Reading glossary

Attribution

Keeping the maker of a statement visible in the account.

Claim

An assertion whose support and scope can be examined.

Context

The circumstances that define how a record should be read.

First-party source

Material published by the organization describing its own activity.

Model identifier

The exact name that distinguishes the subject from a broader family.

Observation

An examination made directly under a stated method.

Provenance

The traceable origin and handling of a document or statement.

Public-source analysis

Interpretation of published records, distinct from a physical test.

Revision

A recorded change with a reason and, where relevant, new support.

Scope

The subject, time or jurisdiction to which a statement applies.

Source dependence

Several accounts relying on the same underlying material.

Unresolved

A point that the available evidence has not established.

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