Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers
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The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) is a professional organization that develops internationally recognized standards and provides education for the motion-imaging, film, and television industries.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers canonical | 18 |
| SMPTE | 11 |
| Society of Motion Picture Engineers | 3 |
| SMPTE Standards Community | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T322354 — 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: Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers Context triple: [SMPTE ST 2059, publishedBy, Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers]
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A.
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is a leading global professional association dedicated to advancing technology through standards development, publications, conferences, and educational activities in electrical engineering, electronics, and related fields.
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B.
IEEE Standards Association
The IEEE Standards Association is a leading global organization that develops and maintains technical standards across a wide range of industries, including electronics, communications, and information technology.
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C.
Optical Society of America
The Optical Society of America is a leading professional organization dedicated to advancing the study and application of optics and photonics through research, education, and industry collaboration.
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D.
IEEE Signal Processing Society
The IEEE Signal Processing Society is a leading professional society dedicated to advancing the theory, algorithms, and applications of signal processing in areas such as communications, audio, image, and multimedia.
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E.
SMPTE ST 2059
SMPTE ST 2059 is a professional media industry standard that defines how to use IEEE 1588 Precision Time Protocol to synchronize clocks and signals across IP-based audio, video, and broadcast systems.
- 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: Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers Target entity description: The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) is a professional organization that develops internationally recognized standards and provides education for the motion-imaging, film, and television industries.
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A.
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is a leading global professional association dedicated to advancing technology through standards development, publications, conferences, and educational activities in electrical engineering, electronics, and related fields.
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B.
IEEE Standards Association
The IEEE Standards Association is a leading global organization that develops and maintains technical standards across a wide range of industries, including electronics, communications, and information technology.
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C.
Optical Society of America
The Optical Society of America is a leading professional organization dedicated to advancing the study and application of optics and photonics through research, education, and industry collaboration.
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D.
IEEE Signal Processing Society
The IEEE Signal Processing Society is a leading professional society dedicated to advancing the theory, algorithms, and applications of signal processing in areas such as communications, audio, image, and multimedia.
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E.
SMPTE ST 2059
SMPTE ST 2059 is a professional media industry standard that defines how to use IEEE 1588 Precision Time Protocol to synchronize clocks and signals across IP-based audio, video, and broadcast systems.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
professional association
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standards organization ⓘ |
| abbreviation | SMPTE ⓘ |
| areaOfStandardization |
compression
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digital cinema ⓘ file-based workflows ⓘ film ⓘ image formats ⓘ media interoperability ⓘ metadata ⓘ television ⓘ timecode ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith |
European Broadcasting Union
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International Electrotechnical Commission ⓘ International Organization for Standardization ⓘ |
| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| develops |
engineering guidelines
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recommended practices ⓘ technical standards ⓘ |
| field |
broadcast engineering
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digital cinema ⓘ media technology ⓘ motion imaging ⓘ motion picture technology ⓘ television technology ⓘ |
| formerName | Society of Motion Picture Engineers ⓘ |
| founded | 1916 ⓘ |
| hasMemberType |
corporate members
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individual members ⓘ |
| hasRegion |
Asia-Pacific
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Europe ⓘ North America ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
White Plains, New York
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linked to:
White Plains
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| industryServed |
broadcast industry
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film industry ⓘ streaming media industry ⓘ television industry ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| notableStandard |
SMPTE ST 12
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SMPTE ST 2067 ⓘ SMPTE ST 2084 ⓘ SMPTE ST 2110 ⓘ SMPTE color bars ⓘ SMPTE timecode ⓘ |
| offers |
professional certifications
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standards education ⓘ |
| organizes |
educational seminars
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technical conferences ⓘ webinars ⓘ |
| publishes | SMPTE Motion Imaging Journal ⓘ |
| scope | international ⓘ |
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: Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers Description of subject: The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) is a professional organization that develops internationally recognized standards and provides education for the motion-imaging, film, and television industries.
Referenced by (33)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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SMPTE ST 2086 mastering display metadata standard
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SMPTE (for underlying components)
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SMPTE (for underlying components)
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