VMAP
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VMAP (Video Multiple Ad Playlist) is an IAB standard XML format that defines how and when video ads should be inserted into video content.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| VMAP canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T712886 — 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: VMAP Context triple: [Google Ad Manager, supportsStandard, VMAP]
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A.
Mapai
Mapai was a dominant left-wing labor Zionist political party in pre-state and early Israel that played a central role in founding and governing the country.
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B.
Mapah
Mapah is Rabbi Moses Isserles’s glosses on the Shulchan Aruch, integrating Ashkenazi customs and rulings into that foundational Jewish legal code.
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C.
MAP
MAP was the abbreviated name used for the United Kingdom’s Ministry of Aircraft Production, the World War II government department responsible for overseeing and increasing aircraft manufacturing.
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D.
Valee
Valee is an American rapper known for his laid-back flow, minimalist beats, and work with Kanye West’s G.O.O.D. Music label.
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E.
Power Map
Power Map is a 3D data visualization and geospatial mapping tool in Microsoft Power BI that lets users plot and explore data on interactive maps over time.
- 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: VMAP Target entity description: VMAP (Video Multiple Ad Playlist) is an IAB standard XML format that defines how and when video ads should be inserted into video content.
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A.
Mapai
Mapai was a dominant left-wing labor Zionist political party in pre-state and early Israel that played a central role in founding and governing the country.
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B.
Mapah
Mapah is Rabbi Moses Isserles’s glosses on the Shulchan Aruch, integrating Ashkenazi customs and rulings into that foundational Jewish legal code.
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C.
MAP
MAP was the abbreviated name used for the United Kingdom’s Ministry of Aircraft Production, the World War II government department responsible for overseeing and increasing aircraft manufacturing.
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D.
Valee
Valee is an American rapper known for his laid-back flow, minimalist beats, and work with Kanye West’s G.O.O.D. Music label.
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E.
Power Map
Power Map is a 3D data visualization and geospatial mapping tool in Microsoft Power BI that lets users plot and explore data on interactive maps over time.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
IAB standard
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XML-based ad playlist format ⓘ advertising technology standard ⓘ |
| abbreviationFor | Video Multiple Ad Playlist ⓘ |
| benefit |
enables consistent ad break definition across players and platforms
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separates content playback logic from ad scheduling logic ⓘ supports complex ad podding and break structures ⓘ |
| category |
online advertising standard
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video advertising protocol ⓘ |
| componentElement |
AdBreak
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AdSource ⓘ Extensions ⓘ TrackingEvents ⓘ |
| dataModel | XML schema for ad breaks and ad sources ⓘ |
| definedBy | Interactive Advertising Bureau ⓘ |
| domain | digital video advertising ⓘ |
| fileFormat | XML ⓘ |
| fullName | Video Multiple Ad Playlist ⓘ |
| governingBody | IAB Tech Lab ⓘ |
| industry |
online advertising
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streaming media ⓘ |
| interoperabilityWith | VAST-compliant ad servers ⓘ |
| publisher | Interactive Advertising Bureau ⓘ |
| purpose |
to communicate ad scheduling information between ad servers and video players
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to define how and when video ads are inserted into video content ⓘ to describe ad breaks in video content ⓘ |
| relatedStandard |
Digital Video Ad Serving Template
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linked to:
Video Ad Serving Template
VAST ⓘ |
| relationshipToVAST | wraps or references VAST ad responses for each ad break ⓘ |
| scope | describes ad breaks for a single piece of video content ⓘ |
| standardType |
ad playlist specification
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video ad scheduling specification ⓘ |
| status | widely adopted in the digital video advertising industry ⓘ |
| supports |
mid-roll ad breaks
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multiple ad breaks in a single video asset ⓘ position-based ad breaks ⓘ post-roll ad breaks ⓘ pre-roll ad breaks ⓘ time-offset based ad breaks ⓘ |
| usedBy |
OTT platforms
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ad servers ⓘ connected TV applications ⓘ publishers of long-form video content ⓘ video players ⓘ |
| usedFor |
client-side ad insertion
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defining ad breaks in long-form video ⓘ server-side ad insertion ⓘ video ad insertion ⓘ |
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: VMAP Description of subject: VMAP (Video Multiple Ad Playlist) is an IAB standard XML format that defines how and when video ads should be inserted into video content.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.