Every export carries its own provenance. Version, cohort, row count, generation time, source hash, license, and citation travel with every download.
Required export metadata
{
"dataset_name": "",
"canonical_version": "",
"data_as_of": "",
"export_generated_at": "",
"selected_cohort": "",
"cohort_predicate": {},
"row_count": null,
"field_list": [],
"source_hash": "",
"schema_version": "",
"license": "",
"citation": ""
}
Filename format
Use:
{dataset}_{version}_{selected_cohort}_{date}.{ext}
Examples:
reincorporation_index_v6-rev121_public-company-reincorporators_2026-06-02.csv tbc_codex_opinions_2026-tex-bus-current_2026-06-02.csv source_manifest_smu-cgi_2026-06-02.csv
Public basic export
No registration required. Includes public fields, source URLs, source status, version metadata, selected cohort, row count, and a basic citation.
Registered expanded export
Free registration. Includes all public fields plus source-manifest join, external-crosswalk flags, field-level source status, public review notes, changelog references, market-cap methodology flags, and vote-denominator fields.
Reviewer export
Manual approval. Includes cell-level review fields, source-pending queues, adjudication statuses, reviewer notes, and return templates.
Export-modal copy
Your download will include the selected cohort, row count, dataset version, generation time, source hash, and citation. Changing filters changes the exported row set.
P0 export gates
- FAIL if the export lacks
canonical_version. - FAIL if the export lacks
selected_cohort. - FAIL if the export
row_countdiffers from exported rows. - FAIL if the export filename lacks a version.
- FAIL if the export includes private / watchlist rows without a
row_classfield. - FAIL if the export includes source-pending fields without a
source_statuslabel.