This page gives an editorial source-checking method. It does not invent PETICO's scoring algorithms or classify a pet's health.
Preserve provenance
For each meaningful entry, keep the source and relevant date. Distinguish an owner's observation, a caregiver's note and an original professional document.
A summary can refer to those sources. It should not turn every sentence into an equally verified fact.
| Statement | Source basis | Honest limitation |
|---|---|---|
| Measured amount over a stated window | Original observation entry and method | Depends on collection conditions |
| Descriptive appetite note | Observer's wording | Not a measured quantity |
| Statement copied from a document | Identified original document | Preserve the document's own date and scope |
| Calculated period difference | Included numeric entries and method | Describes those entries, not a cause |
| No entry for a day | Absence of a recorded observation | Does not mean normal or zero |
Preserve coverage
Keep complete, partial, unknown and missing states distinct. Count eligible observations for a calculation rather than counting all rows as equally complete.
If a summary covers a week with only two complete recorded days, say that. If a partial entry exists, retain its window. If completeness is unknown, do not infer it from the amount.
The source record and the calculation can both be correct while the broader inference remains unsupported.
A small evidence aid
Before trusting a comparison, answer five questions:
1. Pet: Are all included entries about the intended pet?
2. Source: Can you identify where each important statement came from?
3. Time: Are observation windows and document dates retained?
4. Coverage: What is complete, partial, missing or unknown?
5. Method: Are signal, unit and collection basis comparable?
This checklist is an editorial aid, not a validated scale. It produces no clinical score.
Ring and Rhythm terminology
PETICO material uses Ring and Rhythm concepts in the context of Home signals, history and recording. The current tool metadata also uses the spelling “Ritmi.” This guide uses Rhythm as the explanatory term; it does not infer a new metric or formula from a label.
The relevant principle is that recording or coverage quality describes the record, not whether the pet is healthy. Do not call a recording score a health score or treat a high coverage indicator as proof of a clinical outcome.
Exact release-specific displays and algorithms belong to the supported product documentation. No thresholds or internal calculation rules are asserted here.
What an AI answer should preserve
A response should identify the source basis available for the question, distinguish observed values from interpretation, and make missing information visible. It should not imply that it inspected records it did not receive.
A supplied comparison is different from a permitted lookup of saved context. Read the current channel scope.
Corrections preserve the trail
When an entry is corrected, retain enough explanation to understand the original basis and the change. Do not silently remove a disagreement between sources.
When preparing a handover, keep original records available alongside the summary. Sending a summary and confirmed review are different stages.
Use the observation template, check missingness, or prepare a visit history.