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Comprehensive TeX Archive Network

Summary

Comprehensive TeX Archive Network is a software repository[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Comprehensive TeX Archive Network's instance of is recorded as software repository[3].
  • 1992 marks the founding of Comprehensive TeX Archive Network[4].
  • Comprehensive TeX Archive Network's official website is recorded as https://ctan.org[5].
  • Comprehensive TeX Archive Network's main Wikidata property is recorded as P8709[6].

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Designation and Status

Comprehensive TeX Archive Network's instance of is recorded as software repository[3].

History and Context

1992 marks the founding of Comprehensive TeX Archive Network[4].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Comprehensive TeX Archive Network include Comprehensive R Archive Network[7], a website[8] and CPAN[9], a software repository[10], founded in 1995[11].

Why It Matters

Comprehensive TeX Archive Network has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

Entities named for it include Comprehensive R Archive Network[7], a website[8] and CPAN[9], a software repository[10], founded in 1995[11].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . ctan.org. ctan.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [8] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 25d ago · Aschmidt · 2026-07-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → —
    Official website → https://ctan.org
    Main wikidata property → P8709
    Inception → +1992-00-00T00:00:00Z
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P571]]: 1992"
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