{
  "id": "ynix-source-trust-v1",
  "version": "v1",
  "title": "YNIX Source Trust Score methodology",
  "updatedAt": "2026-09-03T00:00:00.000Z",
  "scope": {
    "description": "Local MVP export for public sources cited by YNIX product comparison pages.",
    "includedSections": [
      "products"
    ],
    "includedCategories": [
      "cybersecurity",
      "privacy"
    ],
    "excludedData": [
      "No personal data",
      "No access logs",
      "No cookies",
      "No user identifiers",
      "No per-visitor analytics"
    ]
  },
  "scoreRange": {
    "min": 0,
    "max": 100,
    "interpretation": [
      {
        "range": "80-100",
        "label": "strong source signal"
      },
      {
        "range": "60-79",
        "label": "usable source signal with caveats"
      },
      {
        "range": "40-59",
        "label": "limited source signal"
      },
      {
        "range": "0-39",
        "label": "weak or incomplete source signal"
      }
    ]
  },
  "components": [
    {
      "id": "source_type",
      "maxPoints": 40,
      "description": "Rewards sources with stronger editorial, testing, standards, or direct-provider provenance."
    },
    {
      "id": "freshness",
      "maxPoints": 25,
      "description": "Uses the source checked date relative to the export date; newer checks score higher."
    },
    {
      "id": "completeness",
      "maxPoints": 20,
      "description": "Checks whether title, URL, publisher, checkedAt, and article context are present."
    },
    {
      "id": "transparency",
      "maxPoints": 15,
      "description": "Rewards HTTPS source URLs and article-level source counts of at least three."
    }
  ],
  "sourceTypeRules": [
    {
      "sourceType": "standards_or_public_interest",
      "examples": [
        "public agencies",
        "standards bodies",
        "consumer-protection organizations"
      ],
      "points": 40
    },
    {
      "sourceType": "independent_testing_or_editorial",
      "examples": [
        "recognized editorial test labs",
        "independent review publications"
      ],
      "points": 34
    },
    {
      "sourceType": "official_provider",
      "examples": [
        "official vendor pricing pages",
        "official feature pages",
        "official support pages"
      ],
      "points": 28
    },
    {
      "sourceType": "vendor_or_commercial",
      "examples": [
        "commercial source without enough evidence to classify as an official product page"
      ],
      "points": 22
    },
    {
      "sourceType": "unknown",
      "examples": [
        "source with insufficient publisher or URL context"
      ],
      "points": 16
    }
  ],
  "caveats": [
    "The score rates a source citation signal, not product quality.",
    "The score is deterministic and local to this MVP; it is not a claim of factual correctness.",
    "Provider pages can be authoritative for their own prices and features but are not independent reviews.",
    "Scores should be reviewed before use in ranking or recommendation logic."
  ],
  "license": "CC0-1.0 for the dataset structure and generated source metadata; source URLs remain owned by their respective publishers."
}