WMA
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WMA is a proprietary audio compression format developed by Microsoft as part of its Windows Media framework.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| WMA canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7941738 — 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: WMA Context triple: [Windows Media Player, supportsFormat, WMA]
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A.
WMP
WMP is an abbreviation for Western Malayo-Polynesian, a traditional subgrouping of the Austronesian language family encompassing many languages of western Island Southeast Asia and nearby regions.
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B.
WMV
WMV (Windows Media Video) is a series of Microsoft-developed video compression formats commonly used for streaming and storing digital video on Windows platforms.
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C.
WAV
WAV is the vehicle registration code used to identify motor vehicles registered in the municipality of Wavre in Belgium.
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D.
WavPack
WavPack is a free, open-source audio compression format known for offering both lossless and hybrid (lossy+correction) encoding modes.
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E.
WMB
WMB is the National Rail station code for Wembley Central railway station in northwest London, England.
- 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: WMA Target entity description: WMA is a proprietary audio compression format developed by Microsoft as part of its Windows Media framework.
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A.
WMP
WMP is an abbreviation for Western Malayo-Polynesian, a traditional subgrouping of the Austronesian language family encompassing many languages of western Island Southeast Asia and nearby regions.
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B.
WMV
WMV (Windows Media Video) is a series of Microsoft-developed video compression formats commonly used for streaming and storing digital video on Windows platforms.
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C.
WAV
WAV is the vehicle registration code used to identify motor vehicles registered in the municipality of Wavre in Belgium.
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D.
WavPack
WavPack is a free, open-source audio compression format known for offering both lossless and hybrid (lossy+correction) encoding modes.
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E.
WMB
WMB is the National Rail station code for Wembley Central railway station in northwest London, England.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
audio file format
ⓘ
lossy audio compression format ⓘ proprietary codec ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Windows Media Video NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| audioCodecFamily | Windows Media codecs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bitDepth | up to 24-bit (WMA Pro) ⓘ |
| competesWith |
AAC
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
MP3 NERFINISHED ⓘ Ogg Vorbis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| compressionType | lossy ⓘ |
| containerFormat | ASF NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| developer | Microsoft ⓘ |
| DRMSystem | Windows Media DRM NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fileExtension |
.asf
ⓘ
.wma ⓘ |
| hasVersion |
WMA Lossless
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
WMA Pro NERFINISHED ⓘ WMA Standard NERFINISHED ⓘ WMA Voice NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| introducedBy | Windows Media Player 7 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| introducedIn | late 1990s ⓘ |
| license | proprietary ⓘ |
| losslessVariant | WMA Lossless NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mimeType | audio/x-ms-wma ⓘ |
| optimizedFor | low bitrate streaming ⓘ |
| owner | Microsoft NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Windows Media framework NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| platform |
Windows
ⓘ
surface form:
Microsoft Windows
Windows Phone NERFINISHED ⓘ Xbox ⓘ |
| samplingRate | up to 96 kHz (WMA Pro) ⓘ |
| standardizedBy | Microsoft NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| standsFor | Windows Media Audio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supports |
constant bitrate encoding
ⓘ
digital rights management ⓘ streaming audio ⓘ variable bitrate encoding ⓘ |
| supportsMetadata | ID3-like tags in ASF container ⓘ |
| usedFor |
internet radio
ⓘ
online music distribution ⓘ portable media players ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Windows Media Center
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Windows Media Player NERFINISHED ⓘ Xbox 360 NERFINISHED ⓘ Zune NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| voiceOptimizedVariant | WMA Voice 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: WMA Description of subject: WMA is a proprietary audio compression format developed by Microsoft as part of its Windows Media framework.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.