Local Internet Registry
E192700
A Local Internet Registry is an organization, typically an Internet service provider or large enterprise, that receives blocks of IP address space and related resources from a regional internet registry to allocate or assign to its own customers or infrastructure.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Local Internet Registry canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1712715 — 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: Local Internet Registry Context triple: [RIPE NCC, hasMemberType, Local Internet Registry]
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A.
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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B.
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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C.
Regional At-Large Organizations
Regional At-Large Organizations are geographically based groups within ICANN’s At-Large community that coordinate and represent the interests of individual Internet users from their respective regions.
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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.
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is a nonprofit organization that coordinates the global domain name system and IP address allocation to ensure the stable and secure operation of the internet.
- 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: Local Internet Registry Target entity description: A Local Internet Registry is an organization, typically an Internet service provider or large enterprise, that receives blocks of IP address space and related resources from a regional internet registry to allocate or assign to its own customers or infrastructure.
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A.
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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B.
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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C.
Regional At-Large Organizations
Regional At-Large Organizations are geographically based groups within ICANN’s At-Large community that coordinate and represent the interests of individual Internet users from their respective regions.
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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.
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is a nonprofit organization that coordinates the global domain name system and IP address allocation to ensure the stable and secure operation of the internet.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Internet number resource registry
ⓘ
network organization role ⓘ |
| allocatesTo | end customers ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
LIR
ⓘ
linked to:
LIR Portal
|
| assignsTo | its own infrastructure ⓘ |
| canBeOperatedBy |
hosting provider
ⓘ
large enterprise ⓘ telecommunications operator ⓘ |
| canHold |
Autonomous System Numbers
ⓘ
IPv4 address space ⓘ IPv6 address space ⓘ |
| documentedIn | RIR policy manuals ⓘ |
| goal |
efficient distribution of IP address space
ⓘ
support of local Internet infrastructure ⓘ |
| governedBy | community-developed RIR policies ⓘ |
| identifiedBy | RIR membership or contract ⓘ |
| managedBy |
Regional Internet Registry
ⓘ
linked to:
Regional Internet Registries
|
| mayOperate |
DNS infrastructure
ⓘ
reverse DNS zones for allocated space ⓘ routing infrastructure ⓘ |
| mayProvide |
Internet connectivity services
ⓘ
cloud services ⓘ hosting services ⓘ |
| mustComplyWith |
Regional Internet Registry policies
ⓘ
address allocation policies ⓘ |
| mustMaintain |
abuse contact information
ⓘ
contact information with the RIR ⓘ |
| operatesUnder | contractual agreement with a Regional Internet Registry ⓘ |
| operatesWithin | a specific Regional Internet Registry service region ⓘ |
| partOf | global Internet number resource management system ⓘ |
| receives |
Autonomous System Numbers
ⓘ
IP address blocks ⓘ reverse DNS delegation ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Internet number resources
ⓘ
National Internet Registry ⓘ Regional Internet Registry ⓘ
linked to:
Regional Internet Registries
|
| responsibleFor |
assignment of IP addresses to customers
ⓘ
ensuring aggregation of routing information ⓘ ensuring conservation of IP address space ⓘ ensuring justified use of IP address space ⓘ maintaining accurate WHOIS information ⓘ maintaining registration data in RIR databases ⓘ sub-allocation of IP address space ⓘ |
| subjectTo |
RIR membership fees
ⓘ
RIR resource usage audits ⓘ |
| typicallyOperatedBy | Internet service provider ⓘ |
| uses |
RIR-provided resource management portals
ⓘ
RPKI for resource certification ⓘ |
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: Local Internet Registry Description of subject: A Local Internet Registry is an organization, typically an Internet service provider or large enterprise, that receives blocks of IP address space and related resources from a regional internet registry to allocate or assign to its own customers or infrastructure.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.