{ "version": 1, "status": "research_framework_not_live_inventory", "purpose": "Connect evidence to everyday human questions across places, roles and life stages.", "lanes": [ { "id": "search-interest", "human_need": "What people are trying to understand", "questions": [ "Which local topics show changing public search interest, using the same geography, period and comparison terms?", "Do searches about utility costs, childcare or moving align with separately measured changes in local conditions?", "Which questions persist after a news event, and what dated context would help answer them?" ], "candidate_sources": [ "Google Trends aggregate interest", "The 825 first-party aggregate search analytics, only when already authorized" ], "interpretation_limits": [ "Public aggregate interest is not individual search history or a count of unique people.", "Google Trends indexes are normalized; zero can mean insufficient data. Platform demand is not representative of everyone." ], "source_access_verified": false, "sellable_kits": 0 }, { "id": "music-culture", "human_need": "Music, culture and community", "questions": [ "What live music, community arts programs and venues are documented nearby?", "How do public chart trends, local events and cultural employment vary by place and season?", "Which affordable or family-accessible activities are actually scheduled and open to the public?" ], "candidate_sources": [ "Official arts and parks calendars", "MusicBrainz core metadata", "BLS arts employment", "Public platform charts with compatible terms" ], "interpretation_limits": [ "Music metadata is not permission to reproduce songs, lyrics or artwork.", "MusicBrainz core and supplementary data have different licenses; chart coverage does not establish every resident's tastes." ], "source_access_verified": false, "sellable_kits": 0 }, { "id": "parks-recreation", "human_need": "Time outside and places to gather", "questions": [ "Which parks, trails, pools, libraries and recreation programs serve the defined community?", "What hours, fees, accessible facilities, age rules and transport connections are documented?", "How do service areas and usable amenities differ from a simple count of park boundaries?" ], "candidate_sources": [ "Local parks and recreation departments", "USGS PAD-US", "National Park Service", "Local library and transit inventories" ], "interpretation_limits": [ "A park boundary does not prove public access, current hours, safety or accessible facilities.", "Use a documented neighborhood boundary and suitable travel network for access claims." ], "source_access_verified": false, "sellable_kits": 0 }, { "id": "care-access", "human_need": "Finding health and dental services", "questions": [ "Which licensed providers offer the service a person is looking for in this area?", "Which public quality, inspection, accessibility and service-availability measures are relevant and comparable?", "What does a directory omit about current appointment availability, insurance, cost and clinical fit?" ], "candidate_sources": [ "CMS public provider and quality data", "State licensing and inspection records", "Official provider directories" ], "interpretation_limits": [ "Do not label a provider best from star ratings alone or turn area statistics into medical advice.", "Availability, prices and insurance need current confirmation." ], "source_access_verified": false, "sellable_kits": 0 }, { "id": "hazards-emergency", "human_need": "Local hazards and emergency services", "questions": [ "What documented fire, flood, heat or other hazards affect the area and period?", "Where are fire stations and publicly described service boundaries, and what response statistics are actually published?", "How do exposure, incidents, reporting coverage and mitigation investments differ?" ], "candidate_sources": [ "FEMA public hazard and disaster data", "NOAA observations", "CAL FIRE public records", "Local fire department aggregate records" ], "interpretation_limits": [ "Exposure, incident history and emergency response are separate measures.", "A point distance to a station is not a response-time guarantee. Preserve reporting gaps and incident privacy." ], "source_access_verified": false, "sellable_kits": 0 }, { "id": "utilities-costs", "human_need": "The cost of running a home", "questions": [ "What published electricity, gas, water and waste rates apply to the relevant service territory?", "How do fixed fees, tiers, seasonal usage and weather alter an illustrative bill?", "How do tariff changes compare with observed public averages using compatible time periods?" ], "candidate_sources": [ "Official utility tariffs", "State utility commission dockets", "EIA public data", "NOAA degree days" ], "interpretation_limits": [ "An illustrative bill is not an individual household bill or guaranteed quote.", "State service territory, tariff effective date, assumed consumption and taxes or excluded charges." ], "source_access_verified": false, "sellable_kits": 0 }, { "id": "food-restaurants", "human_need": "Food, convenience and local business", "questions": [ "Which restaurants, grocers, markets and community food services are documented in the area?", "How do independent businesses and chains differ under a documented classification?", "What do inspection records, opening hours, transport and delivery coverage add to the picture?" ], "candidate_sources": [ "Municipal licenses and inspections", "USDA public food-access data", "Official business listings", "Permitted platform or open-map data" ], "interpretation_limits": [ "A platform listing is not a complete business census; asking and delivery prices need dates and fee context.", "Do not guess ownership, inspection quality or affordability from a business name." ], "source_access_verified": false, "sellable_kits": 0 }, { "id": "institutions-land-use", "human_need": "Community institutions and nearby land uses", "questions": [ "Where are publicly listed religious and community institutions and different retail land uses?", "How do proximity and access patterns change after considering density, zoning, roads and boundary definitions?", "Which source classifications and missing listings could alter the comparison?" ], "candidate_sources": [ "Public land-use and zoning records", "Institutional public directories", "Open-map POIs subject to license review" ], "interpretation_limits": [ "Institution locations do not identify household religious affiliation or attendance.", "Do not infer beliefs, individual behavior, causation or moral judgments from proximity to alcohol retail." ], "source_access_verified": false, "sellable_kits": 0 }, { "id": "housing-form", "human_need": "Housing types and the built environment", "questions": [ "How do source-defined mobile homes, manufactured housing and site-built structures differ across the available records?", "What do parcel, permit and housing tables actually establish about foundations, tenure, age and costs?", "Which maintenance, infrastructure or service questions require a different local source?" ], "candidate_sources": [ "ACS housing structure tables", "HUD public manufactured-housing information", "Local parcel and permit records" ], "interpretation_limits": [ "Do not equate Census mobile-home categories with a verified foundation type or structural quality.", "Do not infer household circumstances or housing safety from an area category." ], "source_access_verified": false, "sellable_kits": 0 }, { "id": "marketplaces-work", "human_need": "Buying, selling, working and local exchange", "questions": [ "What questions do Groupon, Grubhub, DoorDash, OfferUp, Craigslist and LinkedIn help visitors solve?", "Which public or licensed signals can add context about costs, local businesses, job opportunities or reuse?", "How do platform selection, duplicates, asking prices, fees and stale listings change the interpretation?" ], "candidate_sources": [ "Official business and labor statistics", "Permitted public platform APIs or licensed exports", "Public procurement and local business records" ], "interpretation_limits": [ "A reference to a platform does not mean its private data or search histories are available.", "Use allowed public or licensed sources; do not collect private messages or profiles. Listings are not completed sales or all jobs." ], "source_access_verified": false, "sellable_kits": 0 } ], "people_on_the_site": "Use clearly illustrative role-based stories and journeys rather than invented customers, testimonials or photographs that imply real participation. Examples: a parent balancing schedules, someone comparing communities, a counselor helping a person weigh choices, and a planner evaluating local services.", "website_reference_method": "Use dated high-traffic website rankings to identify user needs and possible question lanes. Keep the provider, geography, period and traffic metric. A website being popular neither grants access to its data nor proves customers will buy a kit.", "source_notes": [ { "url": "https://support.google.com/trends/answer/4365533", "verified_point": "Google Trends is sampled, aggregated and normalized, not individual history or absolute search volume." }, { "url": "https://musicbrainz.org/doc/About/Data_License", "verified_point": "Core metadata is CC0; supplementary data uses a different noncommercial share-alike license. Reuse requires field-specific checks." } ] }