java.text
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java.text is a Java standard library package that provides classes and interfaces for formatting and parsing text, dates, numbers, and messages in a locale-sensitive manner.
All labels observed (9)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| java.text canonical | 1 |
| java.text.Annotation | 1 |
| java.text.AttributedCharacterIterator | 1 |
| java.text.ChoiceFormat | 1 |
| java.text.DateFormat | 1 |
| java.text.DecimalFormat | 1 |
| java.text.DecimalFormatSymbols | 1 |
| java.text.ParsePosition | 1 |
| java.text.SimpleDateFormat | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3415098 — 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: java.text Context triple: [Java Class Library, includesPackage, java.text]
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A.
Unicode ICU
Unicode ICU (International Components for Unicode) is a widely used open-source library that provides robust, cross-platform support for Unicode text handling, internationalization, and localization in software applications.
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B.
Unicode CLDR
Unicode CLDR is a standardized, collaboratively maintained repository of locale data that underpins internationalization and localization features in software and digital platforms worldwide.
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C.
ISO 8601
ISO 8601 is an international standard that defines a consistent, unambiguous format for representing dates, times, and related data in numeric form.
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D.
textutils
textutils was the former name of a collection of GNU command-line text processing utilities that were later consolidated into the GNU Core Utilities package.
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E.
SimpleText
SimpleText was a basic text-editing and word-processing application bundled with classic Mac OS, providing users with simple tools for creating and editing plain and styled text documents.
- 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: java.text Target entity description: java.text is a Java standard library package that provides classes and interfaces for formatting and parsing text, dates, numbers, and messages in a locale-sensitive manner.
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A.
Unicode ICU
Unicode ICU (International Components for Unicode) is a widely used open-source library that provides robust, cross-platform support for Unicode text handling, internationalization, and localization in software applications.
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B.
Unicode CLDR
Unicode CLDR is a standardized, collaboratively maintained repository of locale data that underpins internationalization and localization features in software and digital platforms worldwide.
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C.
ISO 8601
ISO 8601 is an international standard that defines a consistent, unambiguous format for representing dates, times, and related data in numeric form.
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D.
textutils
textutils was the former name of a collection of GNU command-line text processing utilities that were later consolidated into the GNU Core Utilities package.
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E.
SimpleText
SimpleText was a basic text-editing and word-processing application bundled with classic Mac OS, providing users with simple tools for creating and editing plain and styled text documents.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | Java package ⓘ |
| containsClass |
java.text.Annotation
ⓘ
linked to:
java.text
java.text.AttributedCharacterIterator ⓘ
linked to:
java.text
java.text.AttributedString ⓘ java.text.BreakIterator ⓘ java.text.ChoiceFormat ⓘ
linked to:
java.text
java.text.Collator ⓘ java.text.DateFormat ⓘ
linked to:
java.text
java.text.DecimalFormat ⓘ
linked to:
java.text
java.text.DecimalFormatSymbols ⓘ
linked to:
java.text
java.text.FieldPosition ⓘ java.text.Format ⓘ java.text.MessageFormat ⓘ java.text.NumberFormat ⓘ java.text.ParseException ⓘ java.text.ParsePosition ⓘ
linked to:
java.text
java.text.RuleBasedCollator ⓘ
linked to:
java.text.Collator
java.text.SimpleDateFormat ⓘ
linked to:
java.text
|
| introducedIn |
Java 1.1
ⓘ
linked to:
JDK 1.1
|
| language | Java ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | Oracle Corporation ⓘ |
| partOf |
Java Platform
ⓘ
linked to:
Java Platform, Standard Edition
Java Standard Library ⓘ
linked to:
Java Class Library
|
| providesFunctionality |
character iteration
ⓘ
collation ⓘ date formatting ⓘ date parsing ⓘ locale-sensitive formatting ⓘ locale-sensitive parsing ⓘ message formatting ⓘ number formatting ⓘ number parsing ⓘ text formatting ⓘ text parsing ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
java.math.BigDecimal
ⓘ
java.math.BigInteger ⓘ java.util.Date ⓘ
linked to:
java.util
java.util.Locale ⓘ |
| supportsConcept |
internationalization
ⓘ
localization ⓘ |
| usedFor |
building locale-sensitive messages
ⓘ
comparing strings according to locale collation rules ⓘ formatting currencies according to Locale ⓘ formatting dates according to Locale ⓘ formatting numbers according to Locale ⓘ formatting percentages according to Locale ⓘ iterating over text boundaries ⓘ parsing localized date strings ⓘ parsing localized number strings ⓘ |
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: java.text Description of subject: java.text is a Java standard library package that provides classes and interfaces for formatting and parsing text, dates, numbers, and messages in a locale-sensitive manner.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: java.text
linked to: java.text
linked to: java.text
linked to: java.text
linked to: java.text
linked to: java.text
linked to: java.text
linked to: java.text