{
  "standard_id": "SD-DATA-DELIVERY",
  "version": "1.0",
  "published_date": "2026-10-09",
  "status": "delivery_standard",
  "operator": "Fidelra Africa",
  "brand": "Striped Donkey",
  "description": "Package anatomy for contracted paid synthetic dataset deliveries. This standard is not a delivered release inventory or evidence of a completed purchase.",
  "applies_to": "A privately delivered paid dataset whose scope and rights have been confirmed in an accepted written quote or agreement.",
  "precedence": "The accepted order and its incorporated terms define delivery obligations. This standard does not amend an existing agreement automatically.",
  "quote_confirms": [
    "Selected product, city and domain scope",
    "Release identity, covered period, fields and record scope",
    "Delivered formats; Parquet is included only when expressly agreed",
    "Documentation, evidence and example artifacts to be supplied",
    "Licensed organization, permitted uses, duration and commercial rights",
    "Final price, payment conditions and secure delivery method"
  ],
  "package_members": [
    {"name":"data/","kind":"directory","purpose":"Agreed synthetic data extract in the confirmed formats."},
    {"name":"documentation/","kind":"directory","purpose":"Agreed schema, field, relationship and scope documentation."},
    {"name":"evidence/","kind":"directory","purpose":"Agreed release-specific reports, checks, references and limitations."},
    {"name":"examples/","kind":"directory","purpose":"Agreed loading, joining or analysis examples."},
    {"name":"LICENSE.txt","label":"LICENSE","kind":"file","purpose":"The applicable rights, restrictions, licensed scope and incorporated terms."},
    {"name":"MANIFEST.json","label":"MANIFEST","kind":"file","purpose":"Release identity, agreed scope and an inventory of delivered payload files."},
    {"name":"CHECKSUMS.sha256","label":"CHECKSUMS","kind":"file","purpose":"SHA-256 checksums for the inventoried payload and MANIFEST.json."},
    {"name":"DELIVERY_NOTE.txt","label":"DELIVERY_NOTE","kind":"file","purpose":"Handoff summary, agreed delivery scope, exclusions and verification instructions."}
  ],
  "inventory_rules": {
    "artifact_fields": ["path","bytes","sha256","category"],
    "manifest_inventory": "Inventory data, documentation, evidence, examples, LICENSE.txt and DELIVERY_NOTE.txt actually delivered. Do not inventory MANIFEST.json or CHECKSUMS.sha256 inside MANIFEST.json.",
    "checksum_inventory": "Hash the inventoried payload files and MANIFEST.json. CHECKSUMS.sha256 does not hash itself.",
    "path_rules": "Paths are relative to the delivery package, use forward slashes, and must not escape its root.",
    "omissions": "Record excluded, unavailable or separately controlled artifacts in DELIVERY_NOTE.txt. Empty directories do not imply evidence was supplied.",
    "signature_state": "Record the actual signing state. An unsigned checksum inventory is not a signed release."
  },
  "boundaries": [
    "Public previews and this standard do not grant access to a full paid release.",
    "No payment, delivery or commercial licence is completed by downloading a preview, selecting a dataset or submitting an inquiry.",
    "A matching file checksum establishes recorded file identity, not empirical accuracy, independent certification or fitness for a particular use.",
    "Evidence describes its stated check and release scope. Controlled methodology and detailed artifacts require agreed access.",
    "Synthetic records are not observations of real people or official population estimates."
  ],
  "workflow": [
    "Confirm scope, formats, rights, artifact coverage and secure delivery in writing.",
    "Prepare the actual complete private package after agreement and its payment or delivery conditions are met.",
    "Record actual files, checksums, exclusions and signing state at handoff.",
    "The customer verifies the received inventory and reviews release-specific limitations."
  ],
  "links": {
    "human_readable_standard": "/delivery-standard",
    "commercial_terms": "/purchase-terms",
    "licensing": "/licensing",
    "manifest_template": "/assets/templates/SD-MANIFEST.template.json",
    "delivery_note_template": "/assets/templates/SD-DELIVERY_NOTE.template.txt",
    "request_scope": "/contact?topic=licensing&artifacts=delivery-standard#contactForm"
  }
}