network-v1/data/README.md

Data directory

entities.csv is the canonical round-1 structured address book.

Columns

Column	Meaning
id	Stable lowercase identifier
name	Published entity or system name
category	Controlled taxonomy value
scope	global, regional, or regional-community
region	Service/community region, not merely headquarters
homepage	Official or canonical public homepage
directory_url	Best public contact, membership, data, or discovery entry point
role	Concise functional description
source_url	Primary evidence for the role
status	Evidence status defined in the method document
verified_at	Date checked, UTC (YYYY-MM-DD)
notes	Important caveat; blank when none

CSV was chosen for round 1 because it is inspectable in Git, opens in spreadsheets, and requires no custom parser. If nested relationships become central, introduce versioned YAML or JSON without deleting CSV history.