Altamira Software
E237520
Altamira Software was a pioneering computer graphics and digital imaging company co-founded by computer graphics visionary Alvy Ray Smith.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Altamira Software canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2139751 — 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: Altamira Software Context triple: [Alvy Ray Smith, coFounded, Altamira Software]
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A.
Syntrillium Software
Syntrillium Software was a software company best known for creating the audio editing program Cool Edit, which later evolved into Adobe Audition after Adobe acquired the firm.
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B.
Inprise Corporation
Inprise Corporation was the temporary name used by software company Borland during a late-1990s rebranding focused on enterprise solutions.
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C.
Opera Software
Opera Software is a Norwegian software company best known for developing the Opera web browser and related internet technologies.
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D.
Wyatt Software
Wyatt Software was a software company known for employing pioneering programmer Ward Cunningham early in his career.
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E.
Point Breeze
Point Breeze is a predominantly residential neighborhood in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, known for its historic homes, tree-lined streets, and proximity to Frick Park and the Frick Art Museum.
- 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: Altamira Software Target entity description: Altamira Software was a pioneering computer graphics and digital imaging company co-founded by computer graphics visionary Alvy Ray Smith.
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A.
Syntrillium Software
Syntrillium Software was a software company best known for creating the audio editing program Cool Edit, which later evolved into Adobe Audition after Adobe acquired the firm.
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B.
Inprise Corporation
Inprise Corporation was the temporary name used by software company Borland during a late-1990s rebranding focused on enterprise solutions.
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C.
Opera Software
Opera Software is a Norwegian software company best known for developing the Opera web browser and related internet technologies.
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D.
Wyatt Software
Wyatt Software was a software company known for employing pioneering programmer Ward Cunningham early in his career.
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E.
Point Breeze
Point Breeze is a predominantly residential neighborhood in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, known for its historic homes, tree-lined streets, and proximity to Frick Park and the Frick Art Museum.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
computer graphics company
ⓘ
software company ⓘ |
| acquiredBy | Microsoft ⓘ |
| acquisitionType | corporate acquisition ⓘ |
| basedIn |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| businessModel | commercial software ⓘ |
| coFoundedBy |
Alvy Ray Smith
ⓘ
Eric Lyons ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| developed | Altamira Composer ⓘ |
| focus |
2D digital image processing
ⓘ
interactive computer graphics ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Alvy Ray Smith
ⓘ
Eric Lyons ⓘ |
| industry |
computer graphics
ⓘ
digital imaging ⓘ |
| keyPerson |
Alvy Ray Smith
ⓘ
Eric Lyons ⓘ |
| knownFor | innovative graphical user interfaces for image editing ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early interactive digital image manipulation software
ⓘ
pioneering digital image compositing tools ⓘ |
| product | Altamira Composer ⓘ |
| productType | image compositing software ⓘ |
| status | defunct ⓘ |
| targetUsers |
digital artists
ⓘ
graphics professionals ⓘ |
| technologyDomain |
computer graphics software
ⓘ
digital compositing ⓘ raster graphics ⓘ |
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: Altamira Software Description of subject: Altamira Software was a pioneering computer graphics and digital imaging company co-founded by computer graphics visionary Alvy Ray Smith.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.