W3C Document License
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The W3C Document License is a permissive license used by the World Wide Web Consortium for its technical documents, allowing broad use and redistribution while preserving attribution and certain usage conditions.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| W3C Document License canonical | 3 |
| W3C Software License | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T95475 — 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: W3C Document License Context triple: [W3C Recommendation, license, W3C Document License]
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A.
Creative Commons license
A Creative Commons license is a standardized public copyright license that allows creators to grant the public permission to share, use, and sometimes modify their work under specified conditions.
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B.
Creative Commons License Chooser
Creative Commons License Chooser is an online tool that guides users through selecting an appropriate Creative Commons license for their creative works based on their sharing and reuse preferences.
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C.
W3C Recommendation
A W3C Recommendation is a mature, stable web standard published by the World Wide Web Consortium to promote interoperability and best practices across the World Wide Web.
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D.
W3C Note
A W3C Note is a non-normative publication by the World Wide Web Consortium used to share ideas, practices, or information that are not on the standards track.
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E.
Creative Commons
Creative Commons is a nonprofit organization that provides free, standardized copyright licenses to help creators legally share and reuse their work.
- 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: W3C Document License Target entity description: The W3C Document License is a permissive license used by the World Wide Web Consortium for its technical documents, allowing broad use and redistribution while preserving attribution and certain usage conditions.
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A.
Creative Commons license
A Creative Commons license is a standardized public copyright license that allows creators to grant the public permission to share, use, and sometimes modify their work under specified conditions.
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B.
Creative Commons License Chooser
Creative Commons License Chooser is an online tool that guides users through selecting an appropriate Creative Commons license for their creative works based on their sharing and reuse preferences.
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C.
W3C Recommendation
A W3C Recommendation is a mature, stable web standard published by the World Wide Web Consortium to promote interoperability and best practices across the World Wide Web.
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D.
W3C Note
A W3C Note is a non-normative publication by the World Wide Web Consortium used to share ideas, practices, or information that are not on the standards track.
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E.
Creative Commons
Creative Commons is a nonprofit organization that provides free, standardized copyright licenses to help creators legally share and reuse their work.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
W3C license
ⓘ
documentation license ⓘ permissive license ⓘ software license ⓘ |
| allows |
copying
ⓘ
display ⓘ distribution of derivative works ⓘ public performance ⓘ redistribution ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
W3C documents
ⓘ
W3C specifications ⓘ W3C Technical Reports ⓘ
surface form:
W3C technical documentation
|
| distinctFrom |
Creative Commons license
ⓘ
surface form:
Creative Commons licenses
W3C Document License self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
W3C Software License
|
| focusesOn |
documentation use
ⓘ
specification text ⓘ |
| governingBody | World Wide Web Consortium ⓘ |
| governs |
redistribution of modified versions of W3C documents
ⓘ
reuse of W3C recommendations ⓘ translation of W3C documents ⓘ |
| grants |
non-exclusive rights
ⓘ
royalty-free rights ⓘ worldwide rights ⓘ |
| includesClause |
documents may be used for any purpose subject to conditions
ⓘ
no additional restrictions may be imposed that contradict the license ⓘ |
| isCopyleft | false ⓘ |
| isFreeSoftwareLicense | true ⓘ |
| isOpenSourceLicense | true ⓘ |
| isPermissive | true ⓘ |
| legalJurisdiction | United States law (primary drafting context) ⓘ |
| licenseFor |
W3C Note
ⓘ
surface form:
W3C notes
W3C Recommendation ⓘ
surface form:
W3C recommendations
W3C Technical Reports ⓘ
surface form:
W3C technical reports
|
| prohibits |
misrepresentation of document status
ⓘ
removal of legal notices ⓘ use of W3C trademarks without permission ⓘ |
| publisher | World Wide Web Consortium ⓘ |
| purpose |
to enable broad use of W3C documents
ⓘ
to maintain integrity of technical specifications ⓘ to preserve attribution to W3C ⓘ |
| requires |
attribution
ⓘ
inclusion of a reference to the W3C Document License ⓘ preservation of copyright notices ⓘ preservation of license notices ⓘ preservation of status notices ⓘ |
| usedBy |
W3C member organizations
ⓘ
W3C Working Group ⓘ
surface form:
W3C working groups
web standards implementers ⓘ |
| website | https://www.w3.org/Consortium/Legal/2015/doc-license ⓘ |
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: W3C Document License Description of subject: The W3C Document License is a permissive license used by the World Wide Web Consortium for its technical documents, allowing broad use and redistribution while preserving attribution and certain usage conditions.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
W3C Software License