CTAN
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CTAN (Comprehensive TeX Archive Network) is the primary online repository and distribution hub for TeX, LaTeX, and related packages, macros, and documentation.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| CTAN canonical | 6 |
| Comprehensive TeX Archive Network | 2 |
| CTAN mirror network | 1 |
| CTAN team | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12899439 — 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: CTAN Context triple: [MiKTeX, supportsRepository, CTAN]
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A.
TeX Live
TeX Live is a comprehensive, cross-platform TeX distribution that provides a full suite of tools, macros, and fonts for typesetting documents with TeX, LaTeX, and related systems.
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B.
ConTeXt
ConTeXt is a powerful macro package and typesetting system built on TeX, designed for high-quality, programmable document production with strong support for complex layouts and multilingual typesetting.
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C.
TeX Users Group MacTeX team
The TeX Users Group MacTeX team is the volunteer group within TUG responsible for developing, packaging, and supporting the MacTeX TeX distribution for macOS users.
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D.
LaTeX Companion
The LaTeX Companion is a comprehensive reference book that explains advanced LaTeX features, packages, and best practices for typesetting professional-quality documents.
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E.
Isabelle document preparation system
The Isabelle document preparation system is a tool integrated with the Isabelle proof assistant that supports the structured authoring and typesetting of formal proofs and related documents, typically producing high-quality LaTeX/PDF output.
- 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: CTAN Target entity description: CTAN (Comprehensive TeX Archive Network) is the primary online repository and distribution hub for TeX, LaTeX, and related packages, macros, and documentation.
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A.
TeX Live
TeX Live is a comprehensive, cross-platform TeX distribution that provides a full suite of tools, macros, and fonts for typesetting documents with TeX, LaTeX, and related systems.
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B.
ConTeXt
ConTeXt is a powerful macro package and typesetting system built on TeX, designed for high-quality, programmable document production with strong support for complex layouts and multilingual typesetting.
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C.
TeX Users Group MacTeX team
The TeX Users Group MacTeX team is the volunteer group within TUG responsible for developing, packaging, and supporting the MacTeX TeX distribution for macOS users.
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D.
LaTeX Companion
The LaTeX Companion is a comprehensive reference book that explains advanced LaTeX features, packages, and best practices for typesetting professional-quality documents.
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E.
Isabelle document preparation system
The Isabelle document preparation system is a tool integrated with the Isabelle proof assistant that supports the structured authoring and typesetting of formal proofs and related documents, typically producing high-quality LaTeX/PDF output.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
TeX distribution platform
ⓘ
online archive ⓘ software repository ⓘ |
| acronymFor |
Comprehensive TeX Archive Network
ⓘ
linked to:
CTAN
|
| distributionModel | free software ⓘ |
| fileAccessURL | https://ctan.org/tex-archive ⓘ |
| fullName |
Comprehensive TeX Archive Network
ⓘ
linked to:
CTAN
|
| hasMirror |
CTAN mirror network
ⓘ
linked to:
CTAN
|
| hasSection |
biblio
ⓘ
documentation ⓘ fonts ⓘ graphics ⓘ language ⓘ macros ⓘ support ⓘ systems ⓘ |
| isPrimaryRepositoryFor |
LaTeX community
ⓘ
TeX community ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| maintainedBy |
CTAN team
ⓘ
linked to:
CTAN
|
| primaryFocus |
LaTeX
ⓘ
TeX ⓘ documentation ⓘ macros ⓘ related TeX packages ⓘ |
| provides |
BibTeX styles
ⓘ
ConTeXt packages ⓘ LaTeX packages ⓘ TeX packages ⓘ documentation ⓘ fonts ⓘ macros ⓘ support files for TeX systems ⓘ |
| servesCommunity |
academic users
ⓘ
publishers ⓘ scientific authors ⓘ technical authors ⓘ |
| supportsFormat |
BibTeX
ⓘ
ConTeXt ⓘ LaTeX ⓘ MetaPost ⓘ
linked to:
METAPOST
TeX ⓘ |
| typicalLicense |
GPL
ⓘ
linked to:
GNU General Public License
LPPL ⓘ other free software licenses ⓘ |
| usedBy |
MacTeX
ⓘ
MiKTeX ⓘ TeX Live ⓘ other TeX distributions ⓘ |
| website | https://www.ctan.org ⓘ |
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: CTAN Description of subject: CTAN (Comprehensive TeX Archive Network) is the primary online repository and distribution hub for TeX, LaTeX, and related packages, macros, and documentation.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: CTAN
linked to: CTAN