RFC 4271
E184128
RFC 4271 is the core Internet standards document that specifies the Border Gateway Protocol version 4 (BGP-4), which governs inter-domain routing between autonomous systems.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| RFC 4271 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1631898 — 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: RFC 4271 Context triple: [BGP, definedIn, RFC 4271]
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A.
RFC 3410
RFC 3410 is an informational RFC that provides an overview, framework, and goals for the Simple Network Management Protocol version 3 (SNMPv3) and its related specifications.
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B.
RFC 8200
RFC 8200 is the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) standard that specifies the core protocol architecture and operation of Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6).
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C.
RFC 3418
RFC 3418 is an Internet standard that specifies the Management Information Base (MIB) for the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), defining core managed objects used for network monitoring and control.
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D.
RFC 3415
RFC 3415 is an Internet standard that specifies the View-based Access Control Model (VACM) for the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), defining how access to management information is controlled.
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E.
RFC 3416
RFC 3416 is an Internet standard that specifies the protocol operations for the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), defining how management data is exchanged between network devices and management systems.
- 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: RFC 4271 Target entity description: RFC 4271 is the core Internet standards document that specifies the Border Gateway Protocol version 4 (BGP-4), which governs inter-domain routing between autonomous systems.
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A.
RFC 3410
RFC 3410 is an informational RFC that provides an overview, framework, and goals for the Simple Network Management Protocol version 3 (SNMPv3) and its related specifications.
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B.
RFC 8200
RFC 8200 is the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) standard that specifies the core protocol architecture and operation of Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6).
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C.
RFC 3418
RFC 3418 is an Internet standard that specifies the Management Information Base (MIB) for the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), defining core managed objects used for network monitoring and control.
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D.
RFC 3415
RFC 3415 is an Internet standard that specifies the View-based Access Control Model (VACM) for the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), defining how access to management information is controlled.
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E.
RFC 3416
RFC 3416 is an Internet standard that specifies the protocol operations for the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), defining how management data is exchanged between network devices and management systems.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
BGP specification
ⓘ
Internet standard ⓘ Request for Comments ⓘ |
| abbreviation |
BGP
ⓘ
surface form:
BGP-4
|
| appliesTo | IPv4 unicast routing ⓘ |
| area |
Internet routing
ⓘ
inter-domain routing ⓘ |
| category | Standards Track ⓘ |
| defines |
AS_PATH attribute
ⓘ
BGP KEEPALIVE message ⓘ BGP ⓘ
surface form:
BGP NOTIFICATION message
BGP OPEN message ⓘ BGP UPDATE message ⓘ BGP capability negotiation ⓘ BGP error handling ⓘ BGP finite state machine ⓘ BGP message formats ⓘ BGP path attributes ⓘ BGP peering relationships ⓘ BGP route advertisement ⓘ BGP route selection rules ⓘ BGP route withdrawal ⓘ BGP session establishment procedures ⓘ BGP timers ⓘ LOCAL_PREF attribute ⓘ MULTI_EXIT_DISC attribute ⓘ NEXT_HOP attribute ⓘ ORIGIN attribute ⓘ |
| governs |
inter-domain routing
ⓘ
routing between autonomous systems ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| obsoletes | RFC 1771 ⓘ |
| protocolName |
BGP
ⓘ
surface form:
Border Gateway Protocol
|
| protocolType |
inter-domain routing protocol
ⓘ
path-vector routing protocol ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
autonomous system numbers
ⓘ
global Internet routing table ⓘ |
| specifies |
BGP
ⓘ
surface form:
Border Gateway Protocol version 4
|
| standardsBody |
Internet Engineering Task Force
ⓘ
surface form:
IETF
|
| status | Internet Standard ⓘ |
| title |
BGP
ⓘ
surface form:
A Border Gateway Protocol 4 (BGP-4)
|
| usedBy | autonomous systems on the Internet ⓘ |
| usedFor | policy-based routing between autonomous systems ⓘ |
| version | 4 ⓘ |
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: RFC 4271 Description of subject: RFC 4271 is the core Internet standards document that specifies the Border Gateway Protocol version 4 (BGP-4), which governs inter-domain routing between autonomous systems.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.