Why this exists
Specifications change. Manufacturers update their products, datasheets get revised, and sources go stale. Most online databases hand you a single value with no way to tell where it came from or when it was last checked. allbcis.com is built so every fact carries its own provenance — a status, a source, and a date — and you can see, at a glance, how much we trust any given value.
The three statuses
Every factual leaf in the catalog carries one of three statuses. The trust dot beside each value tells you which:
- Verified — confirmed against at least one primary source. Hover or focus the dot to see the source label, URL, publication date, and when we last touched the record.
- Unverified — carried over from the original catalog. The value is present and probably correct, but we haven’t independently confirmed it yet. Treat it as a starting point.
- Unknown — we actively looked and could not find a primary source. The field is shown empty rather than guessed.
What counts as a primary source
We prefer sources in roughly this order:
- Manufacturer documentation: spec sheets, official product pages, datasheets, white papers, user manuals.
- Regulatory filings: FDA 510(k) summaries, CE technical files, clinical-trial registrations.
- Peer-reviewed publications and conference papers authored by the manufacturer or by independent researchers using the device.
- Official press releases and SEC/funding filings for company-level facts (founders, investors, headquarters).
Aggregator sites, retailer listings, and news rewrites aren’t treated as primary sources on their own. They’re fine starting points for finding the underlying source, but the citation that ends up in our database is always the strongest source we could find.
What is — and isn’t — a fact
We wrap everything that can be true or false: model numbers, channel counts, sampling rates, weights, prices, FDA status, dates. We don’t wrap editorial content — pros, cons, who a device is best for, reputation notes, controversies. Those are opinion. We label them as such and don’t pretend they have sources.
Cross-referenced facts
Some facts are aggregated from multiple sources: a list of intended use cases, a list of investors, a date corroborated across announcements. When that happens, the trust dot tooltip shows every source we used, each with its own publication date. One fact can carry many citations.
Live progress
Verifying every leaf in 219 device records and 134 manufacturer records is a slow job, and we’re doing it in the open. The live data status page shows exactly how many facts are verified, unverified, and unknown across the catalog, plus our current top-priority queue.
Errors and corrections
If you spot a wrong value, a missing source, or a citation that’s gone dead, email hello@allbcis.com. If you represent a manufacturer and want a record updated or removed, email us from your company’s primary domain so we can verify the request.
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