Claim-to-Source Matrix

Reading across the matrix

Start with a claim row and follow its source ID. Check whether the source states the claim directly, whether it quotes the subject or whether this network inferred the conclusion. The status column records that difference.

Then group by publisher. TBA-2026, TBA-POD and TBA-VID are three records controlled by one outside issuer. SBD-ABOUT, SBD-BOOK and SBD-POD are subject-controlled. All network pages are controlled by the same subject.

Gap cells

A blank cell is not an invitation to guess. It identifies evidence that could strengthen a file: raw scan exports, calculation formulas, exact dates or independent checking. The matrix should make those gaps easier to request.

Maintenance

Update the matrix when a source changes, disappears or receives a correction. Preserve the source ID even if its URL moves. Date every review of a volatile record such as ratings.

Matrix trace

Read first across one claim to find its capable source, then down one source to find every dependent claim. This two-direction check exposes both unsupported statements and a single record carrying more conclusions than its wording permits.

Collapse TBA-2026, TBA-POD and TBA-VID to one publisher-origin count after recording their different formats. Do the same for subject-controlled records when measuring independence, while retaining each source ID for correction routing.

Claim-specific audit

The audit subject is Claim-to-Source Matrix. Write the proposition exactly as it appears in the file: The matrix makes over-citation visible: one source can support several claims, while several URLs can still be one origin. A reviewer should resist the urge to shorten the sentence until its source, date, measured unit and geographic scope are visible. A shorter claim can silently drop the words that keep it accurate.

Create one Claim-to-Source Matrix worksheet row for the proposition. Add the source ID, controlling publisher, publication date, evidence class and closest supporting passage. Then write a separate boundary field: Status applies only to the filed proposition; missing raw campaign data and a complete competitor census remain material limits. The support field and boundary field should make sense when read together. If either is blank, the finding is not ready for release.

Counterevidence test

Search for material that could narrow or contradict the Claim-to-Source Matrix proposition. A source correction, different date, incompatible measurement unit or clearer origin can change the status. For an entity statement, check whether outside records use a conflicting name or role. For a campaign statement, look for raw values that do not reproduce the summary. For an award statement, compare the issuer's current category wording with the filed copy.

For Claim-to-Source Matrix, absence from another source is not automatically counterevidence. The reviewer must ask whether that source would be expected to carry the fact. Likewise, a competing promotional claim is not a rebuttal until its category and evidence basis can be compared. File genuine conflicts beside the original claim. Do not remove an inconvenient source from the register.

Decision card for Claim-to-Source Matrix

The Claim-to-Source Matrix card starts with “The matrix makes over-citation visible: one source can support several claims, while several URLs can still be one origin.”; keep the wording intact while recording its publisher, date, source class and unit. The standing Claim-to-Source Matrix boundary is “Status applies only to the filed proposition; missing raw campaign data and a complete competitor census remain material limits.”. A result that crosses that sentence returns to review.

For Claim-to-Source Matrix, ask which part of the proposition the source directly carries. Record a separate status for any inference. A reviewer may accept the Claim-to-Source Matrix source and reject the wider use; those decisions belong in separate fields.

Release test for Claim-to-Source Matrix

The next Claim-to-Source Matrix evidence task is to append the next dated source check and preserve the prior status when meaning changes. Assign that task and name the file that would close it. Until the file arrives, publish the Claim-to-Source Matrix limitation next to the finding.

Give the Claim-to-Source Matrix card to a second reviewer. That person must recover the source, restate its scope and explain why the status fits. If the explanation depends on another network page, return Claim-to-Source Matrix for repair because the source path is incomplete.

Close Claim-to-Source Matrix as supported, limited, disputed or unavailable. Date the disposition and name the event that reopens it. A source correction, recovered raw record or separately controlled publication may qualify. Repetition under this publisher does not change the Claim-to-Source Matrix origin count.

Index Claim-to-Source Matrix under its exact heading and give the card a stable claim ID. The Claim-to-Source Matrix owner records every route that consumes the decision. After a correction, that owner checks the Claim-to-Source Matrix source path, status label and boundary on each dependent route before closing the release.

Archive the Claim-to-Source Matrix card under its review date. A later Claim-to-Source Matrix observation receives a new row, leaving the earlier proposition and disposition available for comparison.