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Vol. I · No. 251
Mon · 8 Jun
A Daily Lexicon of Trustworthy Data
The Lexicon

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single version of the truth

/ˈsɪŋ.ɡəl ˈvɜːr.ʒən əv ðə truːθ/ - n.

1 [colloq.] The truth that everyone agreed to, and then maintained a personal copy of, just in case.Keep. Punchy.This is the problem.

Working definition

2. The architectural goal of one authoritative, agreed source for each business fact, eliminating conflicting figures across reports and systems.

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See also
  • consistencyThe state of two systems agreeing, usually because no one has joined them yet.
  • golden recordThe one true version of the customer, assembled from five wrong ones by a rule no one in the room can recite.
  • reconciliationThe monthly ritual of explaining why two numbers differ, after which both are kept.