Concurrent Versions System
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Concurrent Versions System (CVS) is an early, widely used open-source version control system that manages changes to source code in collaborative software development.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| CVS integration framework | 1 |
| Concurrent Versions System canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7937203 — 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: Concurrent Versions System Context triple: [Subversion, predecessor, Concurrent Versions System]
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A.
Subversion
Subversion is a centralized version control system used to manage and track changes to source code and other files in software development projects.
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B.
SVN
SVN is the IATA airport code for Hunter Army Airfield, a U.S. military airfield located near Savannah, Georgia.
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C.
SVN
SVN is the three-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code assigned to Slovenia.
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D.
Perforce
Perforce is a centralized version control system widely used in game development and large-scale software projects for its performance and robust asset management.
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E.
Plastic SCM
Plastic SCM is a distributed version control system designed for large-scale and game development projects, offering advanced branching, merging, and graphical tools.
- 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: Concurrent Versions System Target entity description: Concurrent Versions System (CVS) is an early, widely used open-source version control system that manages changes to source code in collaborative software development.
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A.
Subversion
Subversion is a centralized version control system used to manage and track changes to source code and other files in software development projects.
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B.
SVN
SVN is the IATA airport code for Hunter Army Airfield, a U.S. military airfield located near Savannah, Georgia.
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C.
SVN
SVN is the three-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code assigned to Slovenia.
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D.
Perforce
Perforce is a centralized version control system widely used in game development and large-scale software projects for its performance and robust asset management.
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E.
Plastic SCM
Plastic SCM is a distributed version control system designed for large-scale and game development projects, offering advanced branching, merging, and graphical tools.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
free and open-source software
ⓘ
version control system ⓘ |
| abbreviation | CVS ⓘ |
| category | software configuration management tool ⓘ |
| designedFor | team-based development ⓘ |
| developmentStatus | largely superseded by newer systems ⓘ |
| distributionModel | source code distribution ⓘ |
| era | early widely used open-source VCS ⓘ |
| hasConcept |
branches
ⓘ
commits ⓘ modules ⓘ tags ⓘ working copy ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
change logs
ⓘ
conflict detection ⓘ history tracking ⓘ keyword expansion ⓘ watch and edit notifications ⓘ |
| hasInterface | command-line interface ⓘ |
| hasLimitation |
file-based, not changeset-based history
ⓘ
limited support for renames and moves ⓘ |
| implements | copy-modify-merge model ⓘ |
| license | GNU General Public License ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
Microsoft Windows
ⓘ
linked to:
Windows
Unix-like systems ⓘ macOS ⓘ |
| origin | derived from RCS (Revision Control System) ⓘ |
| primaryUse |
collaborative software development
ⓘ
managing changes to source code ⓘ |
| repositoryModel | centralized repository ⓘ |
| stores | file revisions ⓘ |
| supersededBy |
Git
ⓘ
Mercurial ⓘ Subversion ⓘ |
| supports |
anonymous read-only access to repositories
ⓘ
branching ⓘ client–server architecture ⓘ concurrent editing of files ⓘ merging ⓘ networked repositories ⓘ tagging ⓘ text-based source code files ⓘ |
| typicalWorkflow | checkout-edit-commit ⓘ |
| usedFor |
open-source software projects
ⓘ
proprietary software projects ⓘ |
| writtenIn | C ⓘ |
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: Concurrent Versions System Description of subject: Concurrent Versions System (CVS) is an early, widely used open-source version control system that manages changes to source code in collaborative software development.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Concurrent Versions System