GLib
E745803
GLib is a low-level core library that forms the foundation of the GNOME platform, providing data structures, utilities, and system abstractions for C and higher-level language bindings.
All labels observed (7)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8609547 — 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: GLib Context triple: [PyGObject, compatibleWith, GLib]
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A.
GTK
GTK is a widely used open-source toolkit for creating graphical user interfaces, best known for powering applications in the GNOME desktop environment.
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B.
GTK (for graphical interface)
GTK is a widely used open-source toolkit for creating graphical user interfaces, particularly on Linux and other Unix-like operating systems.
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C.
Pango
Pango is a coastal village on the island of Efate in Vanuatu, known for its traditional communities and proximity to the capital, Port Vila.
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D.
PyGObject
PyGObject is a Python package that provides bindings for GObject-based libraries, enabling Python applications to use the GNOME and GTK+ frameworks through the GObject Introspection system.
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E.
GNU Gnulib
GNU Gnulib is a portability and utility library for the GNU system that provides reusable code modules to help software run consistently across different Unix-like platforms.
- 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: GLib Target entity description: GLib is a low-level core library that forms the foundation of the GNOME platform, providing data structures, utilities, and system abstractions for C and higher-level language bindings.
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A.
GTK
GTK is a widely used open-source toolkit for creating graphical user interfaces, best known for powering applications in the GNOME desktop environment.
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B.
GTK (for graphical interface)
GTK is a widely used open-source toolkit for creating graphical user interfaces, particularly on Linux and other Unix-like operating systems.
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C.
Pango
Pango is a coastal village on the island of Efate in Vanuatu, known for its traditional communities and proximity to the capital, Port Vila.
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D.
PyGObject
PyGObject is a Python package that provides bindings for GObject-based libraries, enabling Python applications to use the GNOME and GTK+ frameworks through the GObject Introspection system.
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E.
GNU Gnulib
GNU Gnulib is a portability and utility library for the GNU system that provides reusable code modules to help software run consistently across different Unix-like platforms.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (57)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
GNOME component
ⓘ
software library ⓘ |
| designGoal |
efficiency
ⓘ
portability ⓘ reusability ⓘ |
| developer |
GNOME Project
ⓘ
linked to:
GNOME community
GNOME community ⓘ |
| goal | provide a portable low-level core library for GNOME and other software ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
GArray
ⓘ
GCond ⓘ GDateTime ⓘ GError ⓘ GHashTable ⓘ GIO (as a related sublibrary) ⓘ
linked to:
GIO
GIOChannel ⓘ GKeyFile ⓘ
linked to:
GLib
GList ⓘ
linked to:
GLib
GMainContext ⓘ GModule ⓘ
linked to:
GLib
GMutex ⓘ GPtrArray ⓘ GQuark ⓘ GRegex ⓘ
linked to:
Regular Expression Search Algorithm
GSList ⓘ GSpawn ⓘ
linked to:
GDK
GString ⓘ GThread ⓘ GVariant ⓘ |
| license |
LGPL
ⓘ
linked to:
GNU Lesser General Public License
|
| partOf |
GNOME platform
ⓘ
linked to:
GNOME development platform
GNOME project ⓘ |
| programmingLanguage | C ⓘ |
| provides |
GObject type system (via related library GObject)
ⓘ
linked to:
GObject
I/O abstractions ⓘ core application support library for GNOME ⓘ data structure utilities ⓘ event loop abstraction ⓘ internationalization support ⓘ logging facilities ⓘ low-level core library functionality ⓘ main event loop (GMainLoop) ⓘ memory management utilities ⓘ object and type system support ⓘ string utilities ⓘ system abstractions ⓘ threading primitives ⓘ |
| supports |
Linux
ⓘ
Unix-like operating systems ⓘ Windows ⓘ cross-platform development ⓘ macOS ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
C programmers
ⓘ
language binding authors ⓘ |
| usedBy |
GLib-based language bindings
ⓘ
GNOME applications ⓘ GStreamer ⓘ GTK ⓘ |
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: GLib Description of subject: GLib is a low-level core library that forms the foundation of the GNOME platform, providing data structures, utilities, and system abstractions for C and higher-level language bindings.
Referenced by (20)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: GLib
subject linked to:
GNOME settings daemon
linked to: GLib
linked to: GLib
linked to: GLib
subject linked to:
GNOME development library