{ "model": { "rank": 5947, "code": "thing-q108212", "model_id": "vr.tr.azurite", "name": "azurite", "purpose": "Enable an AI agent to identify azurite, assess its material condition and select justified examination, preservation or processing actions.", "family": "Thing Registry", "category": "Physical world and living systems", "status": "research-draft", "kind": "thing", "plane": "PHY", "domain": "PHY.MAT", "industry": "", "version": "", "url": "/models/thing/q108212/", "tier": 2, "score": 63, "payload": { "layer": "wikidata", "aliases": [], "aliasCount": 0, "merged": 0, "knownIn": 63, "facets": null, "markers": [], "lexicalClass": "", "senseRank": null, "alsoRegisteredAs": null, "source": { "dataset": "wikidata", "item": "Q108212", "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q108212", "license": "CC0 1.0" } }, "research": { "vercy": "1.0-draft", "publication": { "status": "research-draft", "adjudicationStatus": "unreviewed", "publishableCanonical": false, "generatedAt": "2026-09-07T10:19:57Z", "providers": [ "Codex", "Grok" ], "missingProviders": [], "pass": 2, "cost": { "grok": { "usd": 0.01287886, "turns": 1, "seconds": 161.3, "error": null }, "codex": { "seconds": 107.7, "error": "Reading additional input from stdin...\nOpenAI Codex v0.153.3\n--------\nworkdir: R:\\02_PROJECTS\\02_Meta_Models_Platforms\\Ver.cy\\current\\thing-registry-backlog\nmodel: gpt-6-astra\nprovider: openai\napproval: never\nsandbox: read-only\nreasoning effort: none\nreasoning summaries: none\nsession id: 01a07b5d-5aae-7142-bb78-87b9cd6debac\n--------\nuser\nYou are drafting a Vercy meta-model for one registered thing. 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[Smithsonian mineral collection](https://naturalhistory.si.edu/explore/collections/geogallery/10026114)", "Require an azurite reference match from phase-sensitive analysis, such as X-ray diffraction or Raman spectroscopy, when distinguishing it from blue copper minerals including chrysocolla and blue smithsonite.", "Combine elemental and phase evidence when distinguishing azurite from lazurite-bearing material, dyed stone or synthetic blue pigments; blue appearance alone is insufficient.", "Assess natural-origin claims independently of phase identity: identifying azurite does not by itself establish whether the material was mined, synthesized or incorporated into a manufactured composite." ], "characteristics": [ { "name": "Azurite identification status", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "unexamined | suspected | supported | confirmed | contradicted", "why_it_matters": "Controls whether the agent may name the constituent confidently or must request further examination." }, { "name": "Phase-identification evidence", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "examined region linked to analytical record, method, reference match and interpretation", "why_it_matters": "Makes identification reviewable and prevents results from one grain being attributed to an entire specimen." }, { "name": "Azurite abundance", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "% with mass, volume or mapped-area basis; uncertainty or unknown", "why_it_matters": "Distinguishes an azurite-rich material from a host containing only a small azurite occurrence." }, { "name": "Material form", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "individual crystal | crystal cluster | massive aggregate | coating | loose powder | embedded particles", "why_it_matters": "Determines which examination and handling actions are feasible." }, { "name": "Azurite-bearing region extent", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "mm or mapped spatial boundary, with observation scale", "why_it_matters": "Defines where identification, sampling and condition judgments apply." }, { "name": "Particle-size distribution", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "µm with distribution, method and preparation history", "why_it_matters": "Supports interpretation of powder colour: finely grinding azurite can make it appear paler. [Smithsonian discussion of blue pigments](https://asia.si.edu/explore-art-culture/art-stories/colors/blue/)" }, { "name": "Associated mineral phases", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "phase identity, confidence and spatial relationship to azurite", "why_it_matters": "Separates azurite properties from those of its matrix and intergrowths." }, { "name": "Mechanical condition", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "intact | fractured | friable | shedding | detached; combinations permitted", "why_it_matters": "Informs support, transport and permission to take a sample." }, { "name": "Suspected alteration extent", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "% mapped area or volume, with method, date and uncertainty", "why_it_matters": "Allows comparison over time without equating every green region with recent alteration." }, { "name": "Added surface or binding materials", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "none detected | coating | consolidant | adhesive | dye | binder | unknown; combinations permitted", "why_it_matters": "Flags potential interference with appearance, analytical results and treatment choices." } ], "affordances": [ "Identify an azurite constituent through targeted observation and reference-based analysis.", "Map azurite, associated phases and suspected replacement boundaries.", "Select a representative sampling location and record the material that sampling would consume.", "Monitor colour, phase distribution and physical loss against a dated baseline.", "Assess whether an azurite specimen or powder meets a specified analytical, display or pigment-material requirement.", "Choose or defer cleaning, grinding and other treatments according to material condition and supported compatibility evidence." ] }, "sources": [ { "id": "handbook-of-mineralogy-azurite", "title": "Handbook of Mineralogy: Azurite", "url": "https://www.handbookofmineralogy.org/pdfs/azurite.pdf", "what_it_supports": "Formula Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂, monoclinic