Purpose of Use Boundary Definition
This page defines the boundaries governing how the residential listing dataset for Addis Ababa may be used. Its purpose is to prevent analytical, inferential, or decision-oriented applications that exceed what the dataset can structurally support.
The dataset is positioned as an informational reference layer, not as an analytical instrument.
Permissible Uses of the Dataset
The dataset may be used to describe what was visible through selected listing platforms at a specific point in time. It supports clarification of scope, illustration of observability limits, and explanation of how residential information becomes exposed through intermediary systems.
Use is limited to descriptive framing and methodological transparency. The dataset does not support synthesis, aggregation, or evaluation.
Impermissible Uses and Interpretive Overreach
The dataset must not be used to derive indicators, trends, comparisons, or conclusions about residential conditions. It does not support estimation of housing stock, availability, demand, or spatial dominance.
Any attempt to transform visibility into inference constitutes misuse of the data.
Boundary Enforcement Through Interpretation
These use boundaries are enforced not through technical restriction but through disciplined interpretation. Readers are expected to treat the dataset as silent on all residential contexts that are not directly visible.
This page establishes a firm methodological constraint: absence of evidence within the dataset is not evidence of absence in residential reality.