Web Authentication API
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The Web Authentication API is a web standard that enables secure, passwordless authentication on the web using public-key cryptography and authenticators such as security keys or built-in platform authenticators.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Web Authentication API canonical | 2 |
| Web Authentication | 1 |
| WebAuthn | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10329246 — 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: Web Authentication API Context triple: [Open Web Platform, hasComponent, Web Authentication API]
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A.
AUTH
AUTH is a major public university in Thessaloniki, Greece, and one of the largest and most prestigious higher education institutions in the country.
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B.
OpenID Connect
OpenID Connect is an identity layer built on top of OAuth 2.0 that enables secure user authentication and single sign-on across applications.
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C.
OAuth
OAuth is an open standard authorization framework that enables secure, delegated access to protected resources without sharing user credentials.
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D.
HttpAuthenticationMechanism API
The HttpAuthenticationMechanism API is a Jakarta Security interface that standardizes how HTTP-based authentication is implemented and integrated into Jakarta EE web applications.
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E.
Wikimedia unified login
Wikimedia unified login is a single sign-on system that lets users access and manage their accounts across all Wikimedia projects with one set of credentials.
- 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: Web Authentication API Target entity description: The Web Authentication API is a web standard that enables secure, passwordless authentication on the web using public-key cryptography and authenticators such as security keys or built-in platform authenticators.
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A.
AUTH
AUTH is a major public university in Thessaloniki, Greece, and one of the largest and most prestigious higher education institutions in the country.
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B.
OpenID Connect
OpenID Connect is an identity layer built on top of OAuth 2.0 that enables secure user authentication and single sign-on across applications.
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C.
OAuth
OAuth is an open standard authorization framework that enables secure, delegated access to protected resources without sharing user credentials.
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D.
HttpAuthenticationMechanism API
The HttpAuthenticationMechanism API is a Jakarta Security interface that standardizes how HTTP-based authentication is implemented and integrated into Jakarta EE web applications.
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E.
Wikimedia unified login
Wikimedia unified login is a single sign-on system that lets users access and manage their accounts across all Wikimedia projects with one set of credentials.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
W3C Recommendation
ⓘ
authentication protocol ⓘ web standard ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Web Authentication
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
WebAuthn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn |
CTAP
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Client to Authenticator Protocol NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| compatibleWith | HTTPS ⓘ |
| defines |
navigator.credentials.create
ⓘ
navigator.credentials.get ⓘ |
| designedFor |
web applications
ⓘ
web browsers ⓘ |
| enables | strong user authentication on the web ⓘ |
| extends | Credential Management API NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| goal |
improve authentication security
ⓘ
improve user experience ⓘ reduce phishing attacks ⓘ replace passwords with public-key credentials ⓘ |
| hasVersion |
Level 1
ⓘ
Level 2 ⓘ Level 3 ⓘ |
| improvesOver | password-based authentication ⓘ |
| partOf | FIDO2 Project NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| prevents | credential replay across origins ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
FIDO Alliance
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
FIDO U2F NERFINISHED ⓘ FIDO2 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| requires | secure context ⓘ |
| standardizedBy |
W3C
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
World Wide Web Consortium NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supports |
PIN-based verification via authenticators
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biometric verification via authenticators ⓘ built-in device authenticators ⓘ multi-factor authentication ⓘ origin-bound credentials ⓘ passwordless authentication ⓘ phishing-resistant authentication ⓘ platform authenticators ⓘ roaming authenticators ⓘ security keys ⓘ two-factor authentication ⓘ user presence checks ⓘ user verification checks ⓘ |
| usedBy |
major web browsers
ⓘ
web application developers ⓘ |
| uses | public-key cryptography ⓘ |
| usesConcept |
assertion
ⓘ
attestation ⓘ authenticator ⓘ authenticatorData ⓘ clientDataJSON ⓘ credential ID ⓘ public key credential ⓘ relying party ⓘ |
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: Web Authentication API Description of subject: The Web Authentication API is a web standard that enables secure, passwordless authentication on the web using public-key cryptography and authenticators such as security keys or built-in platform authenticators.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Web Authentication
this entity surface form:
WebAuthn