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obstruction.", "scope_statement": "This model owns a physical lock's identity, securing mechanism, installation interfaces, credential relationships, observable operating states and conditions governing authorised use; it distinguishes the lock's state from the security of the wider enclosure or premises.", "in_scope": [ "The lock assembly and the components that establish or release its restraint", "The interfaces between the lock, its mounting and its mating feature", "The relationship between accepted credentials, operating controls and permitted operations", "Observed engagement, operability, faults and uncertainty about state", "Lock-specific servicing, credential changes and recovery arrangements" ], "out_of_scope": [ "The complete door, gate, cabinet, vehicle or other secured object", "The identity and lifecycle of a key, credential or credential holder", "Organisation-wide access policy and decisions granting access", "The complete alarm, surveillance or access-control system", "Site-wide security assessment and evacuation planning", "Software mutexes, navigation locks and other non-physical meanings of lock" ], "distinguishing_features": [ "It restrains a physical opening, attachment or movement and makes release conditional on an accepted credential or deliberately controlled release arrangement.", "Unlike an ordinary latch or catch, it has a securing function beyond simply holding two parts together until the ordinary opening control is used.", "Unlike a key or reader, it includes or directly constitutes the mechanism that maintains the physical restraint.", "Unlike a seal, its primary function is controlled restraint and release, rather than merely indicating that access occurred.", "Unlike the door or enclosure it protects, its identity can be bounded around the securing assembly and its operating interfaces." ], "characteristics": [ { "name": "Lock form", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "padlock, mortise lock, rim lock, cam lock, integrated lock, other, unresolved", "why_it_matters": "Establishes the assembly boundary and the installation details needed to identify it." }, { "name": "Restraining mechanism", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "bolt, shackle, cam, magnetic restraint, other, unknown", "why_it_matters": "Determines what physical evidence is needed to establish engagement." }, { "name": "Secured target and mating feature", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "References to the restrained object and its strike, keeper, hasp or other mating feature", "why_it_matters": "Connects the lock to the particular restraint it is expected to provide." }, { "name": "Release control arrangement", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "key, combination, electronic credential, local manual control, remote command, mixed, other, unknown", "why_it_matters": "Identifies which authorised operating paths need to be represented." }, { "name": "Credential acceptance relationship", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "References to accepted credential classes or credential records, with applicable operations and sides", "why_it_matters": "Separates technical acceptance from the holder's permission to operate the lock without recording secret credential material." }, { "name": "Restraint engagement", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "engaged, disengaged, partially engaged, unknown; with observation time and evidence", "why_it_matters": "Expresses whether the mechanism actually restrains its target." }, { "name": "Securing mode", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "secured mode, release enabled, transition pending, unknown; using device-specific meanings", "why_it_matters": "Distinguishes an operating setting from verified physical engagement." }, { "name": "Interface dimensions", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "mm, labelled by applicable dimension such as bolt throw, backset, shackle clearance or mounting spacing", "why_it_matters": "Supports fit assessment without assuming that every lock uses the same geometry." }, { "name": "Operating condition", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "operable, intermittent, jammed, damaged, untested, unknown", "why_it_matters": "Determines whether normal operation or servicing can reasonably be attempted." }, { "name": "Energy dependence", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "manual, electrically dependent, hybrid, other, unknown; with documented loss-of-power behaviour where applicable", "why_it_matters": "Makes power availability and recovery behaviour explicit when they affect restraint or release." } ], "affordances": [ "Inspect the assembly and verify its identity, mounting and mating feature.", "Assess restraint engagement using available observations and record unresolved state.", "Operate an authorised locking or release control and verify the physical result.", "Determine whether a proposed replacement fits the existing installation and required operating arrangement.", "Perform documented servicing or credential reconfiguration when authorised.", "Select a documented recovery or replacement path when normal operation fails." ] }, "sources": [ { "id": "wd-q228039", "title": "lock (Q228039)", "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q228039", "what_it_supports": "Wikidata class for the security-device sense of lock, as distinct from navigation lock, firearm lock and other