Components kept separate, in the value's unit (literature SCHEMA.md, UNCERTAINTY_CALIBRATION.md): effective = max(sqrt(max(printed, reading, method)^2 + composition^2 + conversion^2), scatter). The method floor is the robust between-study scatter of the method class in ORCHID (calibrated) or a documented prior; printed values and printed uncertainties are unchanged.
Uncertainty budget of the literature values of Al13Co4
Value
Unit
Printed
Reading
Method (class, basis)
Composition
Scatter
Conversion
Effective
-39.46
kJ/mol-atom
0.005
3.929 (dft, calibrated)
3.929
Sources
Peisheng Wang, Wei Xiong, Ursula R. Kattner, Carelyn E. Campbell, Eric A. Lass, Oleg Y. Kontsevoi et al., Thermodynamic re-assessment of the Al-Co-W system, Calphad 59, 112-130 (2017). doi:10.1016/j.calphad.2017.09.007