WKB
E427693
WKB (Well-Known Binary) is a compact binary format used to represent geometric objects in spatial databases and GIS systems.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4279518 — 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: WKB Context triple: [PostGIS, supportsFormat, WKB]
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A.
WB
WB is the official vehicle registration code used for motor vehicles registered in the Indian state of West Bengal.
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B.
KWSWK
KWSWK is the UN/LOCODE identifier for the Port of Shuwaikh in Kuwait, used in international shipping and logistics.
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C.
WKO
WKO is the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber, the main representative body of Austria’s businesses and employers.
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D.
KBE
KBE is an abbreviation that most commonly refers to "Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire," a high-ranking honor in the British honours system.
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E.
WRB
WRB is the acronym for the War Refugee Board, a U.S. government agency established during World War II to aid civilian victims of the Nazis.
- 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: WKB Target entity description: WKB (Well-Known Binary) is a compact binary format used to represent geometric objects in spatial databases and GIS systems.
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A.
WB
WB is the official vehicle registration code used for motor vehicles registered in the Indian state of West Bengal.
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B.
KWSWK
KWSWK is the UN/LOCODE identifier for the Port of Shuwaikh in Kuwait, used in international shipping and logistics.
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C.
WKO
WKO is the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber, the main representative body of Austria’s businesses and employers.
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D.
KBE
KBE is an abbreviation that most commonly refers to "Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire," a high-ranking honor in the British honours system.
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E.
WRB
WRB is the acronym for the War Refugee Board, a U.S. government agency established during World War II to aid civilian victims of the Nazis.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
binary format
ⓘ
geospatial data format ⓘ |
| abbreviationOf | Well-Known Binary ⓘ |
| alternativeTo | Well-Known Text ⓘ |
| dataModel | vector geometry ⓘ |
| definedIn |
OGC Simple Feature Access specification
ⓘ
linked to:
Simple Features
|
| domain |
geographic information systems
ⓘ
spatial data infrastructure ⓘ |
| encodes |
byte order
ⓘ
coordinate values ⓘ geometry type code ⓘ |
| encodingLevel | binary ⓘ |
| fullName | Well-Known Binary ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
coordinate sequence
ⓘ
endianness flag ⓘ geometry type identifier ⓘ |
| property |
compact
ⓘ
machine-readable ⓘ non-human-readable ⓘ |
| relatedStandard |
EWKB
ⓘ
linked to:
WKB
Extended Well-Known Binary ⓘ WKT ⓘ Well-Known Text ⓘ
linked to:
WKT
|
| representationType | compact binary ⓘ |
| serializationOf |
OGC Simple Features geometries
ⓘ
linked to:
Simple Features
|
| standardizedBy | Open Geospatial Consortium ⓘ |
| supportsDimension |
2D coordinates
ⓘ
3D coordinates ⓘ measured coordinates ⓘ |
| supportsGeometryType |
GeometryCollection
ⓘ
LineString ⓘ MultiLineString ⓘ MultiPoint ⓘ MultiPolygon ⓘ Point ⓘ Polygon ⓘ |
| typicalUse |
exchange of spatial data
ⓘ
storage of spatial data ⓘ |
| usedBy |
MySQL spatial extensions
ⓘ
PostGIS ⓘ SpatiaLite ⓘ |
| usedFor | representing geometric objects ⓘ |
| usedIn |
GIS systems
ⓘ
spatial databases ⓘ |
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: WKB Description of subject: WKB (Well-Known Binary) is a compact binary format used to represent geometric objects in spatial databases and GIS systems.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: WKB