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Sportstime/.planning/phases/04-canonical-linking/04-01-SUMMARY.md
Trey t 1675e22b26 docs(04-01): complete canonical linking phase
Create 04-01-SUMMARY.md documenting:
- 5760 games canonicalized with 100% resolution rate
- 3 team aliases added (WSH, NY, ATX)
- All validation checks passed

Update STATE.md:
- Phase 4 complete (11/19 plans done, 58%)
- Add 04-01 decision on iterative alias discovery

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-01-10 09:59:09 -06:00

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04-canonical-linking 01 data-pipeline
games
canonicalization
linking
validation
phase provides
03-alias-systems Team/stadium aliases for all 7 sports
Canonical games with resolved team/stadium links
Validated game-team-stadium relationships
05-cloudkit-crud
ios-app-data
added patterns
game-canonicalization
link-validation
team-abbreviation-aliases
created modified
Scripts/data/games_canonical.json
Scripts/data/game_resolution_warnings.json
Scripts/canonicalize_games.py
Added 3 missing team abbreviation aliases discovered during canonicalization (WSH->WAS for NFL, NY->NYRB and ATX->AUS for MLS)
NFL playoff placeholder games (TBD/AFC/NFC) are expected warnings and do not require fixes
Team abbreviation alias discovery during canonicalization run
Iterative alias refinement based on resolution warnings
4 min 2026-01-10

Phase 4 Plan 01: Canonical Linking Summary

5760 games canonicalized with 100% team/stadium resolution rate (excluding 8 expected NFL playoff placeholders)

Performance

  • Duration: ~4 minutes
  • Start: 2026-01-10 09:54
  • End: 2026-01-10 09:58
  • Tasks completed: 3 of 3

Accomplishments

  1. Game Canonicalization Pipeline: Generated games_canonical.json with 5760 canonical games across 5 sports

    • NBA: 1230 games
    • MLB: 2430 games
    • NHL: 1312 games
    • NFL: 278 games
    • MLS: 510 games
  2. Team Alias Resolution: Added 3 missing team abbreviation aliases to handle data source variations:

    • ('NFL', 'WSH'): 'team_nfl_was' - Washington Commanders alternate
    • ('MLS', 'NY'): 'team_mls_nyrb' - NY Red Bulls short form
    • ('MLS', 'ATX'): 'team_mls_aus' - Austin FC alternate
  3. Validation: All canonical links validated successfully

    • 0 errors, 0 warnings
    • All 5760 games have valid home_team_canonical_id
    • All 5760 games have valid away_team_canonical_id
    • All 5760 games have valid stadium_canonical_id
    • No team_unknown_* or stadium_unknown_* references
  4. Expected Warnings: 8 NFL playoff placeholder games excluded (TBD/AFC/NFC teams will be updated when playoffs begin)

Files Created/Modified

File Description
Scripts/data/games_canonical.json 2.0MB - 5760 canonical games with resolved team/stadium links
Scripts/data/game_resolution_warnings.json 8 expected NFL playoff placeholder warnings
Scripts/canonicalize_games.py Added 3 team abbreviation aliases

Task Commits

Task Commit Files
Task 1: Run game canonicalization b628611 canonicalize_games.py, games_canonical.json, game_resolution_warnings.json
Task 2: Validate canonical links (validation only) No file changes
Task 3: Fix resolution issues (no issues found) No changes needed

Deviations from Plan

  • Auto-fix applied: During Task 1, discovered 3 missing team aliases (WSH, NY, ATX) that caused 85 games to fail resolution. Fixed immediately by adding aliases to TEAM_ABBREV_ALIASES and re-running canonicalization. This is consistent with Task 3's purpose but was handled proactively.

Issues Encountered

None. All tasks completed successfully.

Next Phase Readiness

Ready for Phase 5: CloudKit CRUD

  • games_canonical.json contains 5760 games with complete team/stadium linking
  • All canonical IDs resolve to valid entries
  • Data validated and ready for CloudKit upload