homonyms.", "url_status": "live" }, { "id": "wp-lock-security", "title": "Lock (security device)", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lock_(security_device)", "what_it_supports": "Working classification of pin-tumbler, lever, warded, wafer, disc-detainer, combination, padlock and electronic types; Yale pin-tumbler history; common attack methods (picking, bumping, drilling, snapping).", "url_status": "live" }, { "id": "cen-en12209", "title": "EN 12209 Building hardware - Mechanically operated locks, latches and locking plates - Requirements and test methods", "url": "", "what_it_supports": "CEN product standard that grades mechanically operated locks for durability, fire resistance, security and door mass; the European reference for lockset performance." }, { "id": "cen-en1303", "title": "EN 1303 Building hardware - Cylinders for locks - Requirements and test methods", "url": "", "what_it_supports": "CEN cylinder standard covering key security, attack resistance and durability of lock cylinders, including Euro-profile cylinders." }, { "id": "bhma-a156-2", "title": "ANSI/BHMA A156.2 Bored and Preassembled Locks and Latches", "url": "", "what_it_supports": "North American grading (Grades 1-3) and cycle-life tests for bored cylindrical locksets used on hinged doors." }, { "id": "ul-437", "title": "UL 437 Standard for Key Locks", "url": "", "what_it_supports": "Underwriters Laboratories test standard for high-security key locks used on safes, cabinets and similar enclosures." }, { "id": "astm-f883", "title": "ASTM F883 Standard Performance Specification for Padlocks", "url": "", "what_it_supports": "ASTM forcing, cutting and cycling tests that grade padlocks independently of brand claims." }, { "id": "wco-hs-8301", "title": "Harmonized System heading 8301 - Padlocks and locks (key, combination or electrically operated), of base metal", "url": "", "what_it_supports": "World Customs Organization commodity heading that names padlocks, vehicle locks and other base-metal locks in trade statistics." } ], "structure": { "bundles": [ { "id": "lock-identity-and-boundary", "name": "Lock identity and boundary", "description": "Identifies the physical securing assembly and distinguishes it from adjacent hardware.", "rationale": "An agent must know whether it is assessing a complete lock, a component or the object being secured.", "layers": [ { "id": "assembly-identification", "name": "Assembly identification", "description": "Records the evidence identifying this lock and its included components.", "findings": [ { "id": "identifiable-lock-assembly", "name": "Identifiable lock assembly", "description": "Record the form, identifying markings and component boundary supported by inspection or documentation.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which visible components constitute this lock, and which are separate readers, handles, cylinders or enclosure parts?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "identifiable-lock-assembly-q01" }, { "text": "Which markings, records or installation documents establish the manufacturer, model and particular instance?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "identifiable-lock-assembly-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "securing-function", "name": "Securing function", "description": "Establishes what the lock restrains and how its release is controlled.", "findings": [ { "id": "controlled-physical-restraint", "name": "Controlled physical restraint", "description": "Describe the intended restraint and the control that distinguishes this device from an ordinary catch or latch.", "questions": [ { "text": "What opening, separation or movement is this lock intended to prevent?", "kind": "definition", "id": "controlled-physical-restraint-q01" }, { "text": "What condition controls release, and does that condition belong to this assembly or an external controller?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "controlled-physical-restraint-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "restraint-and-installation", "name": "Restraint and installation", "description": "Relates the securing mechanism to its mounting and physical engagement with the target.", "rationale": "A lock can operate internally without establishing the intended restraint if its mating feature or mounting is unsuitable.", "layers": [ { "id": "engagement-path", "name": "Engagement path", "description": "Describes the components and positions that establish physical restraint.", "findings": [ { "id": "mechanism-to-target-engagement", "name": "Mechanism-to-target engagement", "description": "Record how the restraining element engages its mating feature and what counts as sufficient engagement for this installation.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which bolt, shackle, cam, magnetic interface or other element establishes restraint against which mating feature?", "kind": "definition", "id": "mechanism-to-target-engagement-q01" }, { "text": "What observable position, contact or measured engagement supports a conclusion that restraint is established?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "mechanism-to-target-engagement-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "mounting-and-fit", "name": "Mounting and fit", "description": "Captures installation compatibility and conditions affecting engagement.", "findings": [ { "id": "installation-compatibility", "name": "Installation compatibility", "description": "Record the applicable dimensions, alignment and attachment requirements with their evidence.