David Megginson
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David Megginson is a Canadian software developer and open standards advocate best known for originating the Simple API for XML (SAX) used in XML parsing.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| David Megginson canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21990077 — 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: David Megginson Context triple: [SAX, creator, David Megginson]
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A.
Eric Metcalf
Eric Metcalf is a former American football player best known as a versatile NFL running back and return specialist during the late 1980s and 1990s.
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B.
Don Brautigam
Don Brautigam was an American illustrator best known for his striking, realistic cover art for horror and thriller novels, including works by Stephen King.
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C.
Guy Busick
Guy Busick is an American screenwriter best known for co-writing recent entries in the Scream horror film franchise and the darkly comedic thriller Ready or Not.
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D.
Michael Kuhn
Michael Kuhn is a British film producer known for backing acclaimed independent and arthouse films, including the biographical comedy-drama "Florence Foster Jenkins."
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E.
Dan Pfeiffer
Dan Pfeiffer is an American political strategist and former White House communications director who served as a senior adviser to President Barack Obama.
- 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: David Megginson Target entity description: David Megginson is a Canadian software developer and open standards advocate best known for originating the Simple API for XML (SAX) used in XML parsing.
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A.
Eric Metcalf
Eric Metcalf is a former American football player best known as a versatile NFL running back and return specialist during the late 1980s and 1990s.
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B.
Don Brautigam
Don Brautigam was an American illustrator best known for his striking, realistic cover art for horror and thriller novels, including works by Stephen King.
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C.
Guy Busick
Guy Busick is an American screenwriter best known for co-writing recent entries in the Scream horror film franchise and the darkly comedic thriller Ready or Not.
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D.
Michael Kuhn
Michael Kuhn is a British film producer known for backing acclaimed independent and arthouse films, including the biographical comedy-drama "Florence Foster Jenkins."
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E.
Dan Pfeiffer
Dan Pfeiffer is an American political strategist and former White House communications director who served as a senior adviser to President Barack Obama.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.