RFC 9589
E815700
RFC 9589 is an Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) standards document that updates and replaces the Network Time Protocol version 4 (NTPv4) specification to address modern requirements and improvements in time synchronization.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| RFC 9589 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9690787 — 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: RFC 9589 Context triple: [RFC 5905, isObsoletedBy, RFC 9589]
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A.
RFC 9293
RFC 9293 is the modern Internet standards document that consolidates and updates the core specification of the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP), replacing the original TCP specification defined in RFC 793.
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B.
RFC 9082
RFC 9082 is an IETF standard that specifies the HTTP-based query format and response structure for the Registration Data Access Protocol (RDAP), used to access domain name and Internet number registration data.
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C.
RFC 8996
RFC 8996 is an Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) standard that formally deprecates the use of older Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol versions in favor of more secure modern alternatives.
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D.
RFC 9205
RFC 9205 is an IETF specification that provides guidance and best practices for the use and deployment of HTTP, complementing the core protocol definitions in related HTTP RFCs.
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E.
RFC 7158
RFC 7158 is an IETF specification that updates and clarifies the JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) data interchange format previously defined in RFC 4627.
- 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: RFC 9589 Target entity description: RFC 9589 is an Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) standards document that updates and replaces the Network Time Protocol version 4 (NTPv4) specification to address modern requirements and improvements in time synchronization.
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A.
RFC 9293
RFC 9293 is the modern Internet standards document that consolidates and updates the core specification of the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP), replacing the original TCP specification defined in RFC 793.
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B.
RFC 9082
RFC 9082 is an IETF standard that specifies the HTTP-based query format and response structure for the Registration Data Access Protocol (RDAP), used to access domain name and Internet number registration data.
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C.
RFC 8996
RFC 8996 is an Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) standard that formally deprecates the use of older Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol versions in favor of more secure modern alternatives.
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D.
RFC 9205
RFC 9205 is an IETF specification that provides guidance and best practices for the use and deployment of HTTP, complementing the core protocol definitions in related HTTP RFCs.
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E.
RFC 7158
RFC 7158 is an IETF specification that updates and clarifies the JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) data interchange format previously defined in RFC 4627.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
IETF Request for Comments
ⓘ
Internet standard ⓘ |
| abbrev | RFC 9589 ⓘ |
| addresses |
interoperability of NTPv4 implementations
ⓘ
modern deployment requirements for NTPv4 ⓘ scalability of NTPv4 deployments ⓘ security considerations for NTPv4 ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
clarify ambiguities in previous NTPv4 specifications
ⓘ
improve accuracy of time synchronization ⓘ improve robustness of NTPv4 ⓘ |
| category | Standards Track ⓘ |
| defines | modern requirements for time synchronization ⓘ |
| documentType | technical specification ⓘ |
| focusesOn | time synchronization in IP networks ⓘ |
| governs | use of NTPv4 on the Internet ⓘ |
| hasStatus | Internet standard (Standards Track) ⓘ |
| intendedFor |
implementers of NTPv4
ⓘ
network operators using NTP ⓘ system designers requiring precise time synchronization ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| partOf | NTP standards documents ⓘ |
| protocolFamily | Network Time Protocol ⓘ |
| publishedBy | Internet Engineering Task Force ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
clock synchronization
ⓘ
time distribution over IP networks ⓘ timekeeping in distributed systems ⓘ |
| replaces | earlier NTPv4 specification ⓘ |
| specifies |
packet formats for NTPv4
ⓘ
protocol behavior for NTPv4 clients ⓘ protocol behavior for NTPv4 servers ⓘ requirements for NTPv4 implementations ⓘ state machines for NTPv4 operation ⓘ |
| standardizes |
Network Time Protocol version 4
ⓘ
linked to:
NTPv4
|
| updatesSpecificationOf | NTPv4 ⓘ |
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: RFC 9589 Description of subject: RFC 9589 is an Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) standards document that updates and replaces the Network Time Protocol version 4 (NTPv4) specification to address modern requirements and improvements in time synchronization.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.