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which mounting dimensions, clearances and alignment measurements determine whether this lock fits and engages correctly?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "installation-compatibility-q01" }, { "text": "Which installation instructions establish acceptable mounting, mating hardware and adjustment for this model?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "installation-compatibility-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "credentials-and-release-paths", "name": "Credentials and release paths", "description": "Represents the controls capable of operating the lock and the authority required to use them.", "rationale": "Technical ability to release a lock and permission to release it are distinct facts an agent must resolve.", "layers": [ { "id": "accepted-operating-inputs", "name": "Accepted operating inputs", "description": "Identifies credential and control relationships without exposing credential secrets.", "findings": [ { "id": "input-to-operation-mapping", "name": "Input-to-operation mapping", "description": "Record which credential classes or controls can perform each supported operation.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which keys, credential references, combination mechanisms or control inputs are accepted for locking, release and configuration?", "kind": "definition", "id": "input-to-operation-mapping-q01" }, { "text": "What evidence confirms acceptance, and which external permission record authorises the proposed operator and action?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "input-to-operation-mapping-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "side-specific-and-exceptional-release", "name": "Side-specific and exceptional release", "description": "Distinguishes normal operating paths from local, emergency or override arrangements.", "findings": [ { "id": "release-path-conditions", "name": "Release path conditions", "description": "Record the release options available from each relevant side and their documented preconditions.", "questions": [ { "text": "From each accessible side, which controls can release the restraint, and which require a credential, power or external command?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "release-path-conditions-q01" }, { "text": "Which documented emergency or override operation is applicable, and what authority and conditions are required to use it?", "kind": "action", "id": "release-path-conditions-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "state-and-operation", "name": "State and operation", "description": "Separates reported mode, actual engagement and successful operation.", "rationale": "An agent must not treat a command acknowledgement, key position or indicator as sufficient proof that the target is secured.", "layers": [ { "id": "state-evidence", "name": "State evidence", "description": "Records what is known about the lock's current physical and control states.", "findings": [ { "id": "observed-versus-reported-state", "name": "Observed versus reported state", "description": "Keep control indications and direct engagement observations distinguishable, with their times and limitations.", "questions": [ { "text": "What do indicators or controller reports claim, and what separate observation establishes actual restraint engagement?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "observed-versus-reported-state-q01" }, { "text": "Could the target be open, misaligned or otherwise unsecured despite the reported lock state?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "observed-versus-reported-state-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "operating-transitions", "name": "Operating transitions", "description": "Defines supported actions, prerequisites and evidence of completion.", "findings": [ { "id": "verified-lock-and-release", "name": "Verified lock and release", "description": "Record how an authorised operation moves the lock between states and how its outcome is verified.", "questions": [ { "text": "What target position, credential, power availability and operating sequence are required for the intended action?", "kind": "action", "id": "verified-lock-and-release-q01" }, { "text": "After the action, what observation confirms engagement or release, and what result means the transition remains unresolved?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "verified-lock-and-release-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "faults-and-service", "name": "Faults and service", "description": "Captures lock-specific degradation, dependency failures and authorised restoration options.", "rationale": "A useful model must support decisions when a lock cannot reliably engage, release or accept its intended credentials.", "layers": [ { "id": "failure-conditions", "name": "Failure conditions", "description": "Distinguishes observed symptoms from unverified diagnoses and anticipated dependency behaviour.", "findings": [ { "id": "fault-and-dependency-assessment", "name": "Fault and dependency assessment", "description": "Record symptoms, affected operations and evidence about behaviour when supporting services are unavailable.", "questions": [ { "text": "What symptoms indicate binding, incomplete engagement, credential rejection, component damage or intermittent operation?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "fault-and-dependency-assessment-q01" }, { "text": "What documentation or controlled observation establishes the lock's behaviour when power, communications or its controller becomes unavailable?