NDC
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NDC (New Distribution Capability) is a data transmission standard developed by the International Air Transport Association to modernize and enhance the way airline products are distributed and sold.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| NDC canonical | 3 |
| NDC Standards Board | 1 |
| ndc | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T434879 — 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: NDC Context triple: [International Air Transport Association, abbreviation, NDC]
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A.
NDX
NDX is the ticker symbol for the NASDAQ-100 Index, a major stock market index tracking 100 of the largest non-financial companies listed on the Nasdaq exchange.
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B.
NDAC
NDAC is a dedicated handshake signal line in the IEEE 488 (GPIB) interface used by devices to indicate that they have not yet accepted data.
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C.
NDH
NDH was the fascist puppet state established by the Axis powers in World War II on the territory of occupied Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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D.
NAC
The North Atlantic Council (NAC) is NATO’s principal political decision-making body, bringing together member states’ representatives to oversee and guide the alliance’s policies and operations.
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E.
NCP
NCP (Network Control Protocol) was an early host-to-host communication protocol suite that enabled data exchange between computers on the ARPANET before the adoption of TCP/IP.
- 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: NDC Target entity description: NDC (New Distribution Capability) is a data transmission standard developed by the International Air Transport Association to modernize and enhance the way airline products are distributed and sold.
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A.
NDX
NDX is the ticker symbol for the NASDAQ-100 Index, a major stock market index tracking 100 of the largest non-financial companies listed on the Nasdaq exchange.
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B.
NDAC
NDAC is a dedicated handshake signal line in the IEEE 488 (GPIB) interface used by devices to indicate that they have not yet accepted data.
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C.
NDH
NDH was the fascist puppet state established by the Axis powers in World War II on the territory of occupied Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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D.
NAC
The North Atlantic Council (NAC) is NATO’s principal political decision-making body, bringing together member states’ representatives to oversee and guide the alliance’s policies and operations.
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E.
NCP
NCP (Network Control Protocol) was an early host-to-host communication protocol suite that enabled data exchange between computers on the ARPANET before the adoption of TCP/IP.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
airline distribution standard
ⓘ
data transmission standard ⓘ |
| abbreviationFor | New Distribution Capability ⓘ |
| basedOn | XML ⓘ |
| dataFormat | XML schemas defined by IATA ⓘ |
| developedBy | International Air Transport Association ⓘ |
| developerAcronym |
International Air Transport Association
ⓘ
surface form:
IATA
|
| domain |
airline industry
ⓘ
travel distribution ⓘ |
| enables |
airlines to sell directly through third-party channels with richer content
ⓘ
distribution of rich media content for airline products ⓘ greater transparency of airline product attributes ⓘ personalized offers ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
airline offer creation
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airline order management ⓘ |
| fullName | New Distribution Capability ⓘ |
| governedBy | IATA NDC standards governance ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
order management messages
ⓘ
payment and ticketing messages ⓘ servicing messages ⓘ shopping messages ⓘ |
| objective |
improve time-to-market for new airline products
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provide consistent data across distribution channels ⓘ reduce distribution limitations of legacy GDS channels ⓘ |
| purpose |
enable richer airline product merchandising
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enhance the way airline products are sold ⓘ modernize airline product distribution ⓘ standardize data exchange between airlines and sellers ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
ONE Order
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airline merchandising ⓘ airline retailing ⓘ |
| replaces | legacy EDIFACT-based messaging in airline distribution ⓘ |
| sector |
aviation
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travel technology ⓘ |
| standardOwner | International Air Transport Association ⓘ |
| standardType |
communication protocol
ⓘ
industry data standard ⓘ |
| supports |
ancillary services distribution
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dynamic pricing capabilities ⓘ fare family merchandising ⓘ offer and order management ⓘ |
| supportsChannel |
direct connect between airlines and sellers
ⓘ
indirect distribution channels ⓘ |
| usedBy |
aggregators
ⓘ
airlines ⓘ global distribution systems ⓘ online travel agencies ⓘ travel management companies ⓘ |
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: NDC Description of subject: NDC (New Distribution Capability) is a data transmission standard developed by the International Air Transport Association to modernize and enhance the way airline products are distributed and sold.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
ndc
this entity surface form:
NDC Standards Board