Robustness principle
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The Robustness principle is a design guideline in network and software engineering that advises systems to be conservative in what they send and liberal in what they accept to maximize interoperability and resilience.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Robustness principle canonical | 1 |
| robustness principle | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5421470 — 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: Robustness principle Context triple: [Postel’s law, alsoKnownAs, Robustness principle]
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A.
KISS principle
The KISS principle is a design and problem-solving guideline that advocates keeping systems and solutions as simple as possible to improve clarity, reliability, and maintainability.
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B.
On First Principles
On First Principles is a foundational early Christian theological treatise by Origen that systematically explores doctrines such as God, creation, free will, and salvation.
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C.
The Essence of Security
"The Essence of Security" is a book by former U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara that outlines his views on national security, nuclear strategy, and defense policy during the Cold War.
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D.
Blum axioms
Blum axioms are a set of formal conditions introduced by Manuel Blum that rigorously define what constitutes a valid complexity measure in computational complexity theory.
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E.
Apollonian principle
The Apollonian principle is Nietzsche’s concept of the rational, orderly, and form-giving impulse in art and human experience, contrasted with the chaotic, ecstatic Dionysian force.
- 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: Robustness principle Target entity description: The Robustness principle is a design guideline in network and software engineering that advises systems to be conservative in what they send and liberal in what they accept to maximize interoperability and resilience.
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A.
KISS principle
The KISS principle is a design and problem-solving guideline that advocates keeping systems and solutions as simple as possible to improve clarity, reliability, and maintainability.
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B.
On First Principles
On First Principles is a foundational early Christian theological treatise by Origen that systematically explores doctrines such as God, creation, free will, and salvation.
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C.
The Essence of Security
"The Essence of Security" is a book by former U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara that outlines his views on national security, nuclear strategy, and defense policy during the Cold War.
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D.
Blum axioms
Blum axioms are a set of formal conditions introduced by Manuel Blum that rigorously define what constitutes a valid complexity measure in computational complexity theory.
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E.
Apollonian principle
The Apollonian principle is Nietzsche’s concept of the rational, orderly, and form-giving impulse in art and human experience, contrasted with the chaotic, ecstatic Dionysian force.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
design principle
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network protocol design guideline ⓘ software engineering design guideline ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
allow interoperability despite minor specification deviations
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reduce communication failures ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Postel principle
ⓘ
linked to:
Postel’s law
Postel's law ⓘ
linked to:
Postel’s law
be conservative in what you send, be liberal in what you accept ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
APIs
ⓘ
linked to:
Web APIs
communication protocols ⓘ data format parsers ⓘ network protocols ⓘ software interfaces ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
IETF culture
ⓘ
Internet protocol suite ⓘ
linked to:
TCP/IP
TCP ⓘ
linked to:
Transmission Control Protocol
Transmission Control Protocol ⓘ |
| criticizedFor |
encouraging acceptance of invalid inputs
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increasing security risks ⓘ leading to interoperability quirks ⓘ making protocol evolution harder ⓘ |
| field |
computer networking
ⓘ
protocol design ⓘ software engineering ⓘ |
| goal |
enable backward compatibility
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enable forward compatibility ⓘ improve resilience to variations in input ⓘ increase robustness of systems ⓘ maximize interoperability ⓘ |
| hasAspect |
conservative output generation
ⓘ
liberal input acceptance ⓘ |
| influenced |
HTTP implementations
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design of many Internet protocols ⓘ email protocol implementations ⓘ web browser behavior ⓘ |
| influencedBy | need for interoperability between heterogeneous systems ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
RFC 1122
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RFC 761 ⓘ TCP specification ⓘ
linked to:
Transmission Control Protocol
|
| originator | Jon Postel ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
backward compatibility
ⓘ
defensive programming ⓘ fault tolerance ⓘ graceful degradation ⓘ resilience ⓘ robustness ⓘ |
| statedAs | Be conservative in what you send, be liberal in what you accept ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
early Internet design
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late 1970s ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Robustness principle Description of subject: The Robustness principle is a design guideline in network and software engineering that advises systems to be conservative in what they send and liberal in what they accept to maximize interoperability and resilience.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Postel
linked to: Robustness principle