Ape Law VASP Verify
Public tracker data dictionary
Field-by-field definitions for the public UAE VASP authorisations CSV and the VASP Verify domain-index JSON.
Documentation reviewed Tracker data collected Website relationships reviewed
Public downloads
Download the public authorisations CSV or open the VASP Verify domain-index JSON. Both are generated from the reviewed publication used by the live tracker and extension data service.
The public dataset is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
CSV fields
The CSV uses UTF-8 text, one row per authorisation, an ISO YYYY-MM-DD date where a complete date exists and vertical bars between multiple permission lines or labels.
| Field | Meaning | Type | Actual example | Empty? | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Entity name | Legal name in the reviewed regulator record. | Text | Nine Blocks Capital Management FZE | No | Regulator |
Trade name | Separate trade or brand name when published. | Text | Empty for this example | Yes | Regulator or reviewed source |
Regulator | Public display name for the tracker regulator code. | Text | ADGM / FSRA | No | Ape Law normalisation |
Jurisdiction | Regulatory jurisdiction or territorial scope. | Text | Dubai | Yes | Ape Law normalisation from the source |
Authorisation type | Source or reviewed category of authorisation. | Text | VASP Licence | Yes | Regulator |
Regulatory reference | Licence, firm or registration reference. | Text | VL/23/09/003 | Yes | Regulator |
Status | Public display status using the explicit-status rule. | Text | Active, source stated | No | Regulator evidence plus Ape Law normalisation |
Status evidence | Basis for the display status. | Text | Regulator-stated status | No | Ape Law normalisation |
Licence date | Normalised licence or record date at stated precision. | Date or text | 2023-11-21 | Yes | Regulator |
Date precision | Precision retained from the source. | Enum | day | No | Ape Law normalisation |
Source permission lines | Source activity lines joined with a vertical bar. | Delimited text | Management and Investment Services | Yes | Regulator |
Ape Law activity labels | Comparison labels joined with a vertical bar. | Delimited text | asset management / fund | Yes | Ape Law normalisation |
Official website | Website published by the regulator or selected from reviewed evidence. | URL | https://www.nineblockscapital.com | Yes | Regulator or reviewed company website |
Regulator source | Direct official source used for the record. | URL | VARA public record URL | No | Regulator |
Observed date | UTC calendar date when the source record was collected. | ISO date | 2026-08-16 | No | Ape Law collection |
Source notes | Public caveats emitted for the source record. | Delimited text | Empty for this example | Yes | Ape Law |
Domain-index JSON fields
The JSON is organised by reviewed normalised domain. A domain array can contain several authorisations. Timestamps use ISO 8601 UTC; a licence date preserves its separate precision field.
| Field path | Type | Meaning | Example | Empty? | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
schema_version | String | Domain-index format version. | 1.0 | No | Ape Law |
publication_id | String | Identifier tying the domain index to a tracker publication. | 20261004T000252Z-a1acf62ee09e00a3 | No | Ape Law |
generated_at | ISO 8601 timestamp | Time the public domain index was generated. | 2026-09-23T07:19:18Z | No | Ape Law |
source_run_id | String | Tracker source run associated with the publication. | Timestamped run identifier | No | Ape Law |
data_checked_at | ISO 8601 timestamp | Latest date represented by the domain review. | 2026-09-23T07:19:18Z | No | Ape Law |
domain_coverage | Object | Counts for entity reviews, relationships, relationship types, multi-entity domains and entities with multiple domains. | 102 entities verified | No | Ape Law |
domain_coverage.entities_attempted | Number | Tracker entities for which a domain review was attempted. | 115 | No | Ape Law review |
domain_coverage.entities_verified | Number | Entity reviews with at least one accepted relationship. | 102 | No | Ape Law review |
domain_coverage.entities_unresolved | Number | Entity reviews without a published verified relationship. | 13 | No | Ape Law review |
domain_coverage.verified_relationships | Number | Published verified entity-domain relationships. | 115 | No | Ape Law review |
domain_coverage.relationship_types | Object | Counts keyed by legal_entity_website, official_brand_website and official_group_website. | { legal_entity_website: 62, official_brand_website: 39, official_group_website: 13 } | Keys with no relationships may be absent | Ape Law review |
domain_coverage.multi_entity_domains | Number | Normalised domains connected with more than one reviewed entity. | 12 | No | Ape Law review |
domain_coverage.entities_with_multiple_domains | Number | Reviewed entities connected with more than one domain. | 13 | No | Ape Law review |
domain_index | Object of arrays | Keys are normalised hostnames; each value is one or more matched authorisation objects. | 9blocks.capital | May be empty | Ape Law |
entity_reviews | Array | Review outcomes for every attempted tracker entity, including unresolved reviews. | Entity review object | May be empty | Ape Law |
domain_index.*.normalized_domain | String | Normalised hostname used for matching. | 9blocks.capital | No | Ape Law review |
domain_index.*.include_subdomains | Boolean | Whether reviewed subdomains may match. | true | No | Ape Law review |
domain_index.*.relationship_type | Enum | legal_entity_website, official_brand_website or official_group_website. | legal_entity_website | No | Ape Law review |
domain_index.*.verified_at | ISO 8601 timestamp | Date the relationship was reviewed. | 2026-08-17T00:00:00Z | No | Ape Law review |
domain_index.*.verification_status | Enum | Published relationships are verified. | verified | No | Ape Law review |
