NIS+
E339009
NIS+ is an enhanced network information service and directory system developed by Sun Microsystems as the successor to NIS, providing centralized management of configuration and naming data in Solaris environments.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| NIS+ canonical | 2 |
| Network Information Service | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3244560 — 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: NIS+ Context triple: [Solaris, supports, NIS+]
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A.
Netscape Directory Server
Netscape Directory Server is an LDAP-based directory service software that provides centralized, scalable management of user and resource information for enterprise networks.
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B.
Object Naming Service (ONS)
Object Naming Service (ONS) is an EPCglobal network service that maps Electronic Product Codes (EPCs) to internet resources, enabling discovery of detailed information about tagged objects.
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C.
NFS
NFS (Network File System) is a distributed file system protocol that allows users to access files over a network as if they were on local storage.
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D.
Solaris operating system
Solaris operating system is a Unix-based enterprise operating system known for its scalability, robustness, and advanced features such as ZFS, DTrace, and strong support for SPARC and x86 architectures.
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E.
Merit Network
Merit Network is a nonprofit regional research and education network in Michigan that played a key role in operating and developing early national internet infrastructure.
- 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: NIS+ Target entity description: NIS+ is an enhanced network information service and directory system developed by Sun Microsystems as the successor to NIS, providing centralized management of configuration and naming data in Solaris environments.
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A.
Netscape Directory Server
Netscape Directory Server is an LDAP-based directory service software that provides centralized, scalable management of user and resource information for enterprise networks.
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B.
Object Naming Service (ONS)
Object Naming Service (ONS) is an EPCglobal network service that maps Electronic Product Codes (EPCs) to internet resources, enabling discovery of detailed information about tagged objects.
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C.
NFS
NFS (Network File System) is a distributed file system protocol that allows users to access files over a network as if they were on local storage.
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D.
Solaris operating system
Solaris operating system is a Unix-based enterprise operating system known for its scalability, robustness, and advanced features such as ZFS, DTrace, and strong support for SPARC and x86 architectures.
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E.
Merit Network
Merit Network is a nonprofit regional research and education network in Michigan that played a key role in operating and developing early national internet infrastructure.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
directory service
ⓘ
network information service ⓘ |
| accessControlUnit | NIS+ rights mask ⓘ |
| administrationTool |
nisaddcred
ⓘ
niscat ⓘ nischmod ⓘ nischown ⓘ nismatch ⓘ nisping ⓘ nisserver ⓘ nissetup ⓘ nistbladm ⓘ |
| authenticationMechanism | DES-based Secure RPC ⓘ |
| clientLibrary | libnsl ⓘ |
| configurationFile | /etc/nsswitch.conf ⓘ |
| dataModel | tables with columns and rows ⓘ |
| developer | Sun Microsystems ⓘ |
| domainComponent |
groups_dir directory
ⓘ
org_dir directory ⓘ |
| feature |
caching of directory information
ⓘ
hierarchical namespace ⓘ per-column access control ⓘ per-object access control ⓘ replication via replicas ⓘ secure RPC authentication ⓘ support for multiple domains ⓘ table-based data storage ⓘ |
| follows | NIS ⓘ |
| introducedIn | early 1990s ⓘ |
| namingConvention | fully qualified NIS+ names ending with a dot ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
Solaris operating system
ⓘ
surface form:
Solaris
|
| platform |
Unix
ⓘ
surface form:
UNIX
|
| predecessor | NIS ⓘ |
| protocolType | RPC-based service ⓘ |
| purpose |
centralized management of configuration data
ⓘ
centralized management of naming data ⓘ |
| replacedBy | LDAP-based directory services in many deployments ⓘ |
| securityModel | Secure RPC ⓘ |
| status | deprecated in later Solaris releases ⓘ |
| stores |
RPC service information
ⓘ
automounter maps ⓘ generic key-value data in tables ⓘ group information ⓘ host information ⓘ mail aliases ⓘ network information ⓘ user account information ⓘ |
| supports |
domain hierarchies
ⓘ
fine-grained access control lists ⓘ replicated servers ⓘ |
| typicalUse | enterprise Solaris networks ⓘ |
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: NIS+ Description of subject: NIS+ is an enhanced network information service and directory system developed by Sun Microsystems as the successor to NIS, providing centralized management of configuration and naming data in Solaris environments.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.