Maschinelles Austauschformat für Bibliotheken
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Maschinelles Austauschformat für Bibliotheken (MAB) is a German machine-readable data exchange format historically used by libraries to encode and share bibliographic and authority records.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Maschinelles Austauschformat für Bibliotheken canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1290104 — 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: Maschinelles Austauschformat für Bibliotheken Context triple: [MAB, fullName, Maschinelles Austauschformat für Bibliotheken]
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A.
MARC
MARC is a commuter rail service in Maryland that connects Washington, D.C. with Baltimore and other regional destinations.
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B.
MARC standards
MARC standards are a set of bibliographic data formats used worldwide to structure and exchange library catalog information in a consistent, machine-readable way.
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C.
Program for Cooperative Cataloging
The Program for Cooperative Cataloging is an international library initiative that coordinates shared cataloging standards and workflows to improve the quality and efficiency of bibliographic and authority records worldwide.
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D.
BIBFRAME
BIBFRAME (Bibliographic Framework) is a linked data model and standard developed by the Library of Congress to replace MARC for describing and sharing bibliographic information on the web.
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E.
Z39.50
Z39.50 is a client-server protocol used primarily by libraries and information services to search and retrieve bibliographic and related data from remote databases in a standardized way.
- 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: Maschinelles Austauschformat für Bibliotheken Target entity description: Maschinelles Austauschformat für Bibliotheken (MAB) is a German machine-readable data exchange format historically used by libraries to encode and share bibliographic and authority records.
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A.
MARC
MARC is a commuter rail service in Maryland that connects Washington, D.C. with Baltimore and other regional destinations.
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B.
MARC standards
MARC standards are a set of bibliographic data formats used worldwide to structure and exchange library catalog information in a consistent, machine-readable way.
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C.
Program for Cooperative Cataloging
The Program for Cooperative Cataloging is an international library initiative that coordinates shared cataloging standards and workflows to improve the quality and efficiency of bibliographic and authority records worldwide.
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D.
BIBFRAME
BIBFRAME (Bibliographic Framework) is a linked data model and standard developed by the Library of Congress to replace MARC for describing and sharing bibliographic information on the web.
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E.
Z39.50
Z39.50 is a client-server protocol used primarily by libraries and information services to search and retrieve bibliographic and related data from remote databases in a standardized way.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bibliographic data exchange format
ⓘ
library metadata format ⓘ machine-readable cataloging format ⓘ |
| abbreviation | MAB ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| dataModel |
field-oriented
ⓘ
record-based ⓘ |
| developedFor | data exchange between library systems ⓘ |
| documentationLanguage | German ⓘ |
| domain | bibliographic information systems ⓘ |
| encodingType | character-based ⓘ |
| field |
information science
ⓘ
library science ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
fields
ⓘ
indicators ⓘ subfields ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
MAB1
ⓘ
MAB2 ⓘ
linked to:
MAB
|
| historicalUse | standard exchange format in German library networks ⓘ |
| language | German ⓘ |
| purpose |
encoding of authority data
ⓘ
encoding of bibliographic metadata ⓘ machine-readable data exchange ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
MARC
ⓘ
linked to:
MARC standards
PICA format ⓘ |
| replacedBy |
MARC 21
ⓘ
linked to:
MARC standards
Resource Description and Access compatible formats ⓘ |
| scope | national library networks in German-speaking countries ⓘ |
| status | largely superseded ⓘ |
| supports |
authority control
ⓘ
authority identifiers ⓘ bibliographic description ⓘ controlled access points ⓘ exchange of cataloging data ⓘ |
| timePeriod | late 20th century ⓘ |
| typicalUsers |
academic libraries
ⓘ
national libraries ⓘ public libraries ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Austrian libraries
ⓘ
German libraries ⓘ Swiss libraries ⓘ |
| usedFor |
authority records
ⓘ
bibliographic records ⓘ |
| usedIn |
library networks
ⓘ
union catalogues ⓘ |
| usedWith | integrated library systems ⓘ |
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: Maschinelles Austauschformat für Bibliotheken Description of subject: Maschinelles Austauschformat für Bibliotheken (MAB) is a German machine-readable data exchange format historically used by libraries to encode and share bibliographic and authority records.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.