Freedesktop.org standards
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Freedesktop.org standards are a collection of cross-desktop interoperability specifications that enable different Linux and Unix-like desktop environments and applications to work together consistently.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| freedesktop.org | 3 |
| Freedesktop.org standards canonical | 1 |
| freedesktop.org community | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9018043 — 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: Freedesktop.org standards Context triple: [KDE community, supportsStandard, Freedesktop.org standards]
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A.
hosted on freedesktop.org
Hosted on freedesktop.org, Wayland is a modern display server protocol designed to replace the X Window System on Unix-like operating systems.
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B.
GNOME Human Interface Guidelines
The GNOME Human Interface Guidelines are a set of design principles and recommendations that guide the look, feel, and behavior of applications in the GNOME desktop environment to ensure consistency and usability.
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C.
Freedesktop runtime
Freedesktop runtime is a shared, desktop-agnostic base environment used by Flatpak applications, providing common libraries and services maintained by the freedesktop.org community.
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D.
Debian Free Software Guidelines
The Debian Free Software Guidelines are a set of principles that define what constitutes free and open-source software for inclusion in the Debian operating system and have influenced other licensing and open-source definitions.
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E.
X.Org Foundation
The X.Org Foundation is a non-profit organization that oversees the development and maintenance of the X Window System and related open-source graphics technologies for Unix-like operating systems.
- 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: Freedesktop.org standards Target entity description: Freedesktop.org standards are a collection of cross-desktop interoperability specifications that enable different Linux and Unix-like desktop environments and applications to work together consistently.
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A.
hosted on freedesktop.org
Hosted on freedesktop.org, Wayland is a modern display server protocol designed to replace the X Window System on Unix-like operating systems.
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B.
GNOME Human Interface Guidelines
The GNOME Human Interface Guidelines are a set of design principles and recommendations that guide the look, feel, and behavior of applications in the GNOME desktop environment to ensure consistency and usability.
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C.
Freedesktop runtime
Freedesktop runtime is a shared, desktop-agnostic base environment used by Flatpak applications, providing common libraries and services maintained by the freedesktop.org community.
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D.
Debian Free Software Guidelines
The Debian Free Software Guidelines are a set of principles that define what constitutes free and open-source software for inclusion in the Debian operating system and have influenced other licensing and open-source definitions.
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E.
X.Org Foundation
The X.Org Foundation is a non-profit organization that oversees the development and maintenance of the X Window System and related open-source graphics technologies for Unix-like operating systems.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
interoperability specification collection
ⓘ
software standard ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
Linux desktop environments
ⓘ
Unix-like desktop environments ⓘ |
| basedOn | open standards ⓘ |
| componentType |
file format specification
ⓘ
interface specification ⓘ naming convention ⓘ protocol specification ⓘ |
| defines |
.desktop file format
ⓘ
standard MIME type database format ⓘ standard application menu layout ⓘ standard cache directories ⓘ standard desktop notifications API ⓘ standard icon theme directory layout ⓘ standard media player control interface ⓘ standard system tray protocol ⓘ standard user configuration directories ⓘ standard user data directories ⓘ |
| domain |
desktop environment integration
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graphical user interface software ⓘ |
| effect |
improves application portability across desktops
ⓘ
reduces fragmentation between desktop environments ⓘ |
| goal |
consistent behavior across desktop environments
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cross-desktop interoperability ⓘ |
| includesSpecification |
D-Bus Specification
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Desktop Entry Specification NERFINISHED ⓘ Icon Theme Specification NERFINISHED ⓘ MPRIS NERFINISHED ⓘ Menu Specification NERFINISHED ⓘ Notification Specification NERFINISHED ⓘ Shared MIME-info Database Specification NERFINISHED ⓘ Startup Notification Protocol NERFINISHED ⓘ System Tray Protocol Specification NERFINISHED ⓘ Thumbnail Managing Standard NERFINISHED ⓘ XDG Autostart Specification NERFINISHED ⓘ XDG Base Directory Specification NERFINISHED ⓘ XDG Desktop Portal interfaces NERFINISHED ⓘ XEmbed Protocol NERFINISHED ⓘ XSettings Specification NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| license | freely available specifications ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | freedesktop.org NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetPlatform |
Wayland-based desktops
ⓘ
X11-based desktops ⓘ |
| usedBy |
GNOME
NERFINISHED
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KDE Plasma NERFINISHED ⓘ LXQt NERFINISHED ⓘ MATE desktop NERFINISHED ⓘ Xfce 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: Freedesktop.org standards Description of subject: Freedesktop.org standards are a collection of cross-desktop interoperability specifications that enable different Linux and Unix-like desktop environments and applications to work together consistently.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
freedesktop.org community
subject surface form:
Wayland
this entity surface form:
freedesktop.org
subject surface form:
Wayland
this entity surface form:
freedesktop.org