Network/Register/Fact Graph Data Quality
Gap Register
G-026Public

Fact graph data quality & source attribution

Tier 2 — Structurally thin, not launch-blocking
Status
Open — first controls shipped
Owner
Creator
Why now
OLN's Fact graph is the substrate for HellaThis (G-029) and the source of AEO/AI licensing value. Data quality is a trust layer for a consumer product with revenue at stake. The first controls — a fail-closed type-trust extraction gate, an attribute-QA pass, and a Source Registry — now exist; conflict resolution and propagation remain.
Depends on
G-030

Source attribution per Fact, QA pipeline for imports, confidence scoring for AI-extracted Facts, conflict resolution when sources disagree.

Why this matters

OLN’s Fact graph is the substrate for HellaThis (G-029) and the source of AEO/AI licensing value. Data quality is no longer just internal hygiene — it’s a trust layer for a consumer product with revenue at stake.

Needs explicit treatment of:

  • Source attribution (which Fact came from where)
  • QA pipeline (Commons proposal model handles new entries; what handles imports?)
  • Confidence scoring for AI-extracted Facts (Memory Alpha migration)
  • Conflict resolution when sources disagree

First controls shipped

Several pieces of this now exist:

  • Type-trust extraction gate (Entry 038) — extraction is fail-closed on entity-type confidence: facts are only auto-extracted when independent signals (Wikidata type + source infobox) corroborate the type; ambiguous or conflicting cases wait for human validation. This is the front-line confidence scoring.
  • Attribute QA pass — a sweep that flags real-but-unregistered and erroneous fields per type, feeding a propose → approve → registry loop (Entry 035).
  • Source Registry (G-066) — each source is a first-class entity carrying its license class, citation tier (Entry 020), and reliability — the spine of source attribution.

Still open: conflict resolution when sources disagree (the review-queue duels, G-060), and propagation/versioning semantics at scale.

Related

  • Entry 008 — HellaThis as Sister Product
  • Entry 009 — Memory Alpha Migration
  • Entry 030 — Discoverability posture (the structured graph is the licensable asset)
  • Entry 038 — Type-trust extraction gate (the fail-closed confidence control)
  • G-029 — HellaThis ↔ OLN intercompany licensing
  • G-030 — Memory Alpha migration architecture
  • G-060 — Unified Fact review & confirmation queue (conflict resolution)
  • G-066 — Community source nomination & the Source Registry
  • G-058 — AI crawler & data-licensing posture (gates external access to this graph)