The document provides an introduction to the APNIC Routing Registry and Routing Policy Specification Language (RPSL). It discusses (1) the objectives of explaining concepts of the global Internet Routing Registry (IRR), outlining benefits of APNIC's registry, and discussing RPSL; (2) an overview of what an IRR is, how routing policies are represented, and how objects in the APNIC database are related and protected; and (3) how routing information is integrated into the APNIC database and distributed through the global IRR system.