LaTeX

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document preparation system markup language typesetting system

LaTeX is a widely used, high-quality typesetting system particularly popular in academia for producing technical and scientific documents with precise control over layout and mathematical notation.

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All labels observed (10)

Label	Occurrences
LaTeX canonical	67
LaTeX2e	5
LaTeX document preparation system	2
LaTeX typesetting system	2
"LaTeX: A Document Preparation System"	1
LaTeX (original defaults)	1
LaTeX Project	1
LaTeX format	1
LaTeX kernel	1
LaTeX2e format	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T477710 — 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: LaTeX
Context triple: [GNU Emacs, supportsLanguage, LaTeX]

A. PostScript
PostScript is a page description and programming language widely used in desktop publishing and printing to precisely define the layout and appearance of text and graphics.
B. DocBook
DocBook is a semantic markup language, originally based on SGML and now commonly used in XML form, designed for authoring and publishing technical documentation and books in a platform-independent way.
C. MathML
MathML is an XML-based markup language designed to represent and structure mathematical notation for display and processing on the web.
D. DSSSL
DSSSL (Document Style Semantics and Specification Language) is an ISO standard language used to define stylesheets and transformations for SGML documents, particularly in technical publishing.
E. Word
Word is Microsoft’s widely used word processing application for creating, editing, and formatting text documents.
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: LaTeX
Target entity description: LaTeX is a widely used, high-quality typesetting system particularly popular in academia for producing technical and scientific documents with precise control over layout and mathematical notation.

A. PostScript
PostScript is a page description and programming language widely used in desktop publishing and printing to precisely define the layout and appearance of text and graphics.
B. DocBook
DocBook is a semantic markup language, originally based on SGML and now commonly used in XML form, designed for authoring and publishing technical documentation and books in a platform-independent way.
C. MathML
MathML is an XML-based markup language designed to represent and structure mathematical notation for display and processing on the web.
D. DSSSL
DSSSL (Document Style Semantics and Specification Language) is an ISO standard language used to define stylesheets and transformations for SGML documents, particularly in technical publishing.
E. Word
Word is Microsoft’s widely used word processing application for creating, editing, and formatting text documents.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (90)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	document preparation system ⓘ markup language ⓘ typesetting system ⓘ
basedOn	TeX ⓘ linked to: TeX typesetting system
canUseEngine	LuaTeX ⓘ XeTeX ⓘ e-TeX ⓘ pTeX ⓘ upTeX ⓘ
creator	Leslie Lamport ⓘ
defaultEngine	pdfTeX ⓘ
developedFrom	plain TeX ⓘ linked to: TeX typesetting system
documentation	LaTeX Companion ⓘ LaTeX User’s Guide and Reference Manual ⓘ
fileExtension	.tex ⓘ
hasDistribution	MacTeX ⓘ MiKTeX ⓘ TeX Live ⓘ
hasDocumentClass	article ⓘ beamer ⓘ book ⓘ letter ⓘ report ⓘ
hasEditor	AUCTeX ⓘ linked to: GNU Emacs Kile ⓘ LyX ⓘ Overleaf ⓘ TeXstudio ⓘ TeXworks ⓘ WinEdt ⓘ
hasFeature	automatic numbering of equations ⓘ automatic numbering of figures ⓘ automatic numbering of sections ⓘ automatic numbering of tables ⓘ custom document classes ⓘ custom packages ⓘ macro definitions ⓘ style separation from content ⓘ
hasLogo	stylized LaTeX wordmark ⓘ
hasPackage	amsmath ⓘ amssymb ⓘ biblatex ⓘ geometry ⓘ graphicx ⓘ hyperref ⓘ natbib ⓘ pgfplots ⓘ siunitx ⓘ tikz ⓘ
hasPackageSystem	LaTeX packages ⓘ
hasVersion	LaTeX2e ⓘ linked to: LaTeX LaTeX3 ⓘ
initialReleaseYear	1984 ⓘ
inputEncoding	UTF-8 ⓘ
isCrossPlatform	true ⓘ
isFreeSoftware	true ⓘ
license	LaTeX Project Public License ⓘ
maintainedBy	LaTeX Project ⓘ linked to: LaTeX
popularIn	computer science ⓘ economics ⓘ engineering ⓘ linguistics ⓘ mathematics ⓘ physics ⓘ
primaryDomain	academic publishing ⓘ scientific publishing ⓘ technical documentation ⓘ
programmingLanguage	TeX macro language ⓘ
supports	DVI output ⓘ PDF output ⓘ PostScript output ⓘ bibliographies ⓘ cross-references ⓘ figures ⓘ floats ⓘ glossaries ⓘ indexes ⓘ mathematical typesetting ⓘ multi-language documents ⓘ tables ⓘ
typicalOutputExtension	.dvi ⓘ .pdf ⓘ .ps ⓘ
usedFor	books ⓘ presentations ⓘ research papers ⓘ technical reports ⓘ theses ⓘ
website	https://www.latex-project.org/ ⓘ
writtenIn	plain text ⓘ

