Afilias
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Afilias is a global domain name registry services provider known for managing numerous top-level domains and offering DNS infrastructure solutions.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Afilias canonical | 2 |
| Afilias Australia | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3399117 — 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: Afilias Context triple: [.vc, registryOperator, Afilias]
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A.
Xerus
Xerus is a genus of African ground squirrels known for their diurnal, social behavior and adaptation to open, arid habitats.
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B.
Aloisia
Aloisia is a feminine given name, used as an alternative spelling of Aloysia and related to names like Aloysius and Louise.
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C.
Luppi
Luppi is a surname most notably associated with Argentine actor Federico Luppi, renowned for his work in Latin American and Spanish cinema.
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D.
Ratufa
Ratufa is a genus of large, colorful Old World giant squirrels native to the forests of South and Southeast Asia.
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E.
Quatchi
Quatchi is a sasquatch character who served as one of the official mascots of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.
- 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: Afilias Target entity description: Afilias is a global domain name registry services provider known for managing numerous top-level domains and offering DNS infrastructure solutions.
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A.
Xerus
Xerus is a genus of African ground squirrels known for their diurnal, social behavior and adaptation to open, arid habitats.
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B.
Aloisia
Aloisia is a feminine given name, used as an alternative spelling of Aloysia and related to names like Aloysius and Louise.
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C.
Luppi
Luppi is a surname most notably associated with Argentine actor Federico Luppi, renowned for his work in Latin American and Spanish cinema.
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D.
Ratufa
Ratufa is a genus of large, colorful Old World giant squirrels native to the forests of South and Southeast Asia.
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E.
Quatchi
Quatchi is a sasquatch character who served as one of the official mascots of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
DNS service provider
ⓘ
company ⓘ domain name registry operator ⓘ |
| acquiredBy |
Donuts Inc.
ⓘ
linked to:
Donuts Inc. (after acquisition)
|
| acquisitionAnnounced | 2020 ⓘ |
| areaServed | worldwide ⓘ |
| businessModel | B2B infrastructure services ⓘ |
| compliesWith | ICANN registry agreements ⓘ |
| country | Ireland ⓘ |
| focus |
DNS security and stability
ⓘ
top-level domain operations ⓘ |
| founded | 2000 ⓘ |
| foundedBy | group of ICANN-accredited registrars ⓘ |
| governance | subject to ICANN policies ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Dublin ⓘ |
| industry |
domain name industry
ⓘ
internet infrastructure ⓘ |
| languageSupported | internationalized domain names ⓘ |
| legalForm | limited company ⓘ |
| notableFor | .info being one of the first new gTLDs ⓘ |
| offersTo |
TLD registry operators
ⓘ
brand owners ⓘ ccTLD operators ⓘ governments ⓘ |
| operates |
.aero
ⓘ
.asia ⓘ .info ⓘ .mobi ⓘ .org DNS infrastructure (historically as technical provider) ⓘ .pro ⓘ |
| parentCompany | Donuts Inc. (after acquisition) ⓘ |
| provides |
DNSSEC support for TLDs it operates
ⓘ
registry data escrow services ⓘ zone file generation and distribution ⓘ |
| regulates | policies for TLDs it operates ⓘ |
| role |
back-end registry services provider
ⓘ
new gTLD registry services provider ⓘ |
| service |
DNS infrastructure services
ⓘ
EPP registry services ⓘ IDN support ⓘ WHOIS services ⓘ domain name registry services ⓘ managed DNS ⓘ top-level domain management ⓘ |
| technology |
EPP-based registry platform
ⓘ
anycast DNS network ⓘ |
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: Afilias Description of subject: Afilias is a global domain name registry services provider known for managing numerous top-level domains and offering DNS infrastructure solutions.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Afilias