Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2005

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Apple Worldwide Developers Conference technology conference

Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2005 was Apple's annual developer conference held in 2005, where the company showcased new software technologies and tools for Mac and emerging platforms to its developer community.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
WWDC 2005	2
Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2005 canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2836587 — 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: Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2005
Context triple: [Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2006, precededBy, Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2005]

A. Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2006
Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2006 was Apple's annual developer conference held in 2006, notable for major Mac hardware and software announcements including the debut of the Mac Pro.
B. Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2010
Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2010 was Apple's annual developer conference where it introduced major software and hardware updates, including the debut of the iPhone 4 and new developer technologies.
C. Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2011
Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2011 was Apple's annual developer conference where it unveiled major software and cloud initiatives, including the introduction of iOS 5, OS X Lion, and the iCloud service.
D. Macworld Conference & Expo 2005
Macworld Conference & Expo 2005 was a major Apple-focused trade show and keynote event where Apple showcased new products and technologies to developers, media, and consumers.
E. Apple Worldwide Developers Conference
Apple Worldwide Developers Conference is Apple Inc.’s annual conference where the company unveils new software platforms, tools, and technologies to developers through keynotes and technical sessions.
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: Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2005
Target entity description: Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2005 was Apple's annual developer conference held in 2005, where the company showcased new software technologies and tools for Mac and emerging platforms to its developer community.

A. Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2006
Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2006 was Apple's annual developer conference held in 2006, notable for major Mac hardware and software announcements including the debut of the Mac Pro.
B. Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2010
Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2010 was Apple's annual developer conference where it introduced major software and hardware updates, including the debut of the iPhone 4 and new developer technologies.
C. Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2011
Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2011 was Apple's annual developer conference where it unveiled major software and cloud initiatives, including the introduction of iOS 5, OS X Lion, and the iCloud service.
D. Macworld Conference & Expo 2005
Macworld Conference & Expo 2005 was a major Apple-focused trade show and keynote event where Apple showcased new products and technologies to developers, media, and consumers.
E. Apple Worldwide Developers Conference
Apple Worldwide Developers Conference is Apple Inc.’s annual conference where the company unveils new software platforms, tools, and technologies to developers through keynotes and technical sessions.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Apple Worldwide Developers Conference ⓘ technology conference ⓘ
announced	64-bit computing advances on Mac OS X ⓘ Core Data enhancements ⓘ Dashboard development technologies ⓘ Mac OS X v10.4 Tiger developer features ⓘ Universal Binary support for Mac applications ⓘ Xcode ⓘ surface form: Xcode 2 transition of Macintosh to Intel processors ⓘ
city	San Francisco ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
endDate	2005-06-10 ⓘ
focus	macOS ⓘ surface form: Mac OS X developer tools ⓘ software technologies ⓘ
followedBy	Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2006 ⓘ
follows	Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2004 ⓘ
hasAbbreviation	Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2005 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: WWDC 2005
hasComponent	developer training ⓘ hands-on labs ⓘ keynote address ⓘ technical sessions ⓘ
hasLanguage	English ⓘ
highlighted	Cocoa development ⓘ Core Image ⓘ surface form: Core Image and Core Video Objective-C programming ⓘ Quartz 2D ⓘ surface form: Quartz graphics technologies
industry	information technology ⓘ software development ⓘ
numberOfAttendees	over 3800 ⓘ
numberOfLabs	over 100 ⓘ
numberOfSessions	over 110 ⓘ
openingKeynoteSpeaker	Steve Jobs ⓘ
organizer	Apple Inc. ⓘ
partOfSeries	Apple Worldwide Developers Conference ⓘ
primaryPlatform	macOS ⓘ surface form: Mac OS X
startDate	2005-06-06 ⓘ
targetAudience	Mac developers ⓘ software developers ⓘ
theme	Tiger unleashed ⓘ
timePeriod	mid-2000s ⓘ
typeOfEvent	annual conference ⓘ
venue	Moscone Center ⓘ surface form: Moscone West
website	https://developer.apple.com/wwdc/ ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2006 → precededBy → Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2005 ⓘ

Developer Transition Kit → announcementEvent → Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2005 ⓘ

subject surface form: Developer Transition Kit (Intel)

this entity surface form: WWDC 2005

Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2005 → hasAbbreviation → Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2005 self-linksurface differs ⓘ