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    "docs_for_llms": "https://verticalmarketplace.ai/llms.txt",
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    "vertical_listings": "https://verticalmarketplace.ai/api/marketplace/listings?vertical=aviation"
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      "standard": "FAA",
      "definition": "US civil aircraft registration mark"
    },
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      "standard": "ICAO / WMO",
      "definition": "Aviation routine weather report"
    },
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      "standard": "ICAO",
      "definition": "Terminal aerodrome forecast"
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      "definition": "Federal Aviation Regulations"
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      "definition": "Instrument flight rules"
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      "standard": "FAA / ICAO",
      "definition": "Air traffic control"
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      "term": "MSL / AGL",
      "category": "Altitude",
      "standard": "—",
      "definition": "Mean sea level and above ground level altitude references"
    },
    {
      "term": "Squawk code",
      "category": "ATC",
      "standard": "Mode A",
      "definition": "Four-digit transponder identification code"
    },
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      "category": "Operations",
      "standard": "FAA / ICAO",
      "definition": "Notice to air missions"
    },
    {
      "term": "ADS-B",
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      "standard": "FAA (2020 mandate)",
      "definition": "Automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast"
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      "url": "https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/",
      "name": "FAA Pilot/Controller Glossary"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://aviationweather.gov",
      "name": "NOAA Aviation Weather Center"
    }
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  "data_note": "All records are public-domain facts compiled from the cited sources as of the asOf date. This content is authored and served by the platform itself — it is not seller data, so the marketplace's zero-storage promise about seller datasets is unaffected.",
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  "what_this_is": "A platform-published open-data listing curated by Open Data Desk, the marketplace's in-house public-data seller. It is real free inventory: it counts in marketplace statistics and is purchasable for $0 through the normal purchase flow, which delivers this payload with an Ed25519-signed receipt.",
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    "term": "The aviation term or code",
    "category": "Area it applies to",
    "standard": "Related standard or reference",
    "definition": "Plain-language definition"
  },
  "buyer_use_cases": [
    "Interpret airport codes and weather reports in flight tooling",
    "Standardize aviation terminology across operations documentation"
  ]
}