The manifest schema, in full.

Every collection is delivered with one row per asset and one column per field. This is that schema — all of it, with what each column means and what an empty cell signifies. The worked example in the field kit is these columns in this order, and so is the live export.

Columns

Field groups

Always populated

Collections

Manifest columns

Identity

Column	Type	Meaning
asset_id	string	Stable public identifier. Never reissued, never reused after withdrawal.
filename	string	Delivered file name. Matches the asset ID, so a row and a file cannot be separated.
modality	enum	video · audio · document · records

Media

Column	Type	Meaning
duration_sec	integer	Whole seconds. Documents and records carry 0.
resolution	stringMay be empty	Pixel dimensions as delivered, e.g. 3840x2160.
fps	decimalMay be empty	Frame rate as captured. 30 standard, 60 on motion lines.
video_codec	stringMay be empty	H.264 throughout. No HDR.
audio_channels	integerMay be empty	Channel count as delivered. 2 where capture was channel-separated.
audio_sample_rate	integerMay be empty	Hertz. 48000 on originated capture; archive reports its source rate.
file_size_bytes	integer	Master file size, not the proxy.

Capture

Column	Type	Meaning
capture_date	date	ISO 8601 date, YYYY-MM-DD. The date of capture, not of ingest.
capture_time_local	string	24-hour local start time, HH:MM. Time of day changes light, noise floor and who is present.
timezone	string	Capture-local zone. WAT (UTC+1) across the corridor.
country	string	Country of capture.
city	string	City or nearest town of capture.
location_type	enum	market · roadside · workshop · household · studio · archive
environment_tag	string	Free tag for the specific setting, e.g. open-air-market.
camera_position	enumMay be empty	head · chest · fixed · handheld
camera_model	stringMay be empty	Body and rig as used. Locked settings are identical within a lot.

Content

Column	Type	Meaning
languages	string	Semicolon-separated. Every language present, not only the dominant one.
primary_task	string	What the operator was doing, in the vocabulary of the trade.
intent	string	What they were trying to achieve — the layer a pixel cannot carry.
objects_handled	stringMay be empty	Semicolon-separated objects touched during the clip.
hands_visible	enumMay be empty	yes · partial · no
failure_retry_events	integer	Count of points where the task failed and method changed. The field robotics buyers filter on first.
motion_level	enum	static · low · moderate · high
lighting	enum	daylight · overcast · mixed · artificial · low

Rights

Column	Type	Meaning
subject_ids	string	Semicolon-separated subject references. Each resolves to a consent record.
identifiable_persons	integer	Count of identifiable people carrying an appearance release. 0 means nobody in frame is identifiable — the field a rights reviewer checks first.
consent_doc_ref	string	Resolves to a signed consent instrument. Never blank on a published asset.
contributor_licence_ref	string	Resolves to the contributor's licence. Never blank on a published asset.
rights_holder	string	The party warranting the grant.
exclusivity	enum	non-exclusive · category · territory · term
ai_training_grant	enum	granted · not_granted. Only granted rows are deliverable.
sublicensable	enum	yes · no. Aggregators reselling onward filter on this.

Settlement

Column	Type	Meaning
payment_ref	string	Resolves to a payment record. A cleared asset has a paid contributor.
payment_status	enum	paid · pending
notes	stringMay be empty	Anything a buyer should know that no other column carries.

An empty cell means the field does not apply to the asset's modality — an audio asset has no frame rate. It never means the value was unavailable.

The rights columns are the point

Six of these columns exist so a reviewer never has to take a sentence on trust. Every published asset resolves through them to a signed instrument, a named rights holder and a paid contributor — and identifiable_persons states, per asset, whether an appearance release was required at all.

subject_idsidentifiable_personsconsent_doc_refcontributor_licence_refrights_holderexclusivityai_training_grantsublicensable

A tailor working over a bolt of printed cloth — Rights

Manifest export

Every published collection exports its manifest as CSV at a stable path. No key, no account, no sales conversation — a buyer evaluating provenance should be able to read the record before speaking to anyone.

Endpoint: /api/manifest/{slug}
Method: GET
Returns: text/csv; charset=utf-8, as a file attachment
Status codes: 200 on a published collection. 404 where the slug is unknown or the collection is unpublished.

Live exports

TXD-EGO-LAG-01Lagos Informal Commerce/api/manifest/lagos-informal-commerce TXD-EGO-RPR-01Manual Repair & Tool Use/api/manifest/manual-repair-tool-use TXD-AUD-WCA-01West African Conversational Speech/api/manifest/west-african-conversational-speech TXD-MOB-LAG-01Two-Wheeler Traffic POV/api/manifest/two-wheeler-traffic-pov TXD-SNS-WCA-01Instrumented Manual Work/api/manifest/instrumented-manual-work

These are the real endpoints, not examples.

Delivery specification Samples Field kit

Name any asset ID in a manifest.

We will send you the signed agreement behind it.

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