Web Index
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The Web Index is a composite index developed by the World Wide Web Foundation to measure and compare how countries around the world use and benefit from the web across dimensions like access, freedom, and impact.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Web Index canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T82906 — 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 Index Context triple: [World Wide Web Foundation, hasPublication, Web Index]
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A.
World Wide Web
The World Wide Web is a global system of interlinked hypertext documents and resources accessed via the internet, enabling users worldwide to browse, share, and interact with information through web browsers.
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B.
Web 2.0
Web 2.0 refers to the second generation of the World Wide Web characterized by user-generated content, social media, interactivity, and collaboration on platforms such as blogs, wikis, and social networks.
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C.
the internet
The internet is a global network of interconnected computers and servers that enables worldwide communication, information sharing, and access to digital services.
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D.
HTML
HTML (HyperText Markup Language) is the standard markup language used to structure and present content on the World Wide Web.
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E.
Tumblr
Tumblr is a microblogging and social networking platform known for its highly customizable blogs, fandom communities, and viral multimedia content.
- 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 Index Target entity description: The Web Index is a composite index developed by the World Wide Web Foundation to measure and compare how countries around the world use and benefit from the web across dimensions like access, freedom, and impact.
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A.
World Wide Web
The World Wide Web is a global system of interlinked hypertext documents and resources accessed via the internet, enabling users worldwide to browse, share, and interact with information through web browsers.
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B.
Web 2.0
Web 2.0 refers to the second generation of the World Wide Web characterized by user-generated content, social media, interactivity, and collaboration on platforms such as blogs, wikis, and social networks.
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C.
the internet
The internet is a global network of interconnected computers and servers that enables worldwide communication, information sharing, and access to digital services.
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D.
HTML
HTML (HyperText Markup Language) is the standard markup language used to structure and present content on the World Wide Web.
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E.
Tumblr
Tumblr is a microblogging and social networking platform known for its highly customizable blogs, fandom communities, and viral multimedia content.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
composite index
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global index ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction | countries worldwide ⓘ |
| basedOn |
qualitative data
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quantitative data ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| developer | World Wide Web Foundation ⓘ |
| evaluates |
affordability of internet access
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economic impact of the web ⓘ freedom of expression online ⓘ online censorship ⓘ open data policies ⓘ policy environment for the web ⓘ political impact of the web ⓘ quality of infrastructure ⓘ social impact of the web ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
development studies
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information and communication technologies for development ⓘ internet governance ⓘ |
| foundedBy | World Wide Web Foundation ⓘ |
| frequencyOfPublication | annual ⓘ |
| hasGoal |
to compare web performance across countries
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to inform policy on digital development ⓘ to measure how countries use and benefit from the web ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | English ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Access sub-index
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Freedom and Openness sub-index ⓘ Impact sub-index ⓘ Relevant Content sub-index ⓘ |
| inception | 2012 ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
World Wide Web
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digital rights ⓘ information society ⓘ internet access ⓘ |
| measures |
availability of relevant content
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freedom and openness online ⓘ web access ⓘ web impact ⓘ web use ⓘ |
| publisher | World Wide Web Foundation ⓘ |
| usedBy |
civil society organizations
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media ⓘ policy makers ⓘ researchers ⓘ |
| uses |
composite indicators
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country-level data ⓘ expert assessments ⓘ user statistics ⓘ |
| website | http://thewebindex.org ⓘ |
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 Index Description of subject: The Web Index is a composite index developed by the World Wide Web Foundation to measure and compare how countries around the world use and benefit from the web across dimensions like access, freedom, and impact.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.