Standards Release · verified event object

Rewriting ads.txt Won’t Save You (But Reading It Might)

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evt_2812c519-1d4d-5cda-95a4-ac44053a8b3d 1 independent sources 1 evidence objects Confidence 50% Importance 52.7

Object contract

Event IDevt_2812c519-1d4d-5cda-95a4-ac44053a8b3d
Cluster IDcls_9cd528c2-f79c-5f8d-8b78-f05b959b5afc
Event typeStandards Release
Statuscompleted
Primary companyIAB Tech Lab
Known monetary valueNot disclosed

Explainable ranking

Event Impact12.0
Evidence Strength8.0
Source Quality15.0
Confidence7.5
Freshness7.0
Upstream Relevance3.2

OBJECT → STABLE ID → SOURCE → RELATION → TIMESTAMP

Evidence

Every claim remains linked to the underlying reporting object.

Cluster members

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