What US Directory is and how its listings are built

A seven-slide introduction to US Directory (https://usd.org/), which lists local service businesses in the U.S. alongside the records on file for them. The deck shows what goes into a listing, from a license issued by a state and a company registration to disciplinary entries and the firm's website, how claims are told apart from records, and how every fact is tied to a source and a date of checking.

Transcript

1. What US Directory is and how its listings are built An online directory for U.S. local service firms Listings pair public records with the website of each firm Claims and record facts are labeled separately One open methodology behind every listing
2. A company's records live in many places The license record is kept by a state agency The registration sits in corporate filings Disciplinary actions are kept in separate files Its self-description lives on its website US Directory gathers all of it on one listing
3. What a listing brings together License record from the state Business registration from corporate records Disciplinary actions on file, when there are any Services, hours and prices from the company's website
4. Records and claims, labeled apart Facts found in public records carry a record label Lines taken from the company's site are marked as its claims Each claim keeps its exact wording and source page Readers see at a glance what rests on records
5. A source and a date for each fact Every fact points to the record or page behind it Every fact shows the day of its last check Each recheck holds record facts up against the original record Any line on a listing can be followed back
6. When the facts change An agency revises its record: the listing follows on the next check A company updates its website: the site is checked again A business can report a factual error in its listing A closed business is marked closed or taken off
7. usd.org US Directory Local service companies, seen through their records An open methodology that any reader can check https://usd.org/