A blank Required field is an evidence problem, not a formatting problem

Separate absence from uncertainty

A value can be missing because no source holds it, because two sources conflict, or because the correct owner has not yet made a retained judgement. Those states should not be collapsed into the same blank cell.

Do not “repair” the register by silent inference

If a required value cannot be established from approved evidence, preserve the gap and route it to remediation. A cosmetically complete register built from unsupported assumptions is structurally weaker than an explicit exception queue.

Remediation sequence

• identify the missing field and arrangement
• identify the expected source owner
• compare available source records
• resolve or retain the exception with a named decision owner