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strict definition
autogeneration
Data produced automatically by analyzing information already present in the database, with validity dependent on those inputs.
Autogenerated data is produced by special processes which analyze information already present in other data. Its validity rests on the validity of the data it was generated from.
The process derives a value from existing information. Importing an externally supplied value unchanged does not by itself make that value a result of analysis of other stored data.
The derived value depends on the validity of the information used to generate it. Automatic production does not establish a separate observation or measurement of the underlying object.
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