CIPM

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intergovernmental organization body international standards organization

The CIPM (Comité International des Poids et Mesures) is the international committee responsible for overseeing the global system of units and metrology, operating under the authority of the Metre Convention.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
CIPM canonical	5
CIPM Consultative Committee for Acoustics, Ultrasound and Vibration	1
CIPM Consultative Committee for Ionizing Radiation	1
CIPM Consultative Committee for Photometry and Radiometry	1
CIPM Mutual Recognition Arrangement	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T983001 — 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: CIPM
Context triple: [International Atomic Time, governingOrganization, CIPM]

A. CIM
CIM is the Spanish acronym for the Inter-American Commission of Women, a specialized organization within the Organization of American States dedicated to promoting and protecting women’s rights and gender equality in the Americas.
B. MCIA
MCIA is the primary intelligence organization of the United States Marine Corps, responsible for producing and disseminating intelligence to support Marine Corps operations and planning.
C. CME
CME is a major U.S.-based financial and commodity derivatives exchange known for trading futures and options on interest rates, equity indexes, foreign exchange, energy, and agricultural products.
D. CIS
CIS (Canadian Interuniversity Sport) was the former national governing body for university athletics in Canada, overseeing intercollegiate sports competition before being rebranded as U Sports.
E. CIS
The CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States) is a regional intergovernmental organization formed by several former Soviet republics to facilitate cooperation in political, economic, and security matters.
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: CIPM
Target entity description: The CIPM (Comité International des Poids et Mesures) is the international committee responsible for overseeing the global system of units and metrology, operating under the authority of the Metre Convention.

A. CIM
CIM is the Spanish acronym for the Inter-American Commission of Women, a specialized organization within the Organization of American States dedicated to promoting and protecting women’s rights and gender equality in the Americas.
B. MCIA
MCIA is the primary intelligence organization of the United States Marine Corps, responsible for producing and disseminating intelligence to support Marine Corps operations and planning.
C. CME
CME is a major U.S.-based financial and commodity derivatives exchange known for trading futures and options on interest rates, equity indexes, foreign exchange, energy, and agricultural products.
D. CIS
CIS (Canadian Interuniversity Sport) was the former national governing body for university athletics in Canada, overseeing intercollegiate sports competition before being rebranded as U Sports.
E. CIS
The CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States) is a regional intergovernmental organization formed by several former Soviet republics to facilitate cooperation in political, economic, and security matters.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	intergovernmental organization body ⓘ international standards organization ⓘ
abbreviation	CIPM self-link ⓘ
composition	metrology experts from different member states ⓘ
country	France ⓘ
establishedBy	Metre Convention ⓘ
establishedIn	1875 ⓘ
field	measurement standards ⓘ metrology ⓘ units of measurement ⓘ
fullName	International Committee for Weights and Measures ⓘ surface form: Comité International des Poids et Mesures
fullNameEnglish	International Committee for Weights and Measures ⓘ
goal	worldwide uniformity of measurements ⓘ
hasConsultativeCommittee	CIPM self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: CIPM Consultative Committee for Acoustics, Ultrasound and Vibration CIPM Consultative Committee for Amount of Substance: Metrology in Chemistry and Biology ⓘ CIPM Consultative Committee for Electricity and Magnetism ⓘ International Committee for Weights and Measures ⓘ surface form: CIPM Consultative Committee for Flow Metrology CIPM Consultative Committee for Gravimetry ⓘ CIPM self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: CIPM Consultative Committee for Ionizing Radiation CIPM Consultative Committee for Length ⓘ CIPM Consultative Committee for Mass and Related Quantities ⓘ CIPM self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: CIPM Consultative Committee for Photometry and Radiometry CIPM Consultative Committee for Thermometry ⓘ CIPM Consultative Committee for Time and Frequency ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Sèvres ⓘ surface form: Sèvres, France
language	English ⓘ French ⓘ
legalBasis	Metre Convention ⓘ surface form: Metre Convention of 1875
locatedAt	Pavillon de Breteuil ⓘ
memberCount	18 ⓘ
memberSelection	elected by the General Conference on Weights and Measures ⓘ
memberType	individual experts ⓘ
operatesUnder	Metre Convention ⓘ
oversees	International Bureau of Weights and Measures ⓘ surface form: Bureau International des Poids et Mesures CIPM self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: CIPM Mutual Recognition Arrangement
parentOrganization	General Conference on Weights and Measures ⓘ
reportsTo	General Conference on Weights and Measures ⓘ
responsibleFor	CIPM Mutual Recognition Arrangement ⓘ coordination of worldwide metrology activities ⓘ establishment of Consultative Committees ⓘ global system of units ⓘ international metrology policy ⓘ maintenance of the International System of Units ⓘ recommendations on SI definitions and realizations ⓘ technical direction of the BIPM ⓘ
shortName	International Committee for Weights and Measures ⓘ
supervises	International Bureau of Weights and Measures ⓘ surface form: Bureau International des Poids et Mesures
usesSystem	International System of Units ⓘ
website	https://www.bipm.org/en/cipm ⓘ

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Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

International Atomic Time → governingOrganization → CIPM ⓘ

TAI → governingBody → CIPM ⓘ

CIPM → abbreviation → CIPM self-link ⓘ

CIPM → hasConsultativeCommittee → CIPM self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: CIPM Consultative Committee for Photometry and Radiometry

CIPM → hasConsultativeCommittee → CIPM self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: CIPM Consultative Committee for Ionizing Radiation

CIPM → hasConsultativeCommittee → CIPM self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: CIPM Consultative Committee for Acoustics, Ultrasound and Vibration

CIPM → oversees → CIPM self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: CIPM Mutual Recognition Arrangement

International Committee for Weights and Measures → shortName → CIPM ⓘ

International Committee for Weights and Measures → abbreviation → CIPM ⓘ

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Referenced by (9)

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