P2₁/c cell, hardness, density, optical constants, and occurrence in oxidized copper deposits.", "url_status": "live" }, { "id": "mindat-azurite", "title": "Azurite", "url": "https://www.mindat.org/min-447.html", "what_it_supports": "Species identity, type-locality usage of chessylite, localities, association with malachite, and collector habits.", "url_status": "blocked" }, { "id": "gettens-fitzhugh-azurite", "title": "Azurite and Blue Verditer, in Artists' Pigments: A Handbook of Their History and Characteristics, Volume 2", "url": "", "what_it_supports": "Historical pigment use, Colour Index PB30, particle morphology versus blue verditer, and greening/blackening of paint films." }, { "id": "wikidata-azurite", "title": "Azurite (Q104966)", "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q104966", "what_it_supports": "Stable identifier linking the mineral species across catalogues.", "url_status": "live" } ], "structure": { "bundles": [ { "id": "azurite-identity", "name": "Azurite identity", "description": "Establish which examined material can be identified as azurite and with what confidence.", "rationale": "Blue appearance and a copper-bearing composition do not uniquely establish azurite.", "layers": [ { "id": "diagnostic-evidence", "name": "Diagnostic evidence", "description": "Connect observations and analyses to a specific azurite identification.", "findings": [ { "id": "phase-assignment", "name": "Phase assignment", "description": "Record the evidence supporting or contradicting azurite at the examined location.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which observations or reference-matched analyses support identifying this region as azurite?", "kind": "definition", "id": "phase-assignment-q01" }, { "text": "Which grain, surface region or powder subsample was examined, and what uncertainty remains?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "phase-assignment-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "competing-identifications", "name": "Competing identifications", "description": "Distinguish azurite from similar-looking minerals and manufactured materials.", "findings": [ { "id": "lookalike-exclusion", "name": "Lookalike exclusion", "description": "Track credible alternatives and the evidence needed to resolve them.", "questions": [ { "text": "Could the observed blue material be chrysocolla, blue smithsonite, lazurite-bearing material or an added colourant?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "lookalike-exclusion-q01" }, { "text": "Which least-invasive examination would distinguish the remaining alternatives?", "kind": "action", "id": "lookalike-exclusion-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "phase-association-and-origin", "name": "Phase association and origin", "description": "Locate azurite within mixed material and distinguish phase identity from origin claims.", "rationale": "An azurite-bearing rock, an isolated crystal and manufactured azurite material require different interpretations.", "layers": [ { "id": "mineral-associations", "name": "Mineral associations", "description": "Describe the boundaries and abundance of azurite relative to surrounding phases.", "findings": [ { "id": "azurite-host-boundary", "name": "Azurite-host boundary", "description": "Define which portion of the examined material belongs to this model.", "questions": [ { "text": "Is azurite present as discrete crystals, an intergrowth, a coating or dispersed particles?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "azurite-host-boundary-q01" }, { "text": "What azurite abundance is supported, and does the estimate refer to mass, volume or visible area?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "azurite-host-boundary-q02" }, { "text": "Which adjacent phases are identified rather than inferred from colour?", "kind": "definition", "id": "azurite-host-boundary-q03" } ] } ] }, { "id": "origin-evidence", "name": "Origin evidence", "description": "Evaluate geological and manufacturing history without inferring provenance from appearance alone.", "findings": [ { "id": "natural-or-manufactured-origin", "name": "Natural or manufactured origin", "description": "Keep mineral-phase identification separate from locality and production claims.", "questions": [ { "text": "What evidence supports natural, synthetic or unresolved origin for the azurite material?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "natural-or-manufactured-origin-q01" }, { "text": "Which locality, extraction or preparation claims have traceable records?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "natural-or-manufactured-origin-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "crystals-particles-and-appearance", "name": "Crystals, particles and appearance", "description": "Describe the azurite form that governs visual interpretation and physical manipulation.", "rationale": "Crystal faces, massive aggregates and ground particles cannot be assessed through the same observations.", "layers": [ { "id": "crystal-and-aggregate-form", "name": "Crystal and aggregate form", "description": "Record azurite geometry and the physical support supplied by its matrix.", "findings": [ { "id": "exposed-crystal-geometry", "name": "Exposed crystal geometry", "description": "Identify features that an examination, mount or sample could preserve or damage.", "questions": [ { "text": "What are the dimensions, exposed faces and attachment points of the azurite crystals or aggregate?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "exposed-crystal-geometry-q01" }, { "text": "Which proposed contact or sampling locations would endanger exposed crystals or unsupported edges?", "kind": "action", "id": "exposed-crystal-geometry-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "powder-and-colour", "name": "Powder and colour", "description": "Relate measured appearance to particle size, mixtures and observation conditions.", "findings": [ { "id": "colour-interpretation", "name": "Colour interpretation", "description": "Separate a colour observation from a claim about identity, purity or alteration.", "questions": [ { "text": "Under what illumination and imaging conditions was the azurite colour recorded?