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OPS.15:10 - Rationale

A measure is useful through the claim it supports for a decision. Starting with that claim makes eligibility, event identity and time rules practical necessities rather than optional metadata.

Separate views preserve the different consequences of one piece of work. Bounds and directed refresh then reduce collection whose answer cannot affect the current choice, while retaining the observations needed for another real use.