ISRG
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ISRG (Internet Security Research Group) is the nonprofit organization that operates the free, automated, and open certificate authority Let’s Encrypt, promoting widespread use of HTTPS on the web.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| ISRG canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5919710 — 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: ISRG Context triple: [Let’s Encrypt, abbreviation, ISRG]
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A.
IRG
IRG is the commonly used abbreviation for the International Rice Genebank, a major global repository for conserving rice genetic diversity.
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B.
ICRG
ICRG is an abbreviation commonly used for the International Cooperation Review Group, a body involved in assessing and coordinating international efforts, often in areas such as financial regulation and compliance.
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C.
IRTF
The Internet Research Task Force (IRTF) is an organization that promotes long-term research related to the evolution and future of the Internet.
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D.
IRTF
IRTF is a NASA-operated 3.0-meter infrared-optimized telescope located on Mauna Kea in Hawaii, used primarily for planetary and solar system observations.
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E.
IRS-CI
IRS-CI is the law enforcement arm of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service responsible for investigating potential criminal violations of the federal tax code and related financial crimes.
- 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: ISRG Target entity description: ISRG (Internet Security Research Group) is the nonprofit organization that operates the free, automated, and open certificate authority Let’s Encrypt, promoting widespread use of HTTPS on the web.
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A.
IRG
IRG is the commonly used abbreviation for the International Rice Genebank, a major global repository for conserving rice genetic diversity.
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B.
ICRG
ICRG is an abbreviation commonly used for the International Cooperation Review Group, a body involved in assessing and coordinating international efforts, often in areas such as financial regulation and compliance.
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C.
IRTF
The Internet Research Task Force (IRTF) is an organization that promotes long-term research related to the evolution and future of the Internet.
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D.
IRTF
IRTF is a NASA-operated 3.0-meter infrared-optimized telescope located on Mauna Kea in Hawaii, used primarily for planetary and solar system observations.
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E.
IRS-CI
IRS-CI is the law enforcement arm of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service responsible for investigating potential criminal violations of the federal tax code and related financial crimes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Internet Security Research Group
ⓘ
nonprofit organization ⓘ |
| advocatesFor |
end-to-end encryption
ⓘ
open standards ⓘ privacy by default ⓘ |
| basedIn | San Francisco, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chairperson | Josh Aas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith |
Akamai
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cisco NERFINISHED ⓘ Electronic Frontier Foundation NERFINISHED ⓘ Facebook NERFINISHED ⓘ Google NERFINISHED ⓘ Linux Foundation NERFINISHED ⓘ Mozilla NERFINISHED ⓘ major web hosting providers ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| focusesOn |
HTTPS adoption
ⓘ
TLS NERFINISHED ⓘ encryption ⓘ internet security ⓘ public benefit infrastructure ⓘ |
| founded |
2013
ⓘ
2014 ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Eric Rescorla
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Josh Aas NERFINISHED ⓘ Mozilla-affiliated individuals ⓘ |
| fullName | Internet Security Research Group NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fundingModel | public benefit nonprofit ⓘ |
| goal |
to improve the security of core internet infrastructure
ⓘ
to make HTTPS the default for all web traffic ⓘ to provide free, automated TLS certificates ⓘ |
| legalForm | 501(c)(3) nonprofit ⓘ |
| mission |
to promote widespread use of HTTPS on the web
ⓘ
to reduce financial, technological, and educational barriers to secure communication over the internet ⓘ |
| notableFor |
accelerating global HTTPS adoption
ⓘ
operating the Let’s Encrypt certificate authority ⓘ |
| operates |
Let’s Encrypt
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Prossimo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| president | Josh Aas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| project |
Divvi Up
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Let’s Encrypt NERFINISHED ⓘ Prossimo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| runsOn |
corporate sponsorships
ⓘ
donations ⓘ |
| sector |
digital privacy
ⓘ
internet security ⓘ public interest technology ⓘ |
| shortName | ISRG NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usesProtocol | ACME NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: ISRG Description of subject: ISRG (Internet Security Research Group) is the nonprofit organization that operates the free, automated, and open certificate authority Let’s Encrypt, promoting widespread use of HTTPS on the web.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.