{"schema":"https://ver.cy/schemas/card/1.0.0","id":"vr.tr.hockey-helmet","code":"thing-q2499551","url":"https://ver.cy/models/thing/q2499551/","name":"hockey helmet","alternateNames":[],"kind":"thing","status":"published","version":"0.1.0-research.1","language":"en","classifiers":{"family":"Thing Registry","category":"Physical world and living systems","entryKind":"thing","plane":"PHY","domain":["PHY.OBJ"],"industry":[],"navPath":"","tags":[],"facets":{}},"whatItIs":"A hockey helmet is protective headgear worn in ice hockey and related forms of hockey, typically combining a rigid outer shell, an impact-attenuating liner and a retention system to reduce head injury risk from impacts.","purpose":"Enable an agent to recognise a hockey helmet, assess its fit and service condition, and determine whether its documented configuration is suitable for an intended hockey activity.","scope":{"in":["Helmet shell, impact-management liner and head coverage","Sizing, adjustment and retention systems","Interfaces with cages, visors and other documented accessories","Product identification, certification evidence and use restrictions","Inspection, care, impact history and retirement decisions"],"out":["Standalone cages, visors and mouthguards beyond their helmet interfaces","Goalkeeper masks as a distinct protective equipment kind","Medical diagnosis or treatment of head injuries","Hockey rules beyond requirements governing helmet use","Manufacturer product lines and individual helmet records as separate catalogue kinds"],"boundaries":[]},"distinguishingFeatures":["Documentation identifies hockey as an intended activity; resemblance to a skating or cycling helmet is insufficient.","The headgear combines a protective shell, an impact-management interior and a means of retaining it on the head.","A cage or visor alone is face protection and does not constitute a hockey helmet.","A helmet fitted with a cage must be distinguished from a purpose-built goalkeeper mask using its construction and manufacturer designation.","The registered kind must be distinguishable from a named commercial model, a size variant and a serialised physical unit."],"structure":{"bundles":[{"id":"hockey-use-and-identity","name":"Hockey use and identity","description":"Establishes which hockey headgear this is and the activity for which it is intended.","layers":[{"id":"discipline-and-role","name":"Discipline and role","description":"Locates the helmet within its documented sporting use.","findings":[{"id":"documented-hockey-use","name":"Documented hockey use","description":"Record the supported hockey disciplines and wearer roles without inferring them from appearance.","questions":[{"text":"Which hockey disciplines and wearer roles does the manufacturer identify for this helmet?","id":"documented-hockey-use-q01","kind":"definition"},{"text":"What documentation distinguishes this helmet from a goalkeeper mask or a helmet intended for another sport?","id":"documented-hockey-use-q02","kind":"boundary"}]}]},{"id":"variant-identification","name":"Variant identification","description":"Connects a physical helmet to the correct product documentation.","findings":[{"id":"traceable-helmet-variant","name":"Traceable helmet variant","description":"Capture identifying marks and variant details needed to avoid applying instructions for a different helmet.","questions":[{"text":"Which manufacturer, model, size and production identifiers are readable on the helmet?","id":"traceable-helmet-variant-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which instructions and conformity records match those identifiers and the fitted configuration?","id":"traceable-helmet-variant-q02","kind":"provenance"}]}]}]},{"id":"impact-management-assembly","name":"Impact-management assembly","description":"Describes the shell, liner and coverage that constitute the helmet's protective assembly.","layers":[{"id":"shell-liner-and-coverage","name":"Shell, liner and coverage","description":"Records the construction and extent of the protective head covering.","findings":[{"id":"protective-component-arrangement","name":"Protective component arrangement","description":"Distinguish impact-management components from comfort padding and record their intended arrangement.","questions":[{"text":"Which shell and liner components perform documented protective functions, and which primarily provide comfort or fit?","id":"protective-component-arrangement-q01","kind":"definition"},{"text":"What head regions are covered when the helmet is positioned according to its instructions?","id":"protective-component-arrangement-q02","kind":"measurement"}]}]},{"id":"performance-evidence","name":"Performance evidence","description":"Connects protective claims to tests and their stated limits.","findings":[{"id":"tested-impact-behaviour","name":"Tested impact behaviour","description":"Record what tests establish for a specified configuration without converting laboratory results into an individual injury guarantee.","questions":[{"text":"Which documented tests address impact attenuation or other protective behaviour for this helmet variant?","id":"tested-impact-behaviour-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which impact conditions, sizes, configurations and limitations bound those results?","id":"tested-impact-behaviour-q02","kind":"boundary"}]}]}]},{"id":"head-fit-and-retention","name":"Head fit and retention","description":"Determines whether the helmet can be positioned, adjusted and retained correctly for a particular wearer.","layers":[{"id":"sizing-and-position","name":"Sizing and position","description":"Connects nominal sizing to actual helmet seating on the