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  "name": "Game families, Discord & Reddit · version 4",
  "description": "Merges Storyteller and Storytelling into one family while preserving systems and community evidence.",
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  "snapshotDate": "2026-10-28",
  "license": "CC0-1.0",
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    "note": "Derived classification; the source research file is not a public download."
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            "description": "Stable family identifier; empty for standalone and unclassified rows."
          },
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            "description": "Display name of the assigned family; empty when no assignment is made."
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            "description": "Machine-readable reason for the assignment or gap."
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            "description": "JSON array of the original catalogue labels across the system's records.",
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            "name": "source_record_count",
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            "description": "Number of source book/edition records represented by the row.",
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            }
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            "description": "Explanation of the grouping or missing assignment."
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              "required": true
            }
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            "name": "discord_guild_id",
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            "description": "Discord's server identifier, stored as text."
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            "description": "Server name returned when the invite was checked."
          },
          {
            "name": "invite_url",
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            "description": "Public invite; its token is not the server identity."
          },
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            "name": "member_count_url",
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            "description": "Public invite lookup requesting approximate membership for a later check."
          },
          {
            "name": "source_url",
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Public page advertising the invite, or the server's public self-description."
          },
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            "name": "community_type",
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            "description": "publisher, creator, or fan."
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            "description": "ISO date on which the invite identity and public evidence were checked."
          },
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            "name": "verification_status",
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            "description": "invite_resolved; does not claim an internal-channel audit."
          },
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            "name": "notes",
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Scope, edition limits, and source qualifications."
          }
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          },
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            "description": "system or family; selects the ID namespace.",
            "constraints": {
              "required": true
            }
          },
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              "required": true
            }
          },
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            "description": "Reference to one server registry record.",
            "constraints": {
              "required": true
            }
          },
          {
            "name": "scope",
            "type": "string",
            "description": "system for a direct system link; family_subset for its explicit family crosswalk; family for independently evidenced whole-family coverage."
          },
          {
            "name": "evidence_url",
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            "description": "Evidence for the system's relevance. Family links use this evidence plus the bundled family CSV."
          },
          {
            "name": "checked_on",
            "type": "string",
            "description": "ISO date of the association review."
          },
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            "name": "notes",
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Scope explanation; family links list the member systems they cover."
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            "description": "Identifier of the immutable classification release.",
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            "constraints": {
              "required": true
            }
          },
          {
            "name": "reddit_fullname",
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Reddit's t5_… community identifier when retrieved; empty when unavailable."
          },
          {
            "name": "subreddit_name",
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Public handle without r/; compare names case-insensitively."
          },
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            "name": "community_title",
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Community title from reviewed public evidence."
          },
          {
            "name": "subreddit_url",
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Public https://www.reddit.com/r/<name>/ link."
          },
          {
            "name": "subscriber_count_url",
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Subreddit-about JSON endpoint for a later subscriber lookup."
          },
          {
            "name": "oauth_subscriber_count_url",
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Equivalent OAuth API resource; requires authorized access."
          },
          {
            "name": "subscriber_lookup_status",
            "type": "string",
            "description": "not_live_verified; no successful live subscriber lookup is claimed."
          },
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            "description": "Reviewed primary public evidence: community page, metadata or discussion."
          },
          {
            "name": "discovery_url",
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            "description": "Discovery source, often the public r/rpg directory."
          },
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            "name": "audience_scope",
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            "description": "game, family, multi_game or publisher; wider audiences remain shared."
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            "name": "subreddit_type",
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            "description": "public, publicly readable restricted, or not_recorded."
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            "description": "Evidence-review date, not a live count observation date."
          },
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            "description": "public_page_reviewed or public_metadata_reviewed; cached evidence may be included."
          },
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            "description": "Scope limits, edition details, evidence method and gaps."
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            "description": "Public source supporting the association."
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            "description": "Evidence-review date."
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  "methodology": "https://rpg-data-project.org/methodology/",
  "website": "https://rpg-data-project.org/classifications/game-families/v4/",
  "kind": "classification",
  "descriptor": "/downloads/catalogue/game-families-v4/datapackage.json"
}