UserNotifications framework
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The UserNotifications framework is an Apple API that lets apps schedule, manage, and respond to local and push notifications on Apple platforms.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| UserNotifications framework canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9003971 — 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: UserNotifications framework Context triple: [macOS SDK, containsFramework, UserNotifications framework]
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A.
Windows.Networking.PushNotifications
Windows.Networking.PushNotifications is a Windows Runtime namespace that provides APIs for receiving and managing push notifications in Windows apps.
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B.
Notification Center
Notification Center is a macOS feature that consolidates and displays system and app alerts, banners, and widgets in a unified sidebar for quick access.
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C.
Apple Push Notification service
Apple Push Notification service is Apple’s cloud-based system for delivering real-time notifications and messages to iOS, macOS, watchOS, and tvOS devices.
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D.
Messages on macOS
Messages on macOS is Apple’s desktop messaging app that lets users send and receive iMessages and SMS/MMS texts from their Mac, syncing conversations across Apple devices.
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E.
NSNotificationCenter
NSNotificationCenter is a central dispatch mechanism in Objective-C/Cocoa frameworks that enables objects to broadcast and observe notifications for decoupled communication within an application.
- 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: UserNotifications framework Target entity description: The UserNotifications framework is an Apple API that lets apps schedule, manage, and respond to local and push notifications on Apple platforms.
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A.
Windows.Networking.PushNotifications
Windows.Networking.PushNotifications is a Windows Runtime namespace that provides APIs for receiving and managing push notifications in Windows apps.
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B.
Notification Center
Notification Center is a macOS feature that consolidates and displays system and app alerts, banners, and widgets in a unified sidebar for quick access.
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C.
Apple Push Notification service
Apple Push Notification service is Apple’s cloud-based system for delivering real-time notifications and messages to iOS, macOS, watchOS, and tvOS devices.
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D.
Messages on macOS
Messages on macOS is Apple’s desktop messaging app that lets users send and receive iMessages and SMS/MMS texts from their Mac, syncing conversations across Apple devices.
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E.
NSNotificationCenter
NSNotificationCenter is a central dispatch mechanism in Objective-C/Cocoa frameworks that enables objects to broadcast and observe notifications for decoupled communication within an application.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Apple framework
ⓘ
software framework ⓘ |
| developer | Apple Inc. ⓘ |
| headerFile | UserNotifications/UserNotifications.h ⓘ |
| introducedIn |
iOS 10
NERFINISHED
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macOS 10.14 NERFINISHED ⓘ watchOS 3 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageSupport |
Objective-C
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Swift NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| moduleName | UserNotifications NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| platform |
iOS
ⓘ
iPadOS ⓘ macOS ⓘ tvOS NERFINISHED ⓘ watchOS NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryClass |
UNAuthorizationOptions
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UNCalendarNotificationTrigger ⓘ UNLocationNotificationTrigger NERFINISHED ⓘ UNMutableNotificationContent NERFINISHED ⓘ UNNotificationAction NERFINISHED ⓘ UNNotificationAttachment NERFINISHED ⓘ UNNotificationCategory NERFINISHED ⓘ UNNotificationContent NERFINISHED ⓘ UNNotificationRequest NERFINISHED ⓘ UNNotificationResponse NERFINISHED ⓘ UNNotificationSettings NERFINISHED ⓘ UNNotificationTrigger NERFINISHED ⓘ UNTextInputNotificationResponse NERFINISHED ⓘ UNTimeIntervalNotificationTrigger NERFINISHED ⓘ UNUserNotificationCenter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| provides |
notification authorization APIs
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notification delivery handling ⓘ notification management ⓘ notification scheduling ⓘ |
| replaces | UILocalNotification API NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supports |
local notifications
ⓘ
push notifications ⓘ |
| supportsFeature |
alert banners and alerts
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badge updates ⓘ calendar-based triggers ⓘ custom notification actions ⓘ location-based triggers ⓘ notification categories ⓘ notification grouping ⓘ rich media attachments in notifications ⓘ sound alerts ⓘ time-based triggers ⓘ |
| usedFor |
handling local notifications on device
ⓘ
handling remote push notifications ⓘ |
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: UserNotifications framework Description of subject: The UserNotifications framework is an Apple API that lets apps schedule, manage, and respond to local and push notifications on Apple platforms.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.