Reference
A field reference for defensible context
A field reference to truth discovery, knowledge fusion, provenance and context engineering: terms, comparisons, methods and standards.
- Abstention
Abstention is a system's explicit choice to withhold a substantive answer under defined conditions.
- Append-only log
An append-only log records new entries without replacing or deleting earlier entries in ordinary operation.
- As-of query
An as-of query retrieves a record relative to a specified point in its time model.
- Attribution
Attribution identifies the source or actor responsible for a statement, dataset or derived work.
- Blank cell vs declared unknown
A blank leaves its reason unstated; a declared unknown records what was checked and why no value is available.
- Data catalog vs system of record
A catalog tells users what data exists and how to find it; a system of record governs accepted values within a defined scope.
- Data warehouse vs system of record
A warehouse organizes data for analysis; a system of record governs the accepted state used for a defined decision.
- Deterministic vs probabilistic entity resolution
Deterministic rules make explicit match decisions; probabilistic methods estimate match likelihood from observed features.
- Auditing an LLM answer against its sources
Split an answer into claims and inspect cited passages for support, inference and missing qualifications.
- Citing at the sentence
Bind each assertion to the exact source passage, its locator, reading date and retained copy.
- Declaring unknowns
Distinguish not found, blocked by licence and not applicable, with a dated search boundary.
- Detecting source drift
Compare current source content with the retained cited version and reassess changed support.
- Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical (ATC) classification
A hierarchical classification for substances used in drug-utilization research.
- Central Index Key (CIK)
The SEC's identifier for a filer in its EDGAR submission system.
- ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number)
A stable identifier for a clinical study record on ClinicalTrials.gov.
- Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
A controlled classification for the subject matter of public procurement in Europe.
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