| Useful decomposition and the original question | Derive component work from the needed whole and return its results to that question. |
| General explanation and varied particulars | Explain common grounds and retain the cases that reveal consequential differences. |
| Scope and attainable depth | Choose detail by the intended use while preserving the assigned subject. |
| Existing knowledge and a new construction | Reuse adequate suppliers; explain the joins and inferences that the receiving account adds. |
| Independent judgement and duplicated authorship | A reviewer reconstructs the expectation and appraises the account; the author supplies the missing explanation. |
| Reliable attention and its burden | Put questions where their answers can change work, and preserve valid earlier grounds. |