APNIC
E37471
APNIC is the Regional Internet Registry responsible for allocating and managing IP address resources in the Asia-Pacific region.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| APNIC canonical | 13 |
| APNIC Conference | 1 |
| APNIC Whois | 1 |
| Asia Pacific Network Information Centre | 1 |
| Asia-Pacific Network Information Centre | 1 |
| Regional Internet Registry for the Asia-Pacific region | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T287506 — 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: APNIC Context triple: [Address Supporting Organization, coordinatesWith, APNIC]
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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.
Council of Regional Organisations in the Pacific
The Council of Regional Organisations in the Pacific is a coordinating body that brings together key intergovernmental agencies in the Pacific region to enhance cooperation and regional integration.
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C.
AP-S
AP-S is the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society, a leading professional organization focused on the theory, design, and application of antennas and the propagation of electromagnetic waves.
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D.
Asia-Pacific
Asia-Pacific is a vast geopolitical and economic region encompassing East Asia, Southeast Asia, Oceania, and surrounding Pacific areas, known for its dynamic economies and strategic global importance.
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E.
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific is a UN regional body that promotes inclusive and sustainable economic and social development across the Asia-Pacific region through research, policy advice, and intergovernmental cooperation.
- 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: APNIC Target entity description: APNIC is the Regional Internet Registry responsible for allocating and managing IP address resources in the Asia-Pacific region.
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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.
Council of Regional Organisations in the Pacific
The Council of Regional Organisations in the Pacific is a coordinating body that brings together key intergovernmental agencies in the Pacific region to enhance cooperation and regional integration.
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C.
AP-S
AP-S is the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society, a leading professional organization focused on the theory, design, and application of antennas and the propagation of electromagnetic waves.
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D.
Asia-Pacific
Asia-Pacific is a vast geopolitical and economic region encompassing East Asia, Southeast Asia, Oceania, and surrounding Pacific areas, known for its dynamic economies and strategic global importance.
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E.
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific is a UN regional body that promotes inclusive and sustainable economic and social development across the Asia-Pacific region through research, policy advice, and intergovernmental cooperation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Non-profit organization
ⓘ
Regional Internet Registry ⓘ |
| abbreviation | APNIC ⓘ |
| cooperatesWith |
AFRINIC
ⓘ
ARIN ⓘ LACNIC ⓘ RIPE NCC ⓘ |
| countryServed |
Australia
ⓘ
Bangladesh ⓘ China ⓘ Fiji ⓘ India ⓘ Indonesia ⓘ Japan ⓘ Malaysia ⓘ New Zealand ⓘ Pacific Island economies ⓘ Pakistan ⓘ Papua New Guinea ⓘ Philippines ⓘ Singapore ⓘ South Korea ⓘ Sri Lanka ⓘ Thailand ⓘ Vietnam ⓘ
linked to:
Viet Nam
|
| founded | 1993 ⓘ |
| foundedAs | APNIC project ⓘ |
| fullName |
Asia Pacific Network Information Centre
ⓘ
linked to:
APNIC
|
| governance | member-based ⓘ |
| hasMeeting |
APNIC Conference
ⓘ
linked to:
APNIC
|
| headquartersCountry | Australia ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Brisbane ⓘ |
| incorporated | 1998 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalForm | not-for-profit membership organization ⓘ |
| memberOf | Number Resource Organization ⓘ |
| partOf | Number Resource Organization ⓘ |
| provides |
WHOIS database services
ⓘ
resource certification services ⓘ training and education on Internet number resource management ⓘ |
| regionServed | Asia-Pacific ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
Internet number resource distribution in Asia-Pacific
ⓘ
allocation of IP address space ⓘ management of Autonomous System Numbers ⓘ management of IP address resources ⓘ policy development facilitation ⓘ registration of IP address allocations ⓘ reverse DNS delegations ⓘ |
| role |
Regional Internet Registry for the Asia-Pacific region
ⓘ
linked to:
APNIC
|
| supports |
Internet community capacity building in Asia-Pacific
ⓘ
development of Internet infrastructure in Asia-Pacific ⓘ |
| website | https://www.apnic.net/ ⓘ |
| worksWith |
Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
ⓘ
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ⓘ |
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: APNIC Description of subject: APNIC is the Regional Internet Registry responsible for allocating and managing IP address resources in the Asia-Pacific region.
Referenced by (18)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: APNIC
linked to: APNIC
linked to: APNIC