{ "model": { "rank": 3712, "code": "thing-q10289", "model_id": "vr.tr.barrel", "name": "barrel", "purpose": "Enable an AI agent to recognise a barrel as a container, assess its containment and handling condition, and determine suitable filling, storage, transfer and reuse actions.", "family": "Thing Registry", "category": "Physical world and living systems", "status": "research-draft", "kind": "thing", "plane": "PHY", "domain": "PHY.OBJ", "industry": "", "version": "", "url": "/models/thing/q10289/", "tier": 2, "score": 82, "payload": { "layer": "wikidata", "aliases": [ "rain barrel", "liquid manure trailer", "kvass barrel", "sakadaru", "wine barrel", "parol", "fasa", "Putrih", "herring barrel", "oneway keg", "water barrel", "foeder", "whiskey barrel" ], "aliasCount": 13, "merged": 13, "knownIn": 82, "facets": null, "markers": [], "lexicalClass": "", "senseRank": null, "alsoRegisteredAs": "vr.tr.barrel-2", "source": { "dataset": "wikidata", "item": "Q10289", "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10289", "license": "CC0 1.0" } }, "research": { "vercy": "1.0-draft", "publication": { "status": "research-draft", "adjudicationStatus": "unreviewed", "publishableCanonical": false, "generatedAt": "2026-09-07T14:58:18Z", "providers": [ "Codex" ], "breadth": "recalled by Codex without web access - no source was read", "missingProviders": [], "pass": 2, "cost": { "grok": { "seconds": 28.1, "error": "Reading additional input from stdin...\nOpenAI Codex v0.153.3\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: 01a07c5f-4e40-7c31-91d9-6a464acf99b7\n--------\nuser\nDescribe what is already known about one registered thing. 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"This model covers barrel as a physical container, centred on coopered casks and provisionally including containers called barrels in metal or polymer construction; it records construction, capacity, contents compatibility, closures, condition and handling constraints while keeping uncertain registry boundaries explicit.", "in_scope": [ "Barrel body, heads, hoops or equivalent structural components", "Bungholes, bungs, lids, seals and fitted dispensing interfaces", "Capacity, fill level, mass and dimensions relevant to use", "Suitability for particular contents and service histories", "Containment condition, cleaning, repair and reuse readiness", "Orientation, rolling, lifting, stacking and storage constraints" ], "out_of_scope": [ "Barrel as a unit of volume or a commodity accounting quantity", "Gun barrels and barrel-shaped parts of other equipment", "Production, composition and quality models of the contents", "Cooperage workshops and barrel manufacturing machinery", "Pumps, racks, 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"characteristics": [ { "name": "Construction family", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "coopered wood; fabricated metal; moulded polymer; composite; other; unknown", "why_it_matters": "Determines which components, inspection methods and repair questions apply." }, { "name": "Body and contact materials", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "identified wood species, metal or polymer; lining or coating; unknown", "why_it_matters": "Supports contents compatibility and assessment of material transfer, corrosion or degradation." }, { "name": "Capacity basis", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "nominal capacity; measured internal capacity; intended working fill; unknown", "why_it_matters": "Prevents a named barrel size from being mistaken for verified usable volume." }, { "name": "Capacity and current fill", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "L for capacity and contents volume; % for fill fraction", "why_it_matters": "Supports filling decisions, headspace assessment and 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previous service", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "links to current contents, previous contents and cleaning or treatment records", "why_it_matters": "Supports decisions about contamination, compatibility and acceptable reuse." }, { "name": "Interior preparation", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "untreated; toasted; charred; lined; coated; other; unknown", "why_it_matters": "Distinguishes storage-only service from intended interaction between the barrel and its contents." }, { "name": "Service limits", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "documented limits for temperature, pressure, filling and stacking, with source and applicable configuration", "why_it_matters": "Prevents unsupported assumptions that a closed barrel can tolerate pressure or arbitrary loads." }, { "name": "Reuse readiness", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "unknown history; awaiting inspection; awaiting cleaning; awaiting repair; ready for specified use; retired", "why_it_matters": "Makes readiness 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with casks, drums and volume units, while construction determines the relevant physical checks.", "layers": [ { "id": "container-sense", "name": "Container sense", "description": "Separates the vessel from other uses of the word barrel.", "findings": [ { "id": "barrel-classification", "name": "Barrel classification", "description": "Record the physical container interpretation and the evidence supporting any barrel, cask or drum classification.", "questions": [ { "text": "Does this reference identify a physical container, a volume unit or a component of another object?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "barrel-classification-q01" }, { "text": "What registry or supplier evidence places this construction within the barrel category?