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entity disambiguation

Distinguishing your entity from others sharing a name.

What entity disambiguation does not show

A shared name with no distinguishing identifier is the ordinary case for local businesses, not an edge case.

Related terms in Entities and schema

Declaring who you are in a form a resolver can use without guessing.

invented value · signed business record · listing audit · listing supplier · fix receipt · structured data · JSON-LD · stable @id · entity collision · reciprocated sameAs · sameAs · knowledge graph · entity resolution · Wikidata · NAP · local citation · Organization schema · LocalBusiness · FAQPage · structured data validation · @context · agentic knowledge graph · microformats (h-card) · RDF · triple · dangling @id · RDFa and Microdata · founder edge · foundingDate · knowsAbout · unreciprocated profile · entity graph · DefinedTerm · Person schema · named entity recognition · NAP consistency · name drift · geocoding · rival roots · speakable · FAQPage schema · OpeningHoursSpecification · service area

Questions about entity disambiguation

What is entity disambiguation?

Distinguishing your entity from others sharing a name.

What does entity disambiguation not show or guarantee?

A shared name with no distinguishing identifier is the ordinary case for local businesses, not an edge case.

Which area of the glossary does entity disambiguation belong to?

Entities and schema: Declaring who you are in a form a resolver can use without guessing.

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