STAR File syntax
E591485
STAR File syntax is a flexible, text-based data format used in crystallography and related sciences to store structured experimental and structural information in a machine-readable way.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| STAR File syntax canonical | 1 |
| Self-defining Text Archive and Retrieval file syntax | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6387535 — 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: STAR File syntax Context triple: [Crystallographic Information Framework, relatedStandard, STAR File syntax]
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A.
Lisa File System
Lisa File System is the proprietary disk file system developed by Apple for its early Lisa computer, featuring a hierarchical directory structure and advanced metadata for its time.
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B.
TFile
TFile is a ROOT framework class that provides an interface for creating, reading, and writing ROOT data files used in high-energy physics and data analysis.
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C.
S-record
S-record is a Motorola-defined ASCII-based file format used to represent binary data for programming and transferring data to microcontrollers and other embedded systems.
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D.
File on 4
File on 4 is a long-running BBC Radio 4 investigative journalism programme known for in-depth reports on current affairs, public policy, and social issues.
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E.
File Allocation Table
The File Allocation Table (FAT) is a simple, widely used file system architecture that tracks the allocation and organization of files on disk storage, commonly employed in older and removable storage devices.
- 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: STAR File syntax Target entity description: STAR File syntax is a flexible, text-based data format used in crystallography and related sciences to store structured experimental and structural information in a machine-readable way.
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A.
Lisa File System
Lisa File System is the proprietary disk file system developed by Apple for its early Lisa computer, featuring a hierarchical directory structure and advanced metadata for its time.
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B.
TFile
TFile is a ROOT framework class that provides an interface for creating, reading, and writing ROOT data files used in high-energy physics and data analysis.
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C.
S-record
S-record is a Motorola-defined ASCII-based file format used to represent binary data for programming and transferring data to microcontrollers and other embedded systems.
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D.
File on 4
File on 4 is a long-running BBC Radio 4 investigative journalism programme known for in-depth reports on current affairs, public policy, and social issues.
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E.
File Allocation Table
The File Allocation Table (FAT) is a simple, widely used file system architecture that tracks the allocation and organization of files on disk storage, commonly employed in older and removable storage devices.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
data format
ⓘ
metadata representation language ⓘ text-based file format ⓘ |
| abbreviation | STAR ⓘ |
| dataModel |
looped tabular data sections
ⓘ
tag-value pairs ⓘ |
| designedFor |
interoperability between crystallographic software
ⓘ
long-term data archiving ⓘ |
| domain |
scientific data management
ⓘ
structural data representation ⓘ |
| fullName |
Self-defining Text Archive and Retrieval file syntax
ⓘ
linked to:
STAR File syntax
|
| governedBy | formal grammar specification ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
data block
ⓘ
data item ⓘ data loop ⓘ save frame ⓘ |
| hasConstraint |
case-insensitive tags
ⓘ
line-oriented structure ⓘ whitespace-delimited tokens ⓘ |
| hasProperty |
extensible
ⓘ
flexible ⓘ human-readable ⓘ machine-readable ⓘ self-describing ⓘ |
| inspired |
Crystallographic Information File format
ⓘ
linked to:
Crystallographic Information Framework
|
| relatedStandard |
CIF core dictionary
ⓘ
linked to:
CIF2
mmCIF dictionary ⓘ
linked to:
PDBx/mmCIF dictionary
|
| representation | plain text ⓘ |
| supports | ASCII character encoding ⓘ |
| supportsFeature |
arbitrary data items identified by tags
ⓘ
data dictionaries ⓘ hierarchical data organization ⓘ |
| typicalFileExtension | .str ⓘ |
| underlies |
Crystallographic Information File format
ⓘ
linked to:
Crystallographic Information Framework
NMR-STAR format ⓘ
linked to:
BMRB
mmCIF format ⓘ |
| usedFor |
archiving crystallographic data
ⓘ
machine-readable data exchange ⓘ storing structural information ⓘ storing structured experimental information ⓘ |
| usedIn |
chemical crystallography
ⓘ
crystallography ⓘ macromolecular crystallography ⓘ materials science ⓘ structural biology ⓘ |
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: STAR File syntax Description of subject: STAR File syntax is a flexible, text-based data format used in crystallography and related sciences to store structured experimental and structural information in a machine-readable way.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: STAR File syntax