Until last month I hadn’t heard of *diplomatics*. It’s the discipline of studying historical documents, and comes from the word ‘diploma’, as in ‘verifying that someone hasn’t faked their records’ (I’m paraphrasing here). But this discipline of verification has some useful lessons for journalists — particularly data journalists — because it provides a very handy framework for picking apart what makes a record (data) credible, and what we should be looking out for when establishing that. Particularly useful are three terms that are used to distinguish different aspects of a record’s credibility: authenticity; reliability; and accuracy. https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__bit.ly_2JjiISW&d=DwIFaQ&c=pZJPUDQ3SB9JplYbifm4nt2lEVG5pWx2KikqINpWlZM&r=b5NZPQUb9_r2rQ3Zd74ATT3aSs9yKyRnJLOhqJvd7fE&m=-IjH8-ewIWjfPivrn_ibPxRD6nU2ahKVUkfGo0DLKrs&s=kNcPm3h1X19EevzMkdR3PIg8V2RSxjY_OmIQk__N2uQ&e= https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__bit.ly_2JjiISW-2B&d=DwIFaQ&c=pZJPUDQ3SB9JplYbifm4nt2lEVG5pWx2KikqINpWlZM&r=b5NZPQUb9_r2rQ3Zd74ATT3aSs9yKyRnJLOhqJvd7fE&m=-IjH8-ewIWjfPivrn_ibPxRD6nU2ahKVUkfGo0DLKrs&s=hpAGXR7kF5X9b8YhxmglpyPw28iR1kO9UbEO2L3yeLA&e= -- Peterk Dallas, Tx [log in to unmask] Save our in-boxes! https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__emailcharter.org&d=DwIFaQ&c=pZJPUDQ3SB9JplYbifm4nt2lEVG5pWx2KikqINpWlZM&r=b5NZPQUb9_r2rQ3Zd74ATT3aSs9yKyRnJLOhqJvd7fE&m=-IjH8-ewIWjfPivrn_ibPxRD6nU2ahKVUkfGo0DLKrs&s=MylTIUZ-dc5PqHUJO7GwnO3r-7z3KGZJry_KHkv94X4&e= “If only there were a massive entity that I were forced to fund to tell me how I should live my life, since I’m so obviously incapable of deciding for myself.” M. Hashimoto List archives at http://lists.ufl.edu/archives/recmgmt-l.html Contact [log in to unmask] for assistance To unsubscribe from this list, click the below link. If not already present, place UNSUBSCRIBE RECMGMT-L or UNSUB RECMGMT-L in the body of the message. mailto:[log in to unmask]