A archive table has a transcription error in a unit label. A later publisher notice also changes a figure. How can the correction history distinguish those two events?
Record format: question; proposed response; source or method; limitation. Use a dated correction only if the underlying wording or evidence changes. Record RESEARCH-23404.
Use separate entries for the internal transcription correction and the publisher notice. They have different sources and may affect different claims.
Ask whether the changed figure affects the archive’s interpretation. Updating a citation alone may leave an unsupported conclusion in the opening summary.
Each entry should retain the date, old text, corrected text, reason and source reference. For a publisher notice, link the notice as well as the original paper.
Keep a visible correction near the affected material and a linked changelog entry. Readers who saved the earlier version should be able to understand what changed.