{ "model": { "rank": 3973, "code": "thing-q101004", "model_id": "vr.tr.aorta", "name": "aorta", "purpose": "Enable an AI agent to recognise an aorta, record its segment-specific anatomy and condition, and identify what further assessment or authorised care its documented state requires.", "family": "Thing Registry", "category": "Physical world and living systems", "status": "research-draft", "kind": "thing", "plane": "PHY", "domain": "PHY.LIV", "industry": "", "version": "", "url": "/models/thing/q101004/", "tier": 2, "score": 79, "payload": { "layer": "wikidata", "aliases": [], "aliasCount": 0, "merged": 0, "knownIn": 79, "facets": null, "markers": [], "lexicalClass": "", "senseRank": null, "alsoRegisteredAs": null, "source": { "dataset": "wikidata", "item": "Q101004", "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q101004", "license": "CC0 1.0" } }, "research": { "vercy": "1.0-draft", "publication": { "status": "research-draft", "adjudicationStatus": "unreviewed", "publishableCanonical": false, "generatedAt": "2026-09-09T19:11:33Z", "providers": [ "Codex" ], "breadth": "recalled by Codex without web access - no source was read", "missingProviders": [], "pass": 2, "cost": { "grok": { "seconds": 24.1, "error": "Reading additional input from stdin...\nOpenAI Codex v0.153.4\n--------\nworkdir: R:\\02_PROJECTS\\02_Meta_Models_Platforms\\Ver.cy\\current\\thing-registry-backlog\nmodel: gpt-6-astra\nprovider: openai\napproval: never\nsandbox: read-only\nreasoning effort: none\nreasoning summaries: none\nsession id: 01a08794-351a-78e0-b3df-e9ef71b4e8bb\n--------\nuser\nDescribe what is already known about one registered thing. 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"scope_statement": "This model owns the aorta as an anatomical structure within an individual organism, using human anatomy as the default reference while requiring species to be recorded for other animals; it covers aortic continuity, segments, wall, blood flow, branches and documented alterations.", "in_scope": [ "Anatomical identity, species, segment boundaries and continuity of the aorta", "Aortic root, ascending aorta, arch and descending thoracic and abdominal segments", "Aortic wall, lumen, dimensions and mechanical behaviour", "Branch origins and their relationship to downstream perfusion", "Congenital variants, acquired abnormalities and changes following intervention", "Evidence supporting assessment and longitudinal comparison" ], "out_of_scope": [ "The organism as a taxon, population or whole individual", "The heart and its pumping function beyond the aortic connection", "Detailed aortic valve leaflet structure and valve-specific disease", "Complete anatomy and disease of arteries beyond their aortic origins", "Blood composition and systemic disease independent of aortic effects", "Procedural technique and autonomous prescribing or treatment selection" ], "distinguishing_features": [ "In standard human anatomy, continuity from the left ventricular outflow through the aortic root identifies the aorta; the pulmonary trunk belongs to the right ventricular outflow pathway.", "The aorta forms the main systemic arterial conduit, whereas its branches leave that conduit to supply particular territories.", "An aortic segment must be localised along the root-to-terminal course; a nearby vein or pulmonary vessel cannot be identified as aorta from diameter alone.", "The aortic wall and lumen are distinct from the aortic valve leaflets, even though the valve and root are anatomically coupled.", "An aneurysm or dissection describes a condition affecting the aorta rather than a separate anatomical identity." ], "characteristics": [ { "name": "Organism and anatomical context", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "Individual organism reference; species; native or surgically reconstructed circulation", "why_it_matters": "Human segment conventions and expected connections cannot be applied unquestioningly to other species or reconstructed anatomy." }, { "name": "Aortic segment", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "Root; ascending; arch; descending thoracic; abdominal; junction or multisegment involvement", "why_it_matters": "Dimensions, branch relationships and interpretation depend on location." }, { "name": "Lumen and outer-wall dimensions", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Millimetres, with anatomical landmark, imaging plane, edge convention and cardiac phase", "why_it_matters": "A diameter without its measurement convention cannot support reliable comparison." }, { "name": "Aortic course and branch pattern", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "Course, branch names, origins, shared trunks and documented variants", "why_it_matters": "Topology determines anatomical recognition and which perfusion territories may be affected." }, { "name": "Wall and lumen condition", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "Documented wall integrity, plaque, calcification, thrombus, dilation, narrowing or dissection; absent, present, indeterminate or unassessed", "why_it_matters": "Different changes affect structural integrity and blood passage in different ways." }, { "name": "Segmental haemodynamics", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Pressure or gradient in mmHg; velocity in m/s; flow in L/min; measurement location and method required", "why_it_matters": "Flow