Knowledge graph
Entity
An entity is a real-world actor in the graph - an organization or person - that tools can be linked to, such as the company that maintains a repo.
An entity is a distinct real-world thing the graph tracks beyond individual tools - typically an organization or a person. Linking tools to entities lets you see everything one company backs, or which projects an author maintains.
Entity resolution (matching a repo owner to a canonical entity) is what prevents "OpenAI", "openai", and "OpenAI, Inc." from being treated as three different things.
In GraphCanon
GraphCanon keeps an entity registry and links tools to the organizations behind them, so you can browse an entity hub and see its whole footprint in the graph.
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Last reviewed 2026-07-09