# R7.2 — Claim, Reference, and Representation - **Resource code:** R7.2 - **Resource version:** 1.0 - **Last substantively revised:** 18 June 2026 > **Competence and status limitation:** This form is not law, regulation, an official form, or legal or medical advice. Completion does not automatically establish fact, fault, responsibility, diagnosis, illegality, finding, or binding decision. Adapt the form to applicable competence, rules, and institutional procedure. ## Use 1. Use one form per principal claim or clearly bounded chain of claims. 2. Quote verbatim where wording is decisive. 3. Always mark whether a formulation is a source, summary, interpretation, or implication. > **Privacy note:** The blank resource does not transmit or store information. When completed digitally or manually, the user is responsible for lawful processing, secure storage, access control, deletion, and any publication. ## 01. The Claim Identify wording, speaker, context, and claim type. ### Claim ID ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ### Verbatim claim ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ### Source, speaker, and date ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ### Context and audience ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ### Claim type - [ ] Factual - [ ] Normative - [ ] Legal - [ ] Causal - [ ] Prediction - [ ] Classification - [ ] Other ## 02. Reference and Grounds Examine what the central words, figures, and categories refer to. ### What is being referred to? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ### Documented grounds and source IDs ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ### What is directly accessible, and what is mediated by others? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ### Missing or unavailable grounds ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ## 03. Representation and Interpretation Keep the material distinct from summary, visualisation, interpretation, and implication. ### How is the material represented? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ### Interpretation or assessment ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ### What is implied without being stated directly? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ### Selection, omission, and possible loss ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ## 04. Strength and Transfer Assess what the material supports and where the claim goes further. ### Which part of the claim is supported? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ### Which part exceeds the grounds? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ### Conditions and limitations that must be made visible ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ### Possible corrected formulation ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ## Related documents - [R7 — Cases, Resources, and Worksheets](/en/reality-audit/resources/) - [Audit Standard](/en/reality-audit/standard/) - [Procedure](/en/reality-audit/procedure/) - [Workbench](/en/reality-audit/workbench/) ## Suggested citation Vikesland, M. A. A. (2026). “R7.2 — Claim, Reference, and Representation.” Røyndalism — R7 Resources, resource version 1.0. ## Revision note First public edition. Pure design, print, accessibility, and format changes do not trigger a new resource version.