and pressure observations help distinguish anatomical appearance from functional consequences." }, { "name": "Distensibility", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Inverse pressure, with formula, units, segment and acquisition method stated", "why_it_matters": "The aorta's expansion and recoil contribute to buffering pulsatile output." }, { "name": "Longitudinal dimensional change", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Millimetres over a stated interval; optionally mm/year when justified by comparable observations", "why_it_matters": "Apparent growth must be distinguished from differences in technique or landmarks." }, { "name": "Repair status", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "Native; open repair; endovascular repair; mixed reconstruction; unknown, with affected segments and dates", "why_it_matters": "Repair changes the structure being assessed and the meaning of subsequent observations." } ], "affordances": [ "Identify and label the aorta and its segments in an anatomical or imaging record.", "Map branch origins and relate a documented lesion to potentially affected perfusion territories.", "Compare segment dimensions across examinations while checking measurement compatibility.", "Record wall, lumen and flow abnormalities with their location, extent and supporting evidence.", "Link documented findings to clinician-approved surveillance or escalation instructions.", "Track repaired segments, implanted devices and residual native aorta through follow-up." ] }, "sources": [], "structure": { "bundles": [ { "id": "aortic-identity-and-topology", "name": "Aortic identity and topology", "description": "Establishes which structure is the aorta and how its segments and branches connect.", "rationale": "Aortic observations become misleading when assigned to the wrong vessel, segment or anatomical configuration.", "layers": [ { "id": "identity-and-continuity", "name": "Identity and continuity", "description": "Anchors identification to the organism and observed cardiovascular connections.", "findings": [ { "id": "aortic-connection", "name": "Aortic connection", "description": "Record the evidence identifying the systemic outflow conduit, including congenital or surgical departures from the reference anatomy.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which organism and species does this aorta belong to, and what establishes its anatomical identity?", "kind": "definition", "id": "aortic-connection-q01" }, { "text": "Are the ventricular connection and vessel continuity native, variant or reconstructed?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "aortic-connection-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "segments-and-branch-origins", "name": "Segments and branch origins", "description": "Locates observations along the aorta using explicit landmarks and branch relationships.", "findings": [ { "id": "segment-and-branch-map", "name": "Segment and branch map", "description": "Record segment boundaries, aortic course and branch origins without assuming a standard branching pattern.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which landmarks delimit the root, ascending aorta, arch and descending segments in this record?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "segment-and-branch-map-q01" }, { "text": "Which branch origins and course variants are demonstrated, and by which examination?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "segment-and-branch-map-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "aortic-wall-and-geometry", "name": "Aortic wall and geometry", "description": "Describes aortic dimensions and the physical condition of the wall and lumen.", "rationale": "Aortic enlargement, narrowing and wall disruption require different observations and cannot be represented by a single size or health label.", "layers": [ { "id": "segmental-dimensions", "name": "Segmental dimensions", "description": "Records reproducible measurements at named aortic locations.", "findings": [ { "id": "aortic-diameter-observation", "name": "Aortic diameter observation", "description": "Capture diameter or area with the geometry and acquisition details needed to interpret it.", "questions": [ { "text": "What diameter or cross-sectional area was measured, at which landmark and relative to which vessel axis?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "aortic-diameter-observation-q01" }, { "text": "Which modality, edge convention, cardiac phase and examination date produced the measurement?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "aortic-diameter-observation-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "wall-and-lumen-integrity", "name": "Wall and lumen integrity", "description": "Separates wall abnormalities from changes within the blood-carrying lumen.", "findings": [ { "id": "wall-and-lumen-lesion", "name": "Wall and lumen lesion", "description": "Record demonstrated abnormalities, their extent and uncertainty, including any distinction between true and false lumens.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which wall or lumen abnormalities are demonstrated, suspected, excluded or unassessed?", "kind": "definition", "id": "wall-and-lumen-lesion-q01" }, { "text": "Where does each abnormality begin and end, and does it involve branch origins or tissue outside the aortic wall?