head.","findings":[{"id":"wearer-specific-fit","name":"Wearer-specific fit","description":"Record head measurement, helmet position, contact and movement using the applicable fitting procedure.","questions":[{"text":"What is the wearer's head circumference in centimetres using the manufacturer's specified measurement method?","id":"wearer-specific-fit-q01","kind":"measurement"},{"text":"Does the helmet meet the documented fit checks for position, contact, movement and pressure points?","id":"wearer-specific-fit-q02","kind":"measurement"}]}]},{"id":"adjustment-and-retention","name":"Adjustment and retention","description":"Examines adjustment locks and the assembly that holds the helmet on the wearer.","findings":[{"id":"secured-fit-settings","name":"Secured fit settings","description":"Record whether adjusters, straps, closures and anchors can achieve and maintain the prescribed fit.","questions":[{"text":"Which adjustment locks, strap anchors and closures must be engaged, and are they functional?","id":"secured-fit-settings-q01","kind":"measurement"},{"text":"What documented retention check must be completed after adjustment or a wearer change?","id":"secured-fit-settings-q02","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"face-protection-and-use-eligibility","name":"Face protection and use eligibility","description":"Connects helmet attachments and conformity evidence to the intended playing context.","layers":[{"id":"cage-and-visor-interface","name":"Cage and visor interface","description":"Models compatibility at the boundary between head and face protection.","findings":[{"id":"documented-face-protection-configuration","name":"Documented face-protection configuration","description":"Record compatible protectors, brackets, fasteners and fitting requirements for the helmet variant.","questions":[{"text":"Which cage or visor models and sizes are documented as compatible with this helmet?","id":"documented-face-protection-configuration-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which hardware, mounting positions and clearances does the documented installation require?","id":"documented-face-protection-configuration-q02","kind":"action"}]}]},{"id":"certification-and-playing-context","name":"Certification and playing context","description":"Assesses evidence against the requirements that govern the proposed use.","findings":[{"id":"configuration-specific-eligibility","name":"Configuration-specific eligibility","description":"Keep certification status, label condition and competition acceptance as distinct recorded facts.","questions":[{"text":"Which standard editions and certification bodies are evidenced for the exact helmet and attachment configuration?","id":"configuration-specific-eligibility-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"What current jurisdiction, competition and age-category requirements govern the intended use, including any label or validity requirements?","id":"configuration-specific-eligibility-q02","kind":"boundary"}]}]}]},{"id":"inspection-care-and-retirement","name":"Inspection, care and retirement","description":"Tracks deterioration, service history and the actions permitted by the helmet's instructions.","layers":[{"id":"condition-and-event-history","name":"Condition and event history","description":"Combines component inspection with known impacts and potentially damaging exposures.","findings":[{"id":"helmet-serviceability-evidence","name":"Helmet serviceability evidence","description":"Record cracks, deformation, liner changes, loose hardware and retention defects alongside known or unknown event history.","questions":[{"text":"What defects are visible or detectable in the shell, liner, adjusters, straps and attachment points?","id":"helmet-serviceability-evidence-q01","kind":"measurement"},{"text":"What impacts, modifications or heat and chemical exposures are known, and which parts of the helmet's history remain unknown?","id":"helmet-serviceability-evidence-q02","kind":"provenance"}]}]},{"id":"permitted-care-and-disposition","name":"Permitted care and disposition","description":"Maps instructions and inspection evidence to maintenance, withholding or retirement.","findings":[{"id":"documented-service-actions","name":"Documented service actions","description":"Use model-specific instructions to determine cleaning, replacement-part and retirement actions.","questions":[{"text":"Which cleaning methods, storage conditions and component replacements does the manufacturer permit?","id":"documented-service-actions-q01","kind":"action"},{"text":"Which damage, impact-history, age or recall criteria require withholding or retiring this helmet?","id":"documented-service-actions-q02","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"evidence-and-external-alignment","name":"Evidence and external alignment","description":"What the world already says about this thing, gathered so the model can be checked against it.","layers":[{"id":"reported-evidence","name":"Reported evidence","description":"Findings from the breadth pass, kept separate from the structural claims.","findings":[{"id":"evidence-confidence-notes","name":"Check these first","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these check these first hold for the sense of hockey helmet this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-confidence-notes-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-kinds","name":"Kinds and varieties","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these kinds and varieties hold for the sense of hockey helmet this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-kinds-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-identifiers","name":"Identifiers and