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single source of truth

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single source of truth

Summary

single source of truth is a best practice[1]. It draws 348 Wikipedia views per month (best_practice category, ranking #1 of 3).[2]

Key Facts

  • single source of truth's instance of is recorded as best practice[3].
  • single source of truth's subclass of is recorded as source of information[4].
  • single source of truth's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0grj3m[5].
  • single source of truth's facet of is recorded as data management[6].
  • single source of truth's uses is recorded as data deduplication[7].
  • single source of truth's uses is recorded as canonicalization[8].
  • single source of truth's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2776928831[9].

Why It Matters

single source of truth draws 348 Wikipedia views per month (best_practice category, ranking #1 of 3).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

Related Entities

data management

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). single source of truth. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/single-source-of-truth
MLA “single source of truth.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/single-source-of-truth.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_single-source-of-truth_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{single source of truth}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/single-source-of-truth}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): single source of truth — https://4ort.xyz/entity/single-source-of-truth (retrieved 2026-05-03)

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