WMO Information System
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The WMO Information System is the World Meteorological Organization’s global infrastructure for collecting, sharing, and distributing weather, climate, and water data among member states and users.
All labels observed (5)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1700975 — 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: WMO Information System Context triple: [World Weather Watch, relatedTo, WMO Information System]
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A.
WMO Secretariat
The WMO Secretariat is the administrative and technical body that supports and coordinates the global activities and programs of the World Meteorological Organization.
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B.
WMO Commission for Observation, Infrastructure and Information Systems
The WMO Commission for Observation, Infrastructure and Information Systems is a specialized body of the World Meteorological Organization responsible for overseeing and coordinating global meteorological observing, data processing, and information exchange systems.
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C.
National Meteorological Telecommunication Networks
National Meteorological Telecommunication Networks are country-level systems that collect, process, and exchange meteorological data and forecasts, feeding into and operating within the World Meteorological Organization’s Global Telecommunication System.
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D.
World Meteorological Organization
The World Meteorological Organization is a specialized UN agency that coordinates international cooperation on weather, climate, water resources, and related environmental issues.
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E.
World Weather Watch
World Weather Watch is a global program that coordinates the collection, processing, and exchange of meteorological data to support weather forecasting and climate monitoring worldwide.
- 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: WMO Information System Target entity description: The WMO Information System is the World Meteorological Organization’s global infrastructure for collecting, sharing, and distributing weather, climate, and water data among member states and users.
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A.
WMO Secretariat
The WMO Secretariat is the administrative and technical body that supports and coordinates the global activities and programs of the World Meteorological Organization.
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B.
WMO Commission for Observation, Infrastructure and Information Systems
The WMO Commission for Observation, Infrastructure and Information Systems is a specialized body of the World Meteorological Organization responsible for overseeing and coordinating global meteorological observing, data processing, and information exchange systems.
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C.
National Meteorological Telecommunication Networks
National Meteorological Telecommunication Networks are country-level systems that collect, process, and exchange meteorological data and forecasts, feeding into and operating within the World Meteorological Organization’s Global Telecommunication System.
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D.
World Meteorological Organization
The World Meteorological Organization is a specialized UN agency that coordinates international cooperation on weather, climate, water resources, and related environmental issues.
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E.
World Weather Watch
World Weather Watch is a global program that coordinates the collection, processing, and exchange of meteorological data to support weather forecasting and climate monitoring worldwide.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
WMO programme
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global data exchange infrastructure ⓘ meteorological information system ⓘ |
| abbreviation | WIS ⓘ |
| accessPolicy | supports WMO data sharing principles ⓘ |
| basedOn |
WMO technical regulations
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surface form:
WMO Technical Regulations
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| dataTypeHandled |
climate data records
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hydrological data ⓘ numerical weather prediction products ⓘ observational data ⓘ satellite data ⓘ |
| field |
climatology
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hydrology ⓘ meteorology ⓘ |
| fullName | WMO Information System self-link ⓘ |
| geographicScope | global ⓘ |
| goal |
enable timely delivery of critical weather information
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enhance interoperability of data systems ⓘ improve availability of meteorological information ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
Data Collection or Production Centre
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Global Information System Centre ⓘ National Centre ⓘ |
| operator | World Meteorological Organization ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | World Meteorological Organization ⓘ |
| purpose |
collection of meteorological data
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distribution of meteorological data ⓘ facilitation of global exchange of climate data ⓘ facilitation of global exchange of hydrological data ⓘ facilitation of global exchange of weather data ⓘ sharing of meteorological data ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Global Framework for Climate Services
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WMO Integrated Global Observing System (WIGOS) ⓘ
surface form:
WMO Integrated Global Observing System
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| replaced | Global Telecommunication System ⓘ |
| supportsActivity |
climate monitoring
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disaster risk reduction ⓘ early warning systems ⓘ hydrological monitoring ⓘ weather forecasting ⓘ |
| supportsStandard |
WMO data exchange protocols
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WMO data representation standards ⓘ WMO technical regulations ⓘ
surface form:
WMO metadata standards
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| usedBy |
National Meteorological and Hydrological Services
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WMO Member States ⓘ global data users ⓘ |
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: WMO Information System Description of subject: The WMO Information System is the World Meteorological Organization’s global infrastructure for collecting, sharing, and distributing weather, climate, and water data among member states and users.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
WMO Commission for Observation, Infrastructure and Information Systems
→
hasMainResponsibility
→
WMO Information System
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this entity surface form:
WMO Information System (WIS)
subject surface form:
National Meteorological Telecommunication Network
this entity surface form:
World Meteorological Organization Global Telecommunication System
this entity surface form:
WMO information system standards
this entity surface form:
World Meteorological Organization information system