BCP 40
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BCP 40 is an IETF Best Current Practice document that defines modern requirements and guidelines for the use of IPv4 and IPv6 in the Internet.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| BCP 40 canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9312835 — 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: BCP 40 Context triple: [RFC 7720, BCPNumber, BCP 40]
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A.
BCP 14
BCP 14 is an IETF Best Current Practice document that standardizes the use of requirement-level keywords like “MUST,” “SHOULD,” and “MAY” in technical specifications.
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B.
BCP
BCP is New York State’s Brownfield Cleanup Program, which provides incentives and a regulatory framework for the remediation and redevelopment of contaminated properties.
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C.
BCP
BCP is the commonly used abbreviation for the Bulgarian Communist Party, the former ruling communist party of Bulgaria during the socialist era.
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D.
BCP 9
BCP 9 is a Best Current Practice document in the IETF series that defines key procedures and guidelines for the Internet standards process.
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E.
BCP 195
BCP 195 is an IETF Best Current Practice document that provides modern security recommendations for the use of Transport Layer Security (TLS) and Datagram TLS (DTLS) in Internet protocols.
- 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: BCP 40 Target entity description: BCP 40 is an IETF Best Current Practice document that defines modern requirements and guidelines for the use of IPv4 and IPv6 in the Internet.
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A.
BCP 14
BCP 14 is an IETF Best Current Practice document that standardizes the use of requirement-level keywords like “MUST,” “SHOULD,” and “MAY” in technical specifications.
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B.
BCP
BCP is New York State’s Brownfield Cleanup Program, which provides incentives and a regulatory framework for the remediation and redevelopment of contaminated properties.
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C.
BCP
BCP is the commonly used abbreviation for the Bulgarian Communist Party, the former ruling communist party of Bulgaria during the socialist era.
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D.
BCP 9
BCP 9 is a Best Current Practice document in the IETF series that defines key procedures and guidelines for the Internet standards process.
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E.
BCP 195
BCP 195 is an IETF Best Current Practice document that provides modern security recommendations for the use of Transport Layer Security (TLS) and Datagram TLS (DTLS) in Internet protocols.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
IETF Best Current Practice document
ⓘ
IETF document ⓘ |
| abbreviationOf |
Best Current Practice 40
ⓘ
linked to:
Best Current Practice
|
| aimsTo |
improve interoperability on the Internet
ⓘ
promote consistent use of IPv4 and IPv6 ⓘ |
| category | Internet standards and practices ⓘ |
| concerns |
Internet protocol version selection
ⓘ
coexistence of IPv4 and IPv6 ⓘ transition between IPv4 and IPv6 ⓘ |
| defines |
modern requirements for the use of IPv4 in the Internet
ⓘ
modern requirements for the use of IPv6 in the Internet ⓘ |
| focusesOn | operational recommendations for IP version usage ⓘ |
| governs |
best current practices for IPv4 usage
ⓘ
best current practices for IPv6 usage ⓘ |
| hasTitle |
IETF Recommendations for IPv4 and IPv6
ⓘ
linked to:
IETF Internet Standards process changes
|
| intendedFor |
Internet service providers
ⓘ
network operators ⓘ protocol designers ⓘ standards developers ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| partOf |
IETF Best Current Practice series
ⓘ
linked to:
IETF BCP series
|
| provides |
guidelines for the use of IPv4 in the Internet
ⓘ
guidelines for the use of IPv6 in the Internet ⓘ |
| publishedBy | Internet Engineering Task Force ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
IPv4
ⓘ
IPv6 ⓘ Internet protocol deployment ⓘ |
| scope | use of IP versions in the public Internet ⓘ |
| typeOfGuidance |
operational guidelines
ⓘ
recommendations ⓘ requirements ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: BCP 40 Description of subject: BCP 40 is an IETF Best Current Practice document that defines modern requirements and guidelines for the use of IPv4 and IPv6 in the Internet.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.