{
  "title": "Internet-use context source register",
  "version": "1.0",
  "sources": [
    {
      "source_id": "C-R01",
      "title": "Individuals using the Internet (% of population)",
      "publisher": "International Telecommunication Union, through World Bank World Development Indicators",
      "indicator": "IT.NET.USER.ZS",
      "url": "https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/USA;DEU;LKA/indicator/IT.NET.USER.ZS?format=json&date=2022:2025&per_page=100",
      "reference_years": [
        2022,
        2023,
        2024
      ],
      "source_revision": "2026-07-13",
      "accessed_date": "2026-09-18",
      "licence": "CC BY 4.0",
      "licence_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
      "attribution": "International Telecommunication Union (ITU), via World Bank World Development Indicators, IT.NET.USER.ZS, accessed 18 September 2026; source revision 13 July 2026. Original calculations by the Market Audit Series.",
      "scope_note": "All 2025 values were null in the inspected 2022\u20132025 window. The latest common nonmissing observation year is 2024. Country survey age bands and exact direct-survey/estimated status were not established."
    },
    {
      "source_id": "C-R02",
      "title": "Metadata: Individuals using the Internet (% of population)",
      "publisher": "World Bank World Development Indicators / International Telecommunication Union",
      "url": "https://databank.worldbank.org/metadataglossary/world-development-indicators/series/IT.NET.USER.ZS",
      "accessed_date": "2026-09-18",
      "locator": "Long definition; statistical concept and methodology; limitations; licence; ITU attribution note"
    }
  ],
  "licence_scope": "CC BY 4.0 attribution applies to this ITU/WDI series per its metadata, not automatically to the national or company publications cited in the comparison article."
}