NetCDF
E860380
NetCDF is a widely used, self-describing, machine-independent data format and set of software libraries designed for storing and sharing array-oriented scientific data, especially in the geosciences.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| NetCDF canonical | 5 |
| NetCDF-4 library | 2 |
| NetCDF-4 C library | 1 |
| NetCDF-4 C++ interfaces | 1 |
| NetCDF-4 Fortran interfaces | 1 |
| netCDF project | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10376964 — 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: NetCDF Context triple: [Coriolis data center, dataFormat, NetCDF]
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A.
NCL
NCL is the three-letter National Rail station code for Newcastle railway station, a major rail hub in Newcastle upon Tyne, England.
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B.
NCL
NCL is the IATA airport code for Newcastle International Airport, a major airport serving Newcastle upon Tyne and the surrounding region in northeast England.
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C.
NCL
NCL is the commonly used abbreviation for the Nice Classification, an international system for categorizing goods and services for trademark registration.
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D.
HDF
HDF is the acronym for the Hungarian Defence Forces, the unified military organization responsible for Hungary’s national defense and participation in international security operations.
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E.
xarray
xarray is an open-source Python library that provides labeled, N-dimensional arrays and datasets for more intuitive and efficient analysis of multi-dimensional scientific data.
- 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: NetCDF Target entity description: NetCDF is a widely used, self-describing, machine-independent data format and set of software libraries designed for storing and sharing array-oriented scientific data, especially in the geosciences.
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A.
NCL
NCL is the three-letter National Rail station code for Newcastle railway station, a major rail hub in Newcastle upon Tyne, England.
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B.
NCL
NCL is the commonly used abbreviation for the Nice Classification, an international system for categorizing goods and services for trademark registration.
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C.
NCL
NCL is the IATA airport code for Newcastle International Airport, a major airport serving Newcastle upon Tyne and the surrounding region in northeast England.
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D.
HDF
HDF is the acronym for the Hungarian Defence Forces, the unified military organization responsible for Hungary’s national defense and participation in international security operations.
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E.
xarray
xarray is an open-source Python library that provides labeled, N-dimensional arrays and datasets for more intuitive and efficient analysis of multi-dimensional scientific data.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (73)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
array-oriented data format
ⓘ
data format ⓘ scientific data format ⓘ software library ⓘ |
| basedOn | HDF5 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dataModel | array-oriented ⓘ |
| developer |
UCAR Unidata Program Center
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Unidata NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distribution | open source ⓘ |
| feature |
binary format
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machine-independent ⓘ platform-independent ⓘ portable ⓘ self-describing ⓘ |
| fileExtension |
.cdf
ⓘ
.nc ⓘ .nc4 ⓘ |
| fullName | Network Common Data Form NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| goal |
enable efficient access to array data
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facilitate data sharing ⓘ support long-term data archiving ⓘ |
| hasVersion |
NetCDF 64-bit offset format
NERFINISHED
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NetCDF classic format NERFINISHED ⓘ NetCDF-4 NERFINISHED ⓘ NetCDF-4 classic model NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageBinding |
C
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
C++ ⓘ Fortran NERFINISHED ⓘ IDL NERFINISHED ⓘ Java NERFINISHED ⓘ Julia NERFINISHED ⓘ MATLAB NERFINISHED ⓘ Python ⓘ R NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| license | BSD-like license ⓘ |
| maintainer | Unidata NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| organization | UCAR NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryDomain |
climate science
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earth system science ⓘ geosciences ⓘ meteorology ⓘ oceanography ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
GRIB
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
HDF NERFINISHED ⓘ Zarr NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| standard |
CF conventions compatible
ⓘ
Climate and Forecast (CF) metadata conventions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| standardizedBy | Unidata community ⓘ |
| supports |
attributes
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chunking ⓘ compression ⓘ coordinate variables ⓘ dimensions ⓘ endian-neutral storage ⓘ gridded data ⓘ groups ⓘ large datasets ⓘ metadata ⓘ multidimensional arrays ⓘ parallel I/O ⓘ radial data ⓘ random access to variables ⓘ time series ⓘ trajectory data ⓘ user-defined data types ⓘ variables ⓘ |
| usedBy |
GIS software
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climate models ⓘ data assimilation systems ⓘ numerical weather prediction models ⓘ ocean models ⓘ remote sensing data systems ⓘ |
| website | https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/ 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: NetCDF Description of subject: NetCDF is a widely used, self-describing, machine-independent data format and set of software libraries designed for storing and sharing array-oriented scientific data, especially in the geosciences.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
NetCDF-4 library
this entity surface form:
NetCDF-4 library
this entity surface form:
NetCDF-4 C library
this entity surface form:
NetCDF-4 Fortran interfaces
this entity surface form:
NetCDF-4 C++ interfaces
this entity surface form:
netCDF project