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single source of truth
/ˈsɪŋ.ɡəl sɔːrs əv truːθ/ - phr.
1. Term struck pending the definitions of ownership, metric, and certification it depends on; without them the source is single but the truth is plural.
Struck
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See also
- certified reportA report stamped trustworthy by whoever was last willing to put their name on it.
- metric definitionThe document everyone cites and no one has read since the analyst who wrote it left.
- semantic layerThe place where the company agreed what 'revenue' means, except for the four teams that didn't get the invite.