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Authoritative Source Discovery Workflow
A source-discovery workflow helps daily Research publishing find primary evidence before drafting claims or tables.
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Headline signal
4 discovery steps: owner, date, definition, limitation (Google Search Central: SEO starter guide). Treat this as context for planning, not a guarantee about a particular assistant or operating result.
Analysis and operating context
Methodology: discovery ranks sources by authority, relevance, currency, and inspectability; it does not treat a high search position as evidence quality.
Start with the organization that owns the data, standard, study, or policy. Capture the page title, publisher, date, scope, definition, and limitation in the ledger.
Follow commentary back to its cited primary source before using a headline number. If the original source is unavailable, qualify the claim or return the candidate.
Keep source discovery separate from synthesis so a reviewer can see which facts were reported and which conclusions were authored locally.
Sources
- NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0
- NIST Digital Identity Guidelines
- CISA Secure Our World
- FTC Data Security Guidance
- Google Search Central: Creating helpful content
- Google Search Central: SEO starter guide
- OWASP Top 10
- ILO: Decent work and the care economy
- World Bank: Digital economy
- Philippine Statistics Authority
- W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
Frequently asked questions
What should a manager verify first?
Verify the work definition, source record, reviewer, access limit, and escalation path before assigning the queue.
What belongs with the internal owner?
Keep final approvals, unusual exceptions, payment decisions, and changes to the control rules with the internal owner.