FDsys
E56663
FDsys (Federal Digital System) was the U.S. Government Publishing Office’s former online platform for providing free public access to official federal government publications and documents.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| FDsys canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T451418 — 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: FDsys Context triple: [GovInfo.gov, hasPredecessor, FDsys]
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A.
Adobe Acrobat
Adobe Acrobat is a widely used software application for creating, viewing, editing, and managing PDF (Portable Document Format) documents across multiple platforms.
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B.
BSA E-Filing System
The BSA E-Filing System is an online platform used by financial institutions and other obligated entities in the United States to electronically submit Bank Secrecy Act reports and related regulatory filings.
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C.
File Explorer
File Explorer is the built-in file management application in Microsoft Windows that lets users browse, organize, and manage files, folders, and drives on their computer.
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D.
PostScript
PostScript is a page description and programming language widely used in desktop publishing and printing to precisely define the layout and appearance of text and graphics.
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E.
DFG
DFG is Germany’s central self-governing research funding organization, supporting scientific and academic research across all disciplines.
- 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: FDsys Target entity description: FDsys (Federal Digital System) was the U.S. Government Publishing Office’s former online platform for providing free public access to official federal government publications and documents.
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A.
Adobe Acrobat
Adobe Acrobat is a widely used software application for creating, viewing, editing, and managing PDF (Portable Document Format) documents across multiple platforms.
-
B.
BSA E-Filing System
The BSA E-Filing System is an online platform used by financial institutions and other obligated entities in the United States to electronically submit Bank Secrecy Act reports and related regulatory filings.
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C.
File Explorer
File Explorer is the built-in file management application in Microsoft Windows that lets users browse, organize, and manage files, folders, and drives on their computer.
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D.
PostScript
PostScript is a page description and programming language widely used in desktop publishing and printing to precisely define the layout and appearance of text and graphics.
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E.
DFG
DFG is Germany’s central self-governing research funding organization, supporting scientific and academic research across all disciplines.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
digital library
ⓘ
government information system ⓘ web portal ⓘ |
| accessCost | free ⓘ |
| accessModel | open access ⓘ |
| availability | online ⓘ |
| contentType |
congressional documents
ⓘ
federal agency publications ⓘ federal government publications ⓘ federal regulations ⓘ federal statutes ⓘ official government documents ⓘ presidential documents ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| field |
digital preservation
ⓘ
government information ⓘ open government data ⓘ |
| formerlyKnownAs |
Federal Digital System
ⓘ
surface form:
GPO’s Federal Digital System
|
| fullName | Federal Digital System ⓘ |
| governingBody |
Government Printing Office
ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Government Publishing Office
|
| hasFeature |
authenticated PDFs
ⓘ
downloadable documents ⓘ metadata-based search ⓘ searchable access to federal documents ⓘ |
| hasPurpose |
preserve official federal government documents in digital form
ⓘ
provide free public access to official U.S. federal government publications ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United States government
ⓘ
surface form:
federal government of the United States
|
| language | English ⓘ |
| maintainedBy |
Government Printing Office
ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Government Publishing Office
|
| medium | World Wide Web ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
Government Printing Office
ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Government Publishing Office
|
| operator |
Government Printing Office
ⓘ
surface form:
Government Publishing Office
Government Printing Office ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Government Publishing Office
|
| partOf | U.S. federal government information dissemination infrastructure ⓘ |
| predecessor |
GPO
ⓘ
surface form:
GPO Access
|
| providedBy |
Government Printing Office
ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Government Publishing Office
|
| publisher |
Government Printing Office
ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Government Publishing Office
|
| replaced |
GPO
ⓘ
surface form:
GPO Access
|
| replacedBy |
GovInfo.gov
ⓘ
surface form:
govinfo
|
| replacedInFunctionBy |
GovInfo.gov
ⓘ
surface form:
govinfo.gov
|
| sector | public sector ⓘ |
| serviceArea |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| status | discontinued ⓘ |
| subjectOf | U.S. government information access policy ⓘ |
| successor |
GovInfo.gov
ⓘ
surface form:
govinfo
|
| websiteType | government website ⓘ |
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: FDsys Description of subject: FDsys (Federal Digital System) was the U.S. Government Publishing Office’s former online platform for providing free public access to official federal government publications and documents.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.