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I don't think that Dragonball example is apprioprate in this case. Battle of Gods, Ressurection of F and Dragon Ball Super take place after main events of manga (and DBZ anime), so it is easier to make those subtle changes in canon.

As for SAO, OS takes place before whole Alicization arc (vol. 9-19), so if there is contadiction between them (luckily, there are only two for now), one has to be placed above the other. And giving OS superiority over light novel main series, just because is was released later, is not a good idea. Similiar to SAO anime, there were some changes compared to light novel, but still ln>anime in terms of canonicity.

To be 100% which one is "more" canon (I am talking about contradictions between ln and OS), we have to wait for a direct answer from Reki Kawahara.

Okay, sorry for this off-top. Just wanted to give my insight how to approach OS.