Attribution Guide

Short form, under a chart or a quotation: "Source: System Atlas (systematlas.org)".

Long form, in a report or paper: "System Atlas, <dataset> dataset (<date generated>). systematlas.org/data. Used under the System Atlas Data Licence, <version>." The /data page and the manifest give the dataset name and date; the licence field gives the version.

Online, link the words System Atlas to systematlas.org, or to the organization's page when you cite one organization.

Rows from a source that requires attribution carry its credit line in their attribution column (files) or field (API). When you publish anything drawn from such rows, show that credit line next to ours. Do not remove it from data you pass on within your licence.

Public domain and CC0 sources need no credit by their own terms; System Atlas's compilation around them is still under the Data Licence.

• Wikidata: CC0 1.0. No attribution required by the source; crediting it is still good practice. Terms: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
• SEC EDGAR: Public domain (US government work). No attribution required by the source; crediting it is still good practice. Terms: https://www.sec.gov/privacy#dissemination
• GLEIF: CC0 1.0. No attribution required by the source; crediting it is still good practice. Terms: https://www.gleif.org/en/meta/lei-data-terms-of-use
• IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File: Public domain (US government work). No attribution required by the source; crediting it is still good practice.
• ROR, the Research Organization Registry: CC0 1.0. No attribution required by the source; crediting it is still good practice. Terms: https://ror.org/about/#data-license
• OpenAlex: CC0 1.0. No attribution required by the source; crediting it is still good practice. Terms: https://openalex.org/about
• USAspending.gov: Public domain (US government work; API data CC0). No attribution required by the source; crediting it is still good practice. Terms: https://www.usaspending.gov/about
• .gov registry (CISA): CC0 1.0. No attribution required by the source; crediting it is still good practice. Terms: https://github.com/cisagov/dotgov-data/blob/main/LICENSE.md
• EU Transparency Register: CC BY 4.0 (Commission reuse decision 2011/833/EU). Required credit, carried in each row's attribution column: "Source: EU Transparency Register, © European Union". Terms: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dec/2011/833/oj
• Surveillance Watch: Surveillance Watch terms (public API for integration); attribution required. Required credit, carried in each row's attribution column: "Source: Surveillance Watch (surveillancewatch.io)". Flagged for legal review: the source's reuse terms are not clear to us. We carry its credit line and ask you to do the same, and to check its terms before any reuse beyond reading. Terms: https://www.surveillancewatch.io/docs
• US Census County Business Patterns: Public domain (US government work). No attribution required by the source; crediting it is still good practice.

Facts our research agent found on public web pages link to the page they came from. The quoted words belong to their publisher; quote them only as the law on quotation allows.