JWS
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JWS (JSON Web Signature) is a standard for digitally signing JSON-based data structures to ensure their integrity and authenticity, commonly used as the signing mechanism within JSON Web Tokens (JWTs).
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| JWS canonical | 4 |
| JWS (JSON Web Signature) | 1 |
| JWS Signature | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9931424 — 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: JWS Context triple: [JSON Web Token, relatedStandard, JWS]
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A.
JW
JW is the IATA airline designator assigned to Vanilla Air, a former Japanese low-cost carrier.
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B.
JWG
JWG is the abbreviation for the Joint Working Group, a collaborative body that fosters dialogue and cooperation between the Roman Catholic Church and the World Council of Churches.
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C.
JWY
JWY is the FAA location identifier for Mid-Way Regional Airport, a public airport serving the Midlothian and Waxahachie area in Texas.
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D.
JWICS
JWICS (Joint Worldwide Intelligence Communications System) is the U.S. Department of Defense’s top-secret-level secure network used for transmitting highly classified intelligence information.
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E.
JST
JST is the time zone used throughout Japan, nine hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC+9).
- 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: JWS Target entity description: JWS (JSON Web Signature) is a standard for digitally signing JSON-based data structures to ensure their integrity and authenticity, commonly used as the signing mechanism within JSON Web Tokens (JWTs).
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A.
JW
JW is the IATA airline designator assigned to Vanilla Air, a former Japanese low-cost carrier.
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B.
JWG
JWG is the abbreviation for the Joint Working Group, a collaborative body that fosters dialogue and cooperation between the Roman Catholic Church and the World Council of Churches.
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C.
JWY
JWY is the FAA location identifier for Mid-Way Regional Airport, a public airport serving the Midlothian and Waxahachie area in Texas.
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D.
JWICS
JWICS (Joint Worldwide Intelligence Communications System) is the U.S. Department of Defense’s top-secret-level secure network used for transmitting highly classified intelligence information.
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E.
JST
JST is the time zone used throughout Japan, nine hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC+9).
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
IETF standard
ⓘ
JSON-based security specification ⓘ |
| abbreviationOf | JSON Web Signature ⓘ |
| binding | HTTP-based applications ⓘ |
| category |
digital signature format
ⓘ
web security standard ⓘ |
| component |
JWS Header
ⓘ
JWS Payload ⓘ JWS Signature ⓘ |
| dataFormat | Base64URL-encoded segments ⓘ |
| definedIn | RFC 7515 ⓘ |
| doesNotProvide | confidentiality by itself ⓘ |
| ensures |
data authenticity
ⓘ
data integrity ⓘ |
| exampleAlgorithm |
ES256
ⓘ
HS256 ⓘ PS256 ⓘ RS256 ⓘ |
| firstPublished | May 2015 ⓘ |
| fullName | JSON Web Signature ⓘ |
| headerField |
alg
ⓘ
cty ⓘ kid ⓘ typ ⓘ |
| mechanismOf |
JWT
ⓘ
linked to:
JSON Web Tokens (JWT)
|
| partOf | JOSE ⓘ |
| publishedBy |
IETF
ⓘ
linked to:
Internet Engineering Task Force
|
| purpose |
to provide authenticity for JSON data
ⓘ
to provide integrity protection for JSON data ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
JWA
ⓘ
JWE ⓘ JWK ⓘ |
| roleInJWT | signing mechanism ⓘ |
| serializationForm |
Compact Serialization
ⓘ
JSON Serialization ⓘ |
| status | Proposed Standard ⓘ |
| supportsAlgorithmType |
ECDSA-based algorithms
ⓘ
EdDSA-based algorithms ⓘ MAC-based algorithms ⓘ RSA-based algorithms ⓘ |
| usedFor |
digitally signing JSON-based data structures
ⓘ
signing ID tokens ⓘ signing JSON Web Tokens ⓘ signing access tokens ⓘ |
| usedIn |
API security
ⓘ
OAuth 2.0 ⓘ OpenID Connect ⓘ federated identity systems ⓘ |
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: JWS Description of subject: JWS (JSON Web Signature) is a standard for digitally signing JSON-based data structures to ensure their integrity and authenticity, commonly used as the signing mechanism within JSON Web Tokens (JWTs).
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.