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"scope_statement": "This model owns the geometric identity, defining constraints, measurable state and permissible operations of the quadrilateral kite identified by vr.tr.kite-q107061; the geometric referent is confirmed by [Wikidata Q107061](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107061), while disputed inclusion conventions remain explicit.", "in_scope": [ "Four boundary vertices in cyclic order and their straight connecting sides in a Euclidean plane", "Two disjoint pairs of equal-length adjacent sides and the evidence supporting those equalities", "Convexity, simplicity, degeneracy and membership under an explicitly recorded kite definition", "Diagonals, reflection symmetry, angles, perimeter and enclosed area", "Constructions and transformations that preserve or invalidate kite constraints" ], "out_of_scope": [ "Flying kites, their materials, rigging and aerodynamics", "Birds called kites and their biological classification", "General polygon theory beyond the constraints needed to assess this quadrilateral", "The deltoid curve and other curved figures with similar names", "Manufacturing, structural strength and use of physical objects whose outlines resemble kites" ], "distinguishing_features": [ "For cyclic vertices A, B, C, D, test whether AB = AD and CB = CD after an appropriate cyclic relabelling; equal opposite sides alone do not establish a kite.", "Require a planar boundary of four straight sides; a kite-shaped curved outline or a flying object does not establish geometric membership.", "Check simple boundary, positive area and convexity separately from side equalities so that crossed, collapsed and concave candidates receive explicit boundary decisions.", "Record whether all four sides are equal and apply the declared rhombus-inclusion convention rather than silently accepting or rejecting rhombi and squares.", "Use perpendicular diagonals only as a supporting test: perpendicularity alone does not establish the required adjacent-side equalities." ], "characteristics": [ { "name": "Ordered boundary vertices", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "A, B, C, D in cyclic boundary order, with planar coordinates or geometric references", "why_it_matters": "Establishes adjacency and prevents testing the wrong side pairs." }, { "name": "Kite definition convention", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "Explicit policies for rhombi, concave figures and degenerate limits", "why_it_matters": "Makes membership decisions interpretable across different mathematical conventions." }, { "name": "Adjacent side lengths", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "AB, BC, CD, DA in a shared length unit", "why_it_matters": "Supplies the primary evidence for the two required equal-side pairs." }, { "name": "Pair equality residuals", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "|AB − AD| and |CB − CD| in length units, with uncertainty and acceptance tolerance", "why_it_matters": "Separates exact equality from approximate agreement in measured candidates." }, { "name": "Boundary validity", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "Simple convex; simple concave; self-intersecting; degenerate; unresolved", "why_it_matters": "Controls membership and the applicability of geometric calculations." }, { "name": "Diagonal geometry", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "AC and BD lengths, their angle, and intersection parameters along their supporting lines", "why_it_matters": "Supports symmetry checks, area calculation and detection of concave configurations." }, { "name": "Reflection-axis candidate", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "Line through the vertices where equal-side pairs meet, with reflected-vertex correspondence", "why_it_matters": "Makes the expected symmetry testable without assuming it from appearance." }, { "name": "Interior angles", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Angle at each ordered vertex in degrees or radians", "why_it_matters": "Supports convexity assessment and checks the angle consequences of kite constraints." }, { "name": "Perimeter and enclosed area", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Length units and squared length units, with derivation and validity conditions", "why_it_matters": "Supports comparison and sizing while preventing calculations on invalid boundaries." }, { "name": "Membership assessment", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "Proven; within stated tolerance; rejected; unresolved", "why_it_matters": "Determines whether an agent may use exact kite properties or only qualified approximations." } ], "affordances": [ "Classify an ordered quadrilateral under an explicit kite definition.", "Validate adjacent-side equalities and report failed constraints or insufficient evidence.", "Construct candidate vertices from side-length or diagonal constraints and distinguish alternative solutions.", "Calculate justified lengths, angles, perimeter and area with stated assumptions.", "Apply or assess transformations and recheck whether kite membership survives.", "Compare two kites for congruence or similarity using valid vertex correspondences." ] }, "sources": [ { "id": "faa-part-101", "title": "14 CFR Part 101 - Moored Balloons, Kites, Amateur Rockets, and Unmanned Free Balloons", "url": "https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-14/chapter-I/subchapter-F/part-101", "what_it_supports": "US regulatory definition and operating limits for kites as tethered aerial devices, including size, weight, and