructure diagrams ⓘ creating UML diagrams ⓘ creating business process diagrams ⓘ creating database diagrams ⓘ creating floor plans ⓘ creating flowcharts ⓘ creating network diagrams ⓘ creating org structure visualizations ⓘ creating organizational charts ⓘ |
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: Microsoft Visio Description of subject: Microsoft Visio is a diagramming and vector graphics application from Microsoft used to create flowcharts, organizational charts, network diagrams, and other visual representations of information.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Visio Standard
this entity surface form:
Visio Professional