Weston reference compositor
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Weston reference compositor is the official reference implementation of a Wayland compositor, used to demonstrate and test the Wayland display server protocol.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Weston reference compositor canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2629131 — 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: Weston reference compositor Context triple: [Wayland, supportedBy, Weston reference compositor]
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A.
Font’s Point
Font’s Point is a scenic overlook in California’s Anza-Borrego Desert famed for its sweeping sunrise views over the eroded badlands.
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B.
Gutenberg
Gutenberg is the block-based content editor introduced in WordPress to enable more flexible, visual page and post creation.
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C.
Colophon
Colophon was an ancient Ionian Greek city in western Asia Minor, historically notable as one of the places claimed as the birthplace of the poet Homer.
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D.
F Reactor
F Reactor was one of the early plutonium production reactors at the Hanford Site in Washington, built during the Manhattan Project to support the U.S. nuclear weapons program.
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E.
Tapestry
Tapestry is Carole King’s landmark 1971 singer-songwriter album, widely acclaimed for its intimate songwriting and enduring influence on pop and soft rock music.
- 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: Weston reference compositor Target entity description: Weston reference compositor is the official reference implementation of a Wayland compositor, used to demonstrate and test the Wayland display server protocol.
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A.
Font’s Point
Font’s Point is a scenic overlook in California’s Anza-Borrego Desert famed for its sweeping sunrise views over the eroded badlands.
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B.
Gutenberg
Gutenberg is the block-based content editor introduced in WordPress to enable more flexible, visual page and post creation.
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C.
Colophon
Colophon was an ancient Ionian Greek city in western Asia Minor, historically notable as one of the places claimed as the birthplace of the poet Homer.
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D.
F Reactor
F Reactor was one of the early plutonium production reactors at the Hanford Site in Washington, built during the Manhattan Project to support the U.S. nuclear weapons program.
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E.
Tapestry
Tapestry is Carole King’s landmark 1971 singer-songwriter album, widely acclaimed for its intimate songwriting and enduring influence on pop and soft rock music.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Wayland compositor
ⓘ
free and open-source software ⓘ reference implementation ⓘ |
| category |
Wayland compositor
ⓘ
display server ⓘ |
| developedIn | C ⓘ |
| hostedAt | https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/wayland/weston ⓘ |
| implements |
Wayland compositor protocol
ⓘ
Wayland display server protocol ⓘ
linked to:
Wayland
|
| isReferenceImplementationOf |
Wayland compositor
ⓘ
linked to:
Wayland
|
| license |
MIT license
ⓘ
linked to:
MIT License
|
| maintainedBy | Wayland project community ⓘ |
| operatingSystem | Linux ⓘ |
| partOf |
Wayland project
ⓘ
linked to:
Wayland
|
| primaryPurpose |
demonstrate Wayland protocol
ⓘ
test Wayland protocol ⓘ |
| repositoryHost | GitLab ⓘ |
| supports |
DRM backend
ⓘ
IVI shell ⓘ OpenGL rendering ⓘ RDP backend ⓘ Wayland backend ⓘ X11 backend ⓘ desktop shell ⓘ framebuffer backend ⓘ fullscreen shell ⓘ kiosk shell ⓘ software rendering ⓘ |
| supportsProtocol |
XDG shell
ⓘ
data control ⓘ gamma control ⓘ idle inhibit ⓘ input method ⓘ linux-dmabuf ⓘ
linked to:
DMA
output management ⓘ output power management ⓘ pointer constraints ⓘ presentation-time ⓘ primary selection ⓘ relative pointer ⓘ screen capture ⓘ subsurface ⓘ tablet protocol ⓘ text input ⓘ viewporter ⓘ wl_shell ⓘ xdg_output ⓘ xdg_surface ⓘ xdg_toplevel ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Wayland compositor demonstration
ⓘ
Wayland compositor testing ⓘ Wayland protocol development ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Weston reference compositor Description of subject: Weston reference compositor is the official reference implementation of a Wayland compositor, used to demonstrate and test the Wayland display server protocol.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.