schemes","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these identifiers and schemes hold for the sense of hockey helmet this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-identifiers-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-standards-and-regulation","name":"Standards and regulation","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these standards and regulation hold for the sense of hockey helmet this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-standards-and-regulation-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-real-world-use","name":"Real-world use","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these real-world use hold for the sense of hockey helmet this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-real-world-use-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-measurements","name":"Typical measurements","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these typical measurements hold for the sense of hockey helmet this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-measurements-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards","name":"Failure modes and hazards","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these failure modes and hazards hold for the sense of hockey helmet this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-regional-variation","name":"Regional variation","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these regional variation hold for the sense of hockey helmet this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-regional-variation-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-neighbours","name":"Neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart hold for the sense of hockey helmet this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-neighbours-q01","kind":"provenance"}]}]}]}]},"agentConduct":{"may":["Inspect a hockey helmet for cracks, loose fittings, worn liners and expired certification.","Help a player find the correct size and fit using the maker's guidance."],"mustNot":["Approve a cracked, modified or uncertified helmet for play.","Advise painting, drilling or adding parts that the maker says void certification.","Share a player's concussion or medical history beyond those entitled to it."],"requiresHuman":["Clearing a player to return after a suspected concussion."]},"ethics":{"considerations":["Head injuries in hockey can cause lasting brain damage, especially in young players.","Pressure to keep playing leads people to hide symptoms."],"affectedParties":["Players, including children","Parents and coaches"]},"owners":{"steward":"The player or team that owns it; the league sets equipment rules.","roles":[],"masterSystems":[]},"relations":[{"target":"Q1675611","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"}],"interaction":{"identity":{"applicability":"required","items":["Vercy registry: vr.tr.hockey-helmet","Wikidata: Q2499551 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2499551)"]},"properties":{"applicability":"required","items":["Intended hockey discipline and wearer role: Documented discipline and role; unknown","Shell and liner construction: Documented shell materials, liner materials and component arrangement; unknown","Declared head circumference range: cm, with manufacturer sizing method","Helmet mass: g, with size and included attachments","Adjustment mechanism: Fixed size, tool-operated adjustment, tool-free adjustment or documented alternative","Wearer fit assessment: Unassessed, satisfactory under documented procedure, unsatisfactory or uncertain","Retention assembly condition: Unchecked, intact and functional, damaged, incomplete or uncertain","Face-protection compatibility: Helmet variant linked to documented cage or visor, size and mounting hardware","Conformity evidence: Exact helmet variant and configuration linked to standard edition, issuing body, certificate or mark evidence","Service disposition: Unassessed, eligible under documented criteria, withheld pending review or retired"]},"recognition":{"applicability":"required","items":["A hard plastic shell with vents, foam liner and chin strap, covering the top and back of the head.","Often fitted with a visor or cage and showing a certification sticker."]},"capabilities":{"applicability":"required","items":["Identify a helmet and retrieve instructions for its exact variant.","Select a candidate size and guide a documented fit and retention check.","Check a proposed cage or visor against documented mounting compatibility.","Inspect the shell, liner, adjustment locks, straps and attachment points.","Compare configuration-specific conformity evidence with intended-use requirements.","Record care and impact history and determine whether further assessment or retirement is required."]},"hazards":{"applicability":"required","items":["Cracked shells and compressed liners absorb less impact.","A poorly fitted helmet can shift and expose the head."]},"interfaces":{"applicability":"required","items":["ASTM F1045, Standard Performance Specification for Ice Hockey Helmets, ASTM International.","CSA Z262.1, Ice hockey helmets, CSA Group."]},"context":{"applicability":"required","items":["A hockey helmet is worn during ice hockey practice and competition where falls, collisions and impacts from equipment can occur.","Its protective role depends on appropriate fit, retention, condition and compatibility with any attached face protection."]}},"sources":[{"title":"Wikidata item Q2499551: hockey helmet","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2499551","note":"identity and sense of the item"},{"title":"Wikipedia: Hockey 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