OFC
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OFC is a leading international conference and exhibition focused on optical fiber communication and networking technologies.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| OFC canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1253435 — 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: OFC Context triple: [Optical Fiber Communication Conference, shortName, OFC]
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A.
OFC
OFC is the Oceania Football Confederation, the governing body for association football in the Oceania region and one of FIFA’s six continental confederations.
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B.
OWF
OWF is the acronym for the Office of Wildland Fire, a U.S. federal office responsible for coordinating and overseeing wildland fire management policies and programs.
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C.
AFC
The AFC (American Football Conference) is one of the two conferences that make up the National Football League, comprising 16 teams that compete for a spot in the Super Bowl.
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D.
AFC
The AFC (Asian Football Confederation) is the governing body for association football in Asia, overseeing international competitions and member associations across the continent.
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E.
AFC
AFC is a British military decoration, the Air Force Cross, awarded for exemplary gallantry while flying but not in active operations against the enemy.
- 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: OFC Target entity description: OFC is a leading international conference and exhibition focused on optical fiber communication and networking technologies.
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A.
OFC
OFC is the Oceania Football Confederation, the governing body for association football in the Oceania region and one of FIFA’s six continental confederations.
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B.
OWF
OWF is the acronym for the Office of Wildland Fire, a U.S. federal office responsible for coordinating and overseeing wildland fire management policies and programs.
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C.
AFC
The AFC (American Football Conference) is one of the two conferences that make up the National Football League, comprising 16 teams that compete for a spot in the Super Bowl.
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D.
AFC
AFC is a British military decoration, the Air Force Cross, awarded for exemplary gallantry while flying but not in active operations against the enemy.
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E.
AFC
The AFC (Asian Football Confederation) is the governing body for association football in Asia, overseeing international competitions and member associations across the continent.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic conference
ⓘ
trade exhibition ⓘ |
| audience |
academics
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component manufacturers ⓘ engineers ⓘ network operators ⓘ researchers ⓘ service providers ⓘ students ⓘ system vendors ⓘ |
| field |
optical fiber communication
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optical networking ⓘ photonics ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
5G and beyond transport networks
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coherent optical communication ⓘ data center interconnects ⓘ fiber-optic networks ⓘ high-speed optical transmission ⓘ metro and core networks ⓘ network architectures ⓘ optical access networks ⓘ optical amplifiers and lasers ⓘ optical communication systems ⓘ optical components and devices ⓘ optical network management and control ⓘ optical network virtualization ⓘ optical signal processing ⓘ packet-optical integration ⓘ silicon photonics ⓘ software-defined networking in optics ⓘ submarine optical cable systems ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| fullName |
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibition
ⓘ
linked to:
Optical Fiber Communication Conference
|
| hasAbbreviation | OFC ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
industry exhibition
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panel discussions ⓘ plenary sessions ⓘ postdeadline papers session ⓘ product demonstrations ⓘ short courses ⓘ technical conference ⓘ tutorials ⓘ workshops ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| organizedBy |
IEEE Communications Society
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IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society ⓘ
linked to:
IEEE Photonics Society
IEEE Photonics Society ⓘ Optica ⓘ |
| scope | international ⓘ |
| typicalLocation |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
|
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: OFC Description of subject: OFC is a leading international conference and exhibition focused on optical fiber communication and networking technologies.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.