Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2015

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Apple event developer conference technology conference

Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2015 was Apple’s annual developer conference held in 2015, notable for major software announcements including the debut of its streaming service Apple Music.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
WWDC 2015	4
Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2015 canonical	3
Apple WWDC 2015 keynote	1
WWDC 2015 keynote	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T956010 — 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: Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2015
Context triple: [Apple Music, announcedAtEvent, Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2015]

A. Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2014
Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2014 was Apple's annual developer event where it introduced major software updates and unveiled the Swift programming language.
B. Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2020
Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2020 was Apple's first fully virtual WWDC event, notable for major software updates and the landmark transition announcement from Intel processors to custom Apple silicon for Macs.
C. Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2006
Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2006 was Apple's annual developer conference held in 2006, notable for major Mac hardware and software announcements including the debut of the Mac Pro.
D. Apple WWDC 2022
Apple WWDC 2022 was Apple’s annual developer conference where the company unveiled major software updates across its platforms and introduced new hardware including the M2 chip.
E. Macworld Conference & Expo 2006
Macworld Conference & Expo 2006 was a major Apple-focused trade show and keynote event where Apple unveiled significant new products and technologies to the public.
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: Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2015
Target entity description: Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2015 was Apple’s annual developer conference held in 2015, notable for major software announcements including the debut of its streaming service Apple Music.

A. Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2014
Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2014 was Apple's annual developer event where it introduced major software updates and unveiled the Swift programming language.
B. Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2020
Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2020 was Apple's first fully virtual WWDC event, notable for major software updates and the landmark transition announcement from Intel processors to custom Apple silicon for Macs.
C. Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2006
Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2006 was Apple's annual developer conference held in 2006, notable for major Mac hardware and software announcements including the debut of the Mac Pro.
D. Apple WWDC 2022
Apple WWDC 2022 was Apple’s annual developer conference where the company unveiled major software updates across its platforms and introduced new hardware including the M2 chip.
E. Macworld Conference & Expo 2006
Macworld Conference & Expo 2006 was a major Apple-focused trade show and keynote event where Apple unveiled significant new products and technologies to the public.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Apple event ⓘ developer conference ⓘ technology conference ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	WWDC 2015 ⓘ linked to: Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2015
announced	Apple Music ⓘ Apple Music Beats 1 radio ⓘ linked to: Apple Music Apple Music Connect feature ⓘ linked to: Apple Music Apple News app ⓘ Apple Pay expansion ⓘ CarPlay improvements ⓘ HomeKit updates ⓘ Metal for OS X ⓘ linked to: macOS SDK OS X El Capitan ⓘ Proactive Assistant in iOS 9 ⓘ linked to: Siri Siri improvements in iOS 9 ⓘ Split View in OS X El Capitan ⓘ linked to: Spaces (virtual desktops in Mac OS X) Swift 2 ⓘ linked to: Swift Swift open-source plan ⓘ Transit directions in Apple Maps ⓘ enhanced Spotlight search in OS X El Capitan ⓘ iOS 9 ⓘ linked to: iOS multitasking features for iPad in iOS 9 ⓘ watchOS 2 ⓘ linked to: watchOS
city	San Francisco ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
editionOf	Apple Worldwide Developers Conference ⓘ
endDate	2015-06-12 ⓘ
focus	Apple platforms ⓘ OS X development ⓘ iOS development ⓘ software development ⓘ watchOS development ⓘ
followedBy	Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2016 ⓘ linked to: WWDC 2016
hasPart	WWDC 2015 keynote ⓘ linked to: Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2015
includes	Apple Design Awards ⓘ linked to: Apple Design Awards 2022 developer workshops ⓘ hands-on labs ⓘ technical sessions ⓘ
location	Moscone Center ⓘ
numberOfAttendees	about 5000 ⓘ
numberOfSessions	over 100 ⓘ
organizer	Apple Inc. ⓘ
precededBy	Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2014 ⓘ
primaryAudience	Apple platform developers ⓘ software developers ⓘ
sequenceInSeries	26 ⓘ
startDate	2015-06-08 ⓘ
state	California ⓘ linked to: California, United States
ticketDistribution	lottery system ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Apple Music → announcedAtEvent → Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2015 ⓘ

Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2014 → followedBy → Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2015 ⓘ

Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2015 → alsoKnownAs → WWDC 2015 ⓘ