RIPE Database
E192696
The RIPE Database is a public registry of Internet number resources and related contact information used for managing and coordinating IP address and AS number allocations in Europe, the Middle East, and parts of Central Asia.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| RIPE Database canonical | 3 |
| RIPE Database schema | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1712703 — 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: RIPE Database Context triple: [RIPE NCC, operates, RIPE Database]
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A.
RIPE NCC
RIPE NCC is the Regional Internet Registry for Europe, the Middle East, and parts of Central Asia, responsible for allocating and registering IP address space and related Internet number resources.
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B.
ARIN
ARIN (American Registry for Internet Numbers) is a Regional Internet Registry responsible for managing and distributing IP address space and related resources in North America and parts of the Caribbean.
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C.
Regional Internet Registries
Regional Internet Registries are organizations responsible for allocating and managing IP address space and related Internet number resources within specific geographic regions.
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D.
Root Server System
The Root Server System is the globally distributed network of authoritative DNS servers that underpin the functioning and stability of the entire internet’s domain name system.
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E.
AFRINIC
AFRINIC is the Regional Internet Registry responsible for allocating and managing IP address resources across the African region.
- 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: RIPE Database Target entity description: The RIPE Database is a public registry of Internet number resources and related contact information used for managing and coordinating IP address and AS number allocations in Europe, the Middle East, and parts of Central Asia.
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A.
RIPE NCC
RIPE NCC is the Regional Internet Registry for Europe, the Middle East, and parts of Central Asia, responsible for allocating and registering IP address space and related Internet number resources.
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B.
ARIN
ARIN (American Registry for Internet Numbers) is a Regional Internet Registry responsible for managing and distributing IP address space and related resources in North America and parts of the Caribbean.
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C.
Regional Internet Registries
Regional Internet Registries are organizations responsible for allocating and managing IP address space and related Internet number resources within specific geographic regions.
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D.
Root Server System
The Root Server System is the globally distributed network of authoritative DNS servers that underpin the functioning and stability of the entire internet’s domain name system.
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E.
AFRINIC
AFRINIC is the Regional Internet Registry responsible for allocating and managing IP address resources across the African region.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Internet number resource registry
ⓘ
public database ⓘ |
| accessMethod |
REST API
ⓘ
WHOIS protocol ⓘ web interface ⓘ |
| accessPolicy | publicly accessible ⓘ |
| comparableTo |
AFRINIC
ⓘ
surface form:
AFRINIC Whois
APNIC ⓘ
surface form:
APNIC Whois
ARIN ⓘ
surface form:
ARIN Whois
LACNIC ⓘ
surface form:
LACNIC Whois
|
| contains |
Autonomous System Numbers
ⓘ
IPv4 address allocations ⓘ IPv6 address allocations ⓘ abuse contact information ⓘ contact information for resource holders ⓘ reverse DNS delegation information ⓘ routing policy information ⓘ |
| dataModel | object-based ⓘ |
| dataSource |
LIRs
ⓘ
RIPE NCC ⓘ
surface form:
RIPE NCC allocations
end-user assignments ⓘ |
| governedBy |
RIPE community
ⓘ
surface form:
RIPE community policies
|
| maintainedBy | RIPE NCC ⓘ |
| objectType |
aut-num
ⓘ
inet6num ⓘ inetnum ⓘ irt ⓘ mntner ⓘ organisation ⓘ person ⓘ role ⓘ route ⓘ route6 ⓘ |
| operatedBy | RIPE NCC ⓘ |
| policyArea |
acceptable use
ⓘ
data accuracy ⓘ privacy ⓘ |
| purpose |
coordination of Internet number resources
ⓘ
management of AS number allocations ⓘ management of IP address allocations ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Europe
ⓘ
Middle East ⓘ parts of Central Asia ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
RIPE NCC service region
ⓘ
RIPE community ⓘ RIR system ⓘ |
| standardUsed |
RIPE Database
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
RIPE Database schema
|
| supportsFunction |
abuse handling
ⓘ
incident response ⓘ network troubleshooting ⓘ research on Internet infrastructure ⓘ routing coordination ⓘ |
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: RIPE Database Description of subject: The RIPE Database is a public registry of Internet number resources and related contact information used for managing and coordinating IP address and AS number allocations in Europe, the Middle East, and parts of Central Asia.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
RIPE Database schema