C.16:8 - Measurement-result boundaries (Normative)
Keep the following objects distinct even when one carrier displays several of them:
| Object | Governing question |
|---|---|
| Raw instrument output | What signal, bytes, count, image, trace, or other emitted entity exists? |
| Indication | What displayed or decoded value did the instrument provide under its indication semantics? |
| Actual subject state | What obtains for the physical, social, architectural, or epistemic subject independently of the record? |
| Measurement result | What value or values are attributed to the measurand, with relevant method, model, calibration, uncertainty, and time information? |
| Measurement-result episteme | What durable C.2.1 claim states that result and its interpretation basis? |
| Diagnosis or causal conclusion | What later domain interpretation is supported under its own method and result algebra? |
| Criterion or acceptance verdict | Did the exact criterion application return pass, fail, or unknown? |
| Decision result | What did separate C.11 decision work decide? |
The carrier, dashboard, ledger, criterion clause, and evidence path may represent or cite several rows. None collapses their identities or establishes another row by presence alone.