{
  "artifact_version": "1.0.0",
  "identity": {
    "metric_id": "M18",
    "metric_version": "1.0.0",
    "metric_label": "Saved in-absentia flag count/share",
    "topic": "in-absentia",
    "example": "snc-fy2025"
  },
  "source": {
    "agency": "EOIR",
    "dataset": "CASE",
    "edition": "August 2026",
    "cutoff": "2026-08-31",
    "reference": "https://www.justice.gov/eoir/foia-library-0",
    "archive_sha256": "0a409ce1b175532df7bb2f0c58d06dd20fa6b4d904d749fde7df1b038ac498e2",
    "contract_path": "contracts/source-2026-08.json",
    "tables": {
      "B_TblProceeding": "da490293373f060aa73a7da79bf04b9f5c2f1c9005525e68c1f6089c6f95c17f"
    },
    "fields": {
      "B_TblProceeding": [
        "CASE_TYPE",
        "DEC_CODE",
        "COMP_DATE",
        "BASE_CITY_CODE",
        "ABSENTIA"
      ]
    }
  },
  "semantics": {
    "unit": "proceeding",
    "inclusion": "RMV/DEP/EXC, nonblank DEC_CODE, completion in FY2025, stored court SNC",
    "exclusion": "Other case types, missing decision or completion outside FY2025",
    "deduplication": "One source B_TblProceeding row per unique IDNPROCEEDING; no person/case deduplication",
    "association": "Stored BASE_CITY_CODE identifies the court",
    "time_assignment": "COMP_DATE fiscal year (October through September)",
    "missing_values": "Blank and other ABSENTIA values remain in N and are not flagged",
    "partial_period": "FY2025 complete; FY2026 not used",
    "small_sample": "N<100 receives localized cue; no publication threshold change"
  },
  "calculation": {
    "numerator": "count where ABSENTIA=Y",
    "denominator": "all eligible proceeding rows",
    "formula": "100 * flagged / N",
    "aggregation": "court x completion FY",
    "statistical_convention": "integer counts; ratio derived from exact integers",
    "rounding": "page percentage to two decimal places"
  },
  "reproduction": {
    "mode": "full_source",
    "logic_path": "public/audits/metrics/m18/august-2026/snc-fy2025/reproduce.sql",
    "logic_sha256": "7434d37538a5c5eb0f49caace4e986fc14e651e6274f2d8270b2b75f67cf7fe5",
    "required_inputs": [
      ".data/eoir/parquet/B_TblProceeding.parquet"
    ],
    "output_fields": [
      "n",
      "flagged"
    ],
    "expected": {
      "n": 21514,
      "flagged": 9670
    },
    "deterministic": true
  },
  "verification": {
    "audited_at": "2026-09-28",
    "source_hash_verification": "full_required",
    "implementation_path": "pipeline/court_public_complete.py",
    "display_path": "/in-absentia",
    "methodology_anchor": "/methodology#absence-flag-share",
    "status": "full_source_pass"
  }
}