Microsoft ACE OLEDB provider
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Microsoft ACE OLEDB provider is a data access component from Microsoft that enables applications to connect to and manipulate Access, Excel, and other Office data sources using OLE DB.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Microsoft ACE OLEDB provider canonical | 1 |
| Microsoft Access Database Engine | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11653409 — 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: Microsoft ACE OLEDB provider Context triple: [Microsoft Jet Database Engine, replacedBy, Microsoft ACE OLEDB provider]
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A.
Microsoft Jet Database Engine
Microsoft Jet Database Engine is a file-based relational database engine from Microsoft used primarily by desktop applications such as Access for storing and managing structured data.
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B.
Microsoft Access
Microsoft Access is a Microsoft Office database management system that combines a relational database engine with a graphical user interface and development tools for building data-driven applications.
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C.
OLE DB
OLE DB is a Microsoft data access API that provides a uniform way for applications to access data from a variety of relational and non-relational data sources.
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D.
ActiveX Data Objects (ADO)
ActiveX Data Objects (ADO) is a Microsoft data access technology that provides a high-level, COM-based interface for connecting to and manipulating data from various sources such as databases and XML.
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E.
ODBC
ODBC (Open Database Connectivity) is a standard API that enables applications to access and query data from a wide variety of relational and non-relational database management systems using a common interface.
- 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: Microsoft ACE OLEDB provider Target entity description: Microsoft ACE OLEDB provider is a data access component from Microsoft that enables applications to connect to and manipulate Access, Excel, and other Office data sources using OLE DB.
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A.
Microsoft Jet Database Engine
Microsoft Jet Database Engine is a file-based relational database engine from Microsoft used primarily by desktop applications such as Access for storing and managing structured data.
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B.
Microsoft Access
Microsoft Access is a Microsoft Office database management system that combines a relational database engine with a graphical user interface and development tools for building data-driven applications.
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C.
OLE DB
OLE DB is a Microsoft data access API that provides a uniform way for applications to access data from a variety of relational and non-relational data sources.
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D.
ActiveX Data Objects (ADO)
ActiveX Data Objects (ADO) is a Microsoft data access technology that provides a high-level, COM-based interface for connecting to and manipulating data from various sources such as databases and XML.
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E.
ODBC
ODBC (Open Database Connectivity) is a standard API that enables applications to access and query data from a wide variety of relational and non-relational database management systems using a common interface.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
OLE DB provider
ⓘ
data access component ⓘ software component ⓘ |
| accessMethod |
file-based databases
ⓘ
local Office files ⓘ network Office files ⓘ |
| compatibleWith |
Microsoft Access Runtime
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Microsoft Office NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| connectionStringProviderName |
Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.16.0 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| developer | Microsoft ⓘ |
| distributedAs | Microsoft Access Database Engine Redistributable NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| license | proprietary software ⓘ |
| platform |
Windows
ⓘ
surface form:
Microsoft Windows
|
| replaces | Microsoft Jet OLEDB provider NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| requires |
Microsoft Access Database Engine
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
matching 32-bit or 64-bit process architecture ⓘ |
| supportsArchitecture |
32-bit
ⓘ
64-bit ⓘ |
| supportsDataSource |
Access .accdb files
ⓘ
Access .mdb files ⓘ CSV files ⓘ Excel .xls files ⓘ Excel .xlsx files ⓘ Microsoft Access NERFINISHED ⓘ Microsoft Excel NERFINISHED ⓘ Office data sources ⓘ SharePoint lists ⓘ text files ⓘ |
| supportsFeature |
ADO access
ⓘ
ADO.NET OleDb access ⓘ |
| supportsFileFormat |
.accdb
ⓘ
.mdb ⓘ .xls ⓘ .xlsx ⓘ |
| supportsInterface | OLE DB NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supportsOperation |
SQL DELETE operations
ⓘ
SQL INSERT operations ⓘ SQL SELECT queries ⓘ SQL UPDATE operations ⓘ |
| usedFor |
connecting to Access databases
ⓘ
connecting to Excel workbooks ⓘ exporting data to Office files ⓘ importing data from Office files ⓘ |
| usedIn |
.NET applications
ⓘ
C# applications ⓘ VB6 applications ⓘ classic ASP applications ⓘ |
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: Microsoft ACE OLEDB provider Description of subject: Microsoft ACE OLEDB provider is a data access component from Microsoft that enables applications to connect to and manipulate Access, Excel, and other Office data sources using OLE DB.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Microsoft Access Database Engine