CSV
E35620
CSV (Comma-Separated Values) is a simple, text-based file format commonly used to store and exchange tabular data between different software applications and systems.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| CSV canonical | 11 |
| Comma-Separated Values | 1 |
| Rust csv crate | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T277414 — 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: CSV Context triple: [SAS, canImportFormat, CSV]
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A.
Excel
Excel is a widely used spreadsheet software by Microsoft that enables data organization, analysis, visualization, and basic to advanced analytics through formulas, functions, and tools like PivotTables.
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B.
CED
CED is an academic unit focused on the study and practice of environmental design, including fields such as architecture, landscape architecture, and urban planning.
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C.
CDF
CDF is the National Rail station code for Cardiff Central railway station, a major transport hub in Cardiff, Wales.
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D.
DS
DS is the Directorate of Support, a key administrative and logistical branch responsible for providing essential support services within an intelligence or governmental organization.
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E.
DS
DS is the standardized Diploma Supplement used across the European Higher Education Area to provide transparent, comparable information about higher education qualifications.
- 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: CSV Target entity description: CSV (Comma-Separated Values) is a simple, text-based file format commonly used to store and exchange tabular data between different software applications and systems.
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A.
Excel
Excel is a widely used spreadsheet software by Microsoft that enables data organization, analysis, visualization, and basic to advanced analytics through formulas, functions, and tools like PivotTables.
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B.
CED
CED is an academic unit focused on the study and practice of environmental design, including fields such as architecture, landscape architecture, and urban planning.
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C.
CDF
CDF is the National Rail station code for Cardiff Central railway station, a major transport hub in Cardiff, Wales.
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D.
DS
DS is the Directorate of Support, a key administrative and logistical branch responsible for providing essential support services within an intelligence or governmental organization.
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E.
DS
DS is the standardized Diploma Supplement used across the European Higher Education Area to provide transparent, comparable information about higher education qualifications.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (56)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
file format
ⓘ
tabular data format ⓘ text-based format ⓘ |
| advantage |
simplicity
ⓘ
small file size ⓘ wide compatibility ⓘ |
| alternativeDelimiters |
pipe
ⓘ
semicolon ⓘ tab ⓘ |
| columnSeparator | comma ⓘ |
| commonlyUsedBy |
databases
ⓘ
programming languages ⓘ spreadsheets ⓘ statistical software ⓘ |
| commonlyUsedIn |
APIs for bulk data download
ⓘ
ETL processes ⓘ data pipelines ⓘ |
| dataStructure | table ⓘ |
| definedIn | RFC 4180 ⓘ |
| doesNotSupport |
binary data without encoding
ⓘ
explicit data types ⓘ nested structures ⓘ |
| encoding |
commonly ASCII
ⓘ
commonly UTF-8 ⓘ |
| fileExtension | .csv ⓘ |
| fullName |
Comma-Separated Values
ⓘ
linked to:
CSV
|
| humanReadable | true ⓘ |
| introducedYear | 1970s ⓘ |
| limitation |
ambiguous data types
ⓘ
lack of schema ⓘ locale-dependent formatting ⓘ no standard for metadata ⓘ |
| mediaType | text/csv ⓘ |
| openedBy |
Google Sheets
ⓘ
LibreOffice Calc ⓘ Microsoft Excel ⓘ
linked to:
Excel
text editors ⓘ |
| parsingComplexity | simple ⓘ |
| relatedFormat |
JSON
ⓘ
TSV ⓘ XML ⓘ |
| rowSeparator | newline ⓘ |
| standardizedBy |
IETF
ⓘ
linked to:
Internet Engineering Task Force
|
| stores |
columns
ⓘ
rows ⓘ tabular data ⓘ |
| supports |
empty fields
ⓘ
escaped quotes ⓘ header row ⓘ quoted fields ⓘ variable-length rows ⓘ |
| supportsDelimiterVariation | true ⓘ |
| usedFor |
data exchange
ⓘ
data export ⓘ data import ⓘ simple data storage ⓘ |
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: CSV Description of subject: CSV (Comma-Separated Values) is a simple, text-based file format commonly used to store and exchange tabular data between different software applications and systems.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.