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  "id": "1996-december-products-notice",
  "slug": "1996-december-products-notice",
  "url": "https://dwillis.github.io/uplink/article/1996-december-products-notice.html",
  "year": 1996,
  "month": "December",
  "monthNum": 12,
  "headline": "Products notice",
  "kicker": "",
  "author_name": "",
  "author_title": "",
  "affiliation": "NICAR",
  "summary": "The article introduces two CD-based resources for journalists investigating aircraft: Jane's Electronic Information System, which catalogs civilian and military aircraft, and International Air-CD, which provides global aircraft ownership records.",
  "keywords": [
    "aircraft",
    "databases",
    "investigation"
  ],
  "topics": [
    "Technology"
  ],
  "technologies": [
    "CD-ROM",
    "Internet",
    "World Wide Web"
  ],
  "full_text": "No endorsements here. NICAR has not tried these intriguing products. But you can check out a sample of the Jane's Electronic Information System CD at http://www3.btg.com/janes/eisdemo.html The CD itself promises full descriptions of every civilian and military aircraft made. International Air-CD at http://www.infomart.net/ promises ownership records for aircraft around the world, plus links to several aviation sites.",
  "provenance": {
    "extracted_by": "anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-6",
    "extracted_at": "2026-07-05",
    "verified": true
  },
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    {
      "slug": "1999-december-foreign-planes",
      "score": 0.299
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    },
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      "score": 0.216
    },
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      "slug": "1997-january-find-it-on-cd-rom",
      "score": 0.204
    }
  ],
  "html_url": "https://dwillis.github.io/uplink/article/1996-december-products-notice.html",
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}