VAPID (Voluntary Application Server Identification for Web Push)

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application server identification mechanism web push authentication mechanism

VAPID (Voluntary Application Server Identification for Web Push) is a mechanism that lets web push application servers identify themselves to push services using signed JSON Web Tokens, enabling authenticated and more controlled push messaging.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Voluntary Application Server Identification for Web Push	2
VAPID (Voluntary Application Server Identification for Web Push) canonical	1
Web Push protocol	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10329404 — 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: VAPID (Voluntary Application Server Identification for Web Push)
Context triple: [Push API, typicallyUsedWith, VAPID (Voluntary Application Server Identification for Web Push)]

A. VAST
VAST (Video Ad Serving Template) is an industry-standard XML-based specification that defines how video ads are served and tracked across different video players and ad servers.
B. PWA
The Public Works Administration (PWA) was a New Deal U.S. government agency created in 1933 to stimulate economic recovery through large-scale public construction projects such as dams, bridges, schools, and hospitals.
C. PWA
PWA was the ICAO airline designator for Pacific Western Airlines, a former Canadian regional and domestic carrier that later became part of Canadian Airlines.
D. VPAID
VPAID (Video Player-Ad Interface Definition) is an IAB standard that defines a common interface between video players and ad units to enable interactive and trackable video advertising.
E. IAB Tech Lab
IAB Tech Lab is a global industry body that develops technical standards and solutions to support and improve digital advertising.
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: VAPID (Voluntary Application Server Identification for Web Push)
Target entity description: VAPID (Voluntary Application Server Identification for Web Push) is a mechanism that lets web push application servers identify themselves to push services using signed JSON Web Tokens, enabling authenticated and more controlled push messaging.

A. VAST
VAST (Video Ad Serving Template) is an industry-standard XML-based specification that defines how video ads are served and tracked across different video players and ad servers.
B. PWA
The Public Works Administration (PWA) was a New Deal U.S. government agency created in 1933 to stimulate economic recovery through large-scale public construction projects such as dams, bridges, schools, and hospitals.
C. PWA
PWA was the ICAO airline designator for Pacific Western Airlines, a former Canadian regional and domestic carrier that later became part of Canadian Airlines.
D. VPAID
VPAID (Video Player-Ad Interface Definition) is an IAB standard that defines a common interface between video players and ad units to enable interactive and trackable video advertising.
E. IAB Tech Lab
IAB Tech Lab is a global industry body that develops technical standards and solutions to support and improve digital advertising.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	application server identification mechanism ⓘ web push authentication mechanism ⓘ
abbreviationFor	Voluntary Application Server Identification for Web Push ⓘ linked to: VAPID (Voluntary Application Server Identification for Web Push)
appliesTo	Web Push protocol ⓘ linked to: VAPID (Voluntary Application Server Identification for Web Push)
benefits	better management of push traffic by push services ⓘ improved accountability of push senders ⓘ simplified authentication compared to per-subscription credentials ⓘ
category	authentication protocol ⓘ web push standard ⓘ web security mechanism ⓘ
complements	Web Push message encryption (RFC 8291) ⓘ
definedIn	RFC 8292 ⓘ
doesNotProvide	end-to-end content encryption ⓘ
enables	abuse detection by push services ⓘ access control by push services ⓘ contact information inclusion in push requests ⓘ rate limiting per application server ⓘ sender authentication for push messages ⓘ voluntary identification of application servers to push services ⓘ
fullName	Voluntary Application Server Identification for Web Push ⓘ linked to: VAPID (Voluntary Application Server Identification for Web Push)
headerTransport	Authorization HTTP header ⓘ Crypto-Key HTTP header ⓘ
isVoluntary	true ⓘ
keyType	EC P-256 public key ⓘ
protocolLayer	application layer ⓘ
relatedTo	HTTP Web Push protocol ⓘ JSON Web Token ⓘ linked to: JSON Web Tokens (JWT) Public Key Infrastructure ⓘ Push API ⓘ Web Push API ⓘ linked to: Push API
requires	application server key pair generation ⓘ push service support for VAPID ⓘ
scope	communication between application server and push service ⓘ
securityProperty	integrity of identification data ⓘ server authentication ⓘ
standardizedBy	IETF ⓘ linked to: Internet Engineering Task Force
tokenAudience	push service origin ⓘ
tokenClaim	audience (aud) ⓘ expiration time (exp) ⓘ subject (sub) ⓘ
tokenType	signed JWT ⓘ
usedFor	authenticating web push application servers ⓘ authorizing push message sending ⓘ controlling web push messaging ⓘ identifying web push application servers ⓘ
uses	ES256 signature algorithm ⓘ JSON Web Token ⓘ linked to: JSON Web Tokens (JWT) elliptic curve keys ⓘ public key cryptography ⓘ