Templates

Keep the proof_status line in every note.

AXIOM

type: AXIOM id: A-001 status: active confidence: asserted scope: global depends_on: [] supports: [] falsifiable: no proof_status: asserted

Statement (one sentence):

Intended meaning (2-5 sentences):

What this is NOT claiming:

Downstream commitments:

Links to lemmas it enables: L-…

Vulnerability / critique points:

Notes:

LEMMA

type: LEMMA id: L-014 status: draft confidence: formal depends_on: [A-001, D-004] supports: [] falsifiable: indirectly proof_status: formal

Claim:

Given: A-…, D-…

Derivation sketch:

Boundary/constraint extracted:

What would break this lemma:

Feeds hypotheses: H-…

CAUSAL CHAIN

type: CAUSAL_CHAIN id: C-007 status: active confidence: mixed depends_on: [L-014] proof_status: inconclusive

Chain (must be linear and typed):

Lemma constraint: L-014

Hypothesis: H-…

Operationalizations: O-…

Datasets: DS-…

Evidence extracts: E-…

Results: R-…

Interpretation link (optional): …

Confounders to control:

Alternative explanations:

Predicted signatures:

• simultaneity
• threshold
• non-contact
• scaling

OPERATIONALIZATION

type: OPERATIONALIZATION id: O-021 status: active metric_name: “Interpersonal Trust” unit: ”%” resolution: yearly geo_unit: country_iso3 depends_on: [H-012] proof_status: empirical-supported

What construct it proxies:

Exact measure wording:

Why this proxy is defensible:

Known failure modes:

Datasets: DS-…

Transformations:

Outputs into: R-…

DATASET

type: DATASET id: DS-003 status: active source_org: “Our World in Data” access: “CSV/GitHub” license: "" start_year: 1970 end_year: 2024 geo_coverage: “global” resolution: “annual” proof_status: empirical-supported

Dataset description:

Fields used:

Source URL(s):

Provenance notes:

Known limitations:

Operationalizations that use it: O-…

Evidence extracts taken from it: E-…

EVIDENCE EXTRACT

type: EVIDENCE_EXTRACT id: E-109 status: active source: DS-003 url: "" accessed: 2026-01-11 quote_type: “table/chart/text” proof_status: empirical-supported

What exactly is being evidenced:

Exact excerpt:

Where on the page:

Screenshot / attachment: (store in AET_Vault/attachments/)

Claims supported: O-… R-…

Notes:

RESULT

type: RESULT id: R-001 status: draft analysis_name: "" depends_on: [DS-…] proof_status: empirical-supported

Method summary:

Parameters:

Output summary:

Artifacts:

Links to evidence extracts: E-…