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Sous anglè: How records are connected

Sous anglè: What CityScroll means when it links two records, how to inspect that claim, and why some obvious relationships stay unlinked.

Sous anglè: Last reviewed 2026-09-06

Sous anglè: What a connection claims

Sous anglè: CityScroll connects records the city publishes separately — a notice to the agency that issued it, an agency to a vendor it awarded work to, a rule to the duty behind it. Every one of those connections is a claim, and every claim has a basis you can read.

Sous anglè: The claim is always narrow. It says these two published records refer to the same thing, and here is what made that identification. It never says one record caused the other, and it never says anyone did anything wrong.

Sous anglè: How the identification was made

Sous anglè: Open Kijan koneksyon sa a te fèt on a connected record and you get the basis rather than a score. The labels distinguish three kinds of evidence.

Sous anglè: BasisSous anglè: What it meansSous anglè: How much weight it carries
Matche dapre yon dosye pibliyeSous anglè: The two records carry the same identifier the publisher issued — a procurement identifier, an agency code, a project numberSous anglè: The strongest kind. The city's own key did the joining
Dosye ki matche atravè lyen yoSous anglè: The records were matched on their content, such as an organization's name, rather than on a shared identifierSous anglè: Weaker. Names are written inconsistently, and different organizations share names
Yon moun te aksepte liSous anglè: Someone reviewed the pair and accepted itSous anglè: As good as the review, which is why it is labelled rather than hidden

Sous anglè: The same panel names the relation itself — "issued rule", for instance — and links the official source the records came from. If a connection matters to you, that link is the thing to open.

Sous anglè: The connection has an address

Sous anglè: A connection you have opened stays in the address of the page. Copy the address and you can send someone the record with that specific claim already inspected, rather than telling them where to click. It is the same habit as keeping the address of a search: the link carries the state.

Sous anglè: Why an obvious relationship can be missing

Sous anglè: A connection that plainly exists in the world can still be absent here, and none of these reasons means the relationship is not real.

Sous anglè: What a connection is not

Sous anglè: A connection is not a finding. Two records being linked is not evidence that money moved improperly, that an official acted wrongly, or that a decision was made because of the other record. A named awardee on a contract does not mean that vendor is currently open to subcontractors, and a vendor appearing beside an agency repeatedly is a count, not a conclusion.

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