ACM Computing Classification System
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The ACM Computing Classification System is a hierarchical taxonomy developed by the Association for Computing Machinery to categorize and index the field of computing research and literature.
All labels observed (4)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1633769 — 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: ACM Computing Classification System Context triple: [ACM Guide to Computing Literature, usesClassificationScheme, ACM Computing Classification System]
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A.
ACM Computing Surveys
ACM Computing Surveys is a leading peer-reviewed journal that publishes comprehensive, in-depth survey articles covering major areas of computer science and computing research.
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B.
ACM Guide to Computing Literature
The ACM Guide to Computing Literature is a comprehensive bibliographic database that indexes and abstracts worldwide research publications in computer science and related fields.
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C.
ACM Digital Library
The ACM Digital Library is a comprehensive online research repository providing access to the Association for Computing Machinery’s journals, conference proceedings, technical magazines, and other computing-related publications.
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D.
ACM Transactions series
The ACM Transactions series is a collection of peer-reviewed scholarly journals published by the Association for Computing Machinery, each focusing on a specific area of computer science and information technology research.
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E.
ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology
ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology is a peer-reviewed scholarly journal published by the Association for Computing Machinery that focuses on research in software engineering principles, practices, and methodologies.
- 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: ACM Computing Classification System Target entity description: The ACM Computing Classification System is a hierarchical taxonomy developed by the Association for Computing Machinery to categorize and index the field of computing research and literature.
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A.
ACM Computing Surveys
ACM Computing Surveys is a leading peer-reviewed journal that publishes comprehensive, in-depth survey articles covering major areas of computer science and computing research.
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B.
ACM Guide to Computing Literature
The ACM Guide to Computing Literature is a comprehensive bibliographic database that indexes and abstracts worldwide research publications in computer science and related fields.
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C.
ACM Digital Library
The ACM Digital Library is a comprehensive online research repository providing access to the Association for Computing Machinery’s journals, conference proceedings, technical magazines, and other computing-related publications.
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D.
ACM Transactions series
The ACM Transactions series is a collection of peer-reviewed scholarly journals published by the Association for Computing Machinery, each focusing on a specific area of computer science and information technology research.
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E.
ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology
ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology is a peer-reviewed scholarly journal published by the Association for Computing Machinery that focuses on research in software engineering principles, practices, and methodologies.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bibliographic classification system
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knowledge organization system ⓘ taxonomy ⓘ |
| acronym | ACM CCS ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
conference papers
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journal articles ⓘ technical reports ⓘ |
| developer | Association for Computing Machinery ⓘ |
| domain |
academic research
ⓘ
professional computing practice ⓘ |
| feature |
alphanumeric classification codes
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descriptive category labels ⓘ multi-level depth ⓘ |
| field |
computer science
ⓘ
computing research ⓘ |
| hasPart |
subcategories
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top-level categories ⓘ |
| hasVersion |
1998 ACM Computing Classification System
ⓘ
linked to:
ACM Computing Classification System
2012 ACM Computing Classification System ⓘ
linked to:
ACM Computing Classification System
|
| introducedBy | Association for Computing Machinery ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | Association for Computing Machinery ⓘ |
| purpose |
categorization of computing literature
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indexing of computing research ⓘ information retrieval in digital libraries ⓘ organization of ACM publications ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Dewey Decimal Classification
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Library of Congress Classification ⓘ |
| structure | hierarchical ⓘ |
| supports |
search and browsing in digital libraries
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subject classification of articles ⓘ |
| topLevelCategoryExample |
Applied computing
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Computer systems organization ⓘ Computing methodologies ⓘ Hardware ⓘ Human-centered computing ⓘ
linked to:
HCI
Information systems ⓘ Networks ⓘ Security and privacy ⓘ Social and professional topics ⓘ Software and its engineering ⓘ Theory of computation ⓘ |
| updatePolicy | periodically revised ⓘ |
| usedBy |
ACM Digital Library
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computer science publishers ⓘ indexing services ⓘ |
| website |
https://www.acm.org/publications/computing-classification-system
ⓘ
linked to:
ACM Computing Classification System
|
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: ACM Computing Classification System Description of subject: The ACM Computing Classification System is a hierarchical taxonomy developed by the Association for Computing Machinery to categorize and index the field of computing research and literature.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
ACM Guide to Computing Literature
→
usesClassificationScheme
→
ACM Computing Classification System
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linked to: ACM Computing Classification System
linked to: ACM Computing Classification System
ACM Computing Classification System
→
website
→
https://www.acm.org/publications/computing-classification-system
ⓘ
linked to: ACM Computing Classification System