AppleTalk Session Protocol
E203716
AppleTalk Session Protocol is a higher-level AppleTalk networking component that manages and maintains communication sessions between devices in Apple’s classic Macintosh networking environment.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| AppleTalk Session Protocol canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1773978 — 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: AppleTalk Session Protocol Context triple: [AppleTalk, applicationLayerProtocol, AppleTalk Session Protocol]
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A.
AppleTalk Data Stream Protocol
AppleTalk Data Stream Protocol is a reliable, connection-oriented transport protocol in the AppleTalk networking suite, analogous to TCP in the TCP/IP model.
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B.
AppleTalk
AppleTalk was Apple’s proprietary suite of networking protocols that enabled file and printer sharing and other communication services between Macintosh computers and devices.
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C.
Apple Filing Protocol
Apple Filing Protocol is a network protocol developed by Apple for file services and sharing on Macintosh and AppleTalk-based networks.
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D.
AppleShare
AppleShare was Apple’s classic file and print sharing software for Macintosh networks, enabling users to share files and printers over AppleTalk-based local area networks.
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E.
AirPort
AirPort is Apple's brand name for its line of Wi‑Fi networking technology and products used to provide wireless connectivity for its computers and devices.
- 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: AppleTalk Session Protocol Target entity description: AppleTalk Session Protocol is a higher-level AppleTalk networking component that manages and maintains communication sessions between devices in Apple’s classic Macintosh networking environment.
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A.
AppleTalk Data Stream Protocol
AppleTalk Data Stream Protocol is a reliable, connection-oriented transport protocol in the AppleTalk networking suite, analogous to TCP in the TCP/IP model.
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B.
AppleTalk
AppleTalk was Apple’s proprietary suite of networking protocols that enabled file and printer sharing and other communication services between Macintosh computers and devices.
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C.
Apple Filing Protocol
Apple Filing Protocol is a network protocol developed by Apple for file services and sharing on Macintosh and AppleTalk-based networks.
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D.
AppleShare
AppleShare was Apple’s classic file and print sharing software for Macintosh networks, enabling users to share files and printers over AppleTalk-based local area networks.
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E.
AirPort
AirPort is Apple's brand name for its line of Wi‑Fi networking technology and products used to provide wireless connectivity for its computers and devices.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
AppleTalk protocol
ⓘ
network protocol ⓘ session layer protocol ⓘ |
| abbreviation | ASP ⓘ |
| basedOn | AppleTalk Data Stream Protocol ⓘ |
| category |
Apple Inc. network protocols
ⓘ
Computer networking ⓘ |
| designedFor | small to medium networks ⓘ |
| developedBy | Apple Inc. ⓘ |
| developedFor |
Apple Macintosh computers
ⓘ
surface form:
Macintosh computers
Classic Mac OS ⓘ
surface form:
classic Mac OS
|
| ensures |
ordered session exchanges
ⓘ
reliable session-level communication ⓘ |
| networkArchitecture | AppleTalk ⓘ |
| operatesInLayer | session layer ⓘ |
| partOf |
AppleTalk
ⓘ
AppleTalk ⓘ
surface form:
AppleTalk protocol suite
|
| platform |
Apple Macintosh computers
ⓘ
surface form:
Macintosh
|
| provides |
error handling at session level
ⓘ
flow control at session level ⓘ request-response mechanisms ⓘ session services ⓘ session state management ⓘ |
| replacedBy | TCP/IP-based protocols ⓘ |
| role | session management component of AppleTalk ⓘ |
| scope | local area networks ⓘ |
| status |
deprecated
ⓘ
obsolete ⓘ |
| supports | AppleTalk Filing Protocol ⓘ |
| supportsModel | client-server model ⓘ |
| usedFor |
client-server communication
ⓘ
file server access ⓘ maintaining communication sessions ⓘ managing communication sessions ⓘ session establishment ⓘ session maintenance ⓘ session termination ⓘ |
| usedIn |
AppleShare
ⓘ
classic Macintosh networking environment ⓘ |
| usesTransportProtocol | AppleTalk Data Stream Protocol ⓘ |
| usesUnderlyingProtocol | Datagram Delivery Protocol ⓘ |
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: AppleTalk Session Protocol Description of subject: AppleTalk Session Protocol is a higher-level AppleTalk networking component that manages and maintains communication sessions between devices in Apple’s classic Macintosh networking environment.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.