cff-version: 1.2.0
message: "If you cite the Posnic public POS research catalog, use these metadata and identify the individual distributions you used."
type: dataset
title: "Posnic public POS research files and synthetic test data"
abstract: "This publisher-created catalog groups source-linked research, reusable worksheets, synthetic test inputs and publisher-supplied product evidence. The entries do not provide real merchant transaction data, an independent product ranking, a customer result or one homogeneous dataset. Public access does not create an additional data licence. Review https://posnic.com/terms and every cited source or software licence before reuse or redistribution."
authors:
  - name: "Posnic Innovations Private Limited"
    email: "info@posnic.com"
    website: "https://posnic.com/"
version: "2026.08.23"
date-released: "2026-08-23"
keywords:
  - "point of sale"
  - "POS system requirements"
  - "POS procurement"
  - "synthetic POS acceptance data"
url: "https://posnic.com/developers#open-pos-research-files"
repository: "https://posnic.com/assets/posnic-pos-research-catalog.json"
identifiers:
  - type: url
    value: "https://posnic.com/assets/posnic-pos-research-catalog.json"
    description: "Machine-readable catalog with distribution URLs, record counts, byte lengths, SHA-256 fingerprints, methods and evidence boundaries."