Sources Registry
Last updated: 2026-02-27
| Code | Type | Title | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S-WEB-001 | Website | Business website | Primary crawl and manual review of the business website. Used to corroborate identity, contact, and service/category statements directly published by the business. | — |
| S-REG-002 | Registry | Legal business registry | Government or authoritative legal registry lookup used to corroborate legal entity name, status, and other registry-available attributes. | — |
| S-LIC-003 | Licensing | City business licensing information | Municipal licensing portal or published licensing dataset where available, used to corroborate business licensing status for a specific jurisdiction. | — |
| S-PH-004 | Phone | Verbal phone confirmation | Manual call conducted using a phone number listed on the business website to confirm specific facts and/or control of listed contact methods. | — |
| S-DNS-007 | Domain | Domain control confirmation | Evidence that the domain is controlled by the entity (e.g., domain email verification, DNS validation, or registrant corroboration where lawful/available). | — |
| S-ARCH-009 | Archive | Archived website snapshot | Historical snapshot from a reputable web archive used to corroborate past facts and support “replaced/expired” history tracking. | Open |