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+#+title: Task Log
+#+updated: [2026-03-18 Wed 14:19]
+
+Use the template below, which should be a top-level org-mode header.
+
+* [ ] M.m.m: Task Title (estimate # commits)
+replace the old observed/canonical workflow with a review-first pipeline that groups normalized rows only during review/combine and links them to catalog items
+
+** Acceptance Criteria
+1. Criterion
+   - expanded data
+2. Criterion 
+
+- pm note: amplifying information
+
+** evidence
+- commit: abc123, bcd234
+- tests: 
+- datetime: [2026-03-18 Wed 14:15]
+
+** notes    
+- explanation of work done, decisions made, reasoning