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "barrel-classification-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "body-assembly", "name": "Body assembly", "description": "Describes how the body and ends form a retaining enclosure.", "findings": [ { "id": "construction-specific-components", "name": "Construction-specific components", "description": "Identify staves, hoops and heads for coopered barrels, or the corresponding body, seams and ends for other constructions.", "questions": [ { "text": "Is the enclosure coopered, fabricated, moulded or assembled by another method?", "kind": "definition", "id": "construction-specific-components-q01" }, { "text": "Which joints and retaining components depend on one another to keep the body and heads secure?", "kind": "definition", "id": "construction-specific-components-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "capacity-and-access", "name": "Capacity and access", "description": "Connects barrel size, working fill and openings to practical transfer actions.", "rationale": "A barrel's name does not establish its usable volume, and bung or head configuration constrains filling and emptying.", "layers": [ { "id": "volume-and-headspace", "name": "Volume and headspace", "description": "Distinguishes nominal size from measured capacity and an appropriate working fill.", "findings": [ { "id": "usable-fill", "name": "Usable fill", "description": "Record volume with its measurement basis and determine the fill allowance for the intended contents and conditions.", "questions": [ { "text": "What are the nominal capacity, measured internal capacity and current contents volume in litres?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "usable-fill-q01" }, { "text": "What headspace or maximum fill is required for the proposed contents and service conditions?", "kind": "action", "id": "usable-fill-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "openings-and-closures", "name": "Openings and closures", "description": "Identifies transfer points and the means of sealing them.", "findings": [ { "id": "bung-head-and-transfer-fit", "name": "Bung, head and transfer fit", "description": "Record opening positions, closure fit and any installed vent or dispensing connection.", "questions": [ { "text": "Where are the openings, what are their dimensions, and which bungs, lids or fittings match them?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "bung-head-and-transfer-fit-q01" }, { "text": "How can this barrel be filled, vented and emptied using its actual closure configuration?", "kind": "action", "id": "bung-head-and-transfer-fit-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "contents-and-interior", "name": "Contents and interior", "description": "Relates contact surfaces and prior service to the proposed contents.", "rationale": "Barrels can retain residues or intentionally influence contents, so an apparently intact vessel may still be unsuitable for a new use.", "layers": [ { "id": "contact-compatibility", "name": "Contact compatibility", "description": "Identifies all materials exposed to the contents.", "findings": [ { "id": "wetted-material-suitability", "name": "Wetted material suitability", "description": "Assess the body, interior treatment, closure and seal materials together for a specified fill.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which materials and coatings contact the contents, including bung and seal surfaces?", "kind": "definition", "id": "wetted-material-suitability-q01" }, { "text": "What evidence supports compatibility with the intended contents, contact duration and temperature?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "wetted-material-suitability-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "seasoning-and-service-history", "name": "Seasoning and service history", "description": "Tracks prior fills and preparation relevant to contamination or maturation.", "findings": [ { "id": "interior-history", "name": "Interior history", "description": "Record previous contents, cleaning, lining and any wood preparation or maturation service without assuming an unknown history is benign.", "questions": [ { "text": "What previous contents, cleaning treatments and interior modifications are documented?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "interior-history-q01" }, { "text": "Is interaction with the barrel interior intended, acceptable or disqualifying for the proposed use?", "kind": "action", "id": "interior-history-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "containment-and-reconditioning", "name": "Containment and reconditioning", "description": "Assesses leakage, structural defects and the route back to specified service.", "rationale": "Coopered joints, retaining hoops, fabricated seams and closures fail differently and require construction-specific decisions.", "layers": [ { "id": "leaks-and-structural-defects", "name": "Leaks and structural defects", "description": "Locates defects in the body, ends, joints and closure interfaces.", "findings": [ { "id": "containment-evidence", "name": "Containment evidence", "description": "Separate observed defects from test results and record the conditions under which containment was assessed.", "questions": [ { "text": "Are there loose hoops, split staves, displaced heads, corrosion, cracks, seam defects or closure leaks applicable to this construction?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "containment-evidence-q01" }, { "text": "Under what fill, orientation, duration and pressure conditions was containment checked?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "containment-evidence-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "repair-and-return-to-use", "name": "Repair and return to use", "description": "Determines whether cleaning or repair can establish suitability for a named use.", "findings": [ { "id": "reconditioning-decision", "name": "Reconditioning decision", "description": "Connect defects and service history to an appropriate repair, verification or retirement decision.