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How the directories work

Two kinds of directory, one set of rules. The research directories map a subject: who touches it and where the work lives. The community role pages map the field by what people do. Every entry on either is a described fact with a primary link and a date, never a recommendation.

This page holds the rules so the directories do not have to repeat them. Each directory carries one line pointing here, then the map.

What an entry is​

One honest paragraph, plus primary links, plus a date. An entry names the person, organization, project, funder, company, body, or work; says in a sentence or two what it is and why it is on this map; links the primary record; and carries a Verified YYYY-MM-DD stamp. The stamp asserts that every claim in the entry was checked against its linked source on that date. It is not a claim that the entry is current today; a directory rots silently, and the date is how a reader judges the risk.

Entries are added on merit once verified, never to pad a count. A category with nothing verified in it is left off the page, and the zero is stated once under the page's gaps section, where it is an answer rather than an apology.

What a listing means​

Described, never endorsed. A listing is a map reference. It implies no relationship with this site, no recommendation, and no claim that the listed party agrees with anything here. Funders and companies are described in the same terms as everyone else. Where this site does have a relationship with a listed party, the entry says so; those disclosures are governed by the site's publication rules and are the exception, not the pattern.

Statuses are the listed party's own. A brewery's gluten-free status, a lab's accreditation, a supplier's control claims are reported as stated by them and linked. This site does not test beer; dedicated and gluten-reduced are not the same thing, and a directory entry does not settle which a product is.

Who owns a person​

One owner, but the reader never has to leave. The full description of a person or organization lives in exactly one place: the role page owns the person, the subject page owns the work. A short identity travels with the name wherever it appears, who they are, where they work, and why they are named there, in a sentence or two, so nobody has to click elsewhere to learn who someone is.

Pointer or entry, never both. Where a research directory already describes a person, the role page carries a pointer: name, one-line identity, subjects touched, link to the entry. Where nothing describes them, the role page carries the entry. A person earns review for promotion up that ladder, pointer, then entry, then a profile page, when their work spans several subjects or their pointer has outgrown one line; promotion is a ruling, never automatic.

Organizations sit inside the role they perform. A malthouse is a maltster; a testing lab is a lab; a brewery belongs with the brewers who run it. There is no catch-all organizations page.

Private individuals are not listed. Homebrewers appear only through what they have publicly published or founded. Growers and contract partners behind this site's own production record are not named where the counterparty is confidential.

What qualifies, by category​

  • Institutions. A lab, university, centre, or program with a public record of work on the subject.
  • Contributors. A researcher, breeder, or practitioner named on that work.
  • Projects and grants. Work currently funded or actively producing output at the intersection of the subject and malting, brewing, or food-grade quality, with a public record; completed work moves to the literature.
  • Funders and programs. A funder whose money traceably appears in work documented on the page, or a standing program whose scope covers the subject-to-brewing chain. Listing a funder is a description of where money has gone, not a claim that it would fund a reader.
  • Industry and supply chain. A company or supplier with a public offering relevant to the subject, described from its own statements.
  • Organizations and events. Trade bodies, standards organizations, guilds, competitions, and recurring meetings the field runs through.
  • Literature and datasets. The anchor works, the methods, and the published data, each linked to its record or DOI.
  • Bodies and gatherings (role pages). The guilds, standards bodies, competitions, and meetings a role runs through.

How the field connects, and where it runs out​

Every directory ends with two sections. How the field connects (on role pages, How this role connects) records relationships between entries, each with its own evidence link: money to research, breeder to grower, method to lab. Research gaps (on role pages, Who's missing) says where the page's coverage runs out and why, with the contact page for the reader who can close one. A documented zero is an answer.

The index at the top​

Every directory opens with an index table: one row per entry, its one-line identity, its category, and its verified date, each row linking to the entry inside its section. The index is generated from the page at build, so it cannot disagree with the entries below it. Filter it by name, subject, or category.

Corrections and removals​

Anyone listed can ask for a correction or removal through the contact page. Corrections are made against the linked source and dated.