domain_index.*.evidence_url | URL | Public page supporting the domain relationship. | https://9blocks.capital/disclosures.html | No | Regulator or reviewed first-party website |
domain_index.*.evidence_description | String | Short description of the relationship evidence. | Disclosure identifies the entity and licence | No | Ape Law |
domain_index.*.website_notes | String | Public limitation note for the relationship. | Authorisation applies only to the named entity and scope | May be empty | Ape Law |
domain_index.*.entity_id | String | Stable regulator-scoped entity identifier. | vara-entity:cfaaf1790b3ff56ea63b | No | Ape Law |
domain_index.*.entity_name | String | Regulator-named legal entity. | Nine Blocks Capital Management FZE | No | Regulator |
domain_index.*.trade_name | String or null | Separate published trade name. | null | Yes | Regulator or reviewed source |
domain_index.*.authorization_id | String | Stable tracker authorisation identifier. | vara:2f7ef4cec790d4db8ee9 | No | Ape Law |
domain_index.*.regulator | Enum | VARA, FSRA, DFSA, CBUAE or SCA. | VARA | No | Ape Law normalisation |
domain_index.*.jurisdiction | String or null | Regulatory jurisdiction. | Dubai | Yes | Regulator and Ape Law normalisation |
domain_index.*.authorization_type | String or null | Type of authorisation. | VASP Licence | Yes | Regulator |
domain_index.*.external_reference | String or null | Regulatory reference. | VL/23/09/003 | Yes | Regulator |
domain_index.*.status | Object | Raw status, normalised status and evidence basis. | { raw, normalized, basis } | Subfields may be null | Regulator plus Ape Law normalisation |
domain_index.*.status.raw | String or null | Status wording exactly as represented by the reviewed source record. | Active | Yes | Regulator |
domain_index.*.status.normalized | String | Lower-case comparison value derived from the source status. | active | No | Ape Law normalisation |
domain_index.*.status.basis | Enum | Evidence basis, including explicit_source, register_presence_only or official_announcement. | explicit_source | No | Ape Law normalisation |
domain_index.*.status_semantics | Object | Public semantic code and human-readable label. | { code, label } | No | Ape Law |
domain_index.*.status_semantics.code | String | Machine-readable interpretation of the status evidence. | active_source_stated | No | Ape Law |
domain_index.*.status_semantics.label | String | Human-readable interpretation displayed by VASP Verify. | Active, source stated | No | Ape Law |
domain_index.*.issue_date | Object | Raw source date, normalised value and precision: day, month, year or unknown. | { raw, value, precision } | Raw and value may be null | Regulator plus Ape Law normalisation |
domain_index.*.issue_date.raw | String or null | Date wording as represented by the reviewed source. | 2023/11/21 | Yes | Regulator |
domain_index.*.issue_date.value | String or null | Normalised date value without inventing unavailable precision. | 2023-11-21 | Yes | Ape Law normalisation |
domain_index.*.issue_date.precision | Enum | day, month, year or unknown, matching the precision available from the source. | day | No | Ape Law normalisation |
domain_index.*.activities | Object | Raw source permission lines and normalised Ape Law labels. | { raw, normalized } | Arrays may be empty | Regulator plus Ape Law normalisation |
domain_index.*.activities.raw | String array | Source permission or activity lines selected for the reviewed virtual-asset scope. | ["Management and Investment Services"] | May be empty | Regulator |
domain_index.*.activities.normalized | String array | Simplified Ape Law activity labels mapped from the source lines. | ["asset management / fund"] | May be empty | Ape Law normalisation |
domain_index.*.source_url | URL | Direct regulator source for the authorisation. | VARA public record URL | No | Regulator |
domain_index.*.official_website | URL or null | Regulator-listed or reviewed official website. | https://www.nineblockscapital.com | Yes | Regulator or reviewed first-party website |
domain_index.*.observed_at | ISO 8601 timestamp | Time the authorisation source was collected. | 2026-08-16T21:57:31Z | No | Ape Law collection |
domain_index.*.warnings | String array | Public source caveats for the authorisation. | [] | May be empty | Ape Law |
entity_reviews.*.entity_id | String | Stable regulator-scoped entity identifier. | vara-entity:cfaaf1790b3ff56ea63b | No | Ape Law |
entity_reviews.*.entity_name | String | Legal entity reviewed for a domain relationship. | Nine Blocks Capital Management FZE | No | Regulator |
entity_reviews.*.verification_status | Enum | verified, unresolved or rejected review result. | verified | No | Ape Law review |
entity_reviews.*.checked_at | ISO 8601 timestamp | Date the entity-domain review was performed. | 2026-08-17T00:00:00Z | No | Ape Law review |
entity_reviews.*.notes | String | Public review note. | Reviewed from first-party evidence | May be empty | Ape Law |
entity_reviews.*.candidate_urls | URL array | Public candidate websites considered during review. | ["https://9blocks.capital/"] | May be empty | Regulator or reviewed websites |
entity_reviews.*.matched_domains | String array | Normalised domains accepted for the entity. | ["9blocks.capital"] | May be empty | Ape Law review |
entity_reviews.*.authorization_ids | String array | Tracker authorisations linked to the entity. | ["vara:..."] | May be empty | Ape Law |
entity_reviews.*.regulators | Enum array | Regulator codes associated with the entity review. | ["VARA"] | May be empty | Ape Law |
Versioning and interpretation
Consumers should check schema_version and publication_id, tolerate additional fields, and use stable entity and authorisation identifiers rather than names. A present domain key is reviewed evidence, not a statement that every activity on that domain is authorised.