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which cleaning, stave or hoop work, seal replacement or other repair is appropriate for this barrel's construction and intended contents?", "kind": "action", "id": "reconditioning-decision-q01" }, { "text": "What inspection or test must pass before the barrel returns to the specified service?", "kind": "action", "id": "reconditioning-decision-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "handling-and-service-conditions", "name": "Handling and service conditions", "description": "Determines how the barrel may be supported, moved and exposed during use.", "rationale": "Curved bodies, end geometry, mobile contents and closure orientation create handling constraints that cannot be inferred from the word barrel alone.", "layers": [ { "id": "movement-and-support", "name": "Movement and support", "description": "Relates geometry and filled mass to rolling, lifting and storage support.", "findings": [ { "id": "supported-handling", "name": "Supported handling", "description": "Identify permitted contact and support points and verify compatibility with racks or handling equipment.", "questions": [ { "text": "What are the gross mass, maximum diameter and end dimensions for the barrel in its present fill state?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "supported-handling-q01" }, { "text": "Which rolling, lifting and stacking methods are supported by the barrel's construction, condition and handling instructions?", "kind": "action", "id": "supported-handling-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "orientation-and-exposure", "name": "Orientation and exposure", "description": "Establishes use conditions involving closure position, temperature and internal pressure.", "findings": [ { "id": "permitted-service-envelope", "name": "Permitted service envelope", "description": "Record documented operating limits and any contents-driven need for ventilation or controlled storage.", "questions": [ { "text": "What evidence establishes permitted orientation, temperature and internal pressure for this barrel and closure combination?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "permitted-service-envelope-q01" }, { "text": "Do the proposed contents or storage conditions require venting, exposure control or a different vessel?", "kind": "action", "id": "permitted-service-envelope-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 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"knowledge time" ] }, { "id": "preferred-name-and-aliases-q03", "text": "What may an agent decide or do once the name of a barrel 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 barrel, 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 barrel, 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 barrel 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 barrel 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 barrel, 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 barrel, 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 barrel 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 barrel from the things most often confused with it.", "questions": [ { "id": "distinguishing-features-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes what distinguishes a barrel, 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 barrel, 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 barrel 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 barrel 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 barrel, 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 barrel, 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 barrel 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": "Materials, parts and how they are put together.", "findings": [ { "id": "parts-and-materials", "name": "Parts and materials", "description": "What a barrel is built from and which parts are replaceable.", "questions": [ { "id": "parts-and-materials-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the composition of a barrel, 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 barrel, 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 barrel 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 barrel is judged and by whom.", "questions": [ { "id": "condition-assessment-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the condition of a barrel, 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 barrel, 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 barrel 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 barrel is, how it got there and where it may go (varies).", "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 barrel is, and what that position is measured against.", "questions": [ { "id": "position-and-frame-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the location of a barrel, 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 barrel, 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 barrel 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 barrel is carried, installed or relocated.", "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 barrel, 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 barrel, 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 barrel 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 barrel 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 barrel between them.", "questions": [ { "id": "stages-and-transitions-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the lifecycle of a barrel, 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 barrel, 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 barrel 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 barrel, how often and by whom.", "findings": [ { "id": "observation-record", "name": "Observation record", "description": "How an observation of a barrel 