SIE.2:2 - Problem

Source inventories often list files and endpoints but omit the meanings that make their values usable. A table called feature, an API field called available, and an identifier called partNumber appear self-describing. Their actual senses may depend on an edition, profile, configuration, interval, issuer, lifecycle state, organizational rule, or local extension.

When those dependencies are hidden, later workers can neither justify a correspondence nor trace a failure. A changed source looks like a schema defect even when the meaning changed; an access right is mistaken for authority; and a provenance record is mistaken for truth.