URL and Location APIs
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URL and Location APIs are web platform interfaces that enable parsing, constructing, and manipulating URLs and their query parameters within browser and server-side JavaScript environments.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| URL and Location APIs canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10287463 — 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: URL and Location APIs Context triple: [URLSearchParams, category, URL and Location APIs]
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A.
Geolocation API
Geolocation API is a Google Maps web service that determines a device’s approximate location using nearby cell towers, Wi-Fi nodes, and other network-based signals instead of GPS.
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B.
Uri
Uri is a historic Swiss canton in central Switzerland, known as one of the founding members of the Swiss Confederation.
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C.
GeoURL
GeoURL is a location-based web directory and geotagging service that allowed websites and blogs to be indexed and discovered based on their geographic coordinates, created by Joshua Schachter.
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D.
Directions API
Directions API is a Google Maps web service that provides route planning, turn-by-turn directions, and travel time estimates between locations for various modes of transportation.
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E.
Core Location
Core Location is an Apple framework that provides location and heading services to apps, enabling them to determine a device’s geographic position and related location data.
- 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: URL and Location APIs Target entity description: URL and Location APIs are web platform interfaces that enable parsing, constructing, and manipulating URLs and their query parameters within browser and server-side JavaScript environments.
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A.
Geolocation API
Geolocation API is a Google Maps web service that determines a device’s approximate location using nearby cell towers, Wi-Fi nodes, and other network-based signals instead of GPS.
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B.
Uri
Uri is a historic Swiss canton in central Switzerland, known as one of the founding members of the Swiss Confederation.
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C.
GeoURL
GeoURL is a location-based web directory and geotagging service that allowed websites and blogs to be indexed and discovered based on their geographic coordinates, created by Joshua Schachter.
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D.
Directions API
Directions API is a Google Maps web service that provides route planning, turn-by-turn directions, and travel time estimates between locations for various modes of transportation.
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E.
Core Location
Core Location is an Apple framework that provides location and heading services to apps, enabling them to determine a device’s geographic position and related location data.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Web API feature set
ⓘ
web platform interface collection ⓘ |
| definedBy |
HTML Standard
ⓘ
linked to:
HTML Living Standard
WHATWG URL Standard ⓘ
linked to:
URL Standard
|
| enables |
URL construction
ⓘ
URL manipulation ⓘ URL parsing ⓘ query parameter manipulation ⓘ |
| exposedIn |
Window interface
ⓘ
WorkerGlobalScope interface ⓘ
linked to:
WorkerGlobalScope
|
| hasFeature |
Location assign method
ⓘ
Location href property ⓘ Location reload method ⓘ Location replace method ⓘ URLSearchParams append method ⓘ URLSearchParams delete method ⓘ URLSearchParams get method ⓘ URLSearchParams has method ⓘ URLSearchParams iteration ⓘ URLSearchParams set method ⓘ hash property access ⓘ hostname property access ⓘ origin property access ⓘ pathname property access ⓘ port property access ⓘ protocol property access ⓘ search property access ⓘ searchParams accessor ⓘ toString serialization ⓘ |
| includes |
Location interface
ⓘ
URL interface ⓘ URLSearchParams interface ⓘ |
| partOf |
Web Platform APIs
ⓘ
linked to:
Open Web Platform
|
| relatedTo |
Fetch API
ⓘ
History API ⓘ Service Workers ⓘ |
| supportsLanguage | JavaScript ⓘ |
| supportsOperation |
decoding query parameters
ⓘ
encoding query parameters ⓘ getting URL components ⓘ navigating browsing context ⓘ resolving relative URLs ⓘ serializing URLs ⓘ setting URL components ⓘ |
| usedFor |
building HTTP request URLs
ⓘ
client-side routing ⓘ deep linking ⓘ manipulating browser address bar URL ⓘ stateful URLs ⓘ |
| usedIn |
browser environments
ⓘ
server-side JavaScript environments ⓘ |
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: URL and Location APIs Description of subject: URL and Location APIs are web platform interfaces that enable parsing, constructing, and manipulating URLs and their query parameters within browser and server-side JavaScript environments.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
URLSearchParams interface