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "fault-and-dependency-assessment-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "restoration-and-reconfiguration", "name": "Restoration and reconfiguration", "description": "Supports servicing, replacement and changes to accepted credentials.", "findings": [ { "id": "authorised-service-path", "name": "Authorised service path", "description": "Record applicable service options and the checks required before returning the lock to use.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which documented service, rekeying, credential reset or replacement procedure addresses the observed condition, and who may perform it?", "kind": "action", "id": "authorised-service-path-q01" }, { "text": "Which engagement, release and credential-acceptance checks must pass after the work before the lock is returned to use?", "kind": "action", "id": "authorised-service-path-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 against existing standards, identifiers and practice cannot be adopted by anyone who already uses them.", "layers": [ { "id": "reported-evidence", "name": "Reported evidence", "description": "Findings from the breadth pass, kept separate from the structural claims.", "findings": [ { "id": "evidence-kinds", "name": "Kinds and varieties", "description": "Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.", "evidence": [ "pin-tumbler cylinder lock (Euro-profile, mortise cylinder, and key-in-knob/lever)", "lever-tumbler mortise lock (including UK five-lever sashlocks)", "padlock (open-shackle, closed-shackle, and discus)", "deadbolt and auxiliary lock (including rim nightlatches)", "combination lock (mechanical dial and electronic keypad)", "cam, cabinet and furniture lock", "electromechanical lock (electric strike, solenoid or motor bolt, and smart/credential lock)", "electromagnetic lock (maglock)" ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-kinds-q01", "text": "Which of these kinds and varieties hold for the sense of lock this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-identifiers", "name": "Identifiers and schemes", "description": "Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.", "evidence": [ { "scheme": "Wikidata", "value_or_pattern": "Q228039", "note": "Class for the security-device lock; not Q105731 (navigation lock) and not the WordNet gun-lock sense." }, { "scheme": "Harmonized System (WCO)", "value_or_pattern": "8301; 8301.10 padlocks; 8301.20 locks of a kind used on motor vehicles; 8301.40 other locks", "note": "Base-metal locks and keys as traded goods; electronic locks with substantial electronics may leave this heading." }, { "scheme": "WordNet 3.1", "value_or_pattern": "lock.n.01", "note": "Artifact sense: a fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closed." }, { "scheme": "UNSPSC", "value_or_pattern": "46171500 (Locks and security hardware) and child commodities for padlocks, door locks, cabinet locks", "note": "Procurement classification; confirm the leaf code against the current UNSPSC release." }, { "scheme": "GTIN / manufacturer SKU", "value_or_pattern": "per finished product (14-digit GTIN); keyway codes such as Schlage C, Kwikset KW1, Euro profile PZ", "note": "Individual lock products, not the class; keyway and cylinder profile are the practical interchange identifiers." } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-identifiers-q01", "text": "Which of these identifiers and schemes hold for the sense of lock this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-standards-and-regulation", "name": "Standards and regulation", "description": "Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.", "evidence": [ "EN 12209 mechanically operated locks and latches - CEN (European Committee for Standardization).", "EN 1303 cylinders for locks - CEN.", "EN 12320 padlocks and padlock fittings - CEN.", "EN 14846 electromechanically operated locks and striking plates - CEN.", "EN 179 / EN 1125 emergency-exit and panic-exit devices - CEN (locks on escape routes must release without a key).", "DIN 18252 profile cylinders - DIN (Deutsches Institut für Normung); the Euro-profile (PZ) geometry used across much of Europe.", "ANSI/BHMA A156.2 bored locks; A156.13 mortise locks; A156.12 interconnected locks; A156.36 auxiliary locks - BHMA with ANSI.", "UL 437 Key Locks and UL 1034 Burglary-Resistant Electric Locking Mechanisms - UL.", "ASTM F883 Standard Performance Specification for Padlocks - ASTM International.", "BS 3621 thief-resistant lock assembly (key egress) - BSI; UK insurance and police often specify this on timber entrance doors.", "AS 4145.2 locksets - Standards Australia.", "NFPA 101 Life Safety Code and IBC/IFC rules on delayed egress, maglocks and fail-safe release - NFPA and International Code Council.", "FMVSS 206 Door locks and door retention components - NHTSA (vehicle door locks, not building hardware)." