UNESCO World Heritage tentative list

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UNESCO list heritage register

The UNESCO World Heritage tentative list is a register maintained by UNESCO of sites that countries have proposed as potential future World Heritage Sites, serving as a prerequisite step before formal nomination.

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All labels observed (31)

Label	Occurrences
UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List	38
UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List site	13
UNESCO World Heritage tentative list site	3
Tentative List of UNESCO World Heritage Sites	2
UNESCO Tentative List site	2
World Heritage Tentative List (Palestine)	2
tentative UNESCO World Heritage Site	2
Tentative List	1
Tentative list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites	1
UNESCO Tentative List	1
UNESCO Tentative List (Cultural)	1
UNESCO Tentative List (Serbia) for World Heritage	1
UNESCO World Heritage List	1
UNESCO World Heritage Site candidate	1
UNESCO World Heritage Site candidate area	1
UNESCO World Heritage Site tentative list	1
UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List (Trowulan)	1
UNESCO World Heritage Tentative Lists	1
UNESCO World Heritage tentative list canonical	1
UNESCO World Heritage tentative list area	1
UNESCO World Heritage tentative listing	1
UNESCO World Natural and Cultural Heritage tentative list (Dunajec River Gorge)	1
UNESCO tentative World Heritage Site	1
UNESCO tentative list for World Heritage	1
UNESCO tentative list of World Heritage Sites	1
UNESCO tentative list site	1
UNESCO tentative list sites in Georgia	1
World Heritage List	1
World Heritage List nominations	1
World Heritage Tentative List	1
World Heritage Tentative List (Azerbaijan)	1

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NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: UNESCO World Heritage tentative list
Context triple: [Alexandria, hasHeritageStatus, UNESCO World Heritage tentative list]

A. List of World Heritage in Danger
The List of World Heritage in Danger is an official register maintained by UNESCO that identifies World Heritage Sites threatened by serious and specific dangers such as conflict, natural disasters, neglect, or development pressures.
B. UNESCO World Heritage Site
A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a landmark or area recognized by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization as having outstanding universal value to humanity and deserving legal protection and conservation.
C. UNESCO World Heritage Programme
The UNESCO World Heritage Programme is an international initiative that identifies, protects, and promotes cultural and natural sites of outstanding universal value around the world.
D. Memory of the World Programme
The Memory of the World Programme is a UNESCO initiative dedicated to preserving and providing access to the world’s documentary heritage, including manuscripts, archives, and audiovisual materials.
E. UNESCO World Heritage Convention
The UNESCO World Heritage Convention is an international treaty adopted in 1972 that establishes a framework for identifying, protecting, and preserving cultural and natural sites of outstanding universal value around the world.
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: UNESCO World Heritage tentative list
Target entity description: The UNESCO World Heritage tentative list is a register maintained by UNESCO of sites that countries have proposed as potential future World Heritage Sites, serving as a prerequisite step before formal nomination.

A. List of World Heritage in Danger
The List of World Heritage in Danger is an official register maintained by UNESCO that identifies World Heritage Sites threatened by serious and specific dangers such as conflict, natural disasters, neglect, or development pressures.
B. UNESCO World Heritage Site
A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a landmark or area recognized by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization as having outstanding universal value to humanity and deserving legal protection and conservation.
C. UNESCO World Heritage Programme
The UNESCO World Heritage Programme is an international initiative that identifies, protects, and promotes cultural and natural sites of outstanding universal value around the world.
D. Memory of the World Programme
The Memory of the World Programme is a UNESCO initiative dedicated to preserving and providing access to the world’s documentary heritage, including manuscripts, archives, and audiovisual materials.
E. UNESCO World Heritage Convention
The UNESCO World Heritage Convention is an international treaty adopted in 1972 that establishes a framework for identifying, protecting, and preserving cultural and natural sites of outstanding universal value around the world.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	UNESCO list ⓘ heritage register ⓘ
appliesTo	States Parties to the World Heritage Convention ⓘ cultural properties ⓘ mixed properties ⓘ natural properties ⓘ
basedOn	World Heritage Convention guidelines ⓘ
category	international heritage inventory ⓘ
contains	sites proposed by individual countries ⓘ
geographicalCoverage	global ⓘ
governedBy	Operational Guidelines for the Implementation of the World Heritage Convention ⓘ
hasAbbreviation	Tentative List ⓘ linked to: UNESCO World Heritage tentative list
hasConstraint	only States Parties may submit tentative lists ⓘ sites must be within the territory of the submitting State Party ⓘ
hasDigitalPresence	online database on UNESCO website ⓘ
hasPurpose	to register sites proposed as potential future World Heritage Sites ⓘ
hasRequirement	site should normally be on the tentative list before nomination ⓘ
hasRole	prerequisite for formal World Heritage nomination ⓘ
hasStakeholder	heritage experts and advisory bodies ⓘ local communities at proposed sites ⓘ national heritage authorities ⓘ
hasTemporalRelation	must include a site before it can be nominated for inscription ⓘ
isNonBinding	inclusion does not guarantee inscription ⓘ
isPrerequisiteFor	nomination to the UNESCO World Heritage List ⓘ
isStepIn	World Heritage nomination process ⓘ
language	French ⓘ primarily English ⓘ
legalBasis	Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage ⓘ linked to: UNESCO World Heritage Convention
maintainedBy	UNESCO ⓘ
monitoredBy	UNESCO World Heritage Centre ⓘ linked to: World Heritage Centre
partOf	UNESCO World Heritage system ⓘ linked to: World Heritage Centre
precedes	evaluation by advisory bodies such as ICOMOS and IUCN ⓘ
relatedTo	UNESCO World Heritage List ⓘ linked to: UNESCO World Heritage Programme World Heritage nomination dossier ⓘ
requires	submission by a State Party ⓘ
scope	cultural heritage sites ⓘ mixed cultural and natural heritage sites ⓘ natural heritage sites ⓘ
selectionCriteria	potential Outstanding Universal Value of sites ⓘ
updatedBy	States Parties ⓘ
updateProcess	States Parties may add sites ⓘ States Parties may modify site descriptions ⓘ States Parties may remove sites ⓘ
usedBy	World Heritage Committee ⓘ
usedFor	long-term planning of nominations by States Parties ⓘ transparency of future nomination intentions ⓘ

How these facts were elicited