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 FeTa12
Value
Unit
Printed
Reading
Method (class, basis)
Composition
Scatter
Conversion
Effective
6.15538
kJ/mol-atom
3.846e-5
3.929 (dft, calibrated)
3.929
Sources
V.B. Rajkumar, K.C. Hari Kumar, Gibbs energy modeling of Fe–Ta system by Calphad method assisted by experiments and ab initio calculations, Calphad 48, 157-165 (2015). doi:10.1016/j.calphad.2014.12.006