WIA
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WIA is a Microsoft Windows service and API that enables communication between the operating system and imaging hardware such as scanners and digital cameras.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| WIA canonical | 3 |
| WIA 1.0 | 1 |
| WIA 2.0 | 1 |
| WIA service | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7980583 — 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: WIA Context triple: [Windows Image Acquisition, abbreviation, WIA]
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A.
WICA
WICA is the ICAO airport code assigned to Kertajati International Airport in West Java, Indonesia.
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B.
Wa
Wa is a town in northwestern Ghana that serves as an administrative, commercial, and cultural hub for the surrounding region.
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C.
Wa
Wa is an ancient Chinese exonym historically used to refer to the people and early polities of the Japanese archipelago.
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D.
WIE
WIE is the IATA airport code for Wiesbaden Air Base, a military airfield located near Wiesbaden, Germany.
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E.
WARR
WARR is the ICAO airport code for Juanda International Airport, a major airport serving Surabaya in East Java, Indonesia.
- 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: WIA Target entity description: WIA is a Microsoft Windows service and API that enables communication between the operating system and imaging hardware such as scanners and digital cameras.
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A.
WICA
WICA is the ICAO airport code assigned to Kertajati International Airport in West Java, Indonesia.
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B.
Wa
Wa is a town in northwestern Ghana that serves as an administrative, commercial, and cultural hub for the surrounding region.
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C.
Wa
Wa is an ancient Chinese exonym historically used to refer to the people and early polities of the Japanese archipelago.
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D.
WIE
WIE is the IATA airport code for Wiesbaden Air Base, a military airfield located near Wiesbaden, Germany.
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E.
WARR
WARR is the ICAO airport code for Juanda International Airport, a major airport serving Surabaya in East Java, Indonesia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Microsoft Windows service
ⓘ
application programming interface ⓘ |
| abbreviation | WIA ⓘ |
| availableInVersion |
Windows 10
ⓘ
Windows 11 ⓘ Windows 7 ⓘ Windows 8 ⓘ Windows Vista ⓘ Windows XP ⓘ |
| category |
Windows technology
ⓘ
device communication protocol ⓘ image acquisition technology ⓘ |
| componentOf |
Windows imaging architecture
ⓘ
linked to:
Windows Image Acquisition
|
| developer | Microsoft ⓘ |
| documentationURL | https://learn.microsoft.com/windows/win32/wia/-wia-start-page ⓘ |
| exposesInterface | COM-based API ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
WIA automation layer
ⓘ
WIA device drivers ⓘ WIA service ⓘ
linked to:
WIA
|
| introducedInVersion |
Windows Me
ⓘ
linked to:
Windows ME
|
| license | proprietary software ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
Microsoft Windows
ⓘ
linked to:
Windows
|
| partOf |
Windows Driver Model ecosystem
ⓘ
linked to:
Windows Driver Model
|
| platform |
ARM
ⓘ
x64 ⓘ x86 ⓘ |
| provides |
API for image acquisition
ⓘ
device driver model for imaging hardware ⓘ standardized interface for imaging devices ⓘ |
| purpose | enable communication between Windows and imaging hardware ⓘ |
| relatedStandard | TWAIN ⓘ |
| replaced | TWAIN in many Windows scenarios ⓘ |
| runsAs | Windows service ⓘ |
| serviceName | stisvc ⓘ |
| supportsDriverModel |
WIA 1.0
ⓘ
linked to:
WIA
WIA 2.0 ⓘ
linked to:
WIA
|
| supportsFeature |
device enumeration
ⓘ
event notifications from imaging devices ⓘ image scanning ⓘ image transfer ⓘ |
| supportsHardwareType |
digital camera
ⓘ
scanner ⓘ still image device ⓘ webcam ⓘ |
| supportsProgrammingLanguage |
C#
ⓘ
linked to:
C# programming language
C++ ⓘ Visual Basic ⓘ |
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: WIA Description of subject: WIA is a Microsoft Windows service and API that enables communication between the operating system and imaging hardware such as scanners and digital cameras.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.