.NET Standard Library
E34652
The .NET Standard Library is a formal specification of .NET APIs designed to provide a common, cross-platform base for building reusable libraries across different .NET implementations.
All labels observed (11)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T265116 — 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: .NET Standard Library Context triple: [C#, ecosystem, .NET Standard Library]
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A.
.NET Framework
The .NET Framework is a Windows-based software development platform and runtime environment that provides a large class library and supports multiple programming languages for building and running applications.
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B.
C# programming language
C# is a modern, object-oriented programming language designed for building a wide range of applications on the .NET platform, known for its strong typing, rich standard library, and integration with Visual Studio.
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C.
Visual Studio
Visual Studio is Microsoft's integrated development environment (IDE) used for building, debugging, and deploying applications across Windows, web, cloud, and mobile platforms.
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D.
F Reactor
F Reactor was one of the early plutonium production reactors at the Hanford Site in Washington, built during the Manhattan Project to support the U.S. nuclear weapons program.
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E.
STL
STL is a common abbreviation and nickname for the city of St. Louis, Missouri.
- 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: .NET Standard Library Target entity description: The .NET Standard Library is a formal specification of .NET APIs designed to provide a common, cross-platform base for building reusable libraries across different .NET implementations.
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A.
.NET Framework
The .NET Framework is a Windows-based software development platform and runtime environment that provides a large class library and supports multiple programming languages for building and running applications.
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B.
C# programming language
C# is a modern, object-oriented programming language designed for building a wide range of applications on the .NET platform, known for its strong typing, rich standard library, and integration with Visual Studio.
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C.
Visual Studio
Visual Studio is Microsoft's integrated development environment (IDE) used for building, debugging, and deploying applications across Windows, web, cloud, and mobile platforms.
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D.
F Reactor
F Reactor was one of the early plutonium production reactors at the Hanford Site in Washington, built during the Manhattan Project to support the U.S. nuclear weapons program.
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E.
STL
STL is a common abbreviation and nickname for the city of St. Louis, Missouri.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
.NET technology
ⓘ
API specification ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
.NET Standard Library
ⓘ
surface form:
.NET Standard
|
| announced | around 2016 ⓘ |
| benefit |
simplifies multi-targeting of libraries
ⓘ
single binary can run on multiple .NET implementations ⓘ |
| category | software development standard ⓘ |
| defines |
set of .NET APIs
ⓘ
uniform API surface ⓘ |
| designedFor |
code sharing
ⓘ
cross-platform development ⓘ reusable libraries ⓘ |
| developer | Microsoft ⓘ |
| documentedAt | https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/standard/net-standard ⓘ |
| firstStableVersion | 1.0 ⓘ |
| governs | API availability across .NET implementations ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
.NET Standard Library
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Base Class Library
|
| includesNamespace |
System
ⓘ
System.Collections ⓘ System.IO ⓘ LINQ ⓘ
surface form:
System.Linq
System.Net ⓘ System.Reflection ⓘ System.Threading ⓘ |
| introducedBy | .NET Core team ⓘ |
| notableVersion |
1.0
ⓘ
1.3 ⓘ 1.6 ⓘ 2.0 ⓘ 2.1 ⓘ |
| partOf | .NET ecosystem ⓘ |
| platform |
.NET ecosystem
ⓘ
surface form:
.NET
|
| purpose |
to improve portability of .NET libraries
ⓘ
to provide a common base of APIs for all .NET implementations ⓘ to reduce API fragmentation across .NET platforms ⓘ |
| replaced | portable class libraries (PCLs) ⓘ |
| status | still supported for library targeting ⓘ |
| supersededBy | .NET 5 unified target framework model ⓘ |
| supports |
.NET 5 and later via compatibility mapping
ⓘ
.NET Core ⓘ .NET Framework ⓘ Mono ⓘ Universal Windows Platform ⓘ Xamarin ⓘ |
| targetFrameworkMoniker | netstandard ⓘ |
| usedWith |
NuGet package manager
ⓘ
surface form:
NuGet packages
|
| versioningModel | monotonic versioning where higher versions are supersets of lower versions ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: .NET Standard Library Description of subject: The .NET Standard Library is a formal specification of .NET APIs designed to provide a common, cross-platform base for building reusable libraries across different .NET implementations.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
C#
this entity surface form:
.NET Standard
this entity surface form:
Base Class Library
this entity surface form:
.NET Standard
this entity surface form:
CoreFX
this entity surface form:
Base Class Library (BCL)
this entity surface form:
.NET Standard (various versions, partially)
this entity surface form:
.NET Core Base Class Library
this entity surface form:
.NET Standard (as primary target for new libraries)
subject surface form:
Z3
this entity surface form:
.NET API
this entity surface form:
.NET Standard (legacy API specification)