altitude constraints.", "url_status": "live" }, { "id": "wikidata-q42862", "title": "kite (Q42862)", "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q42862", "what_it_supports": "Canonical item for the tethered flying device sense, aliases, and classification as an aerodyne.", "url_status": "live" }, { "id": "bs-iso-nas-135", "title": "NAS 135: Specification for kites (safety requirements for consumer kites)", "url": "", "what_it_supports": "Consumer-product safety requirements historically used in the UK for toy/recreational kites (materials, line, bridle, and labelling)." }, { "id": "icao-annex-2-context", "title": "ICAO Annex 2 - Rules of the Air (national implementations of tethered-object restrictions)", "url": "", "what_it_supports": "International framing that states implement as kite/balloon restrictions near aerodromes and in controlled airspace." } ], "structure": { "bundles": [ { "id": "kite-membership", "name": "Kite membership", "description": "Determine which geometric object is being assessed and which definition governs acceptance.", "rationale": "The name alone cannot settle vertex adjacency or disputed subclass boundaries.", "layers": [ { "id": "boundary-identification", "name": "Boundary identification", "description": "Establish the four-sided planar object and its vertex order.", "findings": [ { "id": "ordered-quadrilateral", "name": "Ordered quadrilateral", "description": "Record four distinct vertices and their consecutive straight boundary edges before assigning equal-side pairs.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which four vertices define the boundary, and in what cyclic order?", "kind": "definition", "id": "ordered-quadrilateral-q01" }, { "text": "What coordinates, construction or observation establishes straight sides and coplanarity?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "ordered-quadrilateral-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "definition-boundaries", "name": "Definition boundaries", "description": "Record the convention that determines which equal-side quadrilaterals count.", "findings": [ { "id": "inclusion-convention", "name": "Inclusion convention", "description": "Make decisions about all-equal sides, concavity and degeneracy explicit rather than embedding them in an unexplained label.", "questions": [ { "text": "Does the governing definition admit rhombi and squares, or require the two pair lengths to differ?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "inclusion-convention-q01" }, { "text": "Does it admit concave darts, and how does it treat zero-area limits?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "inclusion-convention-q02" }, { "text": "Which source or task requirement establishes these inclusion rules?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "inclusion-convention-q03" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "paired-side-constraints", "name": "Paired side constraints", "description": "Establish the adjacent equalities that define the candidate kite.", "rationale": "Visual resemblance and diagonal perpendicularity cannot replace the defining side tests.", "layers": [ { "id": "equal-side-pairing", "name": "Equal-side pairing", "description": "Identify a valid partition of the four boundary sides into adjacent pairs.", "findings": [ { "id": "adjacent-equality-evidence", "name": "Adjacent equality evidence", "description": "Associate AB = AD and CB = CD with measurements, construction constraints or a proof.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which vertices are the meeting points of the equal-side pairs?", "kind": "definition", "id": "adjacent-equality-evidence-q01" }, { "text": "What establishes each equality: symbolic proof, construction constraint or measured lengths?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "adjacent-equality-evidence-q02" }, { "text": "What are the four side lengths and the residual within each proposed pair?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "adjacent-equality-evidence-q03" } ] } ] }, { "id": "equality-confidence", "name": "Equality confidence", "description": "Distinguish exact mathematical membership from approximate geometric matching.", "findings": [ { "id": "tolerance-qualified-membership", "name": "Tolerance-qualified membership", "description": "Record uncertainty and acceptance thresholds alongside any numerical equality judgment.", "questions": [ { "text": "What absolute or relative tolerance is justified by the measurement method and intended task?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "tolerance-qualified-membership-q01" }, { "text": "Could coordinate uncertainty change either equal-side decision?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "tolerance-qualified-membership-q02" }, { "text": "May the agent use exact kite deductions, approximate estimates only, or neither?", "kind": "action", "id": "tolerance-qualified-membership-q03" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "diagonals-and-symmetry", "name": "Diagonals and symmetry", "description": "Record diagonal roles and assess the reflection structure implied by the paired sides.", "rationale": "Kite reasoning depends on distinguishing the diagonal joining pair-meeting vertices from the other diagonal.", "layers": [ { "id": "diagonal-roles", "name": "Diagonal roles", "description": "Identify AC as the candidate symmetry diagonal under the chosen labelling and locate its relation to BD.", "findings": [ { "id": "diagonal-intersection", "name": "Diagonal intersection", "description": "Record diagonal lengths, supporting-line intersection and whether the intersection lies within both segments.