VIS
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VIS is a large-scale European Union database system used to store and exchange visa application and related biometric data among member states’ authorities.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| VIS canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10341846 — 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: VIS Context triple: [Visa Information System, abbreviation, VIS]
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A.
VIS
VIS is the IATA airport code for Visalia Municipal Airport in Visalia, California, United States.
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B.
Vis
Vis is a Croatian island in the Adriatic Sea known for its unspoiled nature, historic towns, and former role as a strategic military base.
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C.
VISIR
VISIR is a mid-infrared imager and spectrometer used on ESO’s Very Large Telescope to study celestial objects at thermal infrared wavelengths.
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D.
VSI
VSI is the commonly used abbreviation for the "Very Short Introductions" series of concise, authoritative books published by Oxford University Press on a wide range of subjects.
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E.
VES
VES is an abbreviation for the Virtual Execution System, a runtime environment designed to execute managed code in a platform-independent manner.
- 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: VIS Target entity description: VIS is a large-scale European Union database system used to store and exchange visa application and related biometric data among member states’ authorities.
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A.
VIS
VIS is the IATA airport code for Visalia Municipal Airport in Visalia, California, United States.
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B.
Vis
Vis is a Croatian island in the Adriatic Sea known for its unspoiled nature, historic towns, and former role as a strategic military base.
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C.
VISIR
VISIR is a mid-infrared imager and spectrometer used on ESO’s Very Large Telescope to study celestial objects at thermal infrared wavelengths.
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D.
VSI
VSI is the commonly used abbreviation for the "Very Short Introductions" series of concise, authoritative books published by Oxford University Press on a wide range of subjects.
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E.
VES
VES is an abbreviation for the Virtual Execution System, a runtime environment designed to execute managed code in a platform-independent manner.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
European Union information system
ⓘ
visa information system ⓘ |
| acronym | VIS ⓘ |
| coversTerritory |
European Union member states applying the Schengen acquis
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Schengen Area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dataRetentionPeriod | 5 years ⓘ |
| enables |
checks on previous visa applications
ⓘ
identification of persons who may not have valid documents ⓘ verification of visa holders at external borders ⓘ |
| fullName | Visa Information System NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPurpose |
combat visa fraud
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enhance internal security in the EU ⓘ exchange visa data among EU member states ⓘ facilitate visa checks at external borders ⓘ store visa application data ⓘ support common visa policy of the Schengen area ⓘ |
| includesComponent |
central VIS database
ⓘ
communication infrastructure ⓘ national interfaces ⓘ |
| legalBasis |
Council Decision 2004/512/EC
NERFINISHED
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Regulation (EC) No 767/2008 NERFINISHED ⓘ VIS Regulation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| managedBy | eu-LISA NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
European Commission
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
European Union NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Eurodac
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Schengen Information System NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| storesDataType |
alphanumeric personal data
ⓘ
biometric data ⓘ digital photographs ⓘ fingerprints ⓘ visa application data ⓘ visa decision data ⓘ |
| subjectArea |
border management
ⓘ
internal security ⓘ migration management ⓘ |
| supportsProcess |
short-stay visa applications
ⓘ
visa annulment ⓘ visa extension ⓘ visa invalidation ⓘ visa issuance ⓘ visa refusal ⓘ visa revocation ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Schengen member states
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
border control authorities ⓘ consular authorities ⓘ immigration authorities ⓘ law enforcement authorities ⓘ |
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: VIS Description of subject: VIS is a large-scale European Union database system used to store and exchange visa application and related biometric data among member states’ authorities.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.