Martialis Evidence Type Vocabulary

concept scheme

IRI:https://w3id.org/martialis/vocab/evidence-type

dcterms:description: How a citation's information bears on the claim it sits under, after Mills' evidence classification. Independent of direction: martialis:supports says whether it bears for or against.

dcterms:bibliographicCitation: Mills, Elizabeth Shown. Evidence Explained: Citing History Sources from Artifacts to Cyberspace. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company (the Evidence Analysis Process Model: source, information, evidence).
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: evidencetype
rdfs:seeAlso: evidence type
owl:versionInfo: 1.0.0

dcterms:rightsHolder: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-9488-3542
vann:preferredNamespaceUri: https://w3id.org/martialis/vocab/evidence-type/
skos:hasTopConcept: DirectIndirectNegative

concept

IRI:https://w3id.org/martialis/vocab/evidence-type/direct

direct

concept

IRI:https://w3id.org/martialis/vocab/evidence-type/indirect

indirect

skos:definition: The information does not state the claim, but the claim can be inferred from it, alone or with other evidence.
skos:example: A photograph of the two men at the same dojo in the same year.

concept

IRI:https://w3id.org/martialis/vocab/evidence-type/negative

negative

skos:definition: An inference from the absence of information in a source that would be expected to hold it.
skos:example: A complete dan register for the year that does not list him.
skos:scopeNote: Distinct from supports false, which says whether the citation backs or contradicts the claim: negative evidence usually contradicts it.