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 Al2Pu
Value
Unit
Printed
Reading
Method (class, basis)
Composition
Scatter
Conversion
Effective
-159.2
kJ/mol (basis unstated)
0.05
25.18 (dft, calibrated)
25.18
Sources
D. Sedmidubský, R.J.M. Konings, P. Souček, Ab-initio calculations and phase diagram assessments of An–Al systems (An= U, Np, Pu), Journal of Nuclear Materials 397, 1-7 (2010). doi:10.1016/j.jnucmat.2009.11.023