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Rastkirin û guhertoykirin
Every published record will one day need to change: a typing error, a revised figure, a withdrawn claim, a new release of a dataset. What matters is whether the change is visible, linked and propagated, or silent. This page sets out how corrections, retractions and new versions are recorded, why superseded assertions keep circulating after they are corrected, and what editors and stewards need to run a correction route that readers can follow.
Xebat çawa dimeşe.
Interoperability console
Correction and versioning · Crosswalk · Profile v3
Field mappings
| identifier | id | copy | Derbas |
| evidence_label | quality.label | enum map | Derbas |
| licence | rights.licence | SPDX id | Ambiguous |
| version | version | semver | Derbas |
Conformance
ŞeklInteroperability console: example names and illustrative values, not a record or a live system.
Correction and versioning: how the risk develops.
Superseded assertions and correction routes. The dossier below sets out how the risk develops, what is measured, where the data come from, how it is modelled and who decides.
Silent edits
A value is overwritten in place without a version change or a notice. Anyone who downloaded or cited the earlier state now holds a record that no longer matches the source, and nothing tells them so.
Corrections stop at the source
A notice is issued where the record lives, but copies in aggregators, indexes, reference managers and derived datasets are not updated. The superseded assertion keeps circulating downstream and is cited as current.
Version forks
Preprint, accepted manuscript and version of record, or successive dataset releases, are registered without relations between them. Citations split across versions, and a correction made to one never reaches the others.
Reliance compounds
Corrected or retracted findings feed systematic reviews, models, guidelines and funding cases. Each reuse builds on the flawed assertion, so the cost of a late correction grows with every layer that came to depend on it.
How correction and versioning is modelled, measured and tested.
Model, texmînên wî, daneyên wî û nediyariya wî, bi şeweyê ku zanyar an endezyar kontrol bike. Avahî rêbazên weşandî dişopînin. Nirxên hatine xêzkirin nimûneyî ne, ne encam in.
Daneset û çavkanî
The data classes behind correction and versioning and what is recorded about each before it is used.
| Çîna daneyê | Çavkanî hatiye tomarkirin | Biryar hatiye diyarkirin | Lîsans hatiye kontrolkirin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wêneyên peykî, optîk û radar | sensor, asta pêvajoyê, dîroka wergirtinê | mezinahiya pîkselê û vegera çavdêriyê | her dîmen |
| Vekolîna nû û derxistina modela avhewa | model, ceribandin, endam, guhertoyê | tor û gava demê | her weşan |
| Sensor û pîvanên cihê xwe | stasyon, amûr, tomara kalîbrasyonê | xal û rêjeya nimûnegirtinê | her tor |
| Rûbirûbûna nifûs û mal û milkan | rêbaz, berhema salê, çavkaniyên têketinê | mezinahiya şaneyê û yekeya wê | her weşan |
| Sînor û erdnîgariya referansê | hilberîner, çap, dîrok | pîvan | her çap |
- Xetên eslê daneyê
- Qeyda W3C PROV ji çavkaniyê heta wêneyê
- Prensîp
- FAIR: dîtbar, gihîştbar, hevgirtî, ji nû ve bikaranîn
- Valahî
- wekî winda tê nîşandan, tu carî bi bêdengî nayê dagirtin
Corrections in one domain must reach every product that used the data.
- AvIn practiceA revised rainfall series changes drought indices.What a reader can checkProducts re-run after revision
- TenduristîIn practiceRevised case counts change outbreak analyses.What a reader can checkDîroka guhertoyan
- XwarinIn practiceRevised survey weights change estimates.What a reader can checkCorrection notes
Corrections are published with every edition of rêzeya Pergalên Stratejîk under COPE guidance. Versions would follow the identifier rules of NS-1 in the proposed Nexus Standards.
- Error reports with evidence.
- Source revisions that need propagating.
What is measured, and how well.
Each indicator carries its unit, its cadence, the kind of source behind it and the evidence label a value would carry. No values are shown: a programme supplies them under its own authority.
| Indicator | Unit | Cadence | Source type | Nîşan |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corrections issued | count by type per period | monthly | Correction trail | ÇAVDÊRÎKIRÎ |
| Time from report to correction notice | roj | per case | Case records | ÇAVDÊRÎKIRÎ |
| Content changes without a version increment | count | weekly | Content hash comparison | ÇAVDÊRÎKIRÎ |
| Version chain completeness | share of versions linked to a predecessor | monthly | Relation metadata | ÇAVDÊRÎKIRÎ |
| Retracted items linked to their notice | share of retracted items | monthly | Crossmark and retraction records | ÇAVDÊRÎKIRÎ |
| Superseded records still cited as current | count of citing works | quarterly | Citation graph | TEXMÎNKIRÎ |
| Corrections reflected by downstream aggregators | share of sampled aggregators | quarterly | Aggregator sampling | TEXMÎNKIRÎ |
Where the evidence comes from.
Named public datasets and institutional records, each with its licence class. Sources by agreement are used only under their terms and never republished.
| Çavkanî | What it gives | Licence class |
|---|---|---|
| Retraction Watch Database | Records of retractions, corrections and expressions of concern across publishers | Open, distributed by Crossref |
| Crossmark | Publisher-deposited update status linking corrections and retractions to the original work | Open metadata via Crossref |
| Crossref and DataCite relation metadata | Relations such as is new version of, is previous version of and is obsoleted by | Open metadata; CC0 for DataCite |
| PubPeer | Post-publication comments that often surface errors before formal notices | Public comments under site terms |
| Internet Archive Wayback Machine via Memento | Time-stamped captures showing what a page said at a given moment | Free access under archive terms |
| Software Heritage | Archived source code with intrinsic identifiers for every version | Open archive, terms per content licence |
Who decides, and what the evidence serves.