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-standards-and-regulation-q01", "text": "Which of these standards and regulation hold for the sense of lock this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-real-world-use", "name": "Real-world use", "description": "Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.", "evidence": [ "Residential entrance: a bored cylindrical lockset or mortise sashlock holds the door, often paired with a separate deadbolt; the occupant carries a mechanical key or a smart-lock credential.", "Commercial and institutional doors: mortise lock cases with interchangeable or Euro cylinders, often master-keyed, and electric strikes or maglocks tied to an access-control system.", "Padlocked plant, site and storage: a padlock through a hasp, container lock-box or shipping-container hardware; closed-shackle and discus forms where bolt-cutters are expected.", "Cabinets, furniture, meters and coin equipment: small cam locks and wafer cylinders, often keyed alike within a building.", "Vehicles: door, steering-column, ignition and immobiliser locks; classified separately in trade (HS 8301.20) and crash-retention law (FMVSS 206).", "Safes, lockers and detention: high-security key or combination locks tested to UL 437 or equivalent, sometimes delayed-action.", "Escape routes: panic bars and emergency-exit hardware that unlock from the inside without a key; maglocks on those doors must drop out on fire-alarm and power-loss." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-real-world-use-q01", "text": "Which of these real-world use hold for the sense of lock this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-measurements", "name": "Typical measurements", "description": "Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.", "evidence": [ { "quantity": "backset (door-edge to centre of cylinder or knob)", "typical_range": "60 or 70 (2-3/8 in or 2-3/4 in) on bored locksets; mortise cases also 60-80", "unit": "mm" }, { "quantity": "Euro-profile cylinder length (outside/inside about the cam)", "typical_range": "common split sizes 30/30 to 45/45 (overall 60-90); door thickness plus furniture decides the pair", "unit": "mm" }, { "quantity": "deadbolt throw", "typical_range": "about 12-14 on light latches; 20-25 (1 in) on Grade 1 / insurance-grade deadbolts", "unit": "mm" }, { "quantity": "mechanical cycle life (BHMA bored-lock grades)", "typical_range": "200000 (Grade 3), 400000 (Grade 2), 1000000 (Grade 1)", "unit": "cycles" }, { "quantity": "pin-tumbler count (common cylinders)", "typical_range": "5-6 residential; 6-7 high-security; master-keyed systems add extra shear lines rather than extra length", "unit": "pins" }, { "quantity": "electromagnetic holding force", "typical_range": "about 2700 (600 lbf) interior doors to 5300-6700 (1200-1500 lbf) high-holding maglocks", "unit": "N" }, { "quantity": "electric lock supply voltage", "typical_range": "12 or 24 (DC strikes, solenoids and maglocks); smart locks usually battery, often 4.5-6", "unit": "V" }, { "quantity": "padlock shackle diameter", "typical_range": "5-8 laminated consumer; 8-12 hardened closed-shackle industrial", "unit": "mm" } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-measurements-q01", "text": "Which of these typical measurements hold for the sense of lock this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards", "name": "Failure modes and hazards", "description": "Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.", "evidence": [ "Covert opening: picking, bumping, impressioning, decoding and unauthorized key duplication, made worse by wide keyways and master-keying (extra shear lines).", "Destructive attack: drilling, milling, pulling, Euro-cylinder snapping, spreading the door from the frame, and bolt-cutter or grind-off of padlock shackles.", "Kick-in and strike failure: a sound cylinder in a short-screwed strike or weak frame yields before the lock does.", "Lockout: lost keys, seized pins, frozen or corroded mechanisms, dead smart-lock batteries, or failed electronics with no mechanical override.", "Life-safety trapping: a lock that needs a key or remaining power to exit (fail-secure maglock or double-cylinder deadbolt) can trap occupants in fire; egress codes require free egress and fire-alarm release on many doors.", "Wear and environment: spring fatigue, pin and plug wear, grit, salt corrosion, and ice in outdoor padlocks and vehicle locks.", "Credential and network attacks on smart locks: relay, replay, weak pairing, and cloud-account takeover, which have no analogue on a purely mechanical cylinder." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards-q01", "text": "Which of these failure modes and hazards hold for the sense of lock this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-regional-variation", "name": "Regional variation", "description": "Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.", "evidence": [ "North America: bored cylindrical key-in-knob/lever locksets plus a separate deadbolt; Schlage C and Kwikset KW1 are the common residential keyways; ANSI/BHMA Grades 1-3 are the usual spec language.", "Continental Europe: a mortise lock case with a separate Euro-profile cylinder (DIN 18252 / EN 1303); cylinders are ordered as split lengths (e.g. 30/30 mm) to match door thickness and furniture.", "United Kingdom: five-lever sashlocks to BS 3621 on timber entrance doors; Euro cylinders on PVCu and composite doors, with TS 007 three-star / Sold Secure ratings after widespread cylinder-snap burglary.", "Nordic countries: oval (Swedish/Finnish) and Danish round cylinder profiles remain in use alongside Euro profile.", "Netherlands: SKG one-to-three-star ratings on cylinders and fittings, often required by insurers.", "France: A2P one-to-three-star certification (CNPP) on serrures; everyday language distinguishes serrure (lockset) from verrou (bolt).", "Australia and New Zealand: AS 4145 locksets; 'deadlock' is the ordinary word for a key-operated deadbolt, and Lockwood oval cylinders are common.", "Vehicle and detention locks are specified under transport and corrections rules, not building-hardware grades, even when the mechanism is a pin-tumbler." