# R7.4 — Frame, Model, and Presupposition - **Resource code:** R7.4 - **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. Identify the frame before assessing whether it is wrong. 2. Distinguish utility from physical, legal, or ontological assignment. 3. Record what the model preserves and what it loses. > **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 Frame Identify the concept, classification, model, or system organising the material. ### Name and description of the frame ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ### Original purpose and field of use ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ### Who or what gives the frame authority? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ### Alternative frames ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ## 02. Presuppositions and Borrowing Make visible what must be assumed before the frame can be used. ### Explicit assumptions ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ### Implicit assumptions ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ### Borrowed measurements, categories, coordinates, rules, or authorities ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ### What fails if the assumption fails? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ## 03. Operation and Loss Distinguish observation, measurement, calculation, projection, classification, and interpretation. ### What is observed or measured? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ### What is calculated, transformed, projected, or classified? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ### What is preserved? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ### What is lost or made invisible? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ## 04. Assignment to Actuality Examine the exact step where the model is used to state what is actually the case. ### What is assigned to actuality? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ### Where do correspondence, observation, or necessity enter? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ### Is the transition justified or merely presupposed? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ### What could require revision? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ## 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). “R7.4 — Frame, Model, and Presupposition.” 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.