OpenStreetMap Foundation
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The OpenStreetMap Foundation is a non-profit organization that supports and maintains the OpenStreetMap project and its global mapping community.
All labels observed (5)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10827887 — 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: OpenStreetMap Foundation Context triple: [OpenStreetMap, operator, OpenStreetMap Foundation]
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A.
OpenStreetMap
OpenStreetMap is a collaborative, open-source mapping project that creates and provides free geographic data and maps to anyone who wants to use them.
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B.
OSM
OSM is the post-nominal abbreviation used by recipients of the Order of the Star of Melanesia, a national honor of Papua New Guinea.
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C.
Open Source Geospatial Foundation
The Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) is a nonprofit organization that supports and promotes open-source geospatial software, data, and education worldwide.
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D.
OSMG
OSMG is the abbreviation for the Order of St Michael and St George, a British order of chivalry awarded for distinguished service in foreign affairs or service abroad.
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E.
Wikimedia Foundation
The Wikimedia Foundation is a nonprofit organization that hosts and supports Wikipedia and other free-knowledge projects worldwide.
- 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: OpenStreetMap Foundation Target entity description: The OpenStreetMap Foundation is a non-profit organization that supports and maintains the OpenStreetMap project and its global mapping community.
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A.
OpenStreetMap
OpenStreetMap is a collaborative, open-source mapping project that creates and provides free geographic data and maps to anyone who wants to use them.
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B.
OSM
OSM is the post-nominal abbreviation used by recipients of the Order of the Star of Melanesia, a national honor of Papua New Guinea.
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C.
Open Source Geospatial Foundation
The Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) is a nonprofit organization that supports and promotes open-source geospatial software, data, and education worldwide.
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D.
OSMG
OSMG is the abbreviation for the Order of St Michael and St George, a British order of chivalry awarded for distinguished service in foreign affairs or service abroad.
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E.
Wikimedia Foundation
The Wikimedia Foundation is a nonprofit organization that hosts and supports Wikipedia and other free-knowledge projects worldwide.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
non-profit organization
ⓘ
supporting organization ⓘ |
| abbreviation | OSMF ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team
ⓘ
OpenStreetMap community ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dataDomain | geospatial data ⓘ |
| encourages | open geospatial data sharing ⓘ |
| field |
collaborative mapping
ⓘ
free and open-source software ecosystem ⓘ geographic information systems ⓘ open data ⓘ |
| focusArea | global ⓘ |
| foundedFor | supporting the OpenStreetMap project ⓘ |
| governingBody |
Board of Directors of the OpenStreetMap Foundation
ⓘ
linked to:
OpenStreetMap Foundation
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| governs |
OpenStreetMap Foundation Working Groups
ⓘ
linked to:
OpenStreetMap Foundation
|
| hasCommunity | global mapping community ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Board of Directors
ⓘ
Communications Working Group ⓘ Data Working Group ⓘ Engineering Working Group ⓘ Licensing Working Group ⓘ Local Chapters and Communities Working Group ⓘ Membership Working Group ⓘ Operations Working Group ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalForm | company limited by guarantee ⓘ |
| licenseStewardFor | OpenStreetMap data license ⓘ |
| maintains | OpenStreetMap project infrastructure ⓘ |
| membership |
corporate members
ⓘ
individual members ⓘ |
| membershipPolicy | open to individuals worldwide ⓘ |
| name | OpenStreetMap Foundation ⓘ |
| nonProfitStatus | non-profit ⓘ |
| operates |
OpenStreetMap main servers
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OpenStreetMap website infrastructure ⓘ |
| organizes | annual State of the Map conference ⓘ |
| purpose |
encourage the growth, development and distribution of free geospatial data
ⓘ
provide free geospatial data to anyone ⓘ support the OpenStreetMap community ⓘ support the OpenStreetMap project ⓘ |
| supports |
OpenStreetMap
ⓘ
OpenStreetMap community ⓘ State of the Map conference ⓘ |
| usesLicense |
Open Database License (ODbL) for OpenStreetMap data
ⓘ
linked to:
Open Database License
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| website | https://osmfoundation.org ⓘ |
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: OpenStreetMap Foundation Description of subject: The OpenStreetMap Foundation is a non-profit organization that supports and maintains the OpenStreetMap project and its global mapping community.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: OpenStreetMap Foundation
linked to: OpenStreetMap Foundation
linked to: OpenStreetMap Foundation
subject linked to:
State of the Map conference
subject linked to:
State of the Map conference
linked to: OpenStreetMap Foundation