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "wall-and-lumen-lesion-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "aortic-flow-and-perfusion", "name": "Aortic flow and perfusion", "description": "Relates blood passage and wall motion to the aorta's systemic distribution function.", "rationale": "Structural appearance alone does not establish obstruction, abnormal flow or downstream perfusion effects.", "layers": [ { "id": "pressure-flow-and-recoil", "name": "Pressure, flow and recoil", "description": "Captures location-specific haemodynamic and mechanical observations.", "findings": [ { "id": "segmental-functional-observation", "name": "Segmental functional observation", "description": "Record measured pressure, flow or distensibility while distinguishing direct measurement from derived estimates.", "questions": [ { "text": "What pressure, gradient, velocity, flow or distensibility was measured, and in which aortic segment?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "segmental-functional-observation-q01" }, { "text": "Which acquisition conditions and calculation methods support the reported values?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "segmental-functional-observation-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "branch-perfusion-consequences", "name": "Branch perfusion consequences", "description": "Connects aortic findings to branch-vessel blood supply without absorbing downstream organ models.", "findings": [ { "id": "aortic-source-perfusion-effect", "name": "Aortic source of perfusion effects", "description": "Record whether an aortic lesion affects a branch origin and distinguish anatomical concern from demonstrated impaired perfusion.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which coronary, arch, visceral, renal or terminal branch origins are involved in the documented aortic finding?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "aortic-source-perfusion-effect-q01" }, { "text": "What evidence establishes impaired downstream perfusion, and what remains a suspected consequence?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "aortic-source-perfusion-effect-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "aortic-course-and-care", "name": "Aortic course and care", "description": "Tracks changes, repairs and the authorised response to documented aortic findings.", "rationale": "Aortic assessment depends on prior anatomy, comparable measurements and the 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instructions associated with the observed aortic state.", "findings": [ { "id": "aortic-repair-and-response-record", "name": "Aortic repair and response record", "description": "Locate grafts or endografts, residual native segments and documented findings requiring follow-up under an identified care plan.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which aortic segments were replaced, reinforced or excluded, and which operative or imaging record establishes this?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "aortic-repair-and-response-record-q01" }, { "text": "What clinician-approved surveillance or escalation instruction applies to the current findings, and who is responsible for acting on it?", "kind": "action", "id": "aortic-repair-and-response-record-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "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.", "rationale": "A model that cannot be lined up 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model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-kinds", "name": "Kinds and varieties", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "Ascending aorta", "Aortic arch", "Descending thoracic aorta", "Abdominal aorta" ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-kinds-q01", "text": "Which of these kinds and varieties hold for the sense of aorta this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-identifiers", "name": "Identifiers and schemes", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ { "scheme": "Terminologia Anatomica", "value_or_pattern": "Aorta", "note": "Standard anatomical name; no numeric identifier asserted." } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-identifiers-q01", "text": "Which of these identifiers and schemes hold for the sense of aorta this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": 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assessed by ultrasound, computed tomography or magnetic resonance imaging for dilation and other structural abnormalities." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-real-world-use-q01", "text": "Which of these real-world use hold for the sense of aorta this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-measurements", "name": "Typical measurements", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ { "quantity": "Adult abdominal aortic diameter", "typical_range": "Approximately 1.5-2.5 in healthy adults; varies with measurement location, age, sex, body size and measurement convention.", "unit": "cm" } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-measurements-q01", "text": "Which of these typical measurements hold for the sense of aorta this model covers, and on what evidence?", "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.", "evidence": [ "Aortic aneurysm: abnormal dilation that can lead to rupture.", "Aortic dissection: blood separates layers of the aortic wall and may compromise branch-vessel flow or cause rupture.", "Aortic rupture: loss of wall integrity causing potentially fatal bleeding.", "Atherosclerotic disease: plaque can contribute to obstruction or embolization.", "Aortic coarctation: congenital narrowing that obstructs systemic blood flow." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards-q01", "text": "Which of these failure modes and hazards hold for the sense of aorta this model covers, and on what evidence?", "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.", "evidence": [ { "name": "Artery", "difference": "An artery is any vessel carrying blood 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"openQuestions": [ "Does the registry intend the human aorta specifically or a comparative anatomical concept spanning species?", "Which existing Vercy models own the aortic valve, arterial branches and implanted vascular devices, and does a world model already cover the aorta?", "Which anatomical references and imaging standards should govern segment boundaries, diameter conventions and body-size indexing?", "Which sourced classifications should represent aortic dilation, dissection, congenital variants and post-repair findings without conflating them?", "Which current clinical guidance and local care protocols may supply surveillance or escalation rules, and how will their applicability and version be recorded?" ], "statistics": { "bundles": 5, "layers": 9, "findings": 16, "questions": 24 } }, "draft": { "generator": "vr.draft.v3", "status": "draft-generated", "researched": false, "archetype": "organism", "method": "Written from the archetype playbook - what this kind of thing needs 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Without stable identity nothing else in the model can be trusted to be about the same thing twice.", "layers": [ { "id": "naming-and-identifiers", "name": "Names and identifiers", "description": "The names this thing goes by and the identifiers that survive translation and time.", "findings": [ { "id": "preferred-name-and-aliases", "name": "Preferred name, aliases and local names", "description": "Which name to use, which names mean the same thing, and which merely sound similar.", "questions": [ { "id": "preferred-name-and-aliases-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the name of a aorta, and in what units or vocabulary?", "kind": "definition", "answer_data": [ "identifiers", "types and classes", "values with units", "explicit unknowns" ] }, { "id": "preferred-name-and-aliases-q02", "text": "Who or what asserted this about the name of a aorta, by which method, and when was it true?", "kind": "provenance", "answer_data": [ "authority", "method", "evidence", "event time", "knowledge time" ] }, { "id": "preferred-name-and-aliases-q03", "text": "What may an agent decide or do once the name of a aorta is known, and what must it refuse?", "kind": "action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] }, { "id": "stable-identifiers", "name": "Stable identifiers and external keys", "description": "Identifiers that keep pointing at this kind of thing across systems and languages.", "questions": [ { "id": "stable-identifiers-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes an identifier for a aorta, and in what units or vocabulary?", "kind": "definition", "answer_data": [ "identifiers", "types and classes", "values with units", "explicit unknowns" ] }, { "id": "stable-identifiers-q02", "text": "Who or what asserted this about an identifier for a aorta, by which method, and when was it true?", "kind": "provenance", "answer_data": [ "authority", "method", "evidence", "event time", "knowledge time" ] }, { "id": "stable-identifiers-q03", "text": "What may an agent decide or do once an identifier for a aorta is known, and what must it refuse?", "kind": "action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "classification-and-granularity", "name": "Classification and granularity", "description": "Where a aorta sits among kinds, and how finely a task needs to cut it.", "findings": [ { "id": "kind-and-parents", "name": "Kind, parents and neighbouring kinds", "description": "The classes this thing belongs to and the ones it is next to.", "questions": [ { "id": "kind-and-parents-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the kind of a aorta, and in what units or vocabulary?", "kind": "definition", "answer_data": [ "identifiers", "types and classes", "values with units", "explicit unknowns" ] }, { "id": "kind-and-parents-q02", "text": "Who or what asserted this about the kind of a aorta, by which method, and when was it true?", "kind": "provenance", "answer_data": [ "authority", "method", "evidence", "event time", "knowledge time" ] }, { "id": "kind-and-parents-q03", "text": "What may an agent decide or do once the kind of a aorta is known, and what must it refuse?", "kind": "action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] }, { "id": "distinguishing-features", "name": "Distinguishing features", "description": "What separates a aorta from the things most often confused with it.", "questions": [ { "id": "distinguishing-features-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes what distinguishes a aorta, and in what units or vocabulary?", "kind": "definition", "answer_data": [ "identifiers", "types and classes", "values with