CONVENTIONS

Note: This page is intended to list usage conventions to conform to on the other pages. Feel free to edit pages to conform to these standards. If you disagree with a standard here please generate discussion.

__** - measurement: xxx.xx [m] (yyy.yy [ft]), (SI and American units) => preferred //example: 1.07 m (3.5 ft) //- measurement: xxx.xx [m] (SI units) => accepted //example: 1.07 m// - measurement: yyy.yy [ft], (xxx.xx [m]), (American and SI units) => tolerated //example: 3.5 ft (1.07 m). //Note: every data should be expressed with its own [|uncertainty value] and if this uncertainty is not reported (tolerated but not preferred), the numerical value is intended as expressed by means with the [|implicit (implied) uncertainty] (this means that the last significant digit of the value is uncertain). Therefore if a value is converted in other units, a congruent number of significant digit MUST be taken. //Example: Amarican measurement 3.5 ft. The uncertainty is implicit and it means that the value 3.5 is in the range between 3.45 and 3.55. The conversion factor ft=>m is 0.3048 so 3.5x0.3048=1.0668 m that it is WRONG because this result has too much significant digits; 1.07 m is right.//
 * __GENERAL RULES
 * - Units**: every data must be expressed in SI ([|System International]) { e.g. xxx.xx [m] } ; as the majority of ShroudScience members are Americans the following forms are accepted:


 * - Capital letters**: the first capital letter is used if we are speaking of a particular "//Object//" but the normal wording is used if we are speaking of a common "//object//". For example we can study the "//Shroud//" (TS) using a "//shroud//" for our experiments.

CERTAINLY FALSE 0, PROBABLY WRONG 1, DOUBTFUL 2, CONTESTED 3, PROBABLE 4, HIGHLY PROBABLE 5, CERTAIN 6.
 * - Spectrum of Certitude**: as the human knowledge is limited, the Science is in continuous development and therefore there are few statements that are 100% certain. It is frequently useful to assign a degree of certitude to some statements following this scheme in which numeric scores from 0 to 6 are assigned:

- **Reference to a grid**: when reference to some details of the Shroud must be done, the reference grids of both frontal and back surfaces are shown in this page. They are also shown side by side in vertical format here.

CD = Corona Discharge FFT = Fast Fourier Transform IR = Infrared ME = Mark Evans generally referred to STURP photos SEM = Scanning Electron Microscope STURP = Shroud of Turin Research Project, made the most important scientific analyses on the Shroud in 1978 SY = ShroudScience Group on Yahoo! SW = Shroud.wikispace TS = Turin Shroud TSM = Turin Shroud Man UV = Ultra violet …. To be added
 * __ACRONYMS__**

__** //- **Hypothesis**// is an untested but possible solution to a problem, it is a tentative theory about the natural world. - **Shroud of**// **//Turin//** **or** **//TS://** standard reference to the Shroud. //- **Theory**// is a word with graduations of meaning. Often //theory// is confounded with //hypothesis//. This is quite natural since theories naturally evolve from groups of interlocking hypotheses that have been confirmed in detail. A hypothesis contributes to a theory by being confirmed in detail through experiment. An especially critical test of a theory is to be able to make predictions and then have them confirmed. In practice this has only rarely occurred. More often observed outcomes are //post hoc// demonstrated to be the consequences of the theory. In the case of the Shroud of Turin, the word theory comes into play mostly in regards hypotheses of image formation. See HERE. ... To be added.
 * __LIST OF TERMS
 * - Shroud Science Group** //or// //“ShroudScience Group on Yahoo!”////