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The Quantum Flagship publishes it on qt.eu.", "date": "2026-09-19", "date_basis": "Creation date in the PDF document properties; the draft itself prints no date (two chapters show an empty \"date of publication\" placeholder).", "checked": "2026-10-24", "source": { "url": "https://qt.eu/media/pdf/SRIA2026drafts/QT_SRIA_full.pdf?m=1789980783&", "pages": 306, "registry": "data/opendata/documents-sources.json", "licence_note": "The PDF and qt.eu state no reuse licence. This file keeps the structure, figures and page numbers with summaries in our own words and at most one short quotation; the portal’s documents library holds the owner-approved qt.eu copy." }, "method_note": "Read on 24 October 2026 from the text of the PDF (pypdf), page by page; page numbers are those printed in the draft (\"Page N of 306\"). Figures, years and targets are copied as stated. Table cells come from the extracted text, so where a table layout is ambiguous the note of the row says so. The groups are a reading aid of this portal; the draft lists its twelve chapters in one index, the first six as roadmap updates.", "notice": "A draft for public consultation, not an adopted agenda. 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