MAB
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MAB is a German bibliographic data format used for cataloging and exchanging library records, closely related to and historically aligned with MARC standards.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T214308 — 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: MAB Context triple: [MARC standards, hasComponent, MAB]
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A.
MGA
MGA is the commonly used abbreviation for the Maryland General Assembly, the state’s bicameral legislative body.
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B.
Namba
Namba is a major commercial and entertainment district in Osaka, Japan, known for its bustling nightlife, shopping, and iconic neon-lit streets.
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C.
MIA
MIA is the standard three-letter abbreviation used to represent the Miami Marlins Major League Baseball team.
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D.
Mambo!
Mambo! is a 1950s exotica and Latin-influenced studio album by Peruvian soprano Yma Sumac, showcasing her extraordinary multi-octave vocal range.
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E.
MNP
MNP is the three-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code assigned to the Northern Mariana Islands.
- 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: MAB Target entity description: MAB is a German bibliographic data format used for cataloging and exchanging library records, closely related to and historically aligned with MARC standards.
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A.
MGA
MGA is the commonly used abbreviation for the Maryland General Assembly, the state’s bicameral legislative body.
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B.
Namba
Namba is a major commercial and entertainment district in Osaka, Japan, known for its bustling nightlife, shopping, and iconic neon-lit streets.
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C.
MIA
MIA is the standard three-letter abbreviation used to represent the Miami Marlins Major League Baseball team.
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D.
Mambo!
Mambo! is a 1950s exotica and Latin-influenced studio album by Peruvian soprano Yma Sumac, showcasing her extraordinary multi-octave vocal range.
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E.
MNP
MNP is the three-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code assigned to the Northern Mariana Islands.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bibliographic data format
ⓘ
library cataloging format ⓘ |
| alignedWith | MARC standards ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
authority records
ⓘ
bibliographic records ⓘ holdings records ⓘ |
| compatibleWith | international cataloging practices ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| dataModelType | structured metadata format ⓘ |
| developedIn | 20th century ⓘ |
| domain | bibliographic metadata ⓘ |
| encodingStructure |
field-based
ⓘ
record-based ⓘ subfield-based ⓘ |
| field | library and information science ⓘ |
| fullName | Maschinelles Austauschformat für Bibliotheken ⓘ |
| hasAbbreviationFor | Maschinelles Austauschformat für Bibliotheken ⓘ |
| hasSuccessor |
MARC standards
ⓘ
surface form:
MARC 21 (in German library context)
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| language | German ⓘ |
| purpose | standardization of bibliographic data exchange ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
MARC standards
ⓘ
surface form:
MARC
|
| status | largely superseded ⓘ |
| supports |
interlibrary data exchange
ⓘ
machine-readable cataloging ⓘ |
| usedBy |
German National Library
ⓘ
academic libraries in Germany ⓘ public libraries in Germany ⓘ |
| usedFor |
cataloging library records
ⓘ
exchange of bibliographic records ⓘ |
| usedIn | German libraries ⓘ |
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: MAB Description of subject: MAB is a German bibliographic data format used for cataloging and exchanging library records, closely related to and historically aligned with MARC standards.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
MAB2