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-regional-variation-q01", "text": "Which of these regional variation hold for the sense of lock this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-neighbours", "name": "Neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart", "description": "Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.", "evidence": [ { "name": "latch", "difference": "A latch is a spring-biased bolt that holds a door closed and can usually be withdrawn by a handle alone; a lock adds a blocked or dead condition that needs a key, combination or credential." }, { "name": "hasp (and staple)", "difference": "A hasp is the hinged fitting a padlock closes through; it is not itself a lock and has no credential." }, { "name": "security seal", "difference": "A seal is meant to show that something was opened, not to resist a determined attack the way a lock is." }, { "name": "navigation lock (canal lock)", "difference": "A navigation lock is a water-filled chamber with gates that raises or lowers vessels; it is identified by the chamber and water-level change, not by a key-operated fastener. Wikidata Q105731, not Q228039." }, { "name": "airlock", "difference": "An airlock is a staged pressure chamber between two atmospheres; passage is by sequenced doors, not by a lock credential." }, { "name": "firearm lock (gunlock)", "difference": "On a small arm, the lock is the firing mechanism (matchlock, flintlock, percussion); WordNet records this as a separate sense and it has no door-fastening function." }, { "name": "machine interlock", "difference": "A safety interlock prevents a machine running unless a guard is closed; it is a control function, not a fastener against unauthorized entry." }, { "name": "key", "difference": "The key is the token that operates a lock; the lock is the mechanism that accepts or rejects it." } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-neighbours-q01", "text": "Which of these neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart hold for the sense of lock this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] } ] } ] } ] }, "openQuestions": [ "Does the registry intend this entry to include magnetic locks, restraint locks and integral vehicle locks, or are any owned by neighbouring registered concepts?", "Where should the assembly boundary fall for installations with a separate cylinder, electric strike, reader and remote controller?", "What evidence is sufficient to classify an installation as secured when direct engagement inspection is unavailable?", "Which manufacturer documents and applicable requirements must govern emergency release and loss-of-power behaviour for the particular lock and installation?", "How should externally assessed resistance to attack be represented without treating an unverified rating or the lock alone as proof of overall security?" ], "statistics": { "bundles": 6, "layers": 11, "findings": 18, "questions": 28 } }, "draft": { "generator": "vr.draft.v3", "status": "draft-generated", "researched": false, "archetype": "device, machine or tool", "method": "Written from the archetype playbook - what this kind of thing needs beyond identity and provenance - and from the structure that recurred across 6,333 models already researched by two engines. Applied to this entry by rule. No source was read for this thing and no claim here is researched. This entry carries no facets of its own, so they were inferred from its domain - a guess about a whole domain applied to one thing.", "facetsInferred": true, "nextPass": "A researcher replaces this draft with a sourced specification. Treat every sentence below as a proposal to argue with.", "purpose": "Give an agent a durable, checkable way to recognise a lock, record what state it is in, and decide what may be done with it.", "whatItIs": "Enable an AI agent to recognise a physical lock, assess whether it is securing its intended target, and determine which authorised operations are possible.", "characteristics": { "substance": "material", "origin": "manufactured", "agency": "inert", "mobility": "varies" }, "whatYouCanDoWithIt": [ "observed and measured" ], "distinguishingFeatures": [ "Names folded into this entry, which a task may need to split apart again: schepradsluis, self-service locks, Waaiersluizen in the Netherlands, control lock, water-saving lock, three way lock, inundation lock, guillotine lock, twin lock, sea lock, caisson lock.", "11 finer distinctions are held as aliases rather than separate entries, because telling them apart needs a task that asks for it.", "Described in 64 Wikipedia languages, which is a measure of how widely the thing is known, not of how important it is." ], "openQuestionsForResearch": [ "Which of the bundles below does a real task actually need, and which are ceremony?", "What does this thing have that the facets do not capture at all?", "Which neighbouring kind is most often confused with a lock, and on what evidence are they told apart?" ], "whatItIsMadeOf": "matter you can touch", "physicalCharacter": [ "Mobility varies between examples.", "Does nothing on its own; everything it does, something else did to it.", "These come from the domain this entry sits in rather than from the entry itself, so treat them as a first guess about the whole domain applied to one thing." ], "whatCanBeDoneWithIt": [ "observe it, measure it, record its state" ], "howItIsRecognised": [ "Recognised by form, by the arrangement of its controls, and by markings - a plate, a model number, a certification mark. Form alone rarely separates