units", "explicit unknowns" ] }, { "id": "distinguishing-features-q02", "text": "Who or what asserted this about what distinguishes a aorta, by which method, and when was it true?", "kind": "provenance", "answer_data": [ "authority", "method", "evidence", "event time", "knowledge time" ] }, { "id": "distinguishing-features-q03", "text": "What may an agent decide or do once what distinguishes a aorta is known, and what must it refuse?", "kind": "action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "form-and-composition", "name": "Form, composition and condition", "description": "What a aorta is made of, what shape and size it takes, and what state it is in.", "rationale": "A physical thing can be measured, and a model that cannot record its measurements cannot support any decision that depends on them.", "layers": [ { "id": "form-and-dimensions", "name": "Form and dimensions", "description": "Shape, size, mass and the ranges these take across examples.", "findings": [ { "id": "measurable-dimensions", "name": "Measurable dimensions and their units", "description": "The quantities worth recording and the units they are recorded in.", "questions": [ { "id": "measurable-dimensions-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the dimensions of a aorta, and in what units or vocabulary?", "kind": "definition", "answer_data": [ "identifiers", "types and classes", "values with units", "explicit unknowns" ] }, { "id": "measurable-dimensions-q02", "text": "Who or what asserted this about the dimensions of a aorta, by which method, and when was it true?", "kind": "provenance", "answer_data": [ "authority", "method", "evidence", "event time", "knowledge time" ] }, { "id": "measurable-dimensions-q03", "text": "What may an agent decide or do once the dimensions of a aorta is known, and what must it refuse?", "kind": "action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "material-and-composition", "name": "Material and composition", "description": "Anatomy, parts and life stage.", "findings": [ { "id": "parts-and-materials", "name": "Parts and life stages", "description": "The parts of a aorta and the stages it passes through.", "questions": [ { "id": "parts-and-materials-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the composition of a aorta, and in what units or vocabulary?", "kind": "definition", "answer_data": [ "identifiers", "types and classes", "values with units", "explicit unknowns" ] }, { "id": "parts-and-materials-q02", "text": "Who or what asserted this about the composition of a aorta, by which method, and when was it true?", "kind": "provenance", "answer_data": [ "authority", "method", "evidence", "event time", "knowledge time" ] }, { "id": "parts-and-materials-q03", "text": "What may an agent decide or do once the composition of a aorta is known, and what must it refuse?", "kind": "action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "condition-and-integrity", "name": "Condition and integrity", "description": "Wear, damage, health and the difference between working and broken.", "findings": [ { "id": "condition-assessment", "name": "Condition, damage and health", "description": "How the condition of a aorta is judged and by whom.", "questions": [ { "id": "condition-assessment-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the condition of a aorta, and in what units or vocabulary?", "kind": "definition", "answer_data": [ "identifiers", "types and classes", "values with units", "explicit unknowns" ] }, { "id": "condition-assessment-q02", "text": "Who or what asserted this about the condition of a aorta, by which method, and when was it true?", "kind": "provenance", "answer_data": [ "authority", "method", "evidence", "event time", "knowledge time" ] }, { "id": "condition-assessment-q03", "text": "What may an agent decide or do once the condition of a aorta is known, and what must it refuse?", "kind": "action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "place-and-movement", "name": "Place and movement", "description": "Where a aorta is, how it got there and where it may go (self-moving).", "rationale": "A thing that can move needs its position recorded with a time, or every later claim about it is about a place it has left.", "layers": [ { "id": "location-and-placement", "name": "Location and placement", "description": "Position, containment and the reference frame the position is given in.", "findings": [ { "id": "position-and-frame", "name": "Position, container and reference frame", "description": "Where a aorta is, and what that position is measured against.", "questions": [ { "id": "position-and-frame-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the location of a aorta, and in what units or vocabulary?", "kind": "definition", "answer_data": [ "identifiers", "types and classes", "values with units", "explicit unknowns" ] }, { "id": "position-and-frame-q02", "text": "Who or what asserted this about the location of a aorta, by which method, and when was it true?", "kind": "provenance", "answer_data": [ "authority", "method", "evidence", "event time", "knowledge time" ] }, { "id": "position-and-frame-q03", "text": "What may an agent decide or do once the location of a aorta is known, and what must it refuse?", "kind": "action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "movement-and-transfer", "name": "Movement and transfer", "description": "How a aorta