{
  "types": [
    {
      "id": "licensed-generic",
      "label": "“Licensed” (unqualified)",
      "cls": "REGISTER",
      "rx": "licen[sc]ed",
      "means": "That some authority has issued a licence. The word alone does not say which authority, which trade, or whether it is current.",
      "not": "Does not imply a state licence. Most home-service trades in Colorado are licensed by CITY, not by the state, and several are not licensed at all.",
      "reg": "co-sos"
    },
    {
      "id": "denver-tree-licence",
      "label": "Tree work in Denver",
      "cls": "REGISTER",
      "rx": "tree (service|care|removal|trimming)",
      "means": "Denver Revised Municipal Code ch. 57 div. IV requires a Tree Service Company licence — written exam, field practical, proof of insurance — for tree work performed inside Denver.",
      "not": "Registering a business in Colorado is not this licence. The requirement follows where the work happens, not where the company is formed.",
      "reg": "denver-forestry"
    },
    {
      "id": "isa-certified-arborist",
      "label": "ISA Certified Arborist®",
      "cls": "REGISTER",
      "rx": "(ISA[- ])?Certified Arborist",
      "means": "Passed the ISA certification exam. Appears in a public credential directory.",
      "not": "Is not a licence, and is not ISA membership.",
      "tier": "Certified Arborist → Municipal/Utility Specialist → Board Certified Master Arborist. TRAQ is a separate qualification, not a rank.",
      "reg": "isa"
    },
    {
      "id": "isa-member",
      "label": "ISA Member",
      "cls": "NONE",
      "rx": "ISA[- ]?Member",
      "means": "Dues are paid to the International Society of Arboriculture.",
      "not": "Requires no examination and no training. It is not certification, and ISA publishes no member register, so it cannot be confirmed or refuted by anyone."
    },
    {
      "id": "ehap",
      "label": "EHAP certified",
      "cls": "NONE",
      "rx": "\\bEHAP\\b",
      "means": "Completed the Electrical Hazards Awareness Program.",
      "not": "No public roster of completions exists. Unverifiable by any third party."
    },
    {
      "id": "ansi-a300",
      "label": "Follows ANSI A300",
      "cls": "NONE",
      "rx": "ANSI\\s?A?300",
      "means": "A voluntary consensus standard for tree care practice.",
      "not": "Nobody certifies or audits compliance. There is no register of conforming companies."
    },
    {
      "id": "tcia",
      "label": "TCIA Accredited",
      "cls": "REGISTER",
      "rx": "\\bTCIA\\b|Tree Care Industry",
      "means": "Audited company accreditation by the Tree Care Industry Association.",
      "not": "TCIA membership is not TCIA accreditation — the second is audited, the first is bought.",
      "reg": "tcia"
    },
    {
      "id": "entity-good-standing",
      "label": "Trading as “LLC”",
      "cls": "REGISTER",
      "rx": "\\bLLC\\b|\\bInc\\.?\\b",
      "means": "A registered legal entity exists in the state of formation.",
      "not": "Does not imply the entity is CURRENT. Colorado carries entities as Delinquent or Voluntarily Dissolved while their websites keep trading under the name.",
      "reg": "co-sos"
    },
    {
      "id": "insured",
      "label": "Insured / $X coverage",
      "cls": "PRIVATE",
      "rx": "insured|liability coverage|\\$\\s?\\d+\\s?M\\b",
      "means": "A policy is claimed to be in force.",
      "not": "No public register of commercial policies exists anywhere in the US. Only a certificate of insurance from the carrier evidences this, and a COI is a snapshot, not a status."
    },
    {
      "id": "bonded",
      "label": "Bonded",
      "cls": "PRIVATE",
      "rx": "\\bbonded\\b",
      "means": "A surety bond is claimed.",
      "not": "Bonds are issued per job or per licence by a surety, not by the state, and are not centrally published."
