Martialis Confidence Level Vocabulary

concept scheme

IRI:https://w3id.org/martialis/vocab/confidence-level

dcterms:description: The curator's conclusion about a claim after weighing all its evidence: an ordered certainty scale, ascending by martialis:gradeOrdinal. Contestedness is not a level: it is carried by evidence with martialis:supports false.

dcterms:bibliographicCitation: Board for Certification of Genealogists. Genealogy Standards, 2nd ed. (Genealogical Proof Standard); Mills, Elizabeth Shown. Evidence Explained: Citing History Sources from Artifacts to Cyberspace. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company.
dcterms:creator: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-9488-3542
dcterms:license: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
dcterms:publisher: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-9488-3542
vann:preferredNamespacePrefix: conflevel
rdfs:seeAlso: confidence level
owl:versionInfo: 1.0.0

dcterms:rightsHolder: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-9488-3542
vann:preferredNamespaceUri: https://w3id.org/martialis/vocab/confidence-level/
skos:hasTopConcept: RefutedDoubtfulPossibleProbableConfirmed

concept

IRI:https://w3id.org/martialis/vocab/confidence-level/confirmed

confirmed

skos:definition: The evidence establishes the claim: it is sufficient and consistent, and any conflicting evidence is resolved.
skos:scopeNote: Typically direct evidence with primary information, or independent sources in agreement.

concept

IRI:https://w3id.org/martialis/vocab/confidence-level/doubtful

doubtful

skos:definition: A source makes the claim, but the evidence does not substantiate it.
skos:scopeNote: Typical of a founding legend, or an attribution that no independent record accommodates. Evidence incompatible with the claim, such as an anachronism, makes it refuted.

concept

IRI:https://w3id.org/martialis/vocab/confidence-level/possible

possible

skos:definition: Some evidence points to the claim, but it is thin, indirect, or in unresolved conflict with other evidence.

concept

IRI:https://w3id.org/martialis/vocab/confidence-level/probable

probable

skos:definition: The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.

concept

IRI:https://w3id.org/martialis/vocab/confidence-level/refuted

refuted

skos:definition: The evidence establishes that the claim is false: it is incompatible with the claim, and nothing credible supports it.
skos:scopeNote: Typical of an anachronism, an impossibility, or the other party's own record denying the claim. The absence of an expected record alone does not refute a claim: that is doubtful.