OBSERVATORY

Source register.

The source register describes the source classes used by the Observatory: official APIs, public research indexes, standards bodies, security references and method signals.

13 source classessame-origin data

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SOURCES

Registered source classes.

Source classes are used for discovery and triage; individual claims still require source review before high-stakes use.

open research archive

arXiv

Research discovery, topic clustering, source triangulation and frontier monitoring.

machine readable: RSS, Atom, API confidence: high for metadata, paper quality varies

Theoretical Physics, Quantum Computing, Frontier AI, Scientific AI, Astrophysics

bibliographic index

NASA ADS

Astrophysics and space-science literature discovery.

machine readable: API confidence: high for bibliographic search

Astrophysics, Aerospace Engineering, Frontier and Theoretical Physics

official public APIs

NASA Open APIs

Space, mission and public science data references where relevant.

machine readable: API confidence: high for official API status, endpoint scope varies

Aerospace Engineering, Astrophysics

cryptography research archive

IACR ePrint

Cryptography and PQC research monitoring.

machine readable: RSS, OAI confidence: high for metadata, paper quality varies

Post-Quantum Cryptography, Quantum Computing

official standards and guidance

NIST CSRC

Standards references, PQC and AI risk management source register.

machine readable: web pages, publications confidence: high

Post-Quantum Cryptography, Standards and Regulation, AI Governance

official exploited vulnerability catalog

CISA KEV

Defensive triage, exposure prioritization and vulnerability signals.

machine readable: CSV, JSON confidence: high for known exploitation status

Cybersecurity, DFIR

official vulnerability data

NVD

CVE metadata, CVSS context and vulnerability tracking.

machine readable: API, JSON feeds confidence: high for metadata, enrichment still needs review

Cybersecurity, DFIR

threat behavior knowledge base

MITRE ATT&CK

Threat hunting, detection mapping and incident context.

machine readable: STIX, TAXII confidence: high as a structured reference

Cybersecurity, DFIR

open scholarly metadata catalog

OpenAlex

Bibliographic discovery, citation context and cross-domain research mapping.

machine readable: API confidence: medium to high for metadata

Frontier AI, Scientific AI, Theoretical Physics, Astrophysics, Medical AI

scholarly metadata registry

Crossref

DOI metadata, publication tracking and source verification.

machine readable: REST API confidence: high for deposited metadata

Scientific AI, Theoretical Physics, Astrophysics, Medical AI

biomedical literature index

PubMed and NCBI E-utilities

Medical AI and imaging AI research discovery with clinical caution.

machine readable: API confidence: high for metadata, clinical claims still require review

Medical AI, Scientific AI

community security guidance

OWASP

LLM, application security and defensive control reference.

machine readable: web pages, repositories confidence: medium to high depending project maturity

AI Governance, Cybersecurity, RAG Security

official regulatory source

European Commission AI Office

AI Act and general-purpose AI governance monitoring.

machine readable: web pages, publications confidence: high for EU policy source

AI Governance, Standards and Regulation