[PDB User] "ipv4 prefixes" / "ipv6 prefixes" semantics

[netravnen]

On 2 August 2017 at 13:06, Arnold Nipper <arnold at nipper.de> wrote:

> On 02.08.2017 11:40, Job Snijders wrote:
>
> > If we look at a record like https://peeringdb.com/net/1045, what do the
> > values behind "IPv4 Prefixes" (250000) and "IPv6 prefixes" (25000)
> > actually mean?
> >
> > Is this the number of prefixes NTT will announce to any EBGP neighbor?
> > Or to some EBGP neighbors? Or is this the recommended maximum prefix
> > limit for IPv4 and IPv6?
> >
> > Perhaps the website would benefit from changing "IPv4 Prefixes" to
> > "Recommended IPv4 Prefix limit" - however that phrasing is slightly too
> > long to neatly fit in the column. (I'm not advocating to change the
> > field names in the API)
> >
> > If we make it shorter: "Max IPv6 Prefixes" I feel that the semantics yet
> > again are somewhat ambiguous. Ideas?
> >
>
> Leave it as it is and add an (i) tag which explains in more detail what
> the meaning of this field is.
>
> Ideally there would be a description of *all* fields used in PeeringDB.
>
>
> Personally I always read "IPv4/6 prefixes" as ""Recommended IPv4/6
> Prefix limit"
>

Wouldn't an user friendly explanation of all the possible fields
registrants can fill in information into. Have a page/section at
http://docs.peeringdb.com documenting what the field is intended for ?


Kind Regards
Christoffer
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