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which diagonal joins the two equal-pair meeting vertices?", "kind": "definition", "id": "diagonal-intersection-q01" }, { "text": "Where do the diagonal supporting lines intersect, and is that point inside each diagonal segment?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "diagonal-intersection-q02" }, { "text": "What are the diagonal lengths and their intersection angle?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "diagonal-intersection-q03" } ] } ] }, { "id": "reflection-validation", "name": "Reflection validation", "description": "Test the expected reflection and bisection relations against the available evidence.", "findings": [ { "id": "axis-and-bisection-check", "name": "Axis and bisection check", "description": "Assess whether reflection across AC maps B to D and whether AC bisects BD, without assuming that BD also bisects AC.", "questions": [ { "text": "Does reflection across AC map B onto D exactly or within the declared tolerance?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "axis-and-bisection-check-q01" }, { "text": "Does the supporting line of AC pass through the midpoint of BD at a right angle?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "axis-and-bisection-check-q02" }, { "text": "If the symmetry check contradicts side-equality evidence, which inputs require reinspection?", "kind": "action", "id": "axis-and-bisection-check-q03" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "shape-validity-and-size", "name": "Shape validity and size", "description": "Assess the boundary configuration and determine which quantitative results are justified.", "rationale": "Equal-side data must be combined with boundary validity before an agent reports area or treats the figure as a usable kite.", "layers": [ { "id": "convexity-and-collapse", "name": "Convexity and collapse", "description": "Detect concavity, crossed edges and collapsed configurations.", "findings": [ { "id": "configuration-state", "name": "Configuration state", "description": "Record edge intersections, vertex distinctness and interior-angle or orientation evidence for the boundary state.", "questions": [ { "text": "Do any nonadjacent boundary edges intersect, or do any vertices coincide?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "configuration-state-q01" }, { "text": "Do the ordered turns or interior angles establish convexity, concavity or a collinear limit?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "configuration-state-q02" }, { "text": "Does the resulting configuration satisfy the recorded kite convention?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "configuration-state-q03" } ] } ] }, { "id": "derived-quantities", "name": "Derived quantities", "description": "Calculate size and angles using validated geometric inputs.", "findings": [ { "id": "justified-size-calculation", "name": "Justified size calculation", "description": "Record perimeter, area and needed angles together with the inputs and conditions supporting their calculation.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which validated side lengths determine the perimeter, and which inputs determine the enclosed area?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "justified-size-calculation-q01" }, { "text": "Have simplicity and perpendicular diagonals been established before using area = AC × BD / 2?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "justified-size-calculation-q02" }, { "text": "How do input uncertainties affect the reported size and angle results?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "justified-size-calculation-q03" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "kite-construction-and-change", "name": "Kite construction and change", "description": "Determine which geometric operations are feasible and preserve the defining constraints.", "rationale": "An agent must distinguish a valid kite construction or edit from a visually plausible change that breaks membership.", "layers": [ { "id": "constraint-based-construction", "name": "Constraint-based construction", "description": "Assess whether supplied dimensions or geometric constraints admit the requested kite.", "findings": [ { "id": "construction-feasibility", "name": "Construction feasibility", "description": "Record construction inputs, alternative solutions and exclusions imposed by the chosen definition.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which side lengths, diagonal endpoints, angles or symmetry constraints are fixed?", "kind": "definition", "id": "construction-feasibility-q01" }, { "text": "Do these constraints admit no solution, a unique solution up to congruence, or multiple solutions?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "construction-feasibility-q02" }, { "text": "Which construction branch produces the requested convexity and avoids coincident vertices?", "kind": "action", "id": "construction-feasibility-q03" } ] } ] }, { "id": "constraint-preserving-operations", "name": "Constraint-preserving operations", "description": "Evaluate transformations, vertex edits and comparisons against kite invariants.", "findings": [ { "id": "transformation-assessment", "name": "Transformation assessment", "description": "Record the proposed operation and whether its result retains the equal adjacent pairs and accepted boundary state.", "questions": [ { "text": "Does the proposed motion, scaling or vertex edit preserve both adjacent-side equalities and boundary validity?", "kind": "action", "id": "transformation-assessment-q01" }, { "text": "For a general affine or perspective transformation, what revalidation is required before calling the result a kite?", "kind": "action", "id": "transformation-assessment-q02" }, { "text": "Which vertex correspondence and length or angle evidence establish congruence or similarity to another kite?