IHO Council
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The IHO Council is the executive body of the International Hydrographic Organization responsible for overseeing its work program, strategic direction, and coordination among member states between full assembly meetings.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| IHO Council canonical | 9 |
| IHO work programme | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T741902 — 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: IHO Council Context triple: [International Hydrographic Organization, hasOrgan, IHO Council]
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A.
IHO Assembly
The IHO Assembly is the principal decision-making body of the International Hydrographic Organization, where member states convene to set policies and directions for global hydrographic and nautical charting activities.
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International Hydrographic Organization
The International Hydrographic Organization is an intergovernmental organization that sets global standards and coordinates international cooperation for charting the world’s seas and oceans to ensure safe and efficient navigation.
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C.
Hydrographic Services and Standards Committee
The Hydrographic Services and Standards Committee is a key technical body within the International Hydrographic Organization responsible for developing and maintaining global standards and guidance for hydrographic surveying, charting, and related marine information services.
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D.
National Geodetic Survey
The National Geodetic Survey is the U.S. federal agency responsible for defining, maintaining, and providing access to the national coordinate system used for mapping, charting, and navigation.
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E.
International Oceanographic Commission
The International Oceanographic Commission is a specialized body of UNESCO that promotes international cooperation and coordinates marine research, services, and capacity-building to better understand and manage the world’s oceans and coastal areas.
- 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: IHO Council Target entity description: The IHO Council is the executive body of the International Hydrographic Organization responsible for overseeing its work program, strategic direction, and coordination among member states between full assembly meetings.
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A.
IHO Assembly
The IHO Assembly is the principal decision-making body of the International Hydrographic Organization, where member states convene to set policies and directions for global hydrographic and nautical charting activities.
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B.
International Hydrographic Organization
The International Hydrographic Organization is an intergovernmental organization that sets global standards and coordinates international cooperation for charting the world’s seas and oceans to ensure safe and efficient navigation.
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C.
Hydrographic Services and Standards Committee
The Hydrographic Services and Standards Committee is a key technical body within the International Hydrographic Organization responsible for developing and maintaining global standards and guidance for hydrographic surveying, charting, and related marine information services.
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D.
National Geodetic Survey
The National Geodetic Survey is the U.S. federal agency responsible for defining, maintaining, and providing access to the national coordinate system used for mapping, charting, and navigation.
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E.
International Oceanographic Commission
The International Oceanographic Commission is a specialized body of UNESCO that promotes international cooperation and coordinates marine research, services, and capacity-building to better understand and manage the world’s oceans and coastal areas.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
executive body
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governing body ⓘ organ of the International Hydrographic Organization ⓘ |
| appliesTo | IHO Member States ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
hydrography
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maritime navigation safety ⓘ nautical charting ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
coordination of hydrographic services
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international standardization in hydrography ⓘ |
| governs | IHO work programme ⓘ |
| hasAbbreviation | Council ⓘ |
| hasChair | Chair of the IHO Council ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfMembers | limited subset of IHO Member States ⓘ |
| hasRole |
acts between sessions of the IHO Assembly
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coordinates activities among IHO Member States ⓘ coordinates the activities of IHO subsidiary organs ⓘ monitors implementation of decisions of the IHO Assembly ⓘ monitors implementation of the IHO Strategic Plan ⓘ monitors implementation of the IHO Work Programme ⓘ oversees IHO work programme ⓘ prepares proposals for consideration by the IHO Assembly ⓘ provides strategic direction for the IHO ⓘ reviews proposals from IHO subsidiary bodies ⓘ submits reports to the IHO Assembly ⓘ |
| hasScope | global ⓘ |
| hasWorkingLanguage | English ⓘ |
| inception | 21st century ⓘ |
| isAccountableTo | IHO Assembly ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | IHO Member States ⓘ |
| legalBasis |
Convention on the International Hydrographic Organization
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General Regulations of the International Hydrographic Organization ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Monaco ⓘ |
| meets | regularly between IHO Assembly sessions ⓘ |
| meetsAt | IHO headquarters in Monaco ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | International Hydrographic Organization ⓘ |
| partOf | International Hydrographic Organization ⓘ |
| purpose |
enhance efficiency of IHO decision-making
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ensure continuity of governance of the IHO between Assemblies ⓘ facilitate coordination among IHO Member States ⓘ |
| replaced | some functions of the former IHO Directing Committee ⓘ |
| reportsTo | IHO Assembly ⓘ |
| selectionMethod | elected from IHO Member States ⓘ |
| supervises | IHO subsidiary bodies ⓘ |
| usesDocument |
IHO Strategic Plan
ⓘ
IHO Work Programme ⓘ |
| usesLanguage | English ⓘ |
| website | https://iho.int ⓘ |
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: IHO Council Description of subject: The IHO Council is the executive body of the International Hydrographic Organization responsible for overseeing its work program, strategic direction, and coordination among member states between full assembly meetings.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
IHO work programme