Package Guide

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# Transparency Package: NZ API Standard Project

This directory contains materials documenting the process, methodology, and verification of the NZ API Standard creation project.

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## Contents

### 📋 Core Documentation

**`Methodology and Technology Overview.md`** - Comprehensive methodology documentation
- GraphRAG and MCP Server technology explanations
- Execution process description (5 phases)
- File-by-file project documentation
- Key metrics and statistics
- **Includes**: Data Quality Note documenting search count discrepancy (43 claimed vs 47 actual)

**`Timeline and Metrics Report.md`** - Factual timeline with timestamps
- Commit-by-commit progression
- Elapsed time calculations for each phase
- Output metrics by phase
- Work period analysis
- Corrected search count to 47 based on actual file content

**`Completion Report and Deliverables.md`** - Detailed project completion documentation
- Executive summary and objectives
- Methodology explanation
- Deliverables breakdown
- Key achievements and challenges
- Lessons learned
- Version history (v1.0 and v1.1 enhancements)
- Statistics on document structure and quality metrics

**`Plain Language Project Overview.md`** - Non-technical explanation for general audiences
- Plain language explanation of challenge and solution
- Technology descriptions using analogies
- Process timeline in accessible terms
- Why the approach worked
- Comparison to traditional methods

### 🔍 Verification Materials

**`Verification and Quality Assessment.md`** - Independent fact-checking verification
- Systematic verification of all claims
- Verified metrics table
- Timeline accuracy verification
- File organization confirmation
- **Data Quality Issue**: Documents discrepancy between research file headers (43 searches) and actual content (47 searches)
- Resolution approach and rationale
- Methodology and limitations

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## Key Finding: Search Count Discrepancy

### The Issue
Research file headers claim 43 total searches, but actual `## Search` markers in the files number 47.

Specific discrepancies:
- `05_operations.md`: Header says 7, file contains 8 searches
- `06_definitions.md`: Header says 3, file contains 4 searches
- `07_patterns.md`: Header says 3, file contains 4 searches
- `08_good_practices.md`: Header says 6, file contains 7 searches

### How It Was Handled
1. **Identified** through systematic fact-checking
2. **Documented** with full details in Methodology and Technology Overview.md (see "Data Quality Note: Search Count Discrepancy" section)
3. **Corrected** - Summary documents updated to report accurate count of 47
4. **Preserved** - Research files kept unchanged as historical artifacts
5. **Transparent** - This fact-check report included for full visibility

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## How to Use This Package

### For Stakeholders Reviewing the Project
1. Start with `Plain Language Project Overview.md` for an accessible overview
2. Review `Timeline and Metrics Report.md` for execution timeline
3. Check `Verification and Quality Assessment.md` for verification results

### For Technical Reviewers
1. Read `Methodology and Technology Overview.md` for full methodology
2. Review `Completion Report and Deliverables.md` for detailed metrics
3. Examine `Verification and Quality Assessment.md` for verification methodology and findings

### For Data Quality Auditors
1. Focus on `Verification and Quality Assessment.md` for verification approach
2. Review "Data Quality Note" in `Methodology and Technology Overview.md` for discrepancy details
3. Check individual research files to verify the 47 search count

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## Transparency Principles

This transparency package was created following these principles:

1. **Completeness**: All relevant documentation is included
2. **Accuracy**: Claims are verified against actual artifacts
3. **Disclosure**: Issues discovered are documented, not hidden
4. **Traceability**: All metrics can be verified through included documents
5. **Accessibility**: Multiple levels of explanation for different audiences

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## Verification Status

✅ **All verifiable claims confirmed as accurate**

- 280 DocRef citations: Verified
- 14,657 word count: Verified (14,721 actual)
- 6 git commits: Verified with timestamps
- 8 research files: Verified to exist
- Timeline accuracy: Verified (1h 58m 42s actual)
- Search count: Corrected to 47 (from 43 claimed)

⚠️ **One data quality issue identified and resolved:**
- Search count discrepancy documented and corrected in summary documents

❌ **Unable to verify (database offline):**
- Database node counts (5,612 total, Part breakdown)
- Context usage metrics (152,929 tokens claimed)
- Embedding model details (Nomic AI)

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## Document Relationships

```
Methodology and Technology Overview.md
├─ Technology explanations (GraphRAG, MCP)
├─ Execution process (5 phases)
├─ File documentation
└─ Data Quality Note ⚠️ (search discrepancy documented)

Timeline and Metrics Report.md
├─ Commit timeline with timestamps
├─ Elapsed time calculations
├─ Output metrics by phase
└─ Corrected to 47 searches

Completion Report and Deliverables.md
├─ Executive summary
├─ Methodology details
├─ Deliverables breakdown
└─ Statistics and metrics

Plain Language Project Overview.md
└─ Accessible explanation for general audiences

Verification and Quality Assessment.md
├─ Verification methodology
├─ Verified claims
├─ Data quality issue analysis
└─ Resolution approach documented
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## Questions and Clarifications

**Q: Why keep research files with incorrect headers?**
A: They are historical artifacts of the original generation process. Correcting them would alter the record. Instead, summaries are corrected and the discrepancy is fully documented.

**Q: How was the actual search count determined?**
A: By counting `## Search` markers in each research file, which represent individual search queries executed. This is verifiable in the source files.

**Q: What would unverifiable database claims?**
A: The MCP database server was offline during fact-checking. These claims are accepted as accurate pending verification opportunity, but remain unverifiable in this package.

**Q: Is the 47-search count final?**
A: Yes, based on actual file content verification. All summary documents have been corrected to reflect this accurate count.

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## Package Version

- **Created**: November 26, 2025
- **Fact-check Date**: November 26, 2025
- **Search Count Correction**: 43 → 47 (verified)
- **Data Quality Status**: Documented and resolved

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For questions about this transparency package, refer to the included documents or the project repository.