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Where Quantum Technologies gets its data, on what terms, with what quality and with which known gaps.
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The Quantum Technologies source register lists the datasets and records the platform draws on, such as arXiv quant-ph and peer-reviewed journals, each with its producer, licence and permitted uses, quality and known gaps. A source is listed only once its terms permit the use described, and data held by agreement is used under those terms and never republished.
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| Source | What it gives | Terms | Used in |
|---|---|---|---|
| arXiv quant-ph and peer-reviewed journals | Primary experimental and theoretical results | Open access preprints; journal licence per article | Quantum computing |
| Benchmark studies of quantum chemistry algorithms | Comparisons with classical methods | Licence per publication | Quantum and materials |
| Bibliometric databases such as OpenAlex | Collaboration and publication patterns | Open, CC0 | Responsible quantum innovation |
| BIPM and national metrology institute publications | Time standards and clock comparisons | Public, terms per institute | Quantum sensing |
| Cloudflare Radar and similar measurements | Adoption in web traffic | Public, terms per provider (to check) | Post quantum cryptography |
| Company filings of listed quantum firms | Revenue and risk disclosures | Public records | Quantum industries |
| Defence and transport agency reports on alternative navigation | Assessments of quantum navigation options | Public, terms per agency | Quantum sensing |
| ETSI ISG QKD specifications | Component, interface and security specifications | Public, ETSI terms | Quantum communications |
| European Quantum Flagship education and training work | Competence framework and training programmes | Public, EU terms | Quantum workforce |
| EuroQCI programme documentation | European quantum communication infrastructure plans | Public, EU terms | Quantum communications |
| Government export control lists and notices | Controls on quantum items | Public records, licence per government | Responsible quantum innovation |
| Government quantum strategy documents | Announced public funding | Public records, licence per government | Quantum industries |
| Government reports on helium-3 and critical inputs | Supply and demand of scarce inputs | Public, terms per government | Quantum and materials |
| IETF post-quantum and hybrid protocol work | Integration into TLS, SSH and other protocols | Open, IETF Trust terms | Post quantum cryptography |
| Industry market reports | Firm counts and investment | Commercial; public summaries (to check) | Quantum industries |
| ITU-T Y.3800 series | Network recommendations for QKD | Public, ITU terms | Quantum communications |
| Job posting data summaries | Demand for quantum skills | Commercial; public summaries (to check) | Quantum workforce |
| Market surveys of quantum sensing | Products and firms | Commercial; public summaries (to check) | Quantum sensing |
| Materials Project and other open materials databases | Computed materials properties | Open, CC BY 4.0 | Quantum and materials |
| Metriq benchmark platform (Unitary Foundation) | Community-submitted quantum benchmark results | Open, licence to check | Quantum computing |
| National academies and agency assessments of quantum computing | Independent assessments of progress and prospects | Public, terms per publisher | Quantum computing |
| National cyber agency migration guidance | Timelines and priorities | Public, terms per agency | Post quantum cryptography |
| National cyber agency positions on QKD | Agency views on QKD versus post-quantum cryptography | Public, terms per agency | Quantum communications |
| NIST post-quantum cryptography project and FIPS 203, 204 and 205 | Standards, documentation and additional selections | Public domain, US government | Post quantum cryptography |
| OECD and UNESCO work on quantum and society | Policy and ethics perspectives | Public, terms per organization | Responsible quantum innovation |
| OECD quantum technologies policy primer and related work | Policy, investment and industry overview | Public, OECD terms | Quantum industries |
| OECD quantum technologies policy work | Overview of sensing applications and policy | Public, OECD terms | Quantum sensing |
| OECD science and innovation indicators | Research personnel and mobility | Public, OECD terms | Quantum workforce |
| Open Quantum Safe project | Open-source implementations for testing | Open source, MIT licence | Post quantum cryptography |
| Patent data from WIPO PATENTSCOPE and EPO Espacenet | Patent filings by technology and applicant | Free access, terms per office | Quantum industries |
| Patent databases | Geographic distribution of patenting | Free access, terms per office | Responsible quantum innovation |
| Peer-reviewed materials and device literature | Coherence and fabrication results | Licence per article | Quantum and materials |
| Peer-reviewed quantum communication literature | Experimental results | Licence per article | Quantum communications |
| Peer-reviewed sensing literature | Experimental sensitivities and demonstrations | Licence per article | Quantum sensing |
| QED-C and industry workforce surveys | Employer needs and hiring difficulties | Public reports, terms to check | Quantum workforce |
| QED-C reports | Industry consortium analyses of use cases and benchmarks | Public reports, terms to check | Quantum computing |
| Quantum supply chain studies | Component suppliers and dependencies | Licence per publication (to check) | Quantum and materials |
| UNESCO Institute for Statistics and national education statistics | Graduates in science and engineering | Open, terms per source | Quantum workforce |
| Vendor technical documentation and roadmaps | Device specifications and stated targets | Public documents, terms per vendor | Quantum computing |
| World Economic Forum quantum governance principles | Principles for responsible quantum computing | Public, WEF terms | Responsible quantum innovation |
Sources are added to the register as they are reviewed. A source is listed only once its terms permit the use described.
Each term as this page uses it. Where a standard-setting body defines the term, the wording follows that body.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Provenance | Information about the entities, activities and people involved in producing a record, used to judge its quality and reliability, in the W3C PROV model. |
| FAIR principles | Guiding principles that make data findable, accessible, interoperable and reusable by people and machines. |
| Open licence | A licence that allows anyone to access, reuse and redistribute data, sometimes with attribution. |
| Data lineage | The traceable path of data from its origin through each transformation to its current form. |
The bodies and documents this page is read against. Status and editions change; each link goes to the issuing body.
The current service level is R0: information and enquiries. An enquiry receives a reference and names the next step; applications, payments, compute allocations and registrations open only when their team, terms and review capacity exist.