Glossary
request form access
request form access is access model where the file is free but gated behind a registration or download-request form, distinguishing it from anonymous bulk downloads. In Datadory's catalog of 1,744 datasets, Global Coal Exit List and Metallurgical Coal Exit List are working examples.
What is request form access?
An access model where the file is free but gated behind a registration or download-request form, distinguishing it from anonymous bulk downloads.
The urgewald exit lists use it, with commercial users required to obtain a separate licence.
In this catalog it appears concretely: - Global Coal Exit List (access method) — "licensing notes:". - Metallurgical Coal Exit List (access method) — "request_form". - california-contractor-license-registry-cslb — "gated behind interactive lookups with no published bulk file". - ICSG Copper Statistical Database - delivery_channel.
Why does request form access matter when choosing a dataset?
Access method sets your maintenance bill. Delivery routes change, layouts drift and scrapers rot quietly; whoever operates your pipeline inherits all of it, which is why access should be priced alongside the license itself.
The failure mode is concrete: the label appears in a listing, the delivered files tell a different story, and the gap surfaces mid-project when fixing it is most expensive.
You rarely have to take a vendor's word for it. 82.4% of the 1,744 datasets Datadory catalogs are free to access, and Global Coal Exit List lets you inspect the real artifact before any budget is committed.
How do you evaluate request form access in a data source?
Treat every claim of this attribute as testable:
- Read Global Coal Exit List's record on access method — "licensing notes:" — then confirm the delivered artifact matches before you license anything.
- Read Metallurgical Coal Exit List's record on access method — "request_form" — then confirm the delivered artifact matches before you license anything.
- Open california-contractor-license-registry-cslb and confirm its record — "gated behind interactive lookups with no published bulk file" — against the files you actually receive.
- Pin down update cadence in writing. Across this catalog, 22.6% of 1,744 datasets refresh daily and 64 still arrive only through a manual request form, so ask exactly how fresh each release is.
- Check whether definitions are verified at all. Field definitions are verified for 1495 of 1,744 datasets (85.7%), and any source you license should meet that bar.
- Price the delivery route before the license. In this catalog bulk download is the most common access method (725 datasets) ahead of official APIs (574), and 379 sources still require scraping — a maintenance cost that lands on you, not the vendor.
See the term applied to real records: coal-consumable-fuels data, construction-engineering data.
Related terms
Adjacent concepts worth reading next: - bespoke data licence - bulk download - coal revenue share - contractor license classification - custom dataset engagement - divestment screening
Frequently asked questions
What is an example of request form access?
Global Coal Exit List is the clearest example in this catalog. Its record on access method reads: "licensing notes:". Across all 1,744 datasets Datadory averages a quality score of 7.81 out of 10, so a named example can be weighed rather than trusted blindly.
Is data described as "request form access" free to use?
Treat access and permission separately. 82.4% of the 1,744 datasets in this catalog are free to access, but 235 are freemium and 61 are paid outright, so confirm both the price and the license on the exact distribution before building on it.
How do I verify a source really provides request form access?
Open Global Coal Exit List next to Metallurgical Coal Exit List and compare the promise with the download. Field definitions are verified for 1495 of 1,744 datasets (85.7%), which makes that check fast inside the catalog and manual outside it.
Datasets containing this field
Datasets containing request form access
6 datasets carry request form access in the catalog. Open one, count the fields, judge for yourself.
EIA Annual Coal Report (ACR)
Year · Bituminous Coal · Subbituminous Coal …+8 more
EPA Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) — Printing Sector
YEAR · TRIFD · FACILITY NAME …+15 more
Eurostat PRODCOM Manufacturing Output (Printing Products)
freq · reporter · product …+9 more
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