Internet Routing Registry (IRR)
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The Internet Routing Registry (IRR) is a globally distributed database system used by network operators to register and validate routing policies and IP address announcements for more secure and reliable Internet routing.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Internet Routing Registry (IRR) canonical | 1 |
| RPSL | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1907832 — 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: Internet Routing Registry (IRR) Context triple: [ARIN, offersService, Internet Routing Registry (IRR)]
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A.
RIPE Database
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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B.
RIPEstat
RIPEstat is an online data platform that provides comprehensive information and visualizations about Internet number resources such as IP addresses, prefixes, and ASNs.
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C.
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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D.
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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E.
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.
- 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: Internet Routing Registry (IRR) Target entity description: The Internet Routing Registry (IRR) is a globally distributed database system used by network operators to register and validate routing policies and IP address announcements for more secure and reliable Internet routing.
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A.
RIPE Database
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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B.
RIPEstat
RIPEstat is an online data platform that provides comprehensive information and visualizations about Internet number resources such as IP addresses, prefixes, and ASNs.
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C.
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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D.
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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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Internet infrastructure database
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routing registry system ⓘ |
| abbreviation | IRR ⓘ |
| dataConsumer |
Internet exchange point operators
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network route servers ⓘ transit providers ⓘ |
| dataType |
IP prefix objects
ⓘ
autonomous system objects ⓘ maintainer objects ⓘ routing policy objects ⓘ |
| enables |
automated generation of router filters
ⓘ
validation of routing announcements against registered policy ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
globally distributed
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public database system ⓘ |
| hasComponent | multiple IRR database instances ⓘ |
| hasGoal |
facilitate routing policy coordination
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mitigate accidental route leaks ⓘ reduce routing misconfigurations ⓘ support prefix-based access control lists ⓘ support route filtering ⓘ |
| hasProperty |
federated database model
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not a single centralized database ⓘ |
| hasPurpose |
improve reliability of Internet routing
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improve security of Internet routing ⓘ register IP address announcements ⓘ register routing policies ⓘ |
| implementedBy |
independent IRR operators
ⓘ
multiple registry operators ⓘ regional Internet registries ⓘ some national Internet registries ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
BGP routing security
ⓘ
BGP ⓘ
surface form:
Border Gateway Protocol
RPKI-based route origin validation ⓘ Resource Public Key Infrastructure ⓘ |
| securityRole | helps detect invalid or suspicious BGP announcements ⓘ |
| supports |
IP prefix registration
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Internet Routing Registry (IRR) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
RPSL
aut-num object creation ⓘ autonomous system (AS) registration ⓘ mntner object creation ⓘ route object creation ⓘ route6 object creation ⓘ routing policy specification ⓘ |
| timePeriod | has been in use since the 1990s ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Internet service providers
ⓘ
academic network operators ⓘ enterprise network operators ⓘ network operators ⓘ |
| usesLanguage | Routing Policy Specification Language ⓘ |
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: Internet Routing Registry (IRR) Description of subject: The Internet Routing Registry (IRR) is a globally distributed database system used by network operators to register and validate routing policies and IP address announcements for more secure and reliable Internet routing.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Internet Routing Registry (IRR)
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supports
→
Internet Routing Registry (IRR)
self-linksurface differs
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subject surface form:
Internet Routing Registry
this entity surface form:
RPSL