CPAN
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CPAN is the comprehensive archive and distribution network for Perl modules and libraries, serving as the primary ecosystem for sharing and installing Perl software.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| CPAN canonical | 2 |
| MetaCPAN | 1 |
| Perl ecosystem | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4424925 — 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: CPAN Context triple: [Perl, standardPackageRepository, CPAN]
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A.
Perl
Perl is a high-level, general-purpose programming language known for its powerful text-processing capabilities and use in system administration, web development, and scripting.
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B.
CRAN
CRAN is the Comprehensive R Archive Network, a primary repository for R packages, source code, and documentation used by the R programming community.
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C.
GitHub Packages
GitHub Packages is a software package hosting and management service integrated into GitHub, enabling developers to publish, share, and reuse packages alongside their source code and workflows.
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D.
Python Package Index
The Python Package Index (PyPI) is the central online repository where developers publish and download open-source Python software packages.
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E.
Programming Perl
Programming Perl is a comprehensive reference and tutorial book on the Perl programming language, co-authored by its creator Larry Wall and often regarded as the definitive guide for Perl programmers.
- 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: CPAN Target entity description: CPAN is the comprehensive archive and distribution network for Perl modules and libraries, serving as the primary ecosystem for sharing and installing Perl software.
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A.
Perl
Perl is a high-level, general-purpose programming language known for its powerful text-processing capabilities and use in system administration, web development, and scripting.
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B.
CRAN
CRAN is the Comprehensive R Archive Network, a primary repository for R packages, source code, and documentation used by the R programming community.
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C.
GitHub Packages
GitHub Packages is a software package hosting and management service integrated into GitHub, enabling developers to publish, share, and reuse packages alongside their source code and workflows.
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D.
Python Package Index
The Python Package Index (PyPI) is the central online repository where developers publish and download open-source Python software packages.
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E.
Programming Perl
Programming Perl is a comprehensive reference and tutorial book on the Perl programming language, co-authored by its creator Larry Wall and often regarded as the definitive guide for Perl programmers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Perl ecosystem
ⓘ
software repository ⓘ |
| accessMethod |
FTP
ⓘ
HTTP NERFINISHED ⓘ rsync ⓘ |
| acronym | CPAN NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contains |
Perl distributions
ⓘ
Perl libraries ⓘ Perl modules ⓘ documentation for Perl modules ⓘ test files for Perl modules ⓘ |
| fullName | Comprehensive Perl Archive Network NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
CPAN index
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
CPAN mirrors ⓘ MetaCPAN NERFINISHED ⓘ search.cpan.org (historical) ⓘ |
| hasIndexFile |
01mailrc.txt
ⓘ
02packages.details.txt ⓘ 03modlist.data ⓘ |
| hasMetadataFormat |
META.json
ⓘ
META.yml ⓘ |
| hasNamespacePolicy | module names organized by hierarchical namespaces ⓘ |
| hasTooling |
CPAN.pm
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
cpanminus NERFINISHED ⓘ cpanplus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Node Package Manager ecosystem
ⓘ
Python Package Index NERFINISHED ⓘ RubyGems NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| licensePolicy | requires open-source or redistributable licenses for uploads ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | Perl community volunteers ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
automated dependency resolution via client tools
ⓘ
global mirror network ⓘ versioned module distributions ⓘ |
| primaryLanguage | Perl NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purpose |
archiving Perl modules
ⓘ
distribution of Perl libraries ⓘ distribution of Perl modules ⓘ distribution of Perl software ⓘ installing Perl modules ⓘ sharing Perl code ⓘ |
| supports | Perl 5 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| topic |
Perl package management
ⓘ
software distribution network ⓘ |
| uploadControlledBy | Perl authors with PAUSE accounts ⓘ |
| uploadInterface | PAUSE NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Perl community
ⓘ
Perl developers ⓘ |
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: CPAN Description of subject: CPAN is the comprehensive archive and distribution network for Perl modules and libraries, serving as the primary ecosystem for sharing and installing Perl software.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Perl ecosystem
this entity surface form:
MetaCPAN