Sunstone Institute Schema

A high-level grouping of related threats to humanity (Environment, Health, Conflicts, Democracy, Education)

A specific category of global threats to humanity (Sunstone 30)

• Threat group ^op
• Threat severity ^dp
• Time horizon ^dp

A finding, learning, or insight discovered during research that may affect data interpretation, quality, or usage

• Observation type ^op some Observation Type ^c
  
• Severity ^op some Concept ^c
  
• Cause ^op only Causal Factor ^c
  
• Related to threat ^op only Threat Category ^c
  

Category of research observation (data quality issue, methodological caveat, domain insight, etc.)

A known cause or contributing factor (natural disaster, policy change, corruption, methodology change, etc.)

The method used to create a mapping between concepts

• Manual mapping ^c
• Empirical mapping ^c
• Semantic mapping ^c
• AI-assisted mapping ^c

Mapping created by human expert review

Mapping derived from co-occurrence analysis of publications or other instances

Mapping based on semantic similarity using embeddings or language models

Mapping suggested by AI and reviewed by human

The high-level threat group this category belongs to (Environment, Health, Conflicts, Democracy, Education)

Categorizes what kind of observation this is

Links to the causal factor or event that explains the observation

Severity or impact level (critical, high, medium, low, informational)

Links observation to relevant Sunstone 30 threat categories

The method used to derive this mapping

Assessment of the threat's severity or potential impact (e.g., critical, high, medium, low)

Timeframe over which the threat is most significant (e.g., immediate, near-term, long-term)

Temporal scope affected by this observation (e.g., '2011', '2010-2015', 'before 2008')

Recommended action or interpretation guidance based on this observation

Confidence level in the mapping accuracy, expressed as a decimal between 0.0 and 1.0

Review status of a user-contributed mapping (pending, approved, rejected, conflicting)

Explanation of why this mapping is appropriate or evidence supporting it

Reviewer comments on this mapping

Example search query or keywords useful for finding relevant content for this topic

Research priority level (high, medium, low)

Primary target audience for research on this topic (decision-makers, journalists, public)