RMP.9:0.1 - Working Terms

Term	Meaning for this use
research Method	The repeatable way of investigating, analysing, interpreting or criticizing a research question; its suitability depends on the question and conditions of use.
Method description	An account of how to use the Method. Correcting an ambiguous or erroneous account need not change the Method it describes.
implementation or support	The software, instrument, procedure support or other means used in applying the Method. A defect here may explain failed performance of an otherwise suitable Method.
semantic Method change	A change to what the Method requires or does that can alter its applicability or resulting claim. It raises a variant and qualification question.
supported retention	Keeping the Method or practice for the named conditions on an adequate existing basis. It establishes neither universal superiority nor adequacy for a new situation.
ResearchMethodPracticeRevision	The supported retention or change account returned by this pattern. It can report a retained Method, a bounded correction, a changed Method or a restricted/stopped use; its name does not assert that Method semantics changed.