Data methodology

What FIGURA knows, and how we know it.

FIGURA is a source-linked directory, not an official governing body. Coverage is broad but not complete, and the amount of verified detail varies by competition and publisher.

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Source hierarchy

Primary sources first

FIGURA prefers ISU publications, national federation calendars, official organiser pages, announcements, entry systems, schedules and result systems. Secondary references can help discovery, but they do not replace an official source for verification.

Facts are stored separately from sources

Dates, venue, entry details, schedule, entries and results can come from different documents. A competition card may therefore contain both verified fields and fields that are only recorded.

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Verification labels

Recorded

The fact is stored in FIGURA and may come from an official calendar, an organiser page, a document or a legacy import. Recorded does not mean independently verified.

Verified

The field is linked to a named source and has passed a maintained parser rule or a human review. The source and check date are shown when the card has them.

Last checked

The timestamp says when FIGURA most recently checked the cited source. It is not a promise that an organiser has made no later change.

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Coverage and updates

Coverage varies

Some publishers provide structured entry and result systems; others publish short calendar rows or scanned PDFs. Missing fees, entries, schedules or results mean that FIGURA has not found or verified that fact, not that the fact does not exist.

Changes preserve provenance

Maintained connectors update cards when supported sources change. Lifecycle-aware cards separate event dates from competition days and keep source-linked update records where that information is available.

Does every FIGURA card have the same level of verification?

No. Coverage varies by organiser and publication format. Cards show the facts currently available, while source and verification sections identify what has supporting provenance.

Does an official URL mean every field is verified?

No. A source link identifies where information came from. Individual fields are only described as verified when FIGURA stores field-level provenance for them.

How quickly are corrections published?

Corrections are reviewed against the organiser or federation source before publication. Timing depends on source availability and the scope of the change; FIGURA does not promise an automatic fixed turnaround.

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Include the competition URL, the field that is wrong and the official source supporting the correction.

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