The evidence base behind DryRights

Sources

Published factual claims in DryRights are linked to recorded sources such as legislation, official guidance, professional publications or other reviewed materials. This section shows where information comes from, its review status and the recorded basis on which DryRights links to or uses it.

Public access to material does not automatically permit copying. Each DryRights source record shows the recorded terms-of-use review status or states that the review is not yet complete. Linking to an official source does not mean that protected text has been reproduced.

The source catalogue is being populated in stages

The standalone catalogue of legislation, official guidance and practical materials is being populated with reviewed records. Published Navigator routes already display their official sources, review dates and editorial status directly on each route page.

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Three directions

Laws, practice, and other sources

20 instruments · 50 jurisdictions Legislation

A catalogue of legal instruments used in DryRights, with official sources, status, language variants and version history.

The official act metadata has been verified. Import of the full structured text is still in progress.

Open
In preparation Practice in Action

How the law applies in practice: official clarifications, typical cases, case law. In preparation.

Open
Other sources

Official guidance, professional articles, scientific and other verified materials used as supporting evidence.

Open
Transparency

How the source system works

  1. Find the primary source. Every material is first located at its official or authoring source, not retold from another site.
  2. Review the terms of use. Before anything is collected, translated, or shown, the editorial team reviews the source's terms of use and records the outcome.
  3. Record the version. Where versioning is enabled, retrieved versions are stored with a retrieval date and checksum so that changes at the source can be traced. Records without version history are labelled accordingly.
  4. Show the connections. Where structured connections are available, a source page shows where the material is used within DryRights. Incomplete connections and records still in preparation are identified through their coverage status.
Source types

Not all sources carry equal weight

Official document Authorised professional organisation Scientific material Other verified source

Rights transparency

Each source record states the recorded basis for linking to, quoting or reusing the material. This may be an open licence, statutory permission, the source's published terms, direct permission, or link-only use without reproducing protected text. If the basis is still under review, the record is labelled accordingly. Confidential permission evidence is not published; only a non-sensitive status summary is shown.

Currency

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EUR-Lex

Publications Office of the European Union

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