GCRI · Quantum Technologies
Source and data register
Where Quantum Technologies gets its data: each source with its licence, lineage, resolution, quality checks and known gaps.
The workspace for source and data register.
Evidence grading
Source and data register · Review wave 2 · Example interface, not a record
Certainty by criterion
0 low to 100 high
Higher is more certain. Values are examples.
Review queue
- R-1Systems using quantum-vulnerable cryptosecond reviewer3 d
- R-2Systems migrated to PQCsecond reviewer3 d
- R-3Testbed qubit countsecond reviewer3 d
Quantum Technologies · Evidence grading. Evidence grading: example names and illustrative values, not a record.
Each source carries five facts.
Origin
Who produces the data and how.
Access terms
Licence, restrictions and permitted uses.
Quality
Coverage, resolution, update frequency and known errors.
Provenance
How the data reached the platform and what was changed.
Gaps
What is missing and how the gap is handled.
Every source the topic dossiers cite, with its terms.
| 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 |
| NIST post-quantum cryptography standards (FIPS 203, 204 and 205) | Approved algorithms for migrating cryptography before quantum attacks | US government work, public domain | Responsible quantum innovation |
| OECD and UNESCO work on quantum and society | Policy and ethics perspectives | Public, terms per organisation | 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 |
Where the quantum data record is thin.
- Inventories of cryptography in use across organisations.
- Comparable hardware benchmarks.
- Workforce data for quantum skills.
How the register grows.
Sources are added to the register as they are reviewed. A source is listed only once its terms permit the use described.
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