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

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system of record

/ˈsɪs.təm əv ˈrek.ɔːrd/ - n.

1. Term struck pending the definitions of accuracy, ownership, and reconciliation it claims to settle — a record is not authoritative because it was named first.

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See also
  • accuracyAgreement with the source system, which everyone has quietly agreed to call reality.
  • golden recordThe one true version of the customer, assembled from five wrong ones by a rule no one in the room can recite.
  • single version of the truthThe truth that everyone agreed to, and then maintained a personal copy of, just in case.