<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On 2 August 2017 at 13:06, Arnold Nipper <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:arnold@nipper.de" target="_blank">arnold@nipper.de</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><span class="gmail-">On 02.08.2017 11:40, Job Snijders wrote:<br>
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> If we look at a record like <a href="https://peeringdb.com/net/1045" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://peeringdb.com/net/1045</a><wbr>, what do the<br>
> values behind "IPv4 Prefixes" (250000) and "IPv6 prefixes" (25000)<br>
> actually mean?<br>
><br>
> Is this the number of prefixes NTT will announce to any EBGP neighbor?<br>
> Or to some EBGP neighbors? Or is this the recommended maximum prefix<br>
> limit for IPv4 and IPv6?<br>
><br>
> Perhaps the website would benefit from changing "IPv4 Prefixes" to<br>
> "Recommended IPv4 Prefix limit" - however that phrasing is slightly too<br>
> long to neatly fit in the column. (I'm not advocating to change the<br>
> field names in the API)<br>
><br>
> If we make it shorter: "Max IPv6 Prefixes" I feel that the semantics yet<br>
> again are somewhat ambiguous. Ideas?<br>
><br>
<br>
</span>Leave it as it is and add an (i) tag which explains in more detail what<br>
the meaning of this field is.<br>
<br>
Ideally there would be a description of *all* fields used in PeeringDB.<br>
<br>
<br>
Personally I always read "IPv4/6 prefixes" as ""Recommended IPv4/6<br>
Prefix limit"<br>
</blockquote><div><br></div>Wouldn't an user friendly explanation of all the possible fields registrants can fill in information into. Have a page/section at <a href="http://docs.peeringdb.com">http://docs.peeringdb.com</a> documenting what the field is intended for ?<div> </div></div><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Kind Regards<br>Christoffer</div></div></div><br></div></div>