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Provenance

Interpret source, freshness and confidence fields.

Provenance fields

FieldMeaning
sourceHuman-readable source label.
sourceKindOfficial, confirmed, development, heuristic, feed or interpretation class.
sourceUrlCanonical public source URL, when available.
observedAtWhen Fluxus recorded the observation.
publishedAtPublisher timestamp when supplied.
confidenceHigh, medium, low or unknown when classified.
isOfficialSourceWhether the source is marked official.

Display guidance

Show observedAt next to timestamps and keep sourceUrl clickable. Do not treat an old observedAt as current merely because the record still exists. Use the envelope dataStatus alongside record-level provenance.