SMB
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SMB is the abbreviation for the IEC’s Standardization Management Board, the body responsible for overseeing and coordinating international electrotechnical standardization activities.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| SMB canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5176712 — 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: SMB Context triple: [IEC Standardization Management Board, shortName, SMB]
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A.
SMB
SMB (Server Message Block) is a network file sharing protocol widely used in Windows environments to enable shared access to files, printers, and other network resources.
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B.
AppleShare
AppleShare was Apple’s classic file and print sharing software for Macintosh networks, enabling users to share files and printers over AppleTalk-based local area networks.
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C.
Samba
Samba is one of the four ESA Cluster mission spacecraft designed to study Earth's magnetosphere and its interaction with the solar wind.
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D.
Samba
Samba is a figure in Hindu mythology, traditionally known as a son of the god Krishna and his wife Jambavati, whose life is associated with various legends and curses.
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E.
Samba
Samba is an open-source software suite that enables file and print sharing and domain services between Unix/Linux systems and Windows clients using the SMB/CIFS protocol.
- 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: SMB Target entity description: SMB is the abbreviation for the IEC’s Standardization Management Board, the body responsible for overseeing and coordinating international electrotechnical standardization activities.
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A.
SMB
SMB (Server Message Block) is a network file sharing protocol widely used in Windows environments to enable shared access to files, printers, and other network resources.
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B.
AppleShare
AppleShare was Apple’s classic file and print sharing software for Macintosh networks, enabling users to share files and printers over AppleTalk-based local area networks.
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C.
Samba
Samba is one of the four ESA Cluster mission spacecraft designed to study Earth's magnetosphere and its interaction with the solar wind.
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D.
Samba
Samba is a figure in Hindu mythology, traditionally known as a son of the god Krishna and his wife Jambavati, whose life is associated with various legends and curses.
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E.
Samba
Samba is an open-source software suite that enables file and print sharing and domain services between Unix/Linux systems and Windows clients using the SMB/CIFS protocol.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
IEC organizational body
ⓘ
acronym ⓘ standardization management body ⓘ |
| abbreviationFor | IEC Standardization Management Board NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
avoid duplication of technical work in IEC
ⓘ
promote efficient international electrotechnical standardization ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
IEC conformity assessment policy
ⓘ
IEC technical strategy ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith |
IEC Advisory Committees
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
IEC Conformity Assessment Board NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coordinates | international electrotechnical standardization activities ⓘ |
| domain |
electrotechnology
ⓘ
international standards ⓘ |
| ensures |
consistency of IEC standards development
ⓘ
coordination among IEC technical committees ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
coordination of IEC technical structures
ⓘ
technical standardization management ⓘ |
| fullForm | Standardization Management Board NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governs |
IEC subcommittees
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
IEC technical committees NERFINISHED ⓘ allocation of technical work within IEC ⓘ creation of new IEC technical committees ⓘ disbanding of IEC technical committees ⓘ |
| hasAbbreviation | SMB NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasJurisdiction | global ⓘ |
| hasScope | management of IEC electrotechnical standardization ⓘ |
| hasType | management board ⓘ |
| language |
English
ⓘ
French ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Geneva, Switzerland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| monitors |
implementation of IEC technical policies
ⓘ
progress of IEC technical work ⓘ |
| oversees | international electrotechnical standardization activities ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | IEC Central Office NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | International Electrotechnical Commission NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reportsTo | IEC Council NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
approval of new IEC technical work
ⓘ
harmonization of IEC technical activities ⓘ overall management of IEC technical work ⓘ strategic direction of IEC standardization ⓘ supervision of IEC technical committees ⓘ |
| sector | electrotechnical standardization ⓘ |
| setsPolicyFor |
IEC standardization processes
ⓘ
IEC technical work ⓘ |
| worksWith |
IEC subcommittees
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
IEC technical committees NERFINISHED ⓘ IEC working groups NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: SMB Description of subject: SMB is the abbreviation for the IEC’s Standardization Management Board, the body responsible for overseeing and coordinating international electrotechnical standardization activities.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.