ColdFusion
E163324
application server
rapid application development platform
scripting language
web application development platform
ColdFusion is a web application development platform and scripting language used to rapidly build dynamic, database-driven websites and services.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| CFML | 2 |
| ColdFusion Markup Language | 2 |
| ColdFusion canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1429789 — 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: ColdFusion Context triple: [Macromedia, knownFor, ColdFusion]
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A.
Adobe AIR
Adobe AIR is a cross-platform runtime system developed by Adobe that allows developers to build and deploy rich Internet applications and games as standalone desktop and mobile apps.
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B.
Flash (software)
Flash (software) is a now-discontinued multimedia platform used for creating and displaying interactive web content, animations, and browser-based games and applications.
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C.
Adobe Dreamweaver
Adobe Dreamweaver is a professional web development application used to design, code, and manage websites and web applications with both visual and code-based editing tools.
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D.
ActionScript
ActionScript is an object-oriented programming language primarily used for developing rich internet applications and Adobe Flash content.
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E.
Omniture
Omniture was a leading web analytics and online marketing optimization company best known for its SiteCatalyst platform before being acquired by Adobe.
- 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: ColdFusion Target entity description: ColdFusion is a web application development platform and scripting language used to rapidly build dynamic, database-driven websites and services.
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A.
Adobe AIR
Adobe AIR is a cross-platform runtime system developed by Adobe that allows developers to build and deploy rich Internet applications and games as standalone desktop and mobile apps.
-
B.
Flash (software)
Flash (software) is a now-discontinued multimedia platform used for creating and displaying interactive web content, animations, and browser-based games and applications.
-
C.
Adobe Dreamweaver
Adobe Dreamweaver is a professional web development application used to design, code, and manage websites and web applications with both visual and code-based editing tools.
-
D.
ActionScript
ActionScript is an object-oriented programming language primarily used for developing rich internet applications and Adobe Flash content.
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E.
Omniture
Omniture was a leading web analytics and online marketing optimization company best known for its SiteCatalyst platform before being acquired by Adobe.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
application server
ⓘ
rapid application development platform ⓘ scripting language ⓘ web application development platform ⓘ |
| acquiredBy |
Adobe Inc.
ⓘ
Macromedia ⓘ |
| developer | Adobe Inc. ⓘ |
| fileExtension |
.cfc
ⓘ
.cfm ⓘ |
| firstReleaseYear | 1995 ⓘ |
| genre |
application server
ⓘ
web framework ⓘ |
| hasComponentModel | ColdFusion Components ⓘ |
| license | proprietary software ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
Linux
ⓘ
Windows ⓘ macOS ⓘ |
| originalDeveloper |
Allaire Corporation
ⓘ
JJ Allaire ⓘ
linked to:
Jeremy Allaire
Jeremy Allaire ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Adobe Inc. ⓘ |
| platform | Java EE ⓘ |
| previousOwner | Macromedia ⓘ |
| programmingLanguage |
CFML
ⓘ
linked to:
ColdFusion
|
| supports |
J2EE deployment
ⓘ
ORM ⓘ PDF generation ⓘ caching ⓘ charting ⓘ clustering ⓘ database connectivity ⓘ full-text search integration ⓘ load balancing ⓘ mail sending ⓘ scheduled tasks ⓘ session management ⓘ websocket communication ⓘ |
| supportsDatabase |
DB2
ⓘ
linked to:
IBM DB2
Microsoft SQL Server ⓘ
linked to:
SQL Server
MySQL ⓘ Oracle Database ⓘ PostgreSQL ⓘ |
| supportsLanguage |
CFML
ⓘ
linked to:
ColdFusion
Java ⓘ JavaScript ⓘ |
| supportsMarkupStyle |
script-based syntax
ⓘ
tag-based syntax ⓘ |
| useCase |
building database-driven web applications
ⓘ
building dynamic websites ⓘ creating RESTful web services ⓘ creating SOAP web services ⓘ server-side scripting ⓘ |
| website | https://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion-family.html ⓘ |
| writtenIn | Java ⓘ |
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: ColdFusion Description of subject: ColdFusion is a web application development platform and scripting language used to rapidly build dynamic, database-driven websites and services.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: ColdFusion
linked to: ColdFusion
linked to: ColdFusion
linked to: ColdFusion