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 Co4Y
Value
Unit
Printed
Reading
Method (class, basis)
Composition
Scatter
Conversion
Effective
-12.2
kJ/mol-atom
0.87
0.05
3.5 (unknown, calibrated)
3.5
-9.42
kJ/mol-atom
0.005
3.929 (dft, calibrated)
3.929
Sources
William Golumbfskie, Zi-Kui Liu, CALPHAD/first-principles re-modeling of the Co–Y binary system, Journal of Alloys and Compounds 407, 193-200 (2006). doi:10.1016/j.jallcom.2005.06.037