Registry prepares evidence. The decisions below are taken by the authorities named, under their own rules, and never by the platform.
| Who decides | The question | Evidence this page serves |
|---|---|---|
| Journal editors and publishers | Whether an error warrants a correction, an expression of concern or a retraction | COPE guidance, the nature of the error, and the citing and derived works that relied on it |
| Data stewards and repository managers | Whether a change is a correction to the same version or a new version | The versioning policy, the extent of the change and the identifiers already cited |
| Research integrity offices | Whether a pattern of corrections signals possible misconduct needing investigation | Correction history across records by the same contributors, with dates and stated reasons |
| Systematic reviewers and guideline panels | Whether included evidence must be re-examined after a correction | Retraction and correction status of every included item at the review date |
Outputs this topic produces
- Correction trails showing each change, its type, author, date and reason
- Version chains linking every release to its predecessor and successor
- Notices for superseded assertions kept visible beside the corrected record
- A published correction route stating whom to contact and how a report is handled
What experts ask about corrections.
- When is a change a correction, an update or a replacement, and how should each be labelled?
- How can a correction reach citations, copies and derived records?
- What must be kept of a superseded version so that past decisions can be understood?
- Who may initiate, review and approve a correction?
- How is a correction itself corrected?
Why uncorrected errors persist.
Studies of retracted research have long shown that flawed papers continue to be cited after retraction, largely because readers meet them through copies, summaries and reference lists that never learn of the change. The same happens with datasets, dashboards and programme descriptions. Silent edits make it worse: when a page changes without notice, readers cannot know that what they cited is no longer what the page says.
Good practice therefore treats records as append-only. A correction creates a new version that points to the one it supersedes, states what changed and why, and is announced through a notice that downstream pergalan can detect. Publishing communities have developed shared guidance for retractions and corrections, and versioned identifiers let citations point to a specific state. The Registry’s procedure is described on corrections and version history.
How versioning works in practice.
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Version chains
Each version records its predecessor and successor, so the full history can be followed.
- 02
Typed changes
A change is labelled as a correction, an update, a supersession or a withdrawal, each with a reason.
- 03
Change notices
Machine-readable notices let copies elsewhere update, a feature discussed under registry interoperability.
- 04
Sînor
No registry can recall copies it does not control. Notices help only pergalan that read them, and some errors are found too late to change decisions already taken. Correcting a record does not correct the reasoning others built on it.
How it is studied, and what the methods cannot say.
- 01Endezyariya daneyê, hevgirtî û xwedîtîSchema-validated ingestion · Persistent identifier reconciliation · Lineage capture in pipelinesApplied here
- 02Ewlehiya sîber û kriptografîTamper-evident record history · Signed exports and releases · Threat modelling of edit pathsApplied here
- 03Nasnameya dîjîtal û pergalên giştî yên dîjîtalIssuer authentication and authority · Contributor disambiguation by the personApplied here
Where this page’s references lead.
Sazî û belgeyên ku ev rûpel li hember wan tê xwendin. Rewş û çap diguherin; her girêdan diçe ba saziya derxistinê.
Pirs û bersiv.
What is the difference between a correction and a new version?
Are retracted records deleted?
How can I tell if a record I cited has changed?
Why do retracted findings keep being cited?
Will an earlier version disappear after a correction?
Can anyone request a correction?
Is a withdrawal the same as a correction?
Ji vê rûpelê delîl bidin.
rêzeya Pergalên Stratejîk is the Consortium’s quarterly publication. What you know about this subject can become evidence, a case or a correction in the next edition, credited to you and published under CC BY 4.0 where it is your own work.
- E-nameDergeh GW-GCRIJi vê rûpelê bişîninDelîl, rastkirin, doz, rêbaz, nirxandin, wergerandin an têketina profîlê. Bi nîşana vê rûpelê digihîje, ji ber vê yekê edîtorê xwediyê wê wê bistîne.
- ZenodoDepoya vekirîWê razînin û ji civakê re bişîninTomara xwe li Zenodo bi ORCID iD ya xwe biweşînin, paşê wê li wir ji civaka Reports re bişînin. Kurator wê vedikolin; DOI ya we dimîne.
- rêzeya Pergalên StratejîkGCRISee every way to contributeThe contribution types, how each is reviewed, what credit you receive, the licence and what is never accepted.
Tu carî daneyên şexsî, hûrgiliyên binesaza hesas an tiştekî ku mafê we yê parvekirinê tune ne neşînin. Beşdarî berî bikaranînê tê nirxandin; şandina wê nivîskarî an mafên edîtorî nade û sponsorî tu carî encamekê nakire.
Rêbazek, danehevek an pirsek bîne.
Agahî û pirs îro vekirî ne. Pirsek referansekê distîne û gava piştî wê dide nasîn; serlêdan, drav, veqetandina hesabkirinê û tomarkirin tenê dema ku tîm, mercên wê û kapasîteya vekolînê hebin vedibin.
Belgeyên hiqûqî.
Nexşe, dane û jimarên vê malperê ji bo çarçoveyê û agahiyên giştî têne nîşandan. Ew ne şîret, ne pêşbînî û ne hişyarî ne; sînorên agahiyê di Daxuyaniyên Berpirsiyariyê û Daxuyaniyên Daneyê de hatine diyarkirin.