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Accounting is the presentation, verification and aggregation of claims about agents, the outcome outcomes of the their activities and the nature and magnitude of the impact that they had/ve on states that are considered valuable.
A claim is made up of representations of the key aspects and dimensions of agents, activities and states as well as representations about the claim itself.
Some claims are proofs. A proof contains all the information needed to evaluate its veracity. Claims are often constructed from other claims. environments.
Standards prescribe the content and structure of such claims and allow third parties to assess the veracity of thereof.
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Someone or something gathers data
- observes Observes a phenomenon using some instrument.
Someone or something presents data as a claim
- a A claim concerns at least one property of an agent or activity or one paramater of a state and is accompanied by metadata (e.g., about the instrument, agent and sampling frame).
A claim is made up of representations of the key aspects and dimensions of agents, activities and states as well as representations about the claim itselff.
Some claims are proofs. A proof contains all the information needed to evaluate its veracity. Claims are often constructed from other claims.
Someone or something evaluates the claim
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