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 barrel, 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 barrel, 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 barrel is known, and what must it refuse?", "kind": "action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "function-and-principle", "name": "Function and operating principle", "description": "What barrel is for and how it achieves it.", "rationale": "Two devices with the same name can work on different principles, and the principle is what predicts failure and constrains use.", "layers": [ { "id": "intended-function", "name": "Intended function", "description": "The job it does, and the jobs it is used for anyway.", "findings": [ { "id": "function-record", "name": "Function, principle and variants", "description": "What it does, how, and which variants do it differently.", "questions": [ { "id": "function-record-q01", "text": "What function does barrel perform, on what operating principle, and which variants differ in that principle?", "kind": "definition" }, { "id": "function-record-q02", "text": "What use falls outside the intended function but happens in practice?", "kind": "boundary" } ] } ] }, { "id": "capacity-and-rating", "name": "Capacity and rating", "description": "The numbers that say what it can do and where it stops.", "findings": [ { "id": "ratings", "name": "Ratings and their conditions", "description": "Rated capacity, power, throughput and the conditions each assumes.", "questions": [ { "id": "ratings-q01", "text": "What ratings characterise barrel, in what units, and under what stated conditions?", "kind": "measurement" }, { "id": "ratings-q02", "text": "What happens beyond the rating - degradation, refusal, damage - and how is that detected?", "kind": "action" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "operation-and-state", "name": "Operation, controls and state", "description": "How barrel is operated and what state it is in right now.", "rationale": "An agent acting on a device needs its current state and the controls that change it, not just its specification.", "layers": [ { "id": "controls-and-modes", "name": "Controls and modes", "description": "What can be set, what that changes, and what is interlocked.", "findings": [ { "id": "control-surface", "name": "Control surface and interlocks", "description": "The settings available and the conditions that block them.", "questions": [ { "id": "control-surface-q01", "text": "What controls and modes does barrel have, and what does each change?", "kind": "definition" }, { "id": "control-surface-q02", "text": "Which actions are interlocked or forbidden in which state, and what must be true before acting?", "kind": "action" } ] } ] }, { "id": "condition-and-maintenance", "name": "Condition and maintenance", "description": "Wear, service intervals, consumables and the line between working and broken.", "findings": [ { "id": "service-record", "name": "Condition, service and consumables", "description": "What is consumed, what is serviced, and how condition is judged.", "questions": [ { "id": "service-record-q01", "text": "What consumables and service does barrel need, at what interval, and on whose authority?", "kind": "measurement" }, { "id": "service-record-q02", "text": "What evidence separates a unit that is working from one that is out of service?", "kind": "boundary" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "kind-model-unit", "name": "Kind, model and unit", "description": "Whether a claim about barrel is about the kind, a product line, or one physical unit.", "rationale": "This is the boundary most often got wrong for made things, and getting it wrong mixes a catalogue entry with the machine in the yard.", "layers": [ { "id": "level-of-reference", "name": "Level of reference", "description": "The three levels and what belongs at each.", "findings": [ { "id": "level-rules", "name": "What belongs to kind, model and unit", "description": "Which properties are shared by all of them and which are not.", "questions": [ { "id": "level-rules-q01", "text": "Which facts about barrel hold for every one of them, which for a model, and which only for one unit?", "kind": "boundary" }, { "id": "level-rules-q02", "text": "What identifies an individual unit, and what should an agent do when it has only the kind?", "kind": "action" } ] } ] }, { "id": "standards-and-conformity", "name": "Standards and conformity", "description": "The standards a working example must meet and who attests it.", "findings": [ { "id": "conformity", "name": "Standards, marks and attestation", "description": "Which standard applies, who certifies, and what the mark means.", "questions": [ { "id": "conformity-q01", "text": "Which standards govern barrel, issued by whom, and what does conformity actually assert?", "kind": "provenance" }, { "id": "conformity-q02", "text": "What may an agent conclude from a certification mark, and what may it not?", "kind": "boundary" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "provenance-and-evidence", "name": "Provenance, evidence and time", "description": "Where every claim about a barrel 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 barrel and how confident it is.", "questions": [ { "id": "claim-provenance-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes a claim about a barrel, 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 barrel, 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 barrel 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 barrel is retired without being erased.", "questions": [ { "id": "validity-and-supersession-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the validity of a claim about a barrel, 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 barrel, 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 barrel 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 } } } }