{
  "title": "Directory provider trust-state audit",
  "observedAt": "2026-07-15",
  "publicationStatus": "draft_pending_data_owner_review",
  "author": "Appraisily SEO and Data Operations",
  "requiredReviewer": "Directory data owner (pending)",
  "sampleDefinition": "All provider profile records in the generated art and antique directory snapshots audited by the provider trust contract.",
  "methodology": "Each record is classified as limited or suppressed. Limited records may be indexed only when their source-backed public fields and trust labels pass; suppressed records are withheld. Source checking is not credential verification, provider claiming, employment, or endorsement.",
  "totals": {
    "profiles": 1916,
    "limited": 491,
    "suppressed": 1425,
    "locationLinks": 111,
    "indexEntries": 491,
    "failures": 0
  },
  "directories": [
    {
      "directory": "antique",
      "profiles": 1057,
      "limited": 276,
      "suppressed": 781,
      "locationLinks": 33,
      "indexEntries": 276,
      "failures": 0
    },
    {
      "directory": "art",
      "profiles": 859,
      "limited": 215,
      "suppressed": 644,
      "locationLinks": 78,
      "indexEntries": 215,
      "failures": 0
    }
  ],
  "limitations": [
    "The audit validates publication-state and label contracts, not the truth of every third-party credential.",
    "Provider source pages can change after the observation date.",
    "A suppressed record is not evidence that a provider is unqualified; it means the public evidence contract was not met."
  ]
}