Windows Ink
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Windows Ink is a digital pen and stylus input platform in Windows that enables natural handwriting, drawing, and annotation across compatible apps and devices.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Windows Ink canonical | 2 |
| Windows Ink Workspace | 2 |
| Windows Ink API | 1 |
| Windows.UI.Input.Inking namespace | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7980133 — 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: Windows Ink Context triple: [PixelSense, supports, Windows Ink]
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A.
Surface Pen
The Surface Pen is a digital stylus designed for Microsoft Surface devices, enabling precise handwriting, drawing, and pressure-sensitive input on touchscreens.
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B.
Microsoft Whiteboard
Microsoft Whiteboard is a digital collaborative canvas application by Microsoft that enables real-time brainstorming, drawing, and idea sharing across devices and teams.
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C.
Sketchpad
Sketchpad is a pioneering early computer graphics program, created by Ivan Sutherland in the 1960s, that introduced fundamental concepts of interactive graphical user interfaces and computer-aided design.
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D.
OneNote
OneNote is Microsoft's digital note-taking application that lets users capture, organize, and sync notes, drawings, and multimedia content across devices.
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E.
Samsung Notes
Samsung Notes is a note-taking application by Samsung that lets users create, organize, and sync handwritten and typed notes across their Samsung 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: Windows Ink Target entity description: Windows Ink is a digital pen and stylus input platform in Windows that enables natural handwriting, drawing, and annotation across compatible apps and devices.
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A.
Surface Pen
The Surface Pen is a digital stylus designed for Microsoft Surface devices, enabling precise handwriting, drawing, and pressure-sensitive input on touchscreens.
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B.
Microsoft Whiteboard
Microsoft Whiteboard is a digital collaborative canvas application by Microsoft that enables real-time brainstorming, drawing, and idea sharing across devices and teams.
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C.
Sketchpad
Sketchpad is a pioneering early computer graphics program, created by Ivan Sutherland in the 1960s, that introduced fundamental concepts of interactive graphical user interfaces and computer-aided design.
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D.
OneNote
OneNote is Microsoft's digital note-taking application that lets users capture, organize, and sync notes, drawings, and multimedia content across devices.
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E.
Samsung Notes
Samsung Notes is a note-taking application by Samsung that lets users create, organize, and sync handwritten and typed notes across their Samsung devices.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Windows feature
ⓘ
digital inking platform ⓘ |
| allows |
inking directly on the lock screen (in some versions)
ⓘ
launching pen-enabled apps from pen button ⓘ |
| category |
Human–computer interaction
ⓘ
Pen computing ⓘ Windows components ⓘ |
| configurationLocation | Windows Settings > Devices > Pen & Windows Ink ⓘ |
| developer | Microsoft ⓘ |
| enables |
annotation
ⓘ
drawing ⓘ handwriting ⓘ |
| featureOf | Windows Shell ⓘ |
| includesComponent |
Screen Sketch
ⓘ
Sketchpad ⓘ Sticky Notes ⓘ Windows Ink Workspace ⓘ
linked to:
Windows Ink
|
| integratesWith |
Microsoft Edge
ⓘ
Microsoft Office ⓘ OneNote ⓘ Photos app ⓘ |
| introducedIn | Windows 10 Anniversary Update ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
Windows 10
ⓘ
Windows 11 ⓘ |
| platform | Universal Windows Platform ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Microsoft Whiteboard
ⓘ
Surface Pen ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2016 ⓘ |
| requiresHardware |
compatible digital pen
ⓘ
pen-enabled display ⓘ |
| supportsAPI |
Windows Ink API
ⓘ
linked to:
Windows Ink
Windows.UI.Input.Inking namespace ⓘ
linked to:
Windows Ink
|
| supportsFeature |
handwriting recognition
ⓘ
inking on PDFs ⓘ inking on screenshots ⓘ palm rejection ⓘ pressure sensitivity ⓘ shortcut customization ⓘ tilt detection ⓘ |
| supportsInputType |
digital pen
ⓘ
stylus ⓘ touch ⓘ |
| targetUser |
creative professionals
ⓘ
note-takers ⓘ students ⓘ |
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: Windows Ink Description of subject: Windows Ink is a digital pen and stylus input platform in Windows that enables natural handwriting, drawing, and annotation across compatible apps and devices.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Windows Ink
linked to: Windows Ink
linked to: Windows Ink
linked to: Windows Ink