Microsoft .NET documentation

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.NET documentation software documentation

Microsoft .NET documentation is the official, comprehensive set of guides, references, and tutorials for developing applications with the .NET platform and its associated languages, libraries, and runtime.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Microsoft .NET API reference	5
Microsoft .NET documentation canonical	2
.NET documentation	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1621533 — 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: Microsoft .NET documentation
Context triple: [Common Language Specification, documentedIn, Microsoft .NET documentation]

A. .NET Framework
The .NET Framework is a Windows-based software development platform and runtime environment that provides a large class library and supports multiple programming languages for building and running applications.
B. ASP.NET
ASP.NET is a Microsoft web application framework for building dynamic, data-driven websites, services, and applications on the .NET platform.
C. C# programming language
C# is a modern, object-oriented programming language designed for building a wide range of applications on the .NET platform, known for its strong typing, rich standard library, and integration with Visual Studio.
D. Windows Presentation Foundation
Windows Presentation Foundation is a Microsoft UI framework for building rich, desktop client applications on Windows using XAML and .NET.
E. Windows Communication Foundation
Windows Communication Foundation is a Microsoft framework for building and running service-oriented, distributed applications that communicate over various network protocols.
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: Microsoft .NET documentation
Target entity description: Microsoft .NET documentation is the official, comprehensive set of guides, references, and tutorials for developing applications with the .NET platform and its associated languages, libraries, and runtime.

A. .NET Framework
The .NET Framework is a Windows-based software development platform and runtime environment that provides a large class library and supports multiple programming languages for building and running applications.
B. ASP.NET
ASP.NET is a Microsoft web application framework for building dynamic, data-driven websites, services, and applications on the .NET platform.
C. C# programming language
C# is a modern, object-oriented programming language designed for building a wide range of applications on the .NET platform, known for its strong typing, rich standard library, and integration with Visual Studio.
D. Windows Presentation Foundation
Windows Presentation Foundation is a Microsoft UI framework for building rich, desktop client applications on Windows using XAML and .NET.
E. Windows Communication Foundation
Windows Communication Foundation is a Microsoft framework for building and running service-oriented, distributed applications that communicate over various network protocols.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (94)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	.NET documentation ⓘ software documentation ⓘ
audience	architects ⓘ software developers ⓘ students ⓘ technical writers ⓘ
contributionModel	open for community contributions ⓘ
coversPlatform	Android ⓘ Linux ⓘ Windows ⓘ cloud ⓘ iOS ⓘ macOS ⓘ web ⓘ
format	API browser ⓘ API reference ⓘ code samples ⓘ conceptual articles ⓘ how-to guides ⓘ migration guides ⓘ reference guides ⓘ tutorials ⓘ walkthroughs ⓘ web documentation ⓘ
goal	document best practices for .NET development ⓘ help developers build applications with .NET ⓘ provide official guidance for .NET APIs ⓘ
hasSection	.NET fundamentals ⓘ API browser for .NET ⓘ ASP.NET Core documentation ⓘ C# language reference ⓘ linked to: C# programming language Entity Framework Core documentation ⓘ linked to: Entity Framework F# language reference ⓘ ML.NET documentation ⓘ Visual Basic language reference ⓘ linked to: Visual Basic .NET migrations and porting guides ⓘ release notes and breaking changes ⓘ samples and tutorials ⓘ
hostedOn	Microsoft Learn ⓘ
includes	code examples in C# ⓘ code examples in F# ⓘ code examples in Visual Basic ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
license	Creative Commons Attribution license (for many articles) ⓘ linked to: Creative Commons license
maintainedBy	Microsoft .NET team ⓘ Microsoft Docs team ⓘ linked to: Microsoft Docs
previouslyHostedOn	docs.microsoft.com ⓘ linked to: Microsoft Docs
publisher	Microsoft ⓘ
sourceRepository	GitHub ⓘ https://github.com/dotnet/docs ⓘ
supports	versioned documentation for multiple .NET releases ⓘ
topic	.NET ⓘ linked to: .NET Framework .NET 5 and later ⓘ .NET Core ⓘ .NET Framework ⓘ .NET languages ⓘ .NET libraries ⓘ .NET runtime ⓘ ASP.NET Core ⓘ linked to: dotnet/aspnetcore Azure with .NET ⓘ Base Class Library ⓘ linked to: .NET Base Class Library Blazor ⓘ C# ⓘ linked to: C# programming language CLI tools for .NET ⓘ Entity Framework Core ⓘ linked to: Entity Framework F# ⓘ LINQ ⓘ MAUI ⓘ ML.NET ⓘ NuGet packages ⓘ SDK tools ⓘ Visual Basic .NET ⓘ Windows Forms ⓘ Windows Presentation Foundation ⓘ Xamarin (legacy) ⓘ linked to: Xamarin async programming in .NET ⓘ cloud development with .NET ⓘ configuration in .NET ⓘ data access with .NET ⓘ desktop development with .NET ⓘ game development with .NET ⓘ garbage collection in .NET ⓘ logging in .NET ⓘ machine learning with .NET ⓘ microservices with .NET ⓘ mobile development with .NET ⓘ parallel programming in .NET ⓘ performance in .NET ⓘ runtime libraries ⓘ security in .NET ⓘ testing in .NET ⓘ web APIs with .NET ⓘ
updated	continuously ⓘ
url	https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet ⓘ

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