The golden copy of an instrument is the record the reference-data service assembles from its sources, field by field, by stated rules (a precedence of sources per field, validation, manual overrides), with the source of each value kept as its provenance; it is what every consumer reads, while the vendors’ own records are kept beside it.
| field | vendor A wrong | vendor B wrong | golden copy wrong | conflicts reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ticker (A first) | 0 | 153 | 0 | 150 |
| lot size (A first) | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
pl_refdata.golden_quality.