moves on its own.", "findings": [ { "id": "movement-events", "name": "Movement events and constraints", "description": "What counts as a movement, what records it and what limits it.", "questions": [ { "id": "movement-events-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the movement of a aorta, and in what units or vocabulary?", "kind": "definition", "answer_data": [ "identifiers", "types and classes", "values with units", "explicit unknowns" ] }, { "id": "movement-events-q02", "text": "Who or what asserted this about the movement of a aorta, by which method, and when was it true?", "kind": "provenance", "answer_data": [ "authority", "method", "evidence", "event time", "knowledge time" ] }, { "id": "movement-events-q03", "text": "What may an agent decide or do once the movement of a aorta is known, and what must it refuse?", "kind": "action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "state-and-lifecycle", "name": "State and lifecycle", "description": "The states a aorta passes through and the events that move it between them.", "rationale": "Most decisions about a thing depend on what state it is in now, which is a claim with a time on it, not a property.", "layers": [ { "id": "lifecycle-stages", "name": "Lifecycle stages", "description": "From coming into existence to ceasing to be one of these.", "findings": [ { "id": "stages-and-transitions", "name": "Stages and transitions", "description": "The stages worth naming and what moves a aorta between them.", "questions": [ { "id": "stages-and-transitions-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the lifecycle of a aorta, and in what units or vocabulary?", "kind": "definition", "answer_data": [ "identifiers", "types and classes", "values with units", "explicit unknowns" ] }, { "id": "stages-and-transitions-q02", "text": "Who or what asserted this about the lifecycle of a aorta, by which method, and when was it true?", "kind": "provenance", "answer_data": [ "authority", "method", "evidence", "event time", "knowledge time" ] }, { "id": "stages-and-transitions-q03", "text": "What may an agent decide or do once the lifecycle of a aorta is known, and what must it refuse?", "kind": "action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "observations-and-status", "name": "Observations and current status", "description": "What is observed about a aorta, how often and by whom.", "findings": [ { "id": "observation-record", "name": "Observation record", "description": "How an observation of a aorta is recorded so that it can be superseded rather than overwritten.", "questions": [ { "id": "observation-record-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes an observation of a aorta, and in what units or vocabulary?", "kind": "definition", "answer_data": [ "identifiers", "types and classes", "values with units", "explicit unknowns" ] }, { "id": "observation-record-q02", "text": "Who or what asserted this about an observation of a aorta, by which method, and when was it true?", "kind": "provenance", "answer_data": [ "authority", "method", "evidence", "event time", "knowledge time" ] }, { "id": "observation-record-q03", "text": "What may an agent decide or do once an observation of a aorta is known, and what must it refuse?", "kind": "action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "taxonomic-placement", "name": "Taxonomic placement and identification", "description": "What aorta is called scientifically, by whose authority, and how a specimen is recognised.", "rationale": "Names change with revisions while the organism does not, so a name without its authority and date cannot be reconciled later.", "layers": [ { "id": "accepted-name", "name": "Accepted name and synonymy", "description": "The current binomial, its author and date, and the names it replaced.", "findings": [ { "id": "name-and-authority", "name": "Accepted name, authority and synonyms", "description": "What to record so a later revision can be applied without losing the old data.", "questions": [ { "id": "name-and-authority-q01", "text": "What is the accepted scientific name of aorta, with its author and year, and which synonyms does it absorb?", "kind": "definition" }, { "id": "name-and-authority-q02", "text": "Which taxonomic authority is being followed, and what would a competing authority say?", "kind": "provenance" } ] } ] }, { "id": "field-identification", "name": "Field identification", "description": "The characters that separate aorta from what it is confused with.", "findings": [ { "id": "diagnostic-characters", "name": "Diagnostic characters and confusable kinds", "description": "Features that settle an identification, and those that only suggest it.", "questions": [ { "id": "diagnostic-characters-q01", "text": "Which observable characters distinguish aorta from its closest look-alikes, and at which life stage are they visible?", "kind": "boundary" }, { "id": "diagnostic-characters-q02", "text": "What evidence is enough to record an identification as confirmed rather than provisional?", "kind": "provenance" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "life-cycle-and-condition", "name": "Life stages, condition and behaviour", "description": "What aorta does over its life and how its state is judged.", "rationale": "Stage and condition change what may be done - handled, treated, harvested, left alone - and both are observations with a time.", "layers": [ { "id": "stages-and-reproduction", "name": "Stages and reproduction", "description": "Development from origin to death, including forms that look like different animals.", "findings": [ { "id": "life-stages", "name": "Life stages and their marks", "description": "The stages worth recording and what tells them apart.", "questions": [ { "id": "life-stages-q01", "text": "What stages does aorta pass through, and what observable change marks each transition?", "kind": "definition" }, { "id": "life-stages-q02", "text": "Which stages are so unlike the adult that they are mistaken for another kind?", "kind": "boundary" } ] } ] }, { "id": "health-and-condition", "name": "Health and condition", "description": "How condition is assessed and by whom.", "findings": [ { "id": "condition-assessment", "name": "Condition assessment", "description": "Signs of health, injury and stress, and who is competent to judge them.", "questions": [ { "id": "condition-assessment-q01", "text": "How is the condition of aorta judged, on what scale, and by whom?", "kind": "measurement" }, { "id": "condition-assessment-q02", "text": "What condition obliges an agent to act, and what act is permitted to whom?", "kind": "action" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "range-and-status", "name": "Habitat, range and conservation status", "description": "Where aorta lives and how threatened it is.", "rationale": "Range and status govern what is lawful, and both are assessments with an assessor and a year rather than facts of nature.", "layers": [ { "id": "habitat-and-range", "name": "Habitat and range", "description": "Native range, introductions and the habitat it needs.", "findings": [ { "id": "range-record", "name": "Range, introductions and habitat", "description": "What to record about where it is found and how it got there.", "questions": [ { "id": "range-record-q01", "text": "What is the native range of aorta, where has it been introduced, and what habitat does it require?", "kind": "definition" }, { "id": "range-record-q02", "text": "What distinguishes a native record from an introduced or vagrant one?", "kind": "boundary" } ] } ] }, { "id": "protection-status", "name": "Protection and legal status", "description": "Conservation assessments and the rules that follow from them.", "findings": [ { "id": "status-and-rules", "name": "Conservation status and legal consequence", "description": "The assessment, its date, and what it forbids or requires where.", "questions": [ { "id": "status-and-rules-q01", "text": "What conservation status does aorta hold, under which assessment and year?", "kind": "provenance" }, { "id": "status-and-rules-q02", "text": "What does that status forbid or require of an agent, and in which jurisdiction?", "kind": "action" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "provenance-and-evidence", "name": "Provenance, evidence and time", "description": "Where every claim about a aorta came from and when it held.", "rationale": "A claim without a source and a time cannot be superseded, only overwritten, and an agent that overwrites loses the ability to explain itself.", "layers": [ { "id": "source-and-authority", "name": "Source and authority", "description": "Who said it, on what evidence, and how strongly.", "findings": [ { "id": "claim-provenance", "name": "Claim provenance and confidence", "description": "The authority behind each claim about a aorta and how confident it is.", "questions": [ { "id": "claim-provenance-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes a claim about a aorta, and in what units or vocabulary?", "kind": "definition", "answer_data": [ "identifiers", "types and classes", "values with units", "explicit unknowns" ] }, { "id": "claim-provenance-q02", "text": "Who or what asserted this about a claim about a aorta, by which method, and when was it true?", "kind": "provenance", "answer_data": [ "authority", "method", "evidence", "event time", "knowledge time" ] }, { "id": "claim-provenance-q03", "text": "What may an agent decide or do once a claim about a aorta is known, and what must it refuse?", "kind": "action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "time-and-versions", "name": "Time, versions and supersession", "description": "When a claim was true, when it was learnt, and what replaced it.", "findings": [ { "id": "validity-and-supersession", "name": "Validity period and supersession", "description": "How an old claim about a aorta is retired without being erased.", "questions": [ { "id": "validity-and-supersession-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the validity of a claim about a aorta, and in what units or vocabulary?", "kind": "definition", "answer_data": [ "identifiers", "types and classes", "values with units", "explicit unknowns" ] }, { "id": "validity-and-supersession-q02", "text": "Who or what asserted this about the validity of a claim about a aorta, by which method, and when was it true?", "kind": "provenance", "answer_data": [ "authority", "method", "evidence", "event time", "knowledge time" ] }, { "id": "validity-and-supersession-q03", "text": "What may an agent decide or do once the validity of a claim about a aorta is known, and what must it refuse?", "kind": "action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] } ] } ] } ] }, "statistics": { "bundles": 8, "layers": 17, "findings": 19, "questions": 51 } } } }