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Data sources and verification status

This page explains the effective status of DividendTen benchmark data, the source categories expected for verification, and the freshness/indexing rules applied to data-heavy pages.

Current production status

The bundled DividendTen benchmark tables are dated June 2026 educational snapshots. Because that snapshot is now outside the default freshness window, production rendering presents it as Historical snapshot. Readers should verify newer figures against primary exchange, company, or properly licensed market data before current use.

Effective benchmark data verification and freshness status.
Benchmark Effective status Source context
S&P/ASX 200 Historical snapshot DividendTen methodology and benchmark snapshot files
Straits Times Index Historical snapshot DividendTen methodology and benchmark snapshot files
FTSE 100 Historical snapshot DividendTen methodology and benchmark snapshot files

Source policy

Financial-data rows should be reconciled against primary company announcements, exchange/index information, or properly licensed market-data sources before they are promoted as verified/current data.

Verification metadata is recorded only when it exists: status, verification date, source name, source URL, retrieval date, and methodology reference. Missing provenance must not be invented.

Recommended source categories

  • Exchange or index constituent pages: Constituent validation and benchmark membership checks
  • Licensed market data provider: Dividend amounts, ex-dividend dates, prices, and yield calculation inputs
  • Company investor relations pages: Primary dividend announcement verification
  • Regulator or official tax authority pages: High-level terminology references only

Publishing and indexing rules

  • Verified: indexable when real source and verification context are present.
  • Partially verified: indexable only with visible verification caveats.
  • Initial: indexable only as a clearly dated snapshot with visible methodology/source caveats.
  • Stale: indexable only as an explicitly historical snapshot. Historical calendar rows must not be described as upcoming.
  • Seed, demo, or unresolved unknown: noindex,follow. These states stay non-indexable regardless of age.

Freshness policy

The default market-data freshness window is 45 days. When a verified, partially verified, or initial snapshot ages past that window, production rendering changes its effective status to Historical snapshot. The original dataset date remains unchanged.

Build-time validation also detects when all stored calendar ex-dates are historical. A new site deployment does not make those events upcoming again.

Attribution, licensing, and reuse

DividendTen presentation/editorial content and underlying market data can have different rights and reuse terms. The repository therefore does not emit a blanket Dataset license until an applicable license for the underlying data has actually been established.

The bundled June 2026 market snapshot should be treated as historical research context and re-verified before current factual reuse.