macOS SDK
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macOS SDK is Apple’s software development kit that provides the frameworks, tools, and APIs needed to build applications for the macOS operating system.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Apple Silicon SDKs for macOS | 1 |
| Apple developer frameworks | 1 |
| Metal for OS X | 1 |
| macOS SDK canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1935648 — 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: macOS SDK Context triple: [Cocoa, partOf, macOS SDK]
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A.
macOS Cocoa
macOS Cocoa is Apple’s native object-oriented application framework for building graphical user interfaces on macOS.
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B.
macOS
macOS is Apple’s proprietary Unix-based operating system known for its graphical user interface, tight integration with Apple hardware and services, and strong emphasis on usability and security.
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C.
visionOS
visionOS is Apple’s mixed-reality operating system designed for spatial computing on Apple Vision Pro, integrating 3D interfaces, gesture and eye tracking, and immersive app experiences.
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D.
Mac OS X transition technologies
Mac OS X transition technologies were a set of frameworks and tools designed to help developers move classic Mac OS applications to the modern Mac OS X environment while maintaining compatibility and easing the migration process.
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E.
NeXTSTEP Foundation Kit
NeXTSTEP Foundation Kit is an object-oriented application framework developed by NeXT Inc. that provided core classes and services for building NeXTSTEP applications and later influenced Apple’s Cocoa frameworks.
- 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: macOS SDK Target entity description: macOS SDK is Apple’s software development kit that provides the frameworks, tools, and APIs needed to build applications for the macOS operating system.
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A.
macOS Cocoa
macOS Cocoa is Apple’s native object-oriented application framework for building graphical user interfaces on macOS.
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B.
macOS
macOS is Apple’s proprietary Unix-based operating system known for its graphical user interface, tight integration with Apple hardware and services, and strong emphasis on usability and security.
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C.
visionOS
visionOS is Apple’s mixed-reality operating system designed for spatial computing on Apple Vision Pro, integrating 3D interfaces, gesture and eye tracking, and immersive app experiences.
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D.
Mac OS X transition technologies
Mac OS X transition technologies were a set of frameworks and tools designed to help developers move classic Mac OS applications to the modern Mac OS X environment while maintaining compatibility and easing the migration process.
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E.
NeXTSTEP Foundation Kit
NeXTSTEP Foundation Kit is an object-oriented application framework developed by NeXT Inc. that provided core classes and services for building NeXTSTEP applications and later influenced Apple’s Cocoa frameworks.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (59)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Apple software framework
ⓘ
software development kit ⓘ |
| configurationFileType | .sdksettings ⓘ |
| contains |
system headers for macOS
ⓘ
system libraries for macOS ⓘ |
| containsFramework |
AVFoundation
ⓘ
AppKit ⓘ
linked to:
macOS Cocoa
CloudKit ⓘ Core Animation ⓘ Core Audio ⓘ Core Data ⓘ Core Graphics ⓘ
linked to:
Quartz 2D
Core Location ⓘ Foundation ⓘ GameKit ⓘ MapKit ⓘ Metal ⓘ Network framework ⓘ Security framework ⓘ StoreKit ⓘ UserNotifications framework ⓘ WebKit ⓘ |
| developer | Apple Inc. ⓘ |
| distributionMethod |
bundled with Xcode
ⓘ
downloadable via Apple Developer tools ⓘ |
| fileLocationPattern | /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/ ⓘ |
| includedIn | Xcode ⓘ |
| maintainer | Apple Inc. ⓘ |
| operatingSystemTarget | macOS ⓘ |
| platform | macOS ⓘ |
| primaryIDE | Xcode ⓘ |
| provides |
APIs
ⓘ
compiler settings ⓘ developer tools ⓘ frameworks ⓘ headers ⓘ libraries ⓘ linker settings ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
iOS SDK
ⓘ
linked to:
Apple platforms APIs
tvOS SDK ⓘ
linked to:
tvOS
watchOS SDK ⓘ
linked to:
watchOS
|
| supports |
App Sandbox entitlements
ⓘ
Hardened Runtime ⓘ Mac App Store distribution ⓘ developer ID distribution ⓘ notarization workflows ⓘ sandboxed applications ⓘ |
| supportsDeploymentTarget | multiple macOS versions ⓘ |
| supportsLanguage |
C
ⓘ
C++ ⓘ Objective-C ⓘ Swift ⓘ |
| targetArchitecture |
arm64
ⓘ
x86_64 ⓘ |
| usedBy | macOS application developers ⓘ |
| usedFor |
building macOS applications
ⓘ
compiling macOS software ⓘ linking macOS software ⓘ testing macOS applications ⓘ |
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: macOS SDK Description of subject: macOS SDK is Apple’s software development kit that provides the frameworks, tools, and APIs needed to build applications for the macOS operating system.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: macOS SDK
linked to: macOS SDK
subject linked to:
Apple developer transition kit program
linked to: macOS SDK