International Organization of Legal Metrology
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The International Organization of Legal Metrology (OIML) is an intergovernmental body that develops international recommendations and standards to harmonize legal metrology regulations and ensure the global consistency and reliability of measuring instruments.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| International Organization of Legal Metrology canonical | 2 |
| OIML | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2787001 — 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: International Organization of Legal Metrology Context triple: [Federal Service for Technical Regulation and Metrology of Russia, cooperatesWith, International Organization of Legal Metrology]
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A.
International Committee for Weights and Measures
The International Committee for Weights and Measures is a governing body that oversees the global system of measurement standards and ensures their uniform implementation among member states.
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B.
General Conference on Weights and Measures
The General Conference on Weights and Measures is the international authority that makes key decisions on the global system of units (SI), including defining and revising fundamental measurement standards.
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C.
International System of Units
The International System of Units is the globally accepted standard for measurement, defining a coherent set of base and derived units used in science, industry, and everyday life.
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D.
International Bureau of Weights and Measures
The International Bureau of Weights and Measures is an international organization that maintains the global system of units (SI) and ensures worldwide uniformity of measurements and time standards.
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E.
Metrologia
Metrologia is a leading international scientific journal focused on the science of measurement, including fundamental metrology, standards, and precision measurement techniques.
- 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: International Organization of Legal Metrology Target entity description: The International Organization of Legal Metrology (OIML) is an intergovernmental body that develops international recommendations and standards to harmonize legal metrology regulations and ensure the global consistency and reliability of measuring instruments.
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A.
International Committee for Weights and Measures
The International Committee for Weights and Measures is a governing body that oversees the global system of measurement standards and ensures their uniform implementation among member states.
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B.
General Conference on Weights and Measures
The General Conference on Weights and Measures is the international authority that makes key decisions on the global system of units (SI), including defining and revising fundamental measurement standards.
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C.
International System of Units
The International System of Units is the globally accepted standard for measurement, defining a coherent set of base and derived units used in science, industry, and everyday life.
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D.
International Bureau of Weights and Measures
The International Bureau of Weights and Measures is an international organization that maintains the global system of units (SI) and ensures worldwide uniformity of measurements and time standards.
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E.
Metrologia
Metrologia is a leading international scientific journal focused on the science of measurement, including fundamental metrology, standards, and precision measurement techniques.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
intergovernmental organization
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standards organization ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
environmental measurements
ⓘ
health measurements ⓘ safety-related measurements ⓘ trade measurements ⓘ |
| areaOfInfluence | international ⓘ |
| cooperatesWith |
International Bureau of Weights and Measures
ⓘ
surface form:
BIPM
International Electrotechnical Commission ⓘ
surface form:
IEC
International Organization for Standardization ⓘ
surface form:
ISO
International Bureau of Weights and Measures ⓘ International Electrotechnical Commission ⓘ International Organization for Standardization ⓘ regional legal metrology organizations ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| develops |
OIML Basic Publications
ⓘ
OIML Basic Publications ⓘ
surface form:
OIML Documents
OIML Basic Publications ⓘ
surface form:
OIML Guides
OIML Basic Publications ⓘ
surface form:
OIML Recommendations
|
| field |
legal metrology
ⓘ
metrology ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
global consistency of measurements
ⓘ
mutual recognition of type evaluations ⓘ reliability of measuring instruments ⓘ |
| founded | 1955 ⓘ |
| governingBody |
International Committee of Legal Metrology
ⓘ
International Conference of Legal Metrology ⓘ |
| hasMemberType |
Corresponding Member
ⓘ
Member State ⓘ |
| hasOfficialWebsite | https://www.oiml.org ⓘ |
| hasProgram |
OIML Mutual Acceptance Arrangement
ⓘ
surface form:
OIML Certification System
OIML Mutual Acceptance Arrangement ⓘ |
| hasSecretariat | OIML Secretariat ⓘ |
| hasWorkingStructure |
project groups
ⓘ
subcommittees ⓘ technical committees ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Paris
ⓘ
surface form:
Paris, France
|
| inLanguage |
English
ⓘ
French ⓘ |
| nativeName |
International Committee of Legal Metrology
ⓘ
surface form:
Organisation Internationale de Métrologie Légale
|
| purpose |
development of international recommendations for measuring instruments
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facilitation of international trade through consistent measurement regulations ⓘ harmonization of legal metrology regulations ⓘ protection of consumers through reliable measurements ⓘ support of national legal metrology systems ⓘ |
| regulates | measuring instruments used in legal metrology ⓘ |
| regulatoryScope |
legal control of measuring instruments
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requirements for type approval of measuring instruments ⓘ verification and inspection of measuring instruments ⓘ |
| shortName |
International Organization of Legal Metrology
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
OIML
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| subjectOf | OIML Convention ⓘ |
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: International Organization of Legal Metrology Description of subject: The International Organization of Legal Metrology (OIML) is an intergovernmental body that develops international recommendations and standards to harmonize legal metrology regulations and ensure the global consistency and reliability of measuring instruments.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Federal Service for Technical Regulation and Metrology of Russia
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cooperatesWith
→
International Organization of Legal Metrology
ⓘ
this entity surface form:
OIML
International Organization of Legal Metrology
→
shortName
→
International Organization of Legal Metrology
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
OIML