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "transformation-assessment-q03" } ] } ] } ] }, { "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": [ "single-line recreational kite", "dual- and quad-line sport kite", "power kite (traction kite for kitesurfing, kite buggying, and kite landboarding)", "fighter kite", "delta kite", "box and cellular kite", "foil kite (ram-air and closed-cell)", "kite balloon / kytoon (hybrid kite-aerostat)" ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-kinds-q01", "text": "Which of these kinds and varieties hold for the sense of kite 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": "Q42862", "note": "Item for kite as tethered flying device (not the bird)." }, { "scheme": "HS / CN (Harmonized System / Combined Nomenclature)", "value_or_pattern": "9503.00 (toys) or 9506.99 (other sports equipment) depending on classification as toy vs. sports kite", "note": "Customs heading varies by intended use; power kites are often sports equipment, toy kites chapter 95 toys." }, { "scheme": "UNSPSC", "value_or_pattern": "60141004 (kites, toy) - confirm locally", "note": "Commodity code used in procurement catalogues; sports traction kites may sit under outdoor sports equipment instead." } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-identifiers-q01", "text": "Which of these identifiers and schemes hold for the sense of kite 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": [ "United States: 14 CFR Part 101 (FAA) - moored kites: operating limitations on weight (>5 lb / 2.3 kg triggers rules), height, lighting, and proximity to airports; kites below the mass/altitude thresholds are largely unregulated as aircraft.", "United Kingdom: Air Navigation Order / SERA - kites as tethered flying objects; typically restricted above 60 m AGL without permission and near aerodromes.", "European Union / UK consumer products: Toy Safety Directive 2009/48/EC (and UK Toys (Safety) Regulations) where the kite is a toy for children under 14; EN 71 series for mechanical/physical and flammability properties of toy kites.", "Australia: CASA recreational aviation guidance - kites and balloons, height and aerodrome proximity limits analogous to other tethered objects.", "IEC / national electrical-safety practice (not a kite-specific standard): keep conductive or wet lines clear of overhead power lines; many national electrical safety codes and utility public-safety rules address kite/line contact." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-standards-and-regulation-q01", "text": "Which of these standards and regulation hold for the sense of kite 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": [ "Children's and festival recreation: single-line diamond, delta, and dragon kites flown in parks and on beaches.", "Sport flying: dual-line and quad-line stunt kites flown in precision and ballet competition (STACK / IKA-related events).", "Traction sports: inflatable LEI and foil power kites for kitesurfing, snowkiting, landboarding, and kite buggying.", "Scientific and historical: meteorological kites (late 19th-early 20th century weather sounding); modern kite-borne cameras and sensors (kap, aerial survey).", "Military and signalling history: man-lifting and message kites; today largely heritage.", "Advertising and display: large inflatable and parafoil kites at events.", "Airborne wind energy (AWE) research: tethered power kites or rigid wings used as flying generators or to pull generators (pre-commercial)." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-real-world-use-q01", "text": "Which of these real-world use hold for the sense of kite 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": "projected wing area", "typical_range": "0.1-3 (toy/sport); 5-21 (traction/power kites); up to ~100+ for show kites", "unit": "m²" }, { "quantity": "line length", "typical_range": "15-50 (recreational); 20-30 (sport dual-line); 20-35 (kitesurfing lines); 50-150 (single-line high-aspect or KAP)", "unit": "m" }, { "quantity": "kite mass (flying assembly, excluding lines)", "typical_range": "0.02-0.5 (toy); 0.2-2 (sport); 2-6 (LEI power kite); FAA 101 threshold 2.3 kg (5 lb)", "unit": "kg" }, { "quantity": "operating wind speed", "typical_range": "3-8 (light recreational); 8-25 (sport); 10-40 (power kite, size-dependent)", "unit": "kn" }, { "quantity": "aspect ratio (span²/area)", "typical_range": "1-3 (delta/diamond); 4-7 (high-performance foils and LEI)", "unit": "dimensionless" }, { "quantity": "number of lines", "typical_range": "1 (recreational); 2 or 4 (sport); 4 or 5 (power kite, including depower)", "unit": "count" } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-measurements-q01", "text": "Which of these typical measurements hold for the sense of kite 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": [ "Line contact with overhead electrical conductors - electrocution and fire; a leading fatal kite hazard.", "Loss of control / uncontrolled re-launch of a power kite - rider lift, lofting, impact, drowning in kitesurfing.", "Line laceration and entanglement (thin high-modulus lines, especially power-kite and fighter-kite lines).", "Structural failure: leading-edge bladder burst, strut/spar breakage, bridle or line snap under gust load.", "Mid-air collision with aircraft or drones when flown near aerodromes or above permitted height.", "Lightning attraction on wet or conductive lines during storms.", "Falling kite or spar striking bystanders; large show kites can injure on collapse.", "Overflying roads/railways causing driver distraction or line fouling." