science
Let an agent handle science by field, method, evidence strength and consensus, and separate it from pseudoscience.
Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled
4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Field Which science.
Discipline
Natural, social, formal.
Discipline
Field.
- Which field of science is meant? definition
- What does it study? definition
Method
How it works.
Method
Method.
- Which methods does it use? definition
- How are claims tested? provenance
Evidence Strength of claims.
Strength
Study design.
Strength
Evidence strength.
- How strong is the evidence for this claim? measurement
- Is it a single study or a systematic review? provenance
Consensus
Agreement.
Consensus
Consensus.
- Is there scientific consensus? provenance
- Which body states it? provenance
Integrity Good practice.
Practice
Ethics and openness.
Practice
Research integrity.
- Was the research ethically approved and preregistered? provenance
- Are data available? provenance
Corrections
Retractions.
Corrections
Corrections.
- Has the work been corrected or retracted? provenance
- Has it replicated? provenance
Communication Accuracy.
Reporting
Media.
Reporting
Reporting.
- Does the summary match what the study found? boundary
- Are limits stated? boundary
Boundary
Pseudoscience.
Boundary
Pseudoscience.
- Is the claim testable and open to scrutiny? boundary
- How should it be described? action
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Information and virtual systems
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- INF
- Domain
- INF.KNW
What it is Filled
The systematic enterprise that builds and organises knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the world, and the body of knowledge it produces, across natural, social and formal sciences.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent handle science by field, method, evidence strength and consensus, and separate it from pseudoscience.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Testable, revisable claims
- Methods open to scrutiny
- Consensus built on evidence
- Pseudoscience lacks testability or openness
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Fabricate data, results or citations.
- Present a single study or opinion as settled science.
- Misrepresent a researcher's findings or attach their name to claims they did not make.
- Help evade ethics review for research on people or animals.
Only with a human decision
- Publishing or submitting research results.
- Using scientific claims to justify decisions about public health or safety.
May
- Summarise scientific findings with their sources, uncertainty and date.
- Distinguish established consensus from preliminary or disputed results.
Moral aspects Filled
- Public trust in science depends on honesty about evidence and uncertainty.
- Research on people and animals carries duties of consent and welfare.
Who is affected
- The public relying on scientific advice
- Research participants
- Researchers
Owners Filled
Steward
Nobody owns science; it is held in common, with each work owned by its authors and publishers.
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q105606485 - registry parent class
- Q105948247 - registry parent class
- Q42240 - registry parent class
- Q9081 - registry parent class
- Q9471 - registry parent class
related
- knowledge system and research - category
- physics, biology, anthropology - fields
- scientific method - method
- pseudoscience - boundary
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.science
- Wikidata: Q336 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q336)
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
Not applicable
Plane INF: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Peer-reviewed publications
- Methods sections and data
- Fields such as physics or sociology
- Research, experiments, observation, models and publications.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- form and test hypotheses
- publish and review results
- assess evidence strength
- communicate findings accurately
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Overstating single studies
- Misconduct and fabrication
- Replication failures
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Research integrity codes such as the European Code of Conduct
- Research ethics review
- Open access and data policies
Context of use required Filled
- Understanding the world reliably and informing decisions.
- natural sciences
- social sciences
- formal sciences
- applied sciences
- open science practices
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q336: science - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Science - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should fields be separate entries?
- How should evidence strength be recorded?
- How should consensus statements be linked?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q336/spec.json