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Claims and evidence

Two independent dimensions

A claim may have high institutional authority and low empirical strength, or strong external evidence without yet being CDI-BoK doctrine.

Dimension Question
Authority Who may define or change this wording within the project?
Evidence How well is the claim supported beyond project authority?

Minimum classes

  • Project definition: establishes official internal language.
  • Empirical: describes a testable observation.
  • Causal: states that an intervention produces a result.
  • Comparative: claims superiority or difference from an alternative.
  • Forecast: anticipates a future state under assumptions.
  • Aspiration: states a desired direction.
  • Original contribution proposal: proposes novelty pending adequate comparison.

Originality rule

Authorship does not prove international novelty. An original contribution requires a problem, comparison with prior work, proposed difference, limits, validation status and evolution path. Without sufficient comparative review it must retain the label Original Contribution Proposal.

Registry

Controlled claims are in governance/registries/claims.yml.