Reviewing extracted values

Read the evidence

Each candidate is shown beside its evidence: the table cell, sentence or figure panel, with its page. Judge the evidence. The confidence number is only a guide to what needs attention and does not replace looking at the source.

Four decisions

A reviewer records one of four decisions on each value. Rejected and unclear values never enter the verified dataset.

• Accept: the evidence supports the value as extracted.
• Correct: the evidence supports a different value. Your correction is stored beside the reported value; the reported value and its evidence are never changed.
• Reject: the evidence does not support the value.
• Needs clarification: the value cannot be settled yet, and a note says why.

Flags name the problem

Quality-check flags say what to look at: a unit that does not fit the property, a missing condition, a possible duplicate, a missing page reference.

• Clear a flag by fixing the value, or by recording why it is right as it stands.
• A flag you cannot resolve is a reason to reject, not to accept with a note.
• Conflicting values for the same quantity go to conflict review; they are not averaged.

Who can approve

Final approval can be given by reviewers, owners, and editors whom the owner has marked "also reviewer". Approval records your name and the time, and both travel with the value into the exported dataset.

Some values cannot be approved in bulk: fields the study configuration marks as always needing a person, and every value read from a figure.