Name Binding Protocol
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Name Binding Protocol is an AppleTalk protocol responsible for registering, resolving, and managing network names and their associated addresses within AppleTalk networks.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Name Binding Protocol canonical | 11 |
| NBP (Name Binding Protocol) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1773973 — 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: Name Binding Protocol Context triple: [AppleTalk, transportLayerProtocol, Name Binding Protocol]
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A.
IANA Naming Function Contract
The IANA Naming Function Contract is the formal agreement that defined how the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority’s naming functions—such as management of the DNS root zone—were performed under oversight prior to the IANA stewardship transition.
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B.
Name Authority File
The Name Authority File is a standardized database of authorized names and headings used by libraries and other institutions to ensure consistent cataloging and retrieval of bibliographic records.
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C.
Domain Name System
The Domain Name System (DNS) is the hierarchical, distributed naming infrastructure of the internet that translates human-readable domain names into numerical IP addresses used by computers.
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D.
RFC 1034
RFC 1034 is an Internet standards document that specifies the concepts and facilities of the Domain Name System (DNS), defining how domain names are structured and resolved on the internet.
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E.
Mopria
Mopria is a universal mobile printing standard that enables seamless, driverless printing from devices like smartphones, tablets, and Chromebooks to compatible printers.
- 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: Name Binding Protocol Target entity description: Name Binding Protocol is an AppleTalk protocol responsible for registering, resolving, and managing network names and their associated addresses within AppleTalk networks.
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A.
IANA Naming Function Contract
The IANA Naming Function Contract is the formal agreement that defined how the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority’s naming functions—such as management of the DNS root zone—were performed under oversight prior to the IANA stewardship transition.
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B.
Name Authority File
The Name Authority File is a standardized database of authorized names and headings used by libraries and other institutions to ensure consistent cataloging and retrieval of bibliographic records.
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C.
Domain Name System
The Domain Name System (DNS) is the hierarchical, distributed naming infrastructure of the internet that translates human-readable domain names into numerical IP addresses used by computers.
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D.
RFC 1034
RFC 1034 is an Internet standards document that specifies the concepts and facilities of the Domain Name System (DNS), defining how domain names are structured and resolved on the internet.
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E.
Mopria
Mopria is a universal mobile printing standard that enables seamless, driverless printing from devices like smartphones, tablets, and Chromebooks to compatible printers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
AppleTalk protocol
ⓘ
network protocol ⓘ |
| abbreviation | NBP ⓘ |
| communicationModel | datagram-based ⓘ |
| definesConcept |
AppleTalk name
ⓘ
linked to:
AppleTalk
NBP entity ⓘ NBP name ⓘ NBP tuple ⓘ |
| designGoal |
distributed name management
ⓘ
no central name server requirement ⓘ |
| developedBy |
Apple Computer, Inc.
ⓘ
linked to:
Apple Inc.
|
| documentation |
AppleTalk protocol specifications
ⓘ
Inside AppleTalk ⓘ
linked to:
Inside AppleTalk (Apple technical reference)
|
| field |
object name
ⓘ
type name ⓘ zone name ⓘ |
| fullName | Name Binding Protocol ⓘ |
| introducedAsPartOf | original AppleTalk architecture ⓘ |
| layer | session layer ⓘ |
| nameScope |
AppleTalk internet
ⓘ
linked to:
AppleTalk
AppleTalk zone ⓘ
linked to:
AppleTalk
|
| nameStructure | object:type@zone ⓘ |
| partOf | AppleTalk ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
managing AppleTalk entity names
ⓘ
mapping names to network addresses ⓘ name conflict detection ⓘ name deletion ⓘ name lookup ⓘ name registration ⓘ name resolution ⓘ |
| runsOver | DDP ⓘ |
| similarTo |
DNS-based Service Discovery
ⓘ
linked to:
WS-Discovery
NetBIOS Name Service ⓘ
linked to:
NetBIOS API
|
| status | obsolete ⓘ |
| supersededBy | modern IP-based service discovery protocols ⓘ |
| supportsOperation |
NBP Broadcast
ⓘ
NBP Confirm ⓘ NBP Delete ⓘ NBP Lookup ⓘ NBP Register ⓘ |
| transport | Datagram Delivery Protocol ⓘ |
| usedFor |
application service discovery in AppleTalk
ⓘ
file server discovery in AppleTalk ⓘ printer discovery in AppleTalk ⓘ service discovery in AppleTalk ⓘ |
| usedIn |
AppleTalk Phase 1
ⓘ
AppleTalk Phase 2 ⓘ |
| usesAddressingScheme |
AppleTalk network address
ⓘ
AppleTalk node address ⓘ AppleTalk socket number ⓘ |
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: Name Binding Protocol Description of subject: Name Binding Protocol is an AppleTalk protocol responsible for registering, resolving, and managing network names and their associated addresses within AppleTalk networks.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Name Binding Protocol