Source Registry

Curated data sources, trust tiers, and ingestion status.

Trust Tiers

Tier Description Reliability
1 Uploaded invoices Highest
2 Direct distributor/manufacturer offers with explicit quantity and date High
3 Manually reviewed public offers Medium
4 Benchmark references Reference
5 News/context only (not a price source) Context Only

Registered Sources

Source Type Trust Tier Country Ingestion Status Last Fetch Review
Stanford Advanced Materials Distributor 2 US manual Active Never Reviewed
Edgetech Industries Distributor 2 CN manual Active Never Reviewed
ALB Materials Marketplace 3 CN manual Active Never Reviewed
American Elements Distributor 2 US manual Active Never Reviewed
Goodfellow Distributor 2 GB manual Active Never Reviewed

Adding a New Source

To register a new data source, add an entry to _data/source_registry.yml with the following fields:

- id: source-unique-id
  name: "Source Display Name"
  type: distributor          # invoice | distributor | marketplace | benchmark | news
  trust_tier: 2              # 1-5 (see trust tiers above)
  url: "https://example.com"
  country: US
  ingestion_method: manual   # manual | csv_import | api | scraper_adapter
  supported_elements:
    - Nd
    - Pr
  last_fetch: null
  parse_status: pending_review
  review_status: pending
  notes: "Description of source"
Disclaimer: All prices shown require source provenance. No data is fabricated or interpolated. Prices are normalized to USD/kg for comparability; original quoted units are preserved in provenance records. Retail and bulk tiers are never merged. Different forms and purities are tracked separately. Full methodology →