Unicode Character Database
E26667
The Unicode Character Database is a comprehensive collection of machine-readable data files that define the properties, classifications, and behaviors of every character encoded in the Unicode Standard.
All labels observed (9)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T188956 — 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: Unicode Character Database Context triple: [Unicode, includesDatabase, Unicode Character Database]
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A.
Unicode
Unicode is a universal character encoding standard that assigns unique code points to virtually all written scripts, symbols, and emojis used in modern computing.
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B.
ISO/IEC 10646
ISO/IEC 10646 is an international standard that defines the Universal Coded Character Set (UCS), a comprehensive repertoire of characters used worldwide and closely aligned with the Unicode Standard.
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C.
Unicode Consortium
The Unicode Consortium is a non-profit organization that standardizes the representation of text and symbols in digital systems worldwide through the Unicode Standard.
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D.
Unicode Scalar Values
Unicode Scalar Values are the set of valid Unicode code points (excluding surrogate code points) that uniquely identify abstract characters in the Unicode standard.
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E.
Latin-1 Supplement
Latin-1 Supplement is a Unicode block that extends the basic Latin script with additional characters, including accented letters and symbols used in many Western European languages.
- 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: Unicode Character Database Target entity description: The Unicode Character Database is a comprehensive collection of machine-readable data files that define the properties, classifications, and behaviors of every character encoded in the Unicode Standard.
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A.
Unicode
Unicode is a universal character encoding standard that assigns unique code points to virtually all written scripts, symbols, and emojis used in modern computing.
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B.
ISO/IEC 10646
ISO/IEC 10646 is an international standard that defines the Universal Coded Character Set (UCS), a comprehensive repertoire of characters used worldwide and closely aligned with the Unicode Standard.
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C.
Unicode Consortium
The Unicode Consortium is a non-profit organization that standardizes the representation of text and symbols in digital systems worldwide through the Unicode Standard.
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D.
Unicode Scalar Values
Unicode Scalar Values are the set of valid Unicode code points (excluding surrogate code points) that uniquely identify abstract characters in the Unicode standard.
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E.
Latin-1 Supplement
Latin-1 Supplement is a Unicode block that extends the basic Latin script with additional characters, including accented letters and symbols used in many Western European languages.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (68)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
machine-readable data collection
ⓘ
technical standard component ⓘ |
| accessURL | https://www.unicode.org/Public/UCD/ ⓘ |
| covers | every encoded Unicode character ⓘ |
| dataFormat |
machine-readable files
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plain text files ⓘ |
| defines |
Unicode character behaviors
ⓘ
Unicode Character Database self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Unicode character classifications
Unicode character properties ⓘ |
| definesProperty |
Bidi_Class
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Block ⓘ Canonical_Combining_Class ⓘ Case_Folding ⓘ Decomposition_Mapping ⓘ East_Asian_Width ⓘ General_Category ⓘ Grapheme_Cluster_Break ⓘ Line_Break ⓘ Lowercase_Mapping ⓘ Normalization_Quick_Check ⓘ Numeric_Value ⓘ Script ⓘ Sentence_Break ⓘ Titlecase_Mapping ⓘ Uppercase_Mapping ⓘ Word_Break ⓘ |
| documentedIn |
Unicode Standard Annexes
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surface form:
Unicode Standard Annex #44
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| hasAbbreviation | UCD ⓘ |
| includesFile |
ArabicShaping.txt
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BidiMirroring.txt ⓘ Blocks.txt ⓘ CaseFolding.txt ⓘ DerivedAge.txt ⓘ DerivedCoreProperties.txt ⓘ DerivedNormalizationProps.txt ⓘ EastAsianWidth.txt ⓘ HangulSyllableType.txt ⓘ IndicPositionalCategory.txt ⓘ IndicSyllabicCategory.txt ⓘ Jamo.txt ⓘ LineBreak.txt ⓘ NameAliases.txt ⓘ NormalizationProps.txt ⓘ PropList.txt ⓘ Scripts.txt ⓘ SpecialCasing.txt ⓘ UnicodeData.txt ⓘ |
| introducedBy |
Unicode Technical Committee
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surface form:
Unicode Consortium technical committee
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| license | Unicode License ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | Unicode Consortium ⓘ |
| partOf |
Unicode
ⓘ
surface form:
Unicode Standard
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| primaryAudience |
font and rendering engine developers
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implementers of Unicode ⓘ software developers ⓘ |
| provides |
default property values for characters
ⓘ
stability guarantees for properties ⓘ |
| scope |
all assigned Unicode code points
ⓘ
some unassigned code points with default properties ⓘ |
| UAXNumber |
Unicode Character Database
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
UAX #44
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| updatedWhen | new Unicode version is released ⓘ |
| usedFor |
bidirectional text algorithms
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case conversion ⓘ collation ⓘ line breaking algorithms ⓘ normalization ⓘ text processing ⓘ text rendering ⓘ |
| versionedWith |
Unicode 15.0
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surface form:
Unicode Standard versions
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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: Unicode Character Database Description of subject: The Unicode Character Database is a comprehensive collection of machine-readable data files that define the properties, classifications, and behaviors of every character encoded in the Unicode Standard.
Referenced by (24)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Unicode character classifications
this entity surface form:
UAX #44
this entity surface form:
Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics
this entity surface form:
Unicode character properties
this entity surface form:
Unicode character classification
this entity surface form:
Unicode character database structure
this entity surface form:
Unicode character property database