HTTP
E1064
HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) is the foundational application-layer protocol used for transmitting web pages and other resources across the World Wide Web.
All labels observed (10)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| HTTP canonical | 161 |
| Hypertext Transfer Protocol | 27 |
| HTTP CONNECT method | 1 |
| HTTP persistent connections | 1 |
| HTTP protocol | 1 |
| HTTP/0.9 | 1 |
| HTTP/1.0 | 1 |
| REST | 1 |
| RFC 9110 | 1 |
| SMTP | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18035 — 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: HTTP Context triple: [Internet, supportsProtocol, HTTP]
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A.
World Wide Web
The World Wide Web is a global system of interlinked hypertext documents and resources accessed via the internet, enabling users worldwide to browse, share, and interact with information through web browsers.
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B.
the internet
The internet is a global network of interconnected computers and servers that enables worldwide communication, information sharing, and access to digital services.
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C.
World Wide Web Consortium
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is the main international standards organization responsible for developing open protocols and guidelines to ensure the long-term growth and interoperability of the Web.
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D.
NAS
NAS is a private, nonprofit society of distinguished scholars in the United States that advises the nation on matters related to science and technology.
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E.
Enquire (software)
Enquire (software) was an early hypertext system created by Tim Berners-Lee that served as a conceptual precursor to the World Wide Web.
- 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: HTTP Target entity description: HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) is the foundational application-layer protocol used for transmitting web pages and other resources across the World Wide Web.
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A.
World Wide Web
The World Wide Web is a global system of interlinked hypertext documents and resources accessed via the internet, enabling users worldwide to browse, share, and interact with information through web browsers.
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B.
the internet
The internet is a global network of interconnected computers and servers that enables worldwide communication, information sharing, and access to digital services.
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C.
World Wide Web Consortium
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is the main international standards organization responsible for developing open protocols and guidelines to ensure the long-term growth and interoperability of the Web.
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D.
NAS
NAS is a private, nonprofit society of distinguished scholars in the United States that advises the nation on matters related to science and technology.
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E.
Enquire (software)
Enquire (software) was an early hypertext system created by Tim Berners-Lee that served as a conceptual precursor to the World Wide Web.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (73)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
application-layer protocol
ⓘ
network protocol ⓘ web protocol ⓘ |
| abbreviation | HTTP ⓘ |
| defaultTransportProtocol | TCP ⓘ |
| definedIn |
RFC 9110
ⓘ
linked to:
HTTP
RFC 9111 ⓘ RFC 9112 ⓘ RFC 9113 ⓘ RFC 9114 ⓘ |
| enables | World Wide Web ⓘ |
| follows | request-response model ⓘ |
| fullName |
Hypertext Transfer Protocol
ⓘ
linked to:
HTTP
|
| hasComponent |
headers
ⓘ
message body ⓘ request message ⓘ response message ⓘ |
| introducedFeatureInHTTP1.1 |
Host header requirement
ⓘ
chunked transfer encoding ⓘ |
| introducedFeatureInHTTP2 |
binary framing
ⓘ
header compression ⓘ multiplexing ⓘ |
| introducedFeatureInHTTP3 | QUIC transport ⓘ |
| layerInOSIModel | application layer ⓘ |
| portNumber | 80 ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
HTML
ⓘ
REST ⓘ URL ⓘ |
| securedBy | TLS ⓘ |
| securedVariant | HTTPS ⓘ |
| standardizedBy |
IETF
ⓘ
linked to:
Internet Engineering Task Force
|
| stateless | true ⓘ |
| successorOf |
HTTP/0.9
ⓘ
HTTP/0.9 ⓘ
linked to:
HTTP
HTTP/1.0 ⓘ
linked to:
HTTP
HTTP/1.1 ⓘ HTTP/2 ⓘ |
| supportsCaching | true ⓘ |
| supportsMethod |
CONNECT
ⓘ
DELETE ⓘ GET ⓘ HEAD ⓘ OPTIONS ⓘ PATCH ⓘ POST ⓘ PUT ⓘ TRACE ⓘ |
| supportsPersistentConnections | true ⓘ |
| supportsVersion |
HTTP/0.9
ⓘ
HTTP/1.0 ⓘ HTTP/1.1 ⓘ HTTP/2 ⓘ HTTP/3 ⓘ |
| usedFor |
client-server communication on the Web
ⓘ
transferring hypertext documents ⓘ transferring web pages ⓘ transferring web resources ⓘ |
| uses |
MIME types
ⓘ
URI ⓘ header fields ⓘ status codes ⓘ |
| usesHeader |
Accept
ⓘ
Authorization ⓘ Cache-Control ⓘ Content-Length ⓘ Content-Type ⓘ Host ⓘ User-Agent ⓘ |
| usesStatusCodeClass |
1xx informational
ⓘ
2xx success ⓘ 3xx redirection ⓘ 4xx client error ⓘ 5xx server error ⓘ |
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: HTTP Description of subject: HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) is the foundational application-layer protocol used for transmitting web pages and other resources across the World Wide Web.
Referenced by (196)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
the internet
linked to: HTTP
linked to: HTTP
linked to: HTTP
linked to: HTTP
linked to: HTTP
linked to: HTTP
subject linked to:
Mosaic (web browser)
linked to: HTTP
linked to: HTTP