Append-only record of methodology revisions. Each entry is dated, versioned, and describes
what changed in the canonical record graph, the ingestion pipeline, the scoring model, or
the public surface. The current methodology version is also surfaced on every page header
and at /api/status.
Methodology Changelog
Versioned, dated, append-only record of methodology revisions.
The current version is also exposed via /api/landing/stats:methodology and on the
operational status bar.
v1.1 · 2026-05-20
Source registry reconciliation (C1).
- Resolved a long-standing slug split: the
osm ingest slug has been merged into
openstreetmap. Both ingest paths refer to the same upstream provider (OpenStreetMap
via Geofabrik PBF). After merge, OpenStreetMap is one source with 9,481 records, not two.
- Established a single source of truth at
app/sources/registry.py. Every public
surface that displays a source count or source name now resolves through this
module. Hardcoded literals removed.
- Updated source taxonomy: 17 institutional sources total, of which
12 are named publicly as anchor sources on the landing page and 5 additional
regulators/registries (NCRA, Mining Leases Registry, Jamaica Ports Authority,
Jamaica Customs Agency, Yellow Pages Jamaica) are documented in the methodology
and
/sources index.
- Published the
/sources public index page listing all 17 with classification logic.
- Updated
/methodology to correctly reflect the source count (was previously stale
at "six").
Vocabulary doctrine (C8).
- Adopted the canonical vocabulary at
docs/VOCABULARY.md. Locks terms for
"institutional sources", "snapshots", "enrichment runs", "JBIP IDs", "canonical
entities", and related operational concepts. Bans scraper-coded language in
user-facing copy.
Operational surfacing (C8).
- Operational status bar now ships on every public page (
/, /sources, /methodology,
/demo, /pricing, /about), surfacing live entity count, source count, methodology
version, and last-revised date.
- Footer rebuilt with institutional operator identity ("Operated by Yard Registry
Intelligence Labs · Kingston, Jamaica · WhatsApp Support") to align with Caribbean
B2B trust patterns.
v1.0 · 2026-05-14
Initial public methodology release.
- 14 parish codes locked. Canonical ID format
JBIP-XXX-NNNNNN finalized.
- Scoring weights published: digital_gap 0.35, market 0.30, accessibility 0.20,
tourism 0.15.
- Tier thresholds: 75+ (Tier 1 Hot), 55–74 (Tier 2 Warm), 35–54 (Tier 3 Cool),
0–34 (Tier 4 Cold).
- Source ingestion principles published: robots.txt honored, 6 fields max per
record, no paid APIs.