Open-data guide

Repository data dictionary

Definitions for the public API, downloadable datasets, evidence bundles, and user-facing trackers.

Core repository terms
Field or termMeaning
stable IDHuman-readable immutable identifier such as S001, C001, P001, F001, T001, or Q001.
statusEvidence or delivery stage; never a generic confidence score.
source IDsNormalized links to registered source records.
authority levelPrimary, secondary, tertiary, submission, or unknown source class.
knowledge cut-offLatest date covered by the reviewed initial bundle.
publication statusDraft, review, approved, published, superseded, withdrawn, or quarantined.
formal Cabinet-list evidenceWhether a formal approval-list record was located; an announcement is not a substitute.
statutory-register evidenceWhether the section 20 public-register record was located.
announced / approved / received / spentDistinct financial stages that must not be collapsed.
not locatedThe documented search did not find the record; this is not proof it does not exist.