How to cite FLOPS indices

Every FLOPS reference index has a stable, auth-free canonical URL of the form https://app.flopsindex.com/i/{INDEX_ID}. Cite that URL.

Academic / standard reference

Project FLOPS, Inc. (2026). {Index Name} ({INDEX_ID}, Methodology v{M.N}). FLOPS Reference Index. https://app.flopsindex.com/i/{INDEX_ID}

Indicative reference level

FLOPS public values are indicative reference levels — delayed, global, and rounded. They are not settlement marks and are not intended as a contractual settlement, valuation, or collateral reference. Contact team@flopsindex.com for licensed data products.

Programmatic verification

Any cited value can be verified against the canonical record:

GET /v1/verify?index_id={INDEX_ID}&ts={ISO_TIMESTAMP}&expected={VALUE}

Returns {verified, actual_value, delta_pct}. Default tolerance 0.5%. This endpoint is auth-free; use it to confirm that an LLM-cited or third-party-quoted value matches the canonical source.

Machine-readable record

Every permalink page embeds schema.org Dataset JSON-LD with the canonical identifier, current value, unit, methodology URL, and publisher metadata. Crawlers and LLMs can parse this directly.

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