WebRTC
E3760
WebRTC is an open web technology that enables real-time audio, video, and data communication directly between browsers and devices without requiring plugins.
All labels observed (16)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20844 — 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: WebRTC Context triple: [World Wide Web Consortium, developsStandard, WebRTC]
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A.
WSH
WSH is the standard sports abbreviation for the Washington Commanders, the National Football League team based in the Washington, D.C. area.
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B.
WAI
WAI (Web Accessibility Initiative) is a World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) program that develops guidelines, resources, and standards to make the web accessible to people with disabilities.
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C.
WAS
WAS is the standard three-letter abbreviation used for the Washington Commanders NFL franchise.
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D.
WAS
WAS is the station code for Washington, D.C.’s main intercity and commuter rail hub, Union Station.
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E.
HTTP
HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) is the foundational application-layer protocol used for transmitting web pages and other resources across the World Wide Web.
- 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: WebRTC Target entity description: WebRTC is an open web technology that enables real-time audio, video, and data communication directly between browsers and devices without requiring plugins.
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A.
WSH
WSH is the standard sports abbreviation for the Washington Commanders, the National Football League team based in the Washington, D.C. area.
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B.
WAI
WAI (Web Accessibility Initiative) is a World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) program that develops guidelines, resources, and standards to make the web accessible to people with disabilities.
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C.
WAS
WAS is the standard three-letter abbreviation used for the Washington Commanders NFL franchise.
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D.
WAS
WAS is the station code for Washington, D.C.’s main intercity and commuter rail hub, Union Station.
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E.
HTTP
HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) is the foundational application-layer protocol used for transmitting web pages and other resources across the World Wide Web.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (74)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
open web standard
ⓘ
real-time communication protocol suite ⓘ web communication technology ⓘ |
| category |
real-time communication
ⓘ
web technology ⓘ |
| commonlyUsedIn |
IoT and embedded communication devices
ⓘ
customer support and contact center applications ⓘ gaming and interactive applications ⓘ online education platforms ⓘ video conferencing services ⓘ |
| designedFor |
interoperability between browsers
ⓘ
low-latency communication ⓘ real-time multimedia applications ⓘ |
| developedBy |
IETF RTCWEB Working Group
ⓘ
W3C Working Group ⓘ
surface form:
W3C WebRTC Working Group
|
| doesNotSpecify | signaling protocol ⓘ |
| enables |
file transfer via data channels
ⓘ
low-latency streaming ⓘ plugin-free real-time communication in browsers ⓘ video conferencing in web applications ⓘ voice calling in web applications ⓘ |
| firstAnnounced | 2011 ⓘ |
| fullName |
WebRTC
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Web Real-Time Communication
|
| hasComponent |
WebRTC
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
MediaStream API
WebRTC self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
MediaStreamTrack API
WebRTC self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
RTCDataChannel API
RTCIceCandidate ⓘ WebRTC self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
RTCPeerConnection API
RTCRtpReceiver ⓘ WebRTC self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
RTCRtpSender
RTCSessionDescription ⓘ WebRTC self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
getUserMedia API
|
| implementedIn |
Android browsers
ⓘ
Apple Safari ⓘ Google Chrome ⓘ Microsoft Edge ⓘ Mozilla Firefox ⓘ Apple Safari ⓘ
surface form:
iOS Safari
|
| license | various open-source licenses for reference implementations ⓘ |
| openSource | true ⓘ |
| originatedFrom | Google ⓘ |
| relatedStandard |
ORTC
ⓘ
RTP ⓘ SIP ⓘ |
| requires |
secure context (HTTPS) in modern browsers
ⓘ
signaling mechanism external to the core specification ⓘ |
| securityFeature |
mandatory encryption of media and data
ⓘ
user consent for camera and microphone access ⓘ |
| standardizedBy |
Internet Engineering Task Force
ⓘ
World Wide Web Consortium ⓘ |
| supports |
DTLS
ⓘ
ICE ⓘ NAT traversal ⓘ RTP ⓘ SCTP ⓘ SRTP ⓘ STUN ⓘ TURN ⓘ browser-to-browser communication ⓘ browser-to-native application communication ⓘ data channels ⓘ end-to-end encryption at the transport level ⓘ media streams ⓘ peer-to-peer communication ⓘ real-time audio communication ⓘ real-time data communication ⓘ real-time video communication ⓘ screen sharing ⓘ |
| uses |
DTLS for key negotiation and encryption
ⓘ
ICE for connectivity checks ⓘ JavaScript APIs in web browsers ⓘ SCTP over DTLS for data channels ⓘ SDP for session description ⓘ SRTP for secure media transport ⓘ |
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: WebRTC Description of subject: WebRTC is an open web technology that enables real-time audio, video, and data communication directly between browsers and devices without requiring plugins.
Referenced by (59)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
WebRTC (on newer versions)
subject surface form:
Gecko