Event and setting
Give every observation its context.
Describe the setting, preserve what people reported, and connect each interpretation to the detail it examines.
Keep different accounts attributable. A known value records what a source supplied; it does not establish that the description is correct.
Keep the account
Shapes, maneuvers, weather and platform details retain their source and any uncertainty.
Connect the quantity
Measurements remain in the observation. Context identifies what they describe, such as ambient station temperature.
Name the subject
An interpretation can concern a specific object, field or source assertion in an exact document version.
Fictional worked example
One observation. Distinct accounts.
This fictional example includes separate optical and radio captures, two conflicting descriptions and a temperature reading. It contains no ELDÆON data.
- Station temperature
- 18.2 °C
- Measurement uncertainty not reported.
- Reported shape
- Triangle / Oval
- Both accounts retained. Neither selected.
- Capture alignment
- Unknown
- The two sensor tracks remain separate.
In the Meridian showcase
Keep the descriptions side by side.
Meridian’s accounts describe an object differently. Compare them alongside the instrument readings without turning a reported shape into an agreed fact.
Explore the fictional caseKinds of source material
Follow the source.
Work with an instrument capture, recorded account, released document or collected specimen. Each has a distinct path through the standard.
Each guide keeps the source’s context and interpretation limits visible. The documentation describes the available checks and release status.