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Disclosure, completeness, and sources

Disclosure

disclosure_form

Level: page

Values

register_cross_institution
The page is, or is one entry in, a structured list of AI or algorithmic systems kept by a government body, with several entries in a common format (inventory, register, catalogue, algorithmic transparency record in a standard template), and the list covers more than one institution (a national or sectoral register, a standard-template record series across agencies).
register_single_institution
As register_cross_institution, but the list covers one institution only (e.g. a city's own table of its AI tools).
mandated_report
The page is a document produced to meet a reporting obligation that concerns reporting on AI, algorithms or digital systems, such as a statutory annual-report section or a compliance or transparency report under a named rule.
formal_record
An official one-off document of record from a government body: adopted policy or guidance, legislation, council or board minutes or resolutions, budget documents, procurement notice or award, audit or inspection report, response to a freedom-of-information request.
informal_official
A government body's own communication with no reporting obligation and no standard format: press release, news item, blog, social post, speech, event page, service or FAQ page.
third_party
Not published by a government body: news, vendor, academic, NGO or policy organization. A register entry quoted in a news article is third_party (code the page, not what it quotes).

Missing answers

unknown
The page's kind cannot be determined from its text (e.g. an archived fragment with no header).

disclosure_scope

Level: page

Values

whole_of_government
The listing or document the page belongs to covers institutions across the government (all central agencies, or all units of a level).
multi_institution
It covers several institutions, but not government-wide (a sector, a region, a group of agencies).
single_institution
It covers one institution only.

Missing answers

unknown
Coverage cannot be determined from the page.

content_contact_named

Level: page

Values

yes
The page gives a named person, office or unit as responsible for the activity or for questions about it; a named official with no contact details counts.
no
The page names no person, office or unit as responsible for the activity or for questions about it. Pages whose verdict shows no GenAI also take this value.

content_contact_details

Level: page

Values

yes
The page gives contact details anywhere on it: an email address, phone number, postal address or contact form, including press or vendor contacts and site footers.
no
No contact details appear anywhere on the page, including its header and footer. Pages whose verdict shows no GenAI also take this value.

content_contact_emails

Level: page

Missing answers

not_documented
When content_contact = yes and the search finds no address, the value is not_documented.

content_data

Level: page

Values

yes
stated on the page
no
not stated on the page

Completeness

page_complete

Level: page

Values

yes
The page refers the reader to another page or document for more information about a GenAI activity it mentions, so the page is incomplete (see the note on the name).
no
The page does not refer the reader elsewhere for more information about any GenAI activity it mentions.

Sources

source_type

Level: source

Values

news_major
Major national/international news outlet (Reuters, BBC, NYT, Le Monde, NHK, etc.)
news_trade
Technology or government trade press (GovTech, FedScoop, PublicTechnology, etc.)
vendor
Vendor website, case study, blog post, or press release
academic
Peer-reviewed paper, working paper, university report
policy_org
Think tank, intergovernmental organisation or other policy organisation (OECD, World Bank, ITU, Brookings, etc.); not a government body's own page.
social_media
Official social media accounts (Twitter/X, LinkedIn from institutional accounts)
procurement_tender
Tender notice, RFP, contract award, vendor selection document
other
None of the above, including a government body's own page.

Missing answers

not_documented
The page is silent.

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