JSON API
E97089
JSON API is a standardized specification for building JSON-based RESTful APIs that defines how clients should request and modify resources in a consistent, structured format.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T816740 — 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: JSON API Context triple: [Python Package Index, supportsFormat, JSON API]
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A.
JSON
JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) is a lightweight, text-based data interchange format widely used for transmitting structured data in web APIs and configuration files.
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B.
APIC
APIC is the commonly used acronym for the Agreement on the Privileges and Immunities of the International Criminal Court, an international treaty that defines the legal protections and benefits granted to the Court, its officials, and related personnel.
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C.
Apis
Apis is a genus of honey-producing bees best known for the Western honey bee (Apis mellifera), a key pollinator and major species in global apiculture.
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D.
AJAX
AJAX is a web development technique that allows web pages to update content asynchronously by exchanging data with a server in the background without reloading the entire page.
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E.
HTTP
HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) is the foundational application-layer protocol used for transmitting web pages and other resources across the World Wide Web.
- 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: JSON API Target entity description: JSON API is a standardized specification for building JSON-based RESTful APIs that defines how clients should request and modify resources in a consistent, structured format.
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A.
JSON
JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) is a lightweight, text-based data interchange format widely used for transmitting structured data in web APIs and configuration files.
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B.
APIC
APIC is the commonly used acronym for the Agreement on the Privileges and Immunities of the International Criminal Court, an international treaty that defines the legal protections and benefits granted to the Court, its officials, and related personnel.
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C.
Apis
Apis is a genus of honey-producing bees best known for the Western honey bee (Apis mellifera), a key pollinator and major species in global apiculture.
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D.
AJAX
AJAX is a web development technique that allows web pages to update content asynchronously by exchanging data with a server in the background without reloading the entire page.
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E.
HTTP
HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) is the foundational application-layer protocol used for transmitting web pages and other resources across the World Wide Web.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (59)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
JSON-based API specification
ⓘ
RESTful API specification ⓘ web API specification ⓘ |
| category |
API design
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web development ⓘ |
| defines |
a specification for building JSON-based APIs
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a standard format for error objects ⓘ a standard format for links objects ⓘ a standard format for meta objects ⓘ a standard format for primary data ⓘ a standard format for relationship objects ⓘ a standard format for resource objects ⓘ a top-level JSON document structure ⓘ conventions for filtering parameters ⓘ conventions for including related resources ⓘ conventions for pagination parameters ⓘ conventions for query parameters ⓘ conventions for sorting parameters ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
client-server interactions
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consistent API structure ⓘ minimizing the amount of data transmitted ⓘ minimizing the number of HTTP requests ⓘ reducing boilerplate in API design ⓘ resource-based APIs ⓘ standardizing how clients request and modify resources ⓘ |
| fullName |
JSON API
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
JSON:API
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| goal |
to improve interoperability between clients and servers
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to make APIs self-descriptive ⓘ to promote consistency across APIs ⓘ to reduce ad-hoc API designs ⓘ to reduce client-side code complexity ⓘ to reduce server-side code complexity ⓘ |
| primaryFormat | JSON ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
GraphQL
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HAL (Hypertext Application Language) ⓘ OpenAPI ⓘ
surface form:
OpenAPI Specification
REST API ⓘ
surface form:
REST
|
| supports |
compound documents
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error object standardization ⓘ filtering ⓘ inclusion of related resources via include parameter ⓘ links objects ⓘ meta information objects ⓘ pagination ⓘ relationships between resources ⓘ resource creation ⓘ resource deletion ⓘ resource fetching ⓘ resource updating ⓘ sideposting of related resources (in some implementations) ⓘ sorting ⓘ sparse fieldsets ⓘ |
| typicalUseCase |
internal service APIs
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public web APIs ⓘ single-page application backends ⓘ |
| uses |
HTTP as transport protocol
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media type application/vnd.api+json ⓘ standard HTTP methods ⓘ standard HTTP status codes ⓘ |
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: JSON API Description of subject: JSON API is a standardized specification for building JSON-based RESTful APIs that defines how clients should request and modify resources in a consistent, structured format.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.