AFP 3.1
E736556
AFP 3.1 is a version of Apple’s network file-sharing protocol used for accessing and managing files over a network on macOS and related systems.
All labels observed (3)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8470984 — 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: AFP 3.1 Context triple: [Apple Filing Protocol, hasVersion, AFP 3.1]
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A.
APF
APF is the commonly used acronym for the Parliamentary Assembly of La Francophonie, an international organization that brings together parliamentarians from French-speaking countries to promote the French language, democracy, and human rights.
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B.
AFS
AFS is the National Rail station code for Ashford (Surrey) railway station in England.
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C.
AFU
AFU is the commonly used abbreviation for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the military organization responsible for defending Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.
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D.
AFT
AFT is a major American labor union representing teachers and other education professionals across the United States.
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E.
AFP
AFP is a major international news agency based in Paris that provides global news coverage in multiple languages.
- 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: AFP 3.1 Target entity description: AFP 3.1 is a version of Apple’s network file-sharing protocol used for accessing and managing files over a network on macOS and related systems.
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A.
APF
APF is the commonly used acronym for the Parliamentary Assembly of La Francophonie, an international organization that brings together parliamentarians from French-speaking countries to promote the French language, democracy, and human rights.
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B.
AFS
AFS is the National Rail station code for Ashford (Surrey) railway station in England.
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C.
AFU
AFU is the commonly used abbreviation for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the military organization responsible for defending Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.
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D.
AFT
AFT is a major American labor union representing teachers and other education professionals across the United States.
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E.
AFP
AFP is a major international news agency based in Paris that provides global news coverage in multiple languages.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Apple Filing Protocol version
ⓘ
network file system protocol ⓘ |
| category | application-layer protocol ⓘ |
| coexistsWith | SMB protocol NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| compatibleWith | Time Machine (earlier macOS versions) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dataModel | hierarchical file system ⓘ |
| defaultPort | 548 ⓘ |
| developedBy | Apple Inc. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| domain |
computer networking
ⓘ
network file systems ⓘ |
| introducedBy | Apple Inc. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| networkProtocolFamily | Apple Filing Protocol NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
Mac OS X
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
classic Mac OS NERFINISHED ⓘ macOS ⓘ |
| OSIlayer | application layer ⓘ |
| partOf | Apple Filing Protocol NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| platform |
AppleShare servers
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
macOS file servers ⓘ |
| replacedBy | AFP 3.2 ⓘ |
| status | legacy protocol ⓘ |
| supports |
AFP directory IDs
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AFP file IDs ⓘ AFP over TCP/IP ⓘ AFP sessions ⓘ AFP volumes ⓘ Finder metadata ⓘ Unicode file names ⓘ access control lists ⓘ byte-range locking ⓘ directory-level access control ⓘ encrypted authentication (e.g., DHX2) ⓘ extended attributes ⓘ file locking ⓘ file permissions ⓘ file-level access control ⓘ guest access (configurable) ⓘ long file names ⓘ resource forks ⓘ user authentication ⓘ volume-level access control ⓘ |
| transportProtocol | TCP NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
file management over a network
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network file sharing ⓘ remote file access ⓘ |
| usedOn |
enterprise networks
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local area networks ⓘ |
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: AFP 3.1 Description of subject: AFP 3.1 is a version of Apple’s network file-sharing protocol used for accessing and managing files over a network on macOS and related systems.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
AFP 3.2
this entity surface form:
AFP 3.4