Trace notebook
DESCRIBED | Data Exhaust
By Jonathan Malchow Vega
https://dataexhaust.org/tools/
Version 1.1 | 19 October 2026

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1. Choose one record and the claim being made about it.
2. Write down its source, date and known changes. Keep observations separate from guesses.
3. Ask someone else to follow the reference. Record what they cannot verify.

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