WMA
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WMA is a proprietary audio compression format developed by Microsoft as part of its Windows Media framework.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Windows Media Audio | 9 |
| WMA canonical | 8 |
| WMA Lossless | 2 |
| WMA Voice | 2 |
| WMA Pro | 1 |
| WMA Standard | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7941738 — 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: WMA Context triple: [Windows Media Player, supportsFormat, WMA]
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A.
WMP
WMP is an abbreviation for Western Malayo-Polynesian, a traditional subgrouping of the Austronesian language family encompassing many languages of western Island Southeast Asia and nearby regions.
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B.
WMV
WMV (Windows Media Video) is a series of Microsoft-developed video compression formats commonly used for streaming and storing digital video on Windows platforms.
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C.
WAV
WAV is the vehicle registration code used to identify motor vehicles registered in the municipality of Wavre in Belgium.
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D.
WavPack
WavPack is a free, open-source audio compression format known for offering both lossless and hybrid (lossy+correction) encoding modes.
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E.
WMB
WMB is the National Rail station code for Wembley Central railway station in northwest London, England.
- 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: WMA Target entity description: WMA is a proprietary audio compression format developed by Microsoft as part of its Windows Media framework.
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A.
WMP
WMP is an abbreviation for Western Malayo-Polynesian, a traditional subgrouping of the Austronesian language family encompassing many languages of western Island Southeast Asia and nearby regions.
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B.
WMV
WMV (Windows Media Video) is a series of Microsoft-developed video compression formats commonly used for streaming and storing digital video on Windows platforms.
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C.
WAV
WAV is the vehicle registration code used to identify motor vehicles registered in the municipality of Wavre in Belgium.
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D.
WavPack
WavPack is a free, open-source audio compression format known for offering both lossless and hybrid (lossy+correction) encoding modes.
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E.
WMB
WMB is the National Rail station code for Wembley Central railway station in northwest London, England.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
audio file format
ⓘ
lossy audio compression format ⓘ proprietary codec ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Windows Media Video
ⓘ
linked to:
WMV
|
| audioCodecFamily |
Windows Media codecs
ⓘ
linked to:
Windows Media
|
| bitDepth | up to 24-bit (WMA Pro) ⓘ |
| competesWith |
AAC
ⓘ
MP3 ⓘ
linked to:
MPEG-1 Audio Layer III
Ogg Vorbis ⓘ
linked to:
Vorbis
|
| compressionType | lossy ⓘ |
| containerFormat | ASF ⓘ |
| developer | Microsoft ⓘ |
| DRMSystem | Windows Media DRM ⓘ |
| fileExtension |
.asf
ⓘ
.wma ⓘ |
| hasVersion |
WMA Lossless
ⓘ
linked to:
WMA
WMA Pro ⓘ
linked to:
WMA
WMA Standard ⓘ
linked to:
WMA
WMA Voice ⓘ
linked to:
WMA
|
| introducedBy |
Windows Media Player 7
ⓘ
linked to:
Windows Media Player
|
| introducedIn | late 1990s ⓘ |
| license | proprietary ⓘ |
| losslessVariant |
WMA Lossless
ⓘ
linked to:
WMA
|
| mimeType | audio/x-ms-wma ⓘ |
| optimizedFor | low bitrate streaming ⓘ |
| owner | Microsoft ⓘ |
| partOf |
Windows Media framework
ⓘ
linked to:
Windows Media
|
| platform |
Microsoft Windows
ⓘ
linked to:
Windows
Windows Phone ⓘ Xbox ⓘ |
| samplingRate | up to 96 kHz (WMA Pro) ⓘ |
| standardizedBy | Microsoft ⓘ |
| standsFor |
Windows Media Audio
ⓘ
linked to:
WMA
|
| supports |
constant bitrate encoding
ⓘ
digital rights management ⓘ streaming audio ⓘ variable bitrate encoding ⓘ |
| supportsMetadata | ID3-like tags in ASF container ⓘ |
| usedFor |
internet radio
ⓘ
online music distribution ⓘ portable media players ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Windows Media Center
ⓘ
Windows Media Player ⓘ Xbox 360 ⓘ Zune ⓘ
linked to:
Zune music player
|
| voiceOptimizedVariant |
WMA Voice
ⓘ
linked to:
WMA
|
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: WMA Description of subject: WMA is a proprietary audio compression format developed by Microsoft as part of its Windows Media framework.
Referenced by (23)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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