RFC 2578
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RFC 2578 is the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) standard that defines version 2 of the Structure of Management Information (SMIv2) used for specifying management data in SNMP-based network management systems.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| RFC 2578 canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7987380 — 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 2578 Context triple: [SMIv2, specifiedIn, RFC 2578]
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A.
RFC 2574
RFC 2574 is an earlier IETF specification that defined the User-based Security Model (USM) for securing SNMPv3 communications before being superseded by RFC 3414.
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B.
RFC 2575
RFC 2575 is an earlier IETF standard that defined the View-based Access Control Model (VACM) for SNMP before being superseded by RFC 3415.
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C.
RFC 1907
RFC 1907 is an earlier Internet standard that defined the Management Information Base (MIB) for SNMPv2, later superseded by RFC 3418.
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D.
RFC 2571
RFC 2571 was an earlier specification in the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) framework that was later superseded and updated by RFC 3411.
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E.
RFC 2487
RFC 2487 is an Internet standards document that originally defined the STARTTLS extension for securing SMTP connections with TLS, later superseded by RFC 3207.
- 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 2578 Target entity description: RFC 2578 is the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) standard that defines version 2 of the Structure of Management Information (SMIv2) used for specifying management data in SNMP-based network management systems.
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A.
RFC 2574
RFC 2574 is an earlier IETF specification that defined the User-based Security Model (USM) for securing SNMPv3 communications before being superseded by RFC 3414.
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B.
RFC 2575
RFC 2575 is an earlier IETF standard that defined the View-based Access Control Model (VACM) for SNMP before being superseded by RFC 3415.
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C.
RFC 1907
RFC 1907 is an earlier Internet standard that defined the Management Information Base (MIB) for SNMPv2, later superseded by RFC 3418.
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D.
RFC 2571
RFC 2571 was an earlier specification in the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) framework that was later superseded and updated by RFC 3411.
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E.
RFC 2487
RFC 2487 is an Internet standards document that originally defined the STARTTLS extension for securing SMTP connections with TLS, later superseded by RFC 3207.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Internet standard
ⓘ
Request for Comments ⓘ SMI specification ⓘ |
| abbreviation | SMIv2 ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
MIB modules
ⓘ
Management Information Base modules ⓘ |
| area | Network Management ⓘ |
| category | Network management standard ⓘ |
| context | Internet network management ⓘ |
| defines |
SMIv2 language
ⓘ
Structure of Management Information Version 2 ⓘ
linked to:
Structure of Management Information
data types for management information ⓘ rules for specifying managed objects ⓘ syntax for MIB modules ⓘ |
| documentType | Standards Track RFC ⓘ |
| focusesOn | management information structure ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
base data types for SMIv2
ⓘ
module identity definitions ⓘ object definition rules ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| obsoletedBy | RFC 3418 ⓘ |
| obsoletes |
RFC 1155
ⓘ
RFC 1212 ⓘ |
| partOf | SNMP management framework ⓘ |
| publishedBy |
IETF
ⓘ
linked to:
Internet Engineering Task Force
Internet Engineering Task Force ⓘ |
| relatedProtocol |
SNMP
ⓘ
Simple Network Management Protocol ⓘ
linked to:
SNMP
|
| series |
Request for Comments
ⓘ
linked to:
RFCs
|
| standardizes | SMIv2 ⓘ |
| status | Internet Standard ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
MIB module authors
ⓘ
network management implementers ⓘ network management protocol designers ⓘ |
| title |
Structure of Management Information Version 2 (SMIv2)
ⓘ
linked to:
SNMPv2-SMI
|
| usedFor | specifying management data ⓘ |
| usedIn | SNMP-based network management systems ⓘ |
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 2578 Description of subject: RFC 2578 is the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) standard that defines version 2 of the Structure of Management Information (SMIv2) used for specifying management data in SNMP-based network management systems.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.