{"schema":"https://ver.cy/schemas/card/1.0.0","id":"vr.tr.secretion-body","code":"thing-secretion-body","url":"https://ver.cy/models/thing/secretion-body/","name":"secretion","alternateNames":["ganoin","ganoine","lacrimal secretion","lachrymal secretion","perspiration","sweat","sudor","intestinal juice","autacoid","autocoid","prostaglandin","synovia"],"kind":"thing","status":"published","version":"0.2.0-wave.4","language":"en","classifiers":{"family":"Thing Registry","category":"Physical world and living systems","entryKind":"noun.body","plane":"PHY","domain":["PHY.LIV"],"industry":[],"navPath":"","tags":[],"facets":{"substance":"living","origin":"natural","agency":"inert","mobility":"not-applicable","scale":"not-applicable","affordances":["observable"]}},"whatItIs":"A functionally specialised substance released from a gland or cell, especially one that is not a waste product, in the WordNet sense covering products such as sweat or perspiration, lacrimal secretion or tears, saliva, mucus, hormones and digestive juices, and, by extension in the aliases, ganoin or ganoine, the enamel-like layer of ganoid fish scales; 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each person answers for their own body and samples.","roles":[],"masterSystems":[]},"relations":[{"target":"oewn-05404811-n","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"},{"target":"body substance","type":"related","note":"in general terms"},{"target":"gland","type":"related","note":"or cells"},{"target":"excretion","type":"related","note":"a waste product"},{"target":"sweat","type":"related","note":"a common secretion"}],"interaction":{"identity":{"applicability":"required","items":["Vercy registry: vr.tr.secretion-body","Open English WordNet: oewn-05412071-n","WordNet: oewn-05404811-n a functionally specialized substance released from a gland or cell"]},"properties":{"applicability":"required","items":["daily sweat: up to several litres - in heat","daily saliva: about 0.5-1.5 litres","ganoin: hypermineralised scale layer note - gars and bichirs"]},"recognition":{"applicability":"required","items":["Specialised substance released from a gland or cell","Sweat, tears, saliva, mucus, hormones; ganoin as a scale product","Excretions are wastes; secretion as a process is the release; discharges may be pathological","Not a visible object; fluids and substances from glands."]},"capabilities":{"applicability":"required","items":["explain the class","relay kinds and glands","describe specific secretions","distinguish related concepts"]},"hazards":{"applicability":"required","items":["Confusing secretion and excretion","Agents giving medical advice about abnormal secretions","WordNet aliases including a fish scale material"]},"interfaces":{"applicability":"required","items":["No regulation; clinical standards for analysing secretions"]},"context":{"applicability":"required","items":["Not applicable; a class of biological substances.","exocrine secretions such as sweat, tears, saliva and mucus","endocrine secretions such as hormones","digestive secretions","defensive and signalling secretions such as venoms and pheromones","mineralised secretions such as ganoin and enamel","plant secretions such as nectar and resin"]}},"sources":[{"title":"Open English WordNet 2024, synset oewn-05412071-n","url":"https://en-word.net/id/oewn-05412071-n","note":"sense and gloss of the concept"},{"title":"Wiktionary: secretion","url":"https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/secretion","note":"word senses and usage"}],"openQuestions":["Should sweat, tears and ganoin be separate primary entries?","How should physiology references be linked?","The WordNet aliases include ganoin, a mineralised tissue; should it be split off?"],"resources":{"spec":"/models/things/publications/thing-secretion-body/spec.json"},"provenance":{"origin":"thing registry research (pass 2)","builtFrom":["models/things/publications/thing-secretion-body/spec.json"],"providers":["Claude"],"researchStatus":"unreviewed","generatedAt":"2026-09-13T14:18:21Z","builder":"tools/build_cards.py@1.0.0"},"completeness":{"sections":{"classifiers":"filled","whatItIs":"filled","purpose":"filled","distinguishingFeatures":"filled","structure":"filled","agentConduct":"filled","ethics":"filled","owners":"filled","relations":"filled","interaction.identity":"filled","interaction.properties":"filled","interaction.recognition":"filled","interaction.capabilities":"filled","interaction.hazards":"filled","interaction.interfaces":"filled","interaction.context":"filled","sources":"filled"},"notes":{"_gate":"Published through the thing publication gate 1.0 on 2026-10-07T12:16:35+00:00: completeness 1.00; sense: WordNet gloss; 2 live sources; review by codex: pass"},"score":1.0}}