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Referenced by (82)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

GNU Emacs → supportsLanguage → LaTeX ⓘ

Leslie Lamport → knownFor → LaTeX document preparation system ⓘ

linked to: LaTeX

Leslie Lamport → developed → LaTeX ⓘ

Leslie Lamport → coCreated → LaTeX document preparation system ⓘ

linked to: LaTeX

Leslie Lamport → notableWork → "LaTeX: A Document Preparation System" ⓘ

linked to: LaTeX

INSPIRE-HEP → supportsFormat → LaTeX ⓘ

DocBook → relatedTo → LaTeX ⓘ

TeX → influenced → LaTeX ⓘ

subject linked to: TeX typesetting system

TeX → relatedTo → LaTeX ⓘ

subject linked to: TeX typesetting system

LaTeX → maintainedBy → LaTeX Project ⓘ

linked to: LaTeX

LaTeX → hasVersion → LaTeX2e ⓘ

linked to: LaTeX

BibTeX → usedWith → LaTeX ⓘ

Oren Patashnik → associatedWith → LaTeX ⓘ

Markdown → conversionTarget → LaTeX ⓘ

reStructuredText → outputFormats → LaTeX ⓘ

XeTeX → compatibleWith → LaTeX ⓘ

SILE → inspiredBy → LaTeX ⓘ

SILE → comparedTo → LaTeX ⓘ

TeX Live → supports → LaTeX ⓘ

MacTeX → supports → LaTeX ⓘ

LaTeX Project Public License → usedBy → LaTeX2e ⓘ

linked to: LaTeX

LaTeX3 → developedFor → LaTeX ⓘ

pdfTeX → compatibleWith → LaTeX ⓘ

LuaTeX → usedWith → LaTeX ⓘ

pTeX → compatibleWith → LaTeX ⓘ

MiKTeX → supports → LaTeX ⓘ

MiKTeX → distributionOf → LaTeX typesetting system ⓘ

linked to: LaTeX

TeXstudio → supports → LaTeX ⓘ

TeXworks → supportsFormat → LaTeX ⓘ

Overleaf → supportsLanguage → LaTeX ⓘ

LyX → supports → LaTeX ⓘ

Kile → supports → LaTeX ⓘ

WinEdt → supportsLanguage → LaTeX ⓘ

Beamer → compatibleWith → LaTeX ⓘ

subject linked to: beamer

pgfplots → integratesWith → LaTeX ⓘ

siunitx → primaryLanguage → LaTeX ⓘ

The LaTeX Companion → mainSubject → LaTeX ⓘ

subject linked to: LaTeX Companion

LaTeX User’s Guide and Reference Manual → subject → LaTeX ⓘ

Sphinx → supportsOutputFormat → LaTeX ⓘ

Sweave → supportsMarkupLanguage → LaTeX ⓘ

RKWard → supportsExportFormat → LaTeX ⓘ

knitr → supportsFormat → LaTeX ⓘ

PK → usedIn → LaTeX ⓘ

METAPOST → canBeIntegratedWith → LaTeX ⓘ

Computer Modern → usedBy → LaTeX ⓘ

Computer Modern → defaultFontOf → LaTeX (original defaults) ⓘ

linked to: LaTeX

noweb → canBeUsedWith → LaTeX ⓘ

plain TeX → contrastWith → LaTeX ⓘ

BibLaTeX → writtenIn → LaTeX ⓘ

BibLaTeX → designedFor → LaTeX ⓘ

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