WMO Commission for Observation, Infrastructure and Information Systems
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WMO technical commission
intergovernmental organization body
specialized body of the World Meteorological Organization
The WMO Commission for Observation, Infrastructure and Information Systems is a specialized body of the World Meteorological Organization responsible for overseeing and coordinating global meteorological observing, data processing, and information exchange systems.
All labels observed (4)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T283531 — 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: WMO Commission for Observation, Infrastructure and Information Systems Context triple: [Global Telecommunication System, coordinationBody, WMO Commission for Observation, Infrastructure and Information Systems]
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A.
WMO Secretariat
The WMO Secretariat is the administrative and technical body that supports and coordinates the global activities and programs of the World Meteorological Organization.
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B.
World Meteorological Organization
The World Meteorological Organization is a specialized UN agency that coordinates international cooperation on weather, climate, water resources, and related environmental issues.
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C.
World Meteorological Congress
The World Meteorological Congress is the supreme decision-making body of the World Meteorological Organization, where member states convene to set global policies and priorities for meteorology, climate, and related environmental services.
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D.
World Climate Programme
The World Climate Programme is an international initiative that coordinates global efforts to understand, monitor, and address climate variability and change, particularly in support of climate services and policy.
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E.
World Weather Watch
World Weather Watch is a global program that coordinates the collection, processing, and exchange of meteorological data to support weather forecasting and climate monitoring worldwide.
- 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: WMO Commission for Observation, Infrastructure and Information Systems Target entity description: The WMO Commission for Observation, Infrastructure and Information Systems is a specialized body of the World Meteorological Organization responsible for overseeing and coordinating global meteorological observing, data processing, and information exchange systems.
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A.
WMO Secretariat
The WMO Secretariat is the administrative and technical body that supports and coordinates the global activities and programs of the World Meteorological Organization.
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B.
World Meteorological Organization
The World Meteorological Organization is a specialized UN agency that coordinates international cooperation on weather, climate, water resources, and related environmental issues.
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C.
World Meteorological Congress
The World Meteorological Congress is the supreme decision-making body of the World Meteorological Organization, where member states convene to set global policies and priorities for meteorology, climate, and related environmental services.
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D.
World Climate Programme
The World Climate Programme is an international initiative that coordinates global efforts to understand, monitor, and address climate variability and change, particularly in support of climate services and policy.
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E.
World Weather Watch
World Weather Watch is a global program that coordinates the collection, processing, and exchange of meteorological data to support weather forecasting and climate monitoring worldwide.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
WMO technical commission
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intergovernmental organization body ⓘ specialized body of the World Meteorological Organization ⓘ |
| affiliation | United Nations system ⓘ |
| aim |
to ensure interoperability of global meteorological observing systems
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to ensure timely and reliable exchange of meteorological data and products ⓘ to support disaster risk reduction through improved observations and information systems ⓘ to support operational weather and climate services ⓘ |
| country | Switzerland ⓘ |
| field |
Earth system observation
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climatology ⓘ environmental monitoring ⓘ hydrology ⓘ meteorology ⓘ |
| hasActivity |
coordination of implementation of WMO observing and information infrastructure in member states
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development of technical guidelines for observing systems ⓘ monitoring performance of global observing systems ⓘ supporting capacity development in observation and information systems for developing countries ⓘ |
| hasMainResponsibility |
WMO Information System (WIS)
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linked to:
WMO Information System
WMO Integrated Global Observing System (WIGOS) ⓘ coordination of global telecommunication systems for meteorological data ⓘ global data-processing and forecasting system coordination ⓘ global meteorological observing systems ⓘ implementation of WMO technical regulations related to information systems ⓘ implementation of WMO technical regulations related to observing systems ⓘ integration of space-based and surface-based observing systems ⓘ metadata and data representation standards for WMO systems ⓘ meteorological data processing systems ⓘ meteorological information exchange systems ⓘ standardization of climate observations ⓘ standardization of hydrological observations ⓘ standardization of meteorological observations ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Geneva
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Switzerland ⓘ |
| language |
Arabic
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Chinese ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ Russian ⓘ Spanish ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | World Meteorological Organization ⓘ |
| partOf |
World Meteorological Organization technical commissions system
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linked to:
WMO technical commissions
|
| replaced |
Commission for Basic Systems
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Commission for Instruments and Methods of Observation ⓘ |
| scope | global ⓘ |
| shortName | WMO Commission for Observation, Infrastructure and Information Systems (INFCOM) ⓘ |
| worksWith |
WMO Commission for Weather, Climate, Water and Related Environmental Services and Applications
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global data centers ⓘ national meteorological and hydrological services ⓘ space agencies ⓘ |
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: WMO Commission for Observation, Infrastructure and Information Systems Description of subject: The WMO Commission for Observation, Infrastructure and Information Systems is a specialized body of the World Meteorological Organization responsible for overseeing and coordinating global meteorological observing, data processing, and information exchange systems.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Global Telecommunication System
→
coordinationBody
→
WMO Commission for Observation, Infrastructure and Information Systems
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Global Observing System
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coordinatedBy
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Commission for Observation, Infrastructure and Information Systems of WMO
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subject linked to:
GOS
linked to: WMO Commission for Observation, Infrastructure and Information Systems
WMO Commission for Observation, Infrastructure and Information Systems
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shortName
→
WMO Commission for Observation, Infrastructure and Information Systems (INFCOM)
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linked to: WMO Commission for Observation, Infrastructure and Information Systems
WMO Commission for Observation, Infrastructure and Information Systems
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replaced
→
Commission for Instruments and Methods of Observation
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linked to: WMO Commission for Observation, Infrastructure and Information Systems