International Organization for Standardization
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The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is an independent, non-governmental international body that develops and publishes globally recognized standards to ensure quality, safety, efficiency, and interoperability across a wide range of industries and technologies.
All labels observed (10)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T34496 — 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: International Organization for Standardization Context triple: [MX, assignedBy, International Organization for Standardization]
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A.
IEEE Standards Association
The IEEE Standards Association is a leading global organization that develops and maintains technical standards across a wide range of industries, including electronics, communications, and information technology.
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B.
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is a leading global professional association dedicated to advancing technology through standards development, publications, conferences, and educational activities in electrical engineering, electronics, and related fields.
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C.
World Wide Web Consortium
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is the main international standards organization responsible for developing open protocols and guidelines to ensure the long-term growth and interoperability of the Web.
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D.
International Maritime Organization
The International Maritime Organization is a United Nations specialized agency responsible for regulating international shipping, including safety, environmental standards, and maritime security.
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E.
International Civil Aviation Organization
The International Civil Aviation Organization is a United Nations specialized agency that sets global standards and regulations to ensure safe, efficient, and orderly international civil aviation.
- 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: International Organization for Standardization Target entity description: The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is an independent, non-governmental international body that develops and publishes globally recognized standards to ensure quality, safety, efficiency, and interoperability across a wide range of industries and technologies.
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A.
IEEE Standards Association
The IEEE Standards Association is a leading global organization that develops and maintains technical standards across a wide range of industries, including electronics, communications, and information technology.
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B.
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is a leading global professional association dedicated to advancing technology through standards development, publications, conferences, and educational activities in electrical engineering, electronics, and related fields.
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C.
World Wide Web Consortium
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is the main international standards organization responsible for developing open protocols and guidelines to ensure the long-term growth and interoperability of the Web.
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D.
International Maritime Organization
The International Maritime Organization is a United Nations specialized agency responsible for regulating international shipping, including safety, environmental standards, and maritime security.
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E.
International Civil Aviation Organization
The International Civil Aviation Organization is a United Nations specialized agency that sets global standards and regulations to ensure safe, efficient, and orderly international civil aviation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (64)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | international standardization organization ⓘ |
| cooperatesWith |
International Electrotechnical Commission
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International Telecommunication Union ⓘ |
| country | Switzerland ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
aerospace industry
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automotive industry ⓘ construction industry ⓘ energy management ⓘ environmental management ⓘ food safety ⓘ information technology ⓘ medical devices ⓘ metrology ⓘ occupational health and safety ⓘ quality management ⓘ risk management ⓘ social responsibility ⓘ standardization ⓘ |
| founded | 23 February 1947 ⓘ |
| foundingLocation |
London, England
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surface form:
London, United Kingdom
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| governingBody |
ISO Council
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ISO General Assembly ⓘ Technical Management Board ⓘ |
| hasAbbreviation |
International Organization for Standardization
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
ISO
|
| hasLeaderTitle |
President of ISO
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Secretary-General of ISO ⓘ |
| hasMemberType | national standards bodies ⓘ |
| hasMotto | Great things happen when the world agrees ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Geneva
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surface form:
Geneva, Switzerland
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| inception | 1947 ⓘ |
| issuesStandard |
ISO 13485
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ISO 14001 ⓘ ISO 14971 ⓘ ISO 21500 ⓘ ISO 22000 ⓘ ISO 26000 ⓘ ISO 27001 ⓘ ISO 31000 ⓘ ISO 3166 ⓘ ISO 4217 ⓘ ISO 45001 ⓘ ISO 50001 ⓘ ISO 639 ⓘ ISO 8601 ⓘ ISO 9001 ⓘ ISO 9660 ⓘ |
| legalStatus |
independent organization
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non-governmental organization ⓘ |
| officialLanguage |
English
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French ⓘ Russian ⓘ |
| publishes |
International Organization for Standardization
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
International Standards
guides ⓘ publicly available specifications ⓘ technical reports ⓘ technical specifications ⓘ |
| purpose |
development of international standards
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ensuring quality, safety, and efficiency ⓘ facilitation of global trade ⓘ promoting interoperability across industries ⓘ |
| scope | international ⓘ |
| shortName |
International Organization for Standardization
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
ISO
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| standardPrefix |
International Organization for Standardization
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
ISO
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| website | https://www.iso.org ⓘ |
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: International Organization for Standardization Description of subject: The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is an independent, non-governmental international body that develops and publishes globally recognized standards to ensure quality, safety, efficiency, and interoperability across a wide range of industries and technologies.
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