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vr.tr.research · thing-q42240

Let an agent support research by explaining methods, ethics, integrity, publication and funding, and help people find and evaluate sources.

Thing Registry Activities and processes ACT.ACT
Bundle → Layer → Finding → QuestionsClassifiersWhat it isWhy it existsDistinguishing featuresWhat robots and AI may and may not doMoral aspectsOwnersLinks to other meta-modelsIdentity and identifiersDirect propertiesRecognitionCapabilities and actionsHazards and failure modesStandards and interfacesContext of useSources

Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled

4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions

Design Planning.

Question

Research question.

Question

Research question.

  1. What is the research question, and is it answerable? definition
  2. What is already known? provenance

Method

Methods.

Method

Methods.

  1. Which method fits the question? definition
  2. What sample size or data is needed? measurement
Ethics Approval.

Approval

Ethics review.

Approval

Ethics review.

  1. Does the study need ethics committee approval? boundary
  2. How is informed consent obtained? provenance

Integrity

Misconduct.

Integrity

Research integrity.

  1. Is there a concern about misconduct? boundary
  2. How can it be reported to the institution? action
Sources Evidence.

Find

Searching.

Find

Finding sources.

  1. Which databases and archives hold relevant sources? provenance
  2. Is there open access? provenance

Evaluate

Quality.

Evaluate

Evaluating sources.

  1. Is the study peer reviewed, and are there retractions or corrections? provenance
  2. How strong is the evidence? boundary
Outputs Publishing and funding.

Publish

Publication.

Publish

Publication.

  1. Which journals or repositories suit this work? provenance
  2. Is the journal legitimate rather than predatory? boundary

Funding

Grants.

Funding

Funding.

  1. Which funders support this field? provenance
  2. What are the deadlines and conditions? provenance

Classifiers Filled

Family
Thing Registry
Category
Activities and processes
Entry kind
thing
Plane
ACT
Domain
ACT.ACT

What it is Filled

Systematic investigation to establish facts, test hypotheses, develop theories or create new knowledge and applications, carried out in science, humanities, industry and other fields, and governed by methods, ethics and integrity standards.

Why it exists Filled

Let an agent support research by explaining methods, ethics, integrity, publication and funding, and help people find and evaluate sources.

Distinguishing features Filled

  • Systematic method
  • Aims at new knowledge
  • Subject to peer review
  • Governed by ethics

What robots and AI may and may not do Filled

Must not

  • Fabricate, falsify or plagiarise data, results or citations.
  • Present preliminary or retracted findings as established.
  • Collect data from people for research without their informed consent and ethics approval.
  • Help anyone conduct research designed to cause harm.

Only with a human decision

  • Recruiting human participants or handling their data.
  • Submitting work for publication under someone's name.

May

  • Find and summarise research with full citations and stated limitations.
  • Help a researcher plan, document and reproduce their own work.

Moral aspects Filled

  • Research shapes medicine, policy and technology; fraud and error harm people who rely on it.
  • Participants trust researchers with their bodies and data.

Who is affected

  • Research participants
  • People affected by research-based decisions
  • Researchers whose work is used

Owners Filled

Steward

The researcher and their institution; research ethics committees approve work with people.

Master systems

  • Clinical trial registries
  • Publication and retraction databases

Links to other meta-models Filled

parent

  • Q117460485 - registry parent class
  • Q1914636 - registry parent class
  • Q21004260 - registry parent class
  • Q3249551 - registry parent class

related

  • inquiry - category
  • scientific publication - output
  • research ethics - rules
  • research funder - funding

What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled

Identity and identifiers required Filled

  • Vercy registry: vr.tr.research
  • Wikidata: Q42240 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q42240)

Direct properties not applicable Not applicable

Not applicable

Plane ACT: no invented physical properties.

Recognition optional Filled

  • Peer-reviewed publications
  • Research protocols and ethics approvals
  • Opinion pieces are not research
  • Activities in labs, archives, fields and offices, producing data, papers and reports.

Capabilities and actions required Filled

  • plan a research question and method
  • find and evaluate sources
  • understand ethics approval and consent
  • find funding and publication routes

Hazards and failure modes required Filled

  • Fabrication, falsification and plagiarism
  • Harm to participants
  • Irreproducible results

Standards and interfaces required Filled

  • Declaration of Helsinki for medical research
  • European Code of Conduct for Research Integrity
  • Data protection law for personal data

Context of use required Filled

  • Creating and testing knowledge.
  • basic research
  • applied research
  • experimental research
  • qualitative and quantitative research
  • humanities and archival research

Sources Filled

  1. Wikidata item Q42240: research - identity and sense of the item
  2. Wikipedia: Research - general description of the item

Open questions

  • Should research types be separate entries?
  • How should integrity codes be linked?
  • How should research outputs be identified?

Machine files

Card as JSON Specification Card backlog vercy.card/1

Provenance

thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed

Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q42240/spec.json