Donation Disclosure Check

Compare caller-supplied expected and observed records for donation disclosure check.

Description

Donation disclosure coverage tracks required statements against observed disclosure labels.

Donation disclosure coverage tracks required statements against observed disclosure labels. Missing entries signal gaps in the supplied record.^[1]

Compare caller-supplied expected and observed records for donation disclosure check.

When to use Donation Disclosure Check

Use this tool to compare caller-supplied expected and observed records for donation disclosure check.

Prepare the text, recorded observations, aligned figures or editorial criteria requested. Confirm what each label, count, timestamp or supplied flag represents before interpreting the result.

How to use Donation Disclosure Check and understand its results

Prepare the text, recorded observations, aligned figures or editorial criteria requested. Confirm what each label, count, timestamp or supplied flag represents before interpreting the result.
Enter requiredDisclosures, completedDisclosures using the field table and calculation rules, then run the tool.
Read coveragePercent, matched, missing, unexpected. The explanation below defines the units, signs, ordering and any flags or placeholder values.
If the tool reports an input issue, correct the values and run it again. Apply the stated assumptions when interpreting a successfully returned result.

Input field	Meaning	Value type; see rules below	Requirement
requiredDisclosures	Required disclosures	list of string	Required
completedDisclosures	Completed disclosures	list of string	Required

Supply required and observed disclosure labels. Enter a nonempty required list and an observed list, which may be empty. Trim and lowercase entries for comparison; blank entries are errors. Deduplicate by normalized key. Return matched/missing required labels, unexpected observed labels, and coverage. Required order is preserved; the last trimmed spelling wins for duplicate keys.

coverage%=100×matchedUnique/requiredUnique

Units, indexing, boundary conditions and exceptional cases are defined in the calculation rules above.

Output field	Meaning	Value type
coveragePercent	Coverage (%)	number; minimum: 0; maximum: 100
matched	Matched items	list of string
missing	Missing items	list of string
unexpected	Unexpected items	list of string

json

{
  "input": {
    "requiredDisclosures": [
      "editor notice",
      "conflict statement",
      "recusal record"
    ],
    "completedDisclosures": [
      "editor notice",
      "conflict statement"
    ]
  },
  "output": {
    "coveragePercent": 66.66666666666666,
    "matched": [
      "editor notice",
      "conflict statement"
    ],
    "missing": [
      "recusal record"
    ],
    "unexpected": []
  }
}

Limitations and assumptions

No donation, publication, visibility of statements or legal adequacy is verified.

Numeric inputs must be finite. Follow the calculation-specific rules for overflow, underflow and exceptional cases. Lists are limited to 100,000 entries; the rules above may require smaller limits. Missing required fields, extra fields, wrong value types and violations of the calculation rules are input errors.

Alternative or Complementary methods

Use Donor Concentration Analysis: Aggregate contributions by donor and calculate largest-share and Herfindahl concentration measures. For a complementary task, use Conflict Map Disclosure: Audit conflict-map methodology and uncertainty disclosures.

References

Donation Disclosure Check — tool.io

Similar or alternative tools

Donor Concentration Analysis
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Conflict Map Disclosure
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