Entities, relationships, events and signals
Records are entities; lines between them are relationships; dated changes are events; readings over events are signals. Each carries a basis that says whether it is a filed fact, a computed figure or an inference.
Everything DFX publishes is labelled with what kind of statement it is, so you always know how much weight it can carry:
- Fact: observed in a filing or announcement. The statement is the source's, not DFX's.
- Derived metric: computed from facts with a stated formula and time window (a share, a rate, a change between filings).
- Signal: a detector's reading of events. A reading, not a fact.
- Anomaly: a joined pattern no single source shows, published with what would prove it wrong.
- Inference: rests on a candidate-grade link (for example two records matched on name alone) and is labelled so.
Current versus historical
DFX keeps every reading, not only the latest. A firm's figures are shown from its latest filing, and the history (filing to filing changes, owners through time, a fund's reporting by year) sits in the record's history and timeline sections. A relationship that ended is shown as ended, with its dates.
One identity across markets
When the same institution appears in two markets (an adviser that is also a family office vehicle's manager, a lender that is also a private equity firm) DFX joins them and says on what basis: same CRD, same SEC CIK, same EIN, same LEI, confirmed by an analyst, or same name only (a candidate). Look for Across DFX on a record.
Related
- Signals, events and anomaliesAn event is a dated fact. A signal is a detector's reading of events that says something may matter now, with who should care and why. An anomaly is a value or pattern that stands out against comparable records. Signals and anomalies are where to look, never conclusions.
- Dates and freshnessEvery event has a date and says what kind: Occurred (the date the source states), Scheduled or Was due (a contractual date), or First seen by DFX when the source gives none. Each market page shows how fresh its sources are.
- Confidence, evidence and scoresDFX states how it knows each thing rather than hiding it in one number: an evidence tier, a match basis, and a stated breakdown for any score. A candidate or inference is labelled as one.
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