EPCglobal
E49794
EPCglobal is an international standards organization that develops and maintains specifications for RFID and electronic product code (EPC) technologies used in global supply chains.
All labels observed (11)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T394852 — 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: EPCglobal Context triple: [RFID, standardizedBy, EPCglobal]
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A.
EAN-13 barcode system
The EAN-13 barcode system is a 13-digit global product identification standard used in retail and logistics to encode numeric data in machine-readable barcodes.
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B.
RFID
RFID (Radio-Frequency Identification) is a wireless technology that uses electromagnetic fields to automatically identify and track tagged objects, commonly employed in areas like inventory management, access control, and contactless payments.
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C.
NFC
The NFC (National Football Conference) is one of the two conferences in the National Football League, comprising 16 teams that compete for a spot in the Super Bowl.
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D.
International Organization for Standardization
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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E.
Wi‑Fi Alliance
The Wi‑Fi Alliance is a global non-profit industry association that develops Wi‑Fi standards, certifies wireless products for interoperability, and promotes Wi‑Fi technology worldwide.
- 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: EPCglobal Target entity description: EPCglobal is an international standards organization that develops and maintains specifications for RFID and electronic product code (EPC) technologies used in global supply chains.
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A.
EAN-13 barcode system
The EAN-13 barcode system is a 13-digit global product identification standard used in retail and logistics to encode numeric data in machine-readable barcodes.
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B.
RFID
RFID (Radio-Frequency Identification) is a wireless technology that uses electromagnetic fields to automatically identify and track tagged objects, commonly employed in areas like inventory management, access control, and contactless payments.
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C.
NFC
The NFC (National Football Conference) is one of the two conferences in the National Football League, comprising 16 teams that compete for a spot in the Super Bowl.
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D.
International Organization for Standardization
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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E.
Wi‑Fi Alliance
The Wi‑Fi Alliance is a global non-profit industry association that develops Wi‑Fi standards, certifies wireless products for interoperability, and promotes Wi‑Fi technology worldwide.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
international organization
ⓘ
non-profit organization ⓘ standards organization ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
enable global traceability of products
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enable item-level identification in supply chains ⓘ improve supply chain visibility ⓘ support interoperability of RFID systems ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
GS1
ⓘ
surface form:
GS1 system of standards
|
| collaboratesWith | GS1 ⓘ |
| develops |
EPCglobal standards
ⓘ
EPCglobal self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Electronic Product Code (EPC) specifications
RFID-related specifications ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
Electronic Product Code standards
ⓘ
RFID standards ⓘ supply chain standards ⓘ |
| fullName |
EPCglobal
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
EPCglobal Inc.
|
| goal |
create open, global standards for EPC and RFID
ⓘ
ensure compatibility of RFID implementations worldwide ⓘ |
| hasAbbreviation | EPC ⓘ |
| hasApplicationArea |
asset tracking
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logistics ⓘ manufacturing ⓘ pharmaceutical supply chains ⓘ retail supply chains ⓘ |
| hasKeyTerm |
EPCglobal
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
EPCglobal Network
EPCglobal self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Electronic Product Code
|
| language | English ⓘ |
| maintains |
EPCglobal
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
EPCglobal Architecture Framework
EPCglobal self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Electronic Product Code (EPC) standards
|
| operatesInDomain |
RFID technology
ⓘ
automatic identification and data capture ⓘ global supply chain management ⓘ product identification ⓘ |
| relatedToStandard |
EPC Class 1 Gen 2
ⓘ
UHF RFID standards ⓘ |
| standardizes |
EPCglobal
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
EPC Information Services (EPCIS)
EPCglobal self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
EPC Tag Data Standard
EPCglobal self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
EPCglobal Network
EPCglobal self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Electronic Product Code (EPC)
Object Naming Service (ONS) ⓘ RFID air interface protocols ⓘ RFID tag data formats ⓘ |
| supportsConcept |
event-based supply chain data
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serialization of products ⓘ unique identification of trade items ⓘ |
| supportsTechnology |
RFID readers
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active RFID tags ⓘ passive RFID tags ⓘ |
| usesIdentifierScheme |
EPCglobal
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Electronic Product Code
|
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: EPCglobal Description of subject: EPCglobal is an international standards organization that develops and maintains specifications for RFID and electronic product code (EPC) technologies used in global supply chains.
Referenced by (19)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
EPCglobal Inc.
this entity surface form:
Electronic Product Code (EPC) specifications
this entity surface form:
Electronic Product Code (EPC) standards
this entity surface form:
EPCglobal Architecture Framework
this entity surface form:
Electronic Product Code (EPC)
this entity surface form:
EPC Information Services (EPCIS)
this entity surface form:
EPC Tag Data Standard
this entity surface form:
EPCglobal Network
this entity surface form:
Electronic Product Code
this entity surface form:
Electronic Product Code
this entity surface form:
EPCglobal Network
this entity surface form:
Electronic Product Code
subject surface form:
Object Naming Service
this entity surface form:
EPCglobal Network
subject surface form:
Object Naming Service
this entity surface form:
EPCglobal Network architecture
subject surface form:
Object Naming Service
subject surface form:
Object Naming Service
this entity surface form:
Electronic Product Code (EPC)