Web Animations
E408528
Web Animations is a web platform API that provides a unified, scriptable model for creating, controlling, and synchronizing animations in the browser.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Web Animations canonical | 3 |
| Web Animations API | 3 |
| AnimationPlaybackEvent | 1 |
| KeyframeEffect | 1 |
| Web Animations specification | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4046532 — 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: Web Animations Context triple: [CSS Transitions Module, relatedTo, Web Animations]
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A.
CSS Animations Module
The CSS Animations Module is a W3C specification that defines how to animate CSS properties over time using keyframes and related animation features on the web.
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B.
JavaScript
JavaScript is a high-level, dynamic programming language primarily used to create interactive and dynamic content on web pages.
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C.
CSS Transitions Module
The CSS Transitions Module is a W3C specification that defines how CSS property changes can be smoothly animated over time using declarative transition rules.
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D.
HTML5
HTML5 is the fifth major version of the HyperText Markup Language standard, introducing modern web features such as semantic elements, native audio and video, and enhanced APIs for building rich, interactive web applications.
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E.
DHTML
DHTML (Dynamic HTML) is a web development technique that combines HTML, CSS, and JavaScript to create interactive and animated web pages that update content dynamically without reloading.
- 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: Web Animations Target entity description: Web Animations is a web platform API that provides a unified, scriptable model for creating, controlling, and synchronizing animations in the browser.
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A.
CSS Animations Module
The CSS Animations Module is a W3C specification that defines how to animate CSS properties over time using keyframes and related animation features on the web.
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B.
JavaScript
JavaScript is a high-level, dynamic programming language primarily used to create interactive and dynamic content on web pages.
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C.
CSS Transitions Module
The CSS Transitions Module is a W3C specification that defines how CSS property changes can be smoothly animated over time using declarative transition rules.
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D.
HTML5
HTML5 is the fifth major version of the HyperText Markup Language standard, introducing modern web features such as semantic elements, native audio and video, and enhanced APIs for building rich, interactive web applications.
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E.
DHTML
DHTML (Dynamic HTML) is a web development technique that combines HTML, CSS, and JavaScript to create interactive and animated web pages that update content dynamically without reloading.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
animation API
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web platform API ⓘ web standard ⓘ |
| allows |
changing animation speed
ⓘ
controlling animation playback state ⓘ creating animations via JavaScript ⓘ pausing animations ⓘ reversing animations ⓘ seeking animations ⓘ synchronizing multiple animations ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Web Animations API
ⓘ
linked to:
Web Animations
|
| compatibleWith | requestAnimationFrame-based animation patterns ⓘ |
| domain |
client-side scripting
ⓘ
front-end development ⓘ web development ⓘ |
| exposesInterface |
Animation
ⓘ
AnimationPlaybackEvent ⓘ
linked to:
Web Animations
AnimationTimeline ⓘ DocumentTimeline ⓘ KeyframeEffect ⓘ
linked to:
Web Animations
|
| goal |
enable high-performance scripted animations
ⓘ
provide consistent animation behavior across browsers ⓘ unify CSS and SVG animation models ⓘ |
| integratesWith |
CSS Animations
ⓘ
linked to:
CSS Animations Module
CSS Transitions ⓘ
linked to:
CSS Transitions Module
SVG animations ⓘ |
| provides |
playback control for animations
ⓘ
scriptable control of animations ⓘ synchronization of multiple animations ⓘ timing model for animations ⓘ unified model for animations in the browser ⓘ |
| runsOn | web browsers ⓘ |
| specificationStatus | W3C specification ⓘ |
| standardizedBy |
W3C
ⓘ
linked to:
World Wide Web Consortium
|
| supports |
CSS-based animations
ⓘ
JavaScript-based animations ⓘ |
| supportsFeature |
composite operations for animated properties
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direction controls (normal, reverse, alternate) ⓘ easing functions ⓘ end events for animations ⓘ fill modes (none, forwards, backwards, both) ⓘ iteration counts ⓘ start delay for animations ⓘ |
| typicalUsage | element.animate() method in JavaScript ⓘ |
| usedFor |
UI transitions
ⓘ
complex timeline-based animations ⓘ micro-interactions ⓘ |
| uses |
keyframes
ⓘ
timelines ⓘ timing functions ⓘ |
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: Web Animations Description of subject: Web Animations is a web platform API that provides a unified, scriptable model for creating, controlling, and synchronizing animations in the browser.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Web Animations
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linked to: Web Animations