two models that do very different things." ], "relatedModels": [ { "relation": "covers", "note": "Finer kinds folded into this entry because telling them apart needs a task that asks for it. Each is a model waiting to be split out when one does.", "targets": [ "schepradsluis", "self-service locks", "Waaiersluizen in the Netherlands", "control lock", "water-saving lock", "three way lock", "inundation lock", "guillotine lock", "twin lock", "sea lock", "caisson lock" ] } ], "standing": "Described in 64 Wikipedia languages, which measures how widely it is written about rather than how important or how common it is. 11 finer distinctions are held inside this entry as names rather than as separate models.", "structure": { "bundles": [ { "id": "identity-and-classification", "name": "Identity, naming and classification", "description": "How an agent tells one lock from another, and a lock from things that resemble it.", "rationale": "Recognition comes before every other claim. 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 lock, 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 lock, 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 lock 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 lock, 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 lock, 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 lock 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 lock 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 lock, 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 lock, 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 lock 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 lock from the things most often confused with it.", "questions": [ { "id": "distinguishing-features-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes what distinguishes a lock, 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 lock, 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 lock 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 lock 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 lock, 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 lock, 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 lock 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 lock is built from and which parts are replaceable.", "questions": [ { "id": "parts-and-materials-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the composition of a lock, 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 lock, 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 lock 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 lock is judged and by whom.", "questions": [ { "id": "condition-assessment-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the condition of a lock, 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 lock, 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 lock 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 lock 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 lock is, and what that position is measured against.", "questions": [ { "id": "position-and-frame-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the location of a lock, 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 lock, 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 lock 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 lock 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 lock, 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 lock, 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 lock 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 lock 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 lock between them.", "questions": [ { "id": "stages-and-transitions-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the lifecycle of a lock, 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 lock, 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 lock 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 lock, how often and by whom.", "findings": [ { "id": "observation-record", "name": "Observation record", "description": "How an observation of a lock 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 lock, 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 lock, 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 lock 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 lock 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 lock 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 lock, 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 lock 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 lock 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 lock 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 lock 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 lock 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 lock, 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 lock 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 lock and how confident it is.", "questions": [ { "id": "claim-provenance-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes a claim about a lock, 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 lock, 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 lock 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 lock is retired without being erased.", "questions": [ { "id": "validity-and-supersession-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the validity of a claim about a lock, 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 lock, 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 lock 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 } } } }