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards-q01", "text": "Which of these failure modes and hazards hold for the sense of kite 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": [ "India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Brazil, Japan, Korea: fighter-kite cultures (patang, pipa, tako, yeon) with abrasive or glass-coated cutting line (manja / manjha); several jurisdictions restrict or ban glass-coated line because of injuries to people and birds.", "China: long-tradition artistic and centipede kites; Weifang as a major festival and manufacturing centre.", "Japan: large rectangular community kites (wan-wan, odako) flown at festivals with teams, not solo sport kites.", "Pacific and Polynesia: historically significant kite traditions (e.g. Māori manu tukutuku) distinct from European diamond kites.", "Europe/North America: recreational diamond/delta plus organised sport-kite and kitesurfing markets; airspace rules (60 m / airport proximity) dominate practice.", "Kitesurfing nomenclature: 'kite' in coastal sport communities usually means a depowerable LEI or foil traction kite, not a toy." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-regional-variation-q01", "text": "Which of these regional variation hold for the sense of kite 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": "free-flying model aircraft / glider / UAV", "difference": "A kite is restrained by a tether to a ground or vessel point during normal flight; a free-flyer is not. Cut-line or broken-line kite flight is an emergency, not the design mode." }, { "name": "moored balloon / aerostat", "difference": "A balloon is buoyant (lighter-than-air); a kite is a heavier-than-air aerodyne that needs relative wind. Kytoons combine both and are classified separately." }, { "name": "paraglider / ram-air parachute", "difference": "A paraglider carries a human as payload in free or steerable flight under a canopy; a foil kite is tethered to the ground or a board and is not a certified personnel parachute." }, { "name": "sail (yacht or windsurfer)", "difference": "A sail is attached to a spar/hull and works as part of a surface craft's rig; a traction kite flies on long lines well above the craft and can be sheeted independently of a mast." }, { "name": "kite (bird: Milvus, Elanus, etc.)", "difference": "The raptor is a biological taxon; the device is an artefact. Wikidata Q42862 vs. e.g. Q25318 (red kite) separates the senses." }, { "name": "kite (geometry)", "difference": "A quadrilateral with two pairs of adjacent equal sides; related only by silhouette of some diamond kites, not by function." }, { "name": "drone / tethered UAV", "difference": "A tethered drone is powered and typically position-controlled; a kite is unpowered and wind-driven. Regulations often treat them under different parts (e.g. FAA Part 107 vs Part 101)." } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-neighbours-q01", "text": "Which of these neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart hold for the sense of kite this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] } ] } ] } ] }, "openQuestions": [ "Should this registry entry adopt a convex-only definition, given that Q107061 lists convexity while its labels and aliases also suggest broader usage including darts?", "Should rhombi and squares count as kites in this catalogue, and which authoritative mathematical convention should govern that choice?", "Should degenerate configurations be retained as explicitly excluded limit states or represented only through a neighbouring model?", "What measurement and tolerance policy should govern kite recognition from images, drawings and physical outlines?", "Does an existing Vercy world model already own this geometric concept, requiring this registry entry to link to it rather than produce another publication?" ], "statistics": { "bundles": 6, "layers": 11, "findings": 18, "questions": 37 } }, "draft": { "generator": "vr.draft.v3", "status": "draft-generated", "researched": false, "archetype": "abstract concept", "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 kite, record what state it is in, and decide what may be done with it.", "whatItIs": "Enable an agent to recognise a geometric kite, assess whether its defining constraints hold, and decide which constructions, measurements and transformations are justified.", "characteristics": { "substance": "abstract", "origin": "conceptual", "agency": "inert" }, "whatYouCanDoWithIt": [ "observed and measured" ], "distinguishingFeatures": [ "Names folded into this entry, which a task may need to split apart again: right kite, equidiagonal kite.", "2 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 kite, and on what evidence are they told apart?" ], "whatItIsMadeOf": "an abstraction with no physical instance", "physicalCharacter": [ "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": [ "Nothing to see. What is recognised is an instance of it, and which instances count is exactly what is argued about." ], "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": [ "right kite", "equidiagonal kite" ] } ], "standing": "Described in 64 Wikipedia languages, which measures how widely it is written about rather than how important or how common it is. 2 