    },
    {
      "id": "years-in-business",
      "label": "Since 20XX / N years",
      "cls": "PRIVATE",
      "rx": "since\\s+(19|20)\\d{2}|\\d{1,2}\\+?\\s?years",
      "means": "A start date is asserted.",
      "not": "Partially checkable: a state entity formation date bounds the LEGAL entity, though an owner may have traded earlier under another name or as a sole proprietor.",
      "reg": "co-sos"
    },
    {
      "id": "review-count",
      "label": "N reviews / X.X stars",
      "cls": "PRIVATE",
      "rx": "\\d{2,5}\\+?\\s+(google\\s+)?reviews|[45]\\.\\d\\s?(\\u2605|star)",
      "means": "A rating is asserted on the business's own page.",
      "not": "Platform-owned and time-varying. A number typed into a website is not the platform's number."
    },
    {
      "id": "background-checked",
      "label": "Background checked",
      "cls": "PRIVATE",
      "rx": "background[- ]check",
      "means": "Screening is claimed for staff.",
      "not": "No register. Nothing distinguishes a real programme from the phrase."
    },
    {
      "id": "most-trusted",
      "label": "Most trusted / #1 / award-winning",
      "cls": "PUFFERY",
      "rx": "most trusted|#1\\s|award[- ]winning|voted\\s+(#?1|best)",
      "means": "Nothing checkable.",
      "not": "Not a factual claim. Recorded so it is never mistaken for one."
    }
  ],
  "registers": {
    "co-sos": {
      "name": "Colorado Secretary of State — business entities",
      "authority": "State of Colorado",
      "kind": "bulk",
      "size": 3097871,
      "api": "https://data.colorado.gov/resource/4ykn-tg5h.json",
      "fields": [
        "entityname",
        "entitystatus",
        "entitytype",
        "entityformdate",
        "principalcity",
        "agentfirstname",
        "agentlastname"
      ],
      "keys": [
        "entity name",
        "registered agent"
      ],
      "note": "Free, unauthenticated, whole-state. Status values include Good Standing, Delinquent and Voluntarily Dissolved."
    },
    "co-dora": {
      "name": "Colorado DORA — professional & occupational licences",
      "authority": "State of Colorado",
      "kind": "bulk",
      "size": 1603735,
      "api": "https://data.colorado.gov/resource/7s5z-vewr.json",
      "fields": [
        "licensetype",
        "licensenumber",
        "licensestatusdescription",
        "licenseexpirationdate",
        "city"
      ],
      "keys": [
        "person name",
        "licence number"
      ],
      "note": "200 licence types. DORA directs automated users to this dataset rather than its lookup page."
    },
    "denver-forestry": {
      "name": "Denver licensed tree contractor list",
      "authority": "City & County of Denver, Office of the City Forester",
      "kind": "pdf",
      "size": 150,
      "mirrored": true,
      "api": "https://denvergov.org/files/assets/public/v/47/parks-and-recreation/documents/denvercityforester_licensedtreecontractorlist.pdf",
      "fields": [
        "company",
        "email",
        "phone"
      ],
      "keys": [
        "company name",
        "email",
        "phone"
      ],
      "note": "Monthly PDF, not an API. Licence is held by an individual; the list is keyed by company. Companies drop off when insurance paperwork lapses."
    },
    "isa": {
      "name": "ISA credential directory",
      "authority": "International Society of Arboriculture",
      "kind": "api",
      "size": 45816,
      "api": "https://certificates.directory.isa-arbor.com/",
      "fields": [
        "name",
        "credentials"
      ],
      "keys": [
        "person name"
      ],
      "note": "Credential holders only. There is no member register."
    },
    "tcia": {
      "name": "TCIA accredited company locator",
      "authority": "Tree Care Industry Association",
      "kind": "web",
      "size": null,
      "api": "https://www.tcia.org/",
      "fields": [
        "company"
      ],
      "keys": [
        "company name"
      ],
      "note": "Accreditation only; membership is not listed as accreditation."
    }
  }
}