Fossil SCM
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bug tracking system
distributed version control system
software configuration management system
wiki engine
Fossil SCM is a distributed software configuration management system that integrates version control, bug tracking, and a wiki into a single self-contained platform.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Fossil SCM canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8060407 — 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: Fossil SCM Context triple: [D. Richard Hipp, notableProject, Fossil SCM]
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A.
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.
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B.
Concurrent Versions System
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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C.
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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D.
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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E.
CollabNet
CollabNet is a software development and DevOps company best known for creating and stewarding the Subversion (SVN) version control system.
- 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: Fossil SCM Target entity description: Fossil SCM is a distributed software configuration management system that integrates version control, bug tracking, and a wiki into a single self-contained platform.
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A.
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.
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B.
Concurrent Versions System
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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C.
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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D.
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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E.
CollabNet
CollabNet is a software development and DevOps company best known for creating and stewarding the Subversion (SVN) version control system.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (68)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bug tracking system
ⓘ
distributed version control system ⓘ software configuration management system ⓘ wiki engine ⓘ |
| comparedTo |
Git
ⓘ
Mercurial ⓘ Monotone ⓘ |
| designGoal |
durability
ⓘ
easy setup ⓘ minimal external dependencies ⓘ self-contained repository ⓘ simplicity ⓘ |
| developer |
D. Richard Hipp
ⓘ
SQLite development team ⓘ
linked to:
SQLite
|
| hasComponent |
forum module
ⓘ
ticketing module ⓘ version control module ⓘ web UI ⓘ wiki module ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
CGI deployment mode
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RSS feeds ⓘ access control ⓘ autosync mechanism ⓘ built-in web server ⓘ embedded documentation ⓘ file attachment support ⓘ forum module ⓘ integrated bug tracker ⓘ integrated web UI ⓘ integrated wiki ⓘ self-contained single executable ⓘ standalone HTTP server mode ⓘ synchronization over HTTP ⓘ synchronization over HTTPS ⓘ technote documents ⓘ timeline view ⓘ user authentication ⓘ |
| license |
BSD-style license
ⓘ
linked to:
BSD license
permissive free software license ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
Linux
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Unix-like systems ⓘ Windows ⓘ cross-platform ⓘ macOS ⓘ |
| programmingLanguage | C ⓘ |
| releaseModel | rolling release ⓘ |
| repositoryFormat | single SQLite file ⓘ |
| sourceModel | open source ⓘ |
| supports |
CGI interface
ⓘ
branching ⓘ bug tracking ⓘ command-line interface ⓘ distributed version control ⓘ file versioning ⓘ forum ⓘ merging ⓘ standalone HTTP service ⓘ tags ⓘ technotes ⓘ tickets ⓘ web interface ⓘ wiki ⓘ |
| usedBy |
SQLite project
ⓘ
linked to:
SQLite
|
| usedFor |
project management
ⓘ
software development ⓘ source code management ⓘ |
| uses | SQLite database ⓘ |
| website | https://www.fossil-scm.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: Fossil SCM Description of subject: Fossil SCM is a distributed software configuration management system that integrates version control, bug tracking, and a wiki into a single self-contained platform.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.