DiscussionKindEnum

Name

DiscussionKindEnum

Description

Kind of unresolved / in-progress item captured by a Discussion. Knowledge gaps are represented as a discussion kind so they reuse the shared pointer, evidence, and lifecycle machinery, while optional proposed experiments capture how a gap could be resolved.

From schema

https://w3id.org/kg-microbe/mech-shared

Permissible values

Open question

Text

OPEN_QUESTION

Description

An unresolved scientific question posed by curators or experts.

Knowledge gap

Text

KNOWLEDGE_GAP

Description

A missing causal, evidentiary, model-system, or measurement assertion whose resolution would materially improve the record.

Controversy

Text

CONTROVERSY

Description

A live disagreement or competing interpretation between published positions.

Curation todo

Text

CURATION_TODO

Description

A curation task captured inline (e.g. "ingredient needs CHEBI refinement").

Emerging hypothesis

Text

EMERGING_HYPOTHESIS

Description

A recently reported hypothesis under active discussion in the community.

Interpretation

Text

INTERPRETATION

Description

A discussion about how to interpret existing evidence or model an edge.

Human model mismatch

Text

HUMAN_MODEL_MISMATCH

Description

A gap where evidence exists in one system but its fidelity to the target context is uncertain (e.g. an in-vitro/model result whose transfer to the in-situ or host-associated setting is unverified).