routing rule
Choose the narrowest primary source. Search it directly when general web indexing is incomplete. Use browser inspection for visual or interactive state. Keep private-vault credentials and unreviewed private paths out of published notes.
source routes
| source | mechanism | browser / collection skill | retain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vimeo video | direct URL or numeric ID; Vimeo search; uploader pages; web fallback | browser-use:browser; inspect title, uploader, player metadata | canonical URL, ID, uploader, duration, capture date |
| YouTube video | search, channel, playlist, authorized Data API | browser-use:browser; toolchain/youtube | watch URL, ID, channel, title, upload date |
| Internet Archive archive | Advanced Search; item and metadata APIs | browser; ffprobe; OCR/transcription | item ID, file name, checksum or archive URL |
| Dropbox vault private | API search; temporary links; filename variants | vault read; media metadata; local inspection | path, file name, size/date, provenance note |
| Web archives archive | Wayback/CDX snapshots and linked media | browser-use:browser; compare capture dates | archived URL, timestamp, original URL |
| Scholarly indexes bibliographic | Crossref, OpenAlex, Semantic Scholar, catalogs | DOI/title/author disambiguation; retrieve primary source | DOI or catalog ID, edition, publisher, access date |
| Institutional archives events | museum, university, festival, venue, embedded media | browser-use:browser; inspect programs and players | institution URL, date, venue, speaker, media link |
| Papers platter local | paper_list, paper_find, paper_read, manifests | consult SCORE and sub-platter sources | consulted files, revision/date, provenance gap |
video rule
Generic titles are not identities. Search by numeric ID, uploader, artist aliases, event context, and local filenames. Keep short clips and longer source recordings as separate evidence items.