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 kite from another, and a kite 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 kite, 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 kite, 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 kite 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 kite, 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 kite, 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 kite 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 kite 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 kite, 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 kite, 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 kite 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 kite from the things most often confused with it.", "questions": [ { "id": "distinguishing-features-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes what distinguishes a kite, 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 kite, 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 kite 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 kite 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 kite between them.", "questions": [ { "id": "stages-and-transitions-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the lifecycle of a kite, 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 kite, 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 kite 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 kite, how often and by whom.", "findings": [ { "id": "observation-record", "name": "Observation record", "description": "How an observation of a kite 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 kite, 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 kite, 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 kite is known, and what must it refuse?", "kind": "action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "definitions-in-contest", "name": "Definitions and who holds them", "description": "What kite is taken to mean, and by whom.", "rationale": "When a field disagrees about a concept, the disagreement 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A model that picks one definition silently destroys the information.", "layers": [ { "id": "competing-definitions", "name": "Competing definitions", "description": "The main readings and the traditions behind them.", "findings": [ { "id": "definition-map", "name": "Definitions and their holders", "description": "Each definition with the school or body that holds it.", "questions": [ { "id": "definition-map-q01", "text": "Which definitions of kite are in use, and which tradition or body holds each?", "kind": "definition" }, { "id": "definition-map-q02", "text": "What turns on the difference between them in practice?", "kind": "boundary" } ] } ] }, { "id": "operationalisation", "name": "Operationalisation", "description": "How it is measured or applied when it has to be.", "findings": [ { "id": "operational-record", "name": "Measures and proxies", "description": "Instruments and indicators used to stand in for it.", "questions": [ { "id": "operational-record-q01", "text": "How is kite operationalised or measured in practice, and by what instrument?", "kind": "measurement" }, { "id": "operational-record-q02", "text": "What does that operationalisation leave out, and when does that matter?", "kind": "boundary" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "instances-and-use", "name": "Instances, use and consequence", "description": "What counts as an instance of kite and what follows from calling something that.", "rationale": "Applying a concept is an act with consequences, so a model must say what the label licenses and what it does not.", "layers": [ { "id": "instances", "name": "What counts as an instance", "description": "Clear cases, borderline cases and non-cases.", "findings": [ { "id": "instance-tests", "name": "Tests for an instance", "description": "What would settle whether something falls under it.", "questions": [ { "id": "instance-tests-q01", "text": "What would settle whether something is an instance of kite?", "kind": "boundary" }, { "id": "instance-tests-q02", "text": "Which borderline cases are argued about, and on what grounds?", "kind": "definition" } ] } ] }, { "id": "consequence", "name": "Consequence of application", "description": "Rights, duties or decisions that follow from the label.", "findings": [ { "id": "consequence-record", "name": "What the label licenses", "description": "What an agent may do once something is classified this way.", "questions": [ { "id": "consequence-record-q01", "text": "What follows practically once something is treated as kite?", "kind": "action" }, { "id": "consequence-record-q02", "text": "What must an agent not infer from the label alone?", "kind": "action" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "provenance-and-evidence", "name": "Provenance, evidence and time", "description": "Where every claim about a kite 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": 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"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 kite is retired without being erased.", "questions": [ { "id": "validity-and-supersession-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the validity of a claim about a kite, 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 kite, 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 kite is known, and what must it refuse?", "kind": "action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] } ] } ] } ] }, "statistics": { "bundles": 5, "layers": 10, "findings": 12, "questions": 32 } } } }