ICAO Doc 9303
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ICAO Doc 9303 is an international standard issued by the International Civil Aviation Organization that defines the specifications for machine-readable travel documents, including biometric passports.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| ICAO Doc 9303 canonical | 14 |
| ICAO Doc 9303 Part 1 | 1 |
| ICAO Doc 9303 Part 2 | 1 |
| ICAO Doc 9303 Part 3 | 1 |
| ICAO passport standards | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T666680 — 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: ICAO Doc 9303 Context triple: [United States passport, biometricStandard, ICAO Doc 9303]
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A.
Annexes to the Convention on International Civil Aviation
The Annexes to the Convention on International Civil Aviation are a comprehensive set of international standards and recommended practices that govern key aspects of global civil aviation safety, security, efficiency, and environmental protection.
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B.
Aeronautical Information Manual
The Aeronautical Information Manual is the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration’s official guide providing pilots with fundamental information and procedures for operating safely and legally within the National Airspace System.
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C.
International Convention relating to Cooperation for the Safety of Air Navigation
The International Convention relating to Cooperation for the Safety of Air Navigation is the multilateral treaty that established the framework for European states to cooperate in managing and ensuring the safety of air traffic, leading to the creation of Eurocontrol.
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D.
Procedures for Air Navigation Services
Procedures for Air Navigation Services are a set of international standards and recommended practices issued by ICAO that govern the operational aspects of air traffic management and air navigation worldwide.
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E.
Convention on International Civil Aviation
The Convention on International Civil Aviation, also known as the Chicago Convention, is the foundational international treaty that established the framework and core principles for modern civil aviation regulation and cooperation among states.
- 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: ICAO Doc 9303 Target entity description: ICAO Doc 9303 is an international standard issued by the International Civil Aviation Organization that defines the specifications for machine-readable travel documents, including biometric passports.
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A.
Annexes to the Convention on International Civil Aviation
The Annexes to the Convention on International Civil Aviation are a comprehensive set of international standards and recommended practices that govern key aspects of global civil aviation safety, security, efficiency, and environmental protection.
-
B.
Aeronautical Information Manual
The Aeronautical Information Manual is the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration’s official guide providing pilots with fundamental information and procedures for operating safely and legally within the National Airspace System.
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C.
International Convention relating to Cooperation for the Safety of Air Navigation
The International Convention relating to Cooperation for the Safety of Air Navigation is the multilateral treaty that established the framework for European states to cooperate in managing and ensuring the safety of air traffic, leading to the creation of Eurocontrol.
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D.
Procedures for Air Navigation Services
Procedures for Air Navigation Services are a set of international standards and recommended practices issued by ICAO that govern the operational aspects of air traffic management and air navigation worldwide.
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E.
Convention on International Civil Aviation
The Convention on International Civil Aviation, also known as the Chicago Convention, is the foundational international treaty that established the framework and core principles for modern civil aviation regulation and cooperation among states.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
international standard
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machine-readable travel document specification ⓘ technical document ⓘ |
| abbreviationOfIssuer |
ICAO
ⓘ
linked to:
International Civil Aviation Organization
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| aimsTo |
enhance security of travel documents
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ensure global interoperability of travel documents ⓘ facilitate automated border control ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
electronic passports
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identity cards for travel ⓘ machine-readable official travel documents ⓘ machine-readable passports ⓘ machine-readable visas ⓘ passports ⓘ visas ⓘ |
| defines |
data structure for machine-readable zones
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interoperability requirements for machine-readable travel documents ⓘ logical data structure for electronic travel documents ⓘ physical characteristics of machine-readable travel documents ⓘ security features for machine-readable travel documents ⓘ specifications for biometric passports ⓘ specifications for machine-readable travel documents ⓘ |
| fullTitle | Machine Readable Travel Documents ⓘ |
| governs |
encoding of personal data in MRZ
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placement of MRZ on travel documents ⓘ use of check digits in MRZ ⓘ use of document codes and issuing state codes ⓘ |
| hasPart |
implementation guidance
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multiple volumes ⓘ technical specifications ⓘ |
| includes |
guidance on inspection systems for MRTDs
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guidance on public key infrastructure for travel documents ⓘ logical data structure (LDS) for eMRTDs ⓘ security mechanisms for eMRTDs ⓘ specifications for contactless integrated circuits in eMRTDs ⓘ specifications for the machine-readable zone (MRZ) ⓘ specifications for the visual inspection zone (VIZ) ⓘ |
| issuedBy | International Civil Aviation Organization ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
biometric data in travel documents
ⓘ
ePassports ⓘ public key infrastructure for travel documents ⓘ |
| standardizes |
character sets used in machine-readable zones
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document sizes for machine-readable travel documents ⓘ format of personal data in machine-readable travel documents ⓘ layout of data elements on MRTDs ⓘ use of Latin alphabet and numerals in MRZ ⓘ |
| usedBy |
border control authorities
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passport-issuing agencies ⓘ states issuing passports ⓘ travel document manufacturers ⓘ |
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: ICAO Doc 9303 Description of subject: ICAO Doc 9303 is an international standard issued by the International Civil Aviation Organization that defines the specifications for machine-readable travel documents, including biometric passports.
Referenced by (18)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
United States passports
subject linked to:
Indian passports
subject linked to:
Peruvian passports
linked to: ICAO Doc 9303
linked to: ICAO Doc 9303
linked to: ICAO Doc 9303
linked to: ICAO Doc 9303
subject linked to:
ePassports
subject linked to:
Zimbabwean passports
subject linked to:
Sierra Leonean passports
subject linked to:
Logical Data Structure (LDS)