Method · provenance card

A four-step Kakobuy Spreadsheet provenance card

Complete each observable field before making the keep, change, request, or recheck decision.

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Before starting

Resolve identity before comparing evidence

  • Final source URL
  • Exact visible selection
  • Evidence observation date

Four-step method

Turn a saved row into a portable source card

Every provenance card step leaves a named output. Pause the worksheet when its next decision would depend on a source, option, view, or measurement that is absent.

  1. 1. Resolve the source

    Resolve the final page and save both requested and final URLs.

  2. 2. Capture exact fields

    Copy the exact visible item and option labels.

  3. 3. Classify evidence

    Write one bounded observation with its source and date.

  4. 4. Record the decision

    List the unresolved claim and the evidence needed next.

Worked example

A plausible match can still remain unresolved

A saved row opens a redirected page with similar wording. The card retains both URLs, copies the visible option, and labels the identity match unresolved until checked.

Record now

Example output 1: record now must remain explicit in the saved record.

Compare next

Example output 2: compare next must remain explicit in the saved record.

Do not infer

Example output 3: do not infer must remain explicit in the saved record.

Exception handling

Reopen only the field affected by new evidence

Preserve the earlier audit trail while adding the new source, observation, and decision.

  • The source is a search result instead of the final page.
  • The option text was paraphrased rather than copied.
  • An observation has no date.
  • A warehouse image is presented as listing evidence.

Return to the live source with a portable source card

The saved record should explain both the decision and its limits.

Use the Kakobuy workflow notes when the saved record needs a current platform-specific next step.

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