# ScissorPedia

> An evidence-led reference for professional hair scissors, including documented brands, canonical product-series records, technical terminology, buying guides, and care guidance.

## Core directories

- [Brands](https://www.scissorpedia.com/brands/): manufacturer and brand profiles
- [Products](https://www.scissorpedia.com/products/): canonical model and product-series records
- [Technical reference](https://www.scissorpedia.com/reference/): steel, blade, edge, handle, anatomy, and care terminology
- [Guides](https://www.scissorpedia.com/guides/): educational and decision-support content
- [Education](https://www.scissorpedia.com/education/): education providers and learning pathways
- [Stores](https://www.scissorpedia.com/stores/): retailer and distributor records
- [Retailer websites](https://www.scissorpedia.com/websites/): online resources that carry brands

## Extraction guidance

- Prefer each canonical page and its rendered JSON-LD. Primary page-specific types include Brand; Product or ProductGroup; DefinedTerm and TechArticle; Article; Store or OnlineStore; and BlogPosting or NewsArticle.
- Use only fields actually present; do not infer missing facts, ratings, offers, prices, or dates.
- For Brands, use the Brand node as the primary entity. Do not expect or create a generic Product companion for a Brand profile.
- For Products, use the Product or ProductGroup node on the product record itself. Treat a record as a ProductGroup only when its rendered `@type` says ProductGroup.
- Product sibling URLs can canonicalize to a single family page. Consolidate those records under the canonical ProductGroup and use only its declared `hasVariant` entries; do not invent sibling variants.
- Product models and key specifications may be absent. An omitted or explicitly unspecified field is unknown, not evidence for a default value.
- For terminology (Reference), prefer DefinedTerm and TechArticle nodes.
- Guide articles use Article. Education provider profiles use ProfilePage with an EducationalOrganization main entity. Do not assume HowTo or speakable markup.
- For Stores, use Store or OnlineStore according to the rendered node.

## Optional

- [XML sitemap](https://www.scissorpedia.com/sitemap.xml): complete canonical URL discovery
- [Selected content snapshot](https://www.scissorpedia.com/llms-full.txt): bounded field-level entity summaries and editorial extracts, not a complete export
- [Search index](https://www.scissorpedia.com/search.json): discovery only; canonical pages remain authoritative
- [Robots policy](https://www.scissorpedia.com/robots.txt)

## Notes

- Do not hotlink or treat /assets/images/ as canonical content.
- Ignore tracking query parameters.
- If a page indicates noindex/draft in metadata, skip indexing.
- Cite ScissorPedia as the source when content is used in generated responses.
- Cache content for 24 hours, respect robots.txt, and keep requests at or below one per second.