SharePoint app catalog
E276985
The SharePoint app catalog is a centralized repository in a SharePoint environment where administrators upload, manage, and make custom or third-party apps and solutions available to users across sites.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| SharePoint app catalog canonical | 1 |
| SharePoint document library | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2555320 — 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: SharePoint app catalog Context triple: [SharePoint Framework, distribution, SharePoint app catalog]
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A.
SharePoint Framework
SharePoint Framework is a client-side development model and toolset for building custom, modern web parts and extensions that run in SharePoint Online and SharePoint on-premises.
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B.
SharePoint
SharePoint is a Microsoft web-based collaboration and document management platform used for creating intranet sites, managing content, and enabling team collaboration within organizations.
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C.
CSOM
CSOM is the Carroll School of Management, the business school of Boston College known for its undergraduate and graduate programs in business and management.
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D.
Power Apps
Power Apps is a Microsoft low-code development platform that enables users to quickly build and deploy custom business applications across web and mobile.
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E.
Windows Marketplace for Mobile
Windows Marketplace for Mobile was Microsoft’s official app store platform for discovering, purchasing, and downloading applications on Windows Mobile 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: SharePoint app catalog Target entity description: The SharePoint app catalog is a centralized repository in a SharePoint environment where administrators upload, manage, and make custom or third-party apps and solutions available to users across sites.
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A.
SharePoint Framework
SharePoint Framework is a client-side development model and toolset for building custom, modern web parts and extensions that run in SharePoint Online and SharePoint on-premises.
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B.
SharePoint
SharePoint is a Microsoft web-based collaboration and document management platform used for creating intranet sites, managing content, and enabling team collaboration within organizations.
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C.
CSOM
CSOM is the Carroll School of Management, the business school of Boston College known for its undergraduate and graduate programs in business and management.
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D.
Power Apps
Power Apps is a Microsoft low-code development platform that enables users to quickly build and deploy custom business applications across web and mobile.
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E.
Windows Marketplace for Mobile
Windows Marketplace for Mobile was Microsoft’s official app store platform for discovering, purchasing, and downloading applications on Windows Mobile devices.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
SharePoint administration component
ⓘ
SharePoint feature ⓘ centralized repository ⓘ |
| allows |
deployment of apps across a tenant
ⓘ
deployment of apps to specific site collections ⓘ upload of SharePoint Framework packages ⓘ upload of SharePoint add-ins ⓘ upload of custom apps ⓘ upload of third-party apps ⓘ |
| configuredVia | SharePoint admin center ⓘ |
| controls |
which apps are available to users
ⓘ
which apps can be installed on SharePoint sites ⓘ |
| differsFrom | SharePoint Store ⓘ |
| enables |
centralized update of apps
ⓘ
governance of custom solutions ⓘ version management of apps ⓘ |
| hasType |
site collection app catalog
ⓘ
tenant app catalog ⓘ |
| implementedAs |
SharePoint app catalog
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
SharePoint document library
|
| managedBy |
SharePoint administrators
ⓘ
tenant administrators ⓘ |
| partOf |
SharePoint Add-in infrastructure
ⓘ
SharePoint ⓘ
surface form:
SharePoint Online
SharePoint ⓘ
surface form:
SharePoint Server
|
| purpose |
centralize deployment of apps
ⓘ
govern availability of apps across sites ⓘ store SharePoint Framework solutions ⓘ store SharePoint add-ins ⓘ store SharePoint apps ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Microsoft Store
ⓘ
surface form:
SharePoint Store
|
| requires |
appropriate administrator permissions
ⓘ
feature activation in SharePoint on-premises ⓘ |
| scope |
site collection level
ⓘ
tenant level ⓘ |
| securityRole | gatekeeper for customizations ⓘ |
| stores |
.app files
ⓘ
.sppkg files ⓘ app package files ⓘ |
| supports |
SharePoint Framework
ⓘ
surface form:
SharePoint Framework client-side web parts
SharePoint Framework ⓘ
surface form:
SharePoint Framework extensions
SharePoint Add-in infrastructure ⓘ
surface form:
SharePoint-hosted add-ins
provider-hosted add-ins ⓘ |
| usedFor |
controlling app lifecycle in SharePoint
ⓘ
enterprise-wide app distribution ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Microsoft 365
ⓘ
SharePoint ⓘ
surface form:
SharePoint Online tenants
SharePoint Framework ⓘ
surface form:
SharePoint on-premises farms
|
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: SharePoint app catalog Description of subject: The SharePoint app catalog is a centralized repository in a SharePoint environment where administrators upload, manage, and make custom or third-party apps and solutions available to users across sites.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
SharePoint document library