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "colour-interpretation-q01" }, { "text": "Could particle size, matrix contribution or an added binder explain the observed colour difference?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "colour-interpretation-q02" }, { "text": "What grinding or particle-selection history is known for this powder?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "colour-interpretation-q03" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "alteration-and-integrity", "name": "Alteration and integrity", "description": "Assess phase changes, surface interventions and mechanical deterioration.", "rationale": "A green region or changed surface requires an explanation before it justifies a treatment decision.", "layers": [ { "id": "phase-change-evidence", "name": "Phase-change evidence", "description": "Distinguish associated minerals from evidence of replacement or ongoing change.", "findings": [ { "id": "suspected-malachite-replacement", "name": "Suspected malachite replacement", "description": "Test whether green material represents association, replacement or a different surface constituent.", "questions": [ { "text": "What analytical and spatial evidence distinguishes malachite associated with azurite from suspected replacement of azurite?", "kind": "definition", "id": "suspected-malachite-replacement-q01" }, { "text": "Do dated observations demonstrate change, or does the record show only a single condition snapshot?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "suspected-malachite-replacement-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "surface-and-mechanical-condition", "name": "Surface and mechanical condition", "description": "Identify fractures, loose material and additions affecting azurite examination or preservation.", "findings": [ { "id": "integrity-and-treatment-traces", "name": "Integrity and treatment traces", "description": "Record physical instability and evidence of previous interventions.", "questions": [ { "text": "Where are cracks, loose grains, detached crystals or recent losses located within the azurite-bearing region?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "integrity-and-treatment-traces-q01" }, { "text": "What evidence identifies coatings, consolidants, adhesives or colourants, and what treatment history is documented?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "integrity-and-treatment-traces-q02" }, { "text": "Does the present condition require support or stabilization before further examination?", "kind": "action", "id": "integrity-and-treatment-traces-q03" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "examination-and-use-decisions", "name": "Examination and use decisions", "description": "Translate azurite identity and condition into supported choices about sampling, treatment and use.", "rationale": "An action may consume diagnostic material, alter appearance or affect associated phases and binders.", "layers": [ { "id": "sampling-and-treatment-compatibility", "name": "Sampling and treatment compatibility", "description": "Evaluate proposed actions against the actual azurite-bearing material.", "findings": [ { "id": "intervention-justification", "name": "Intervention justification", "description": "Establish what an intervention can answer and whether its material consequences are acceptable.", "questions": [ { "text": "Can the identification or condition question be answered without scratching, dissolving, grinding or removing azurite?", "kind": "action", "id": "intervention-justification-q01" }, { "text": "What evidence supports compatibility of the proposed cleaning agent, heat exposure or mechanical process with this azurite, matrix and any binder?", "kind": "action", "id": "intervention-justification-q02" }, { "text": "How much material would be consumed or altered, and which diagnostic features would be lost?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "intervention-justification-q03" } ] } ] }, { "id": "use-specific-acceptance", "name": "Use-specific acceptance", "description": "Assess the material against explicit requirements for an intended use.", "findings": [ { "id": "fitness-for-intended-use", "name": "Fitness for intended use", "description": "Separate mineral identity from suitability as a display specimen, analytical sample or pigment feedstock.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which azurite abundance, particle size, colour, treatment status and integrity requirements apply to the intended use?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "fitness-for-intended-use-q01" }, { "text": "Which measured properties meet those requirements, and which remain unresolved?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "fitness-for-intended-use-q02" }, { "text": "What additional assessment of dust generation, associated constituents or process residues is needed before the proposed operation?", "kind": "action", "id": "fitness-for-intended-use-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": [ "Well-crystallized prismatic to tabular crystals (collector specimens)", "Massive and earthy azurite", "Botryoidal, nodular, and stalactitic azurite", "Azurite-malachite intergrowths and banded ornamental azurmalachite", "Malachite pseudomorphs after azurite", "Natural ground azurite pigment (Colour Index PB30)", "Synthetic basic-copper-carbonate blues (blue verditer / Bremen blue) sold as azurite substitutes", "Carving- and cabochon-grade mixed copper-carbonate stone" ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-kinds-q01", "text": "Which of these kinds and varieties hold for the sense of azurite 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": "Q104966", "note": "Mineral species azurite." }, { "scheme": "IMA-CNMNC name and symbol", "value_or_pattern": "Azurite (Azu)", "note": "Valid IMA mineral species; symbol from the 2021 IMA-CNMNC list." }, { "scheme": "Nickel-Strunz 10th ed.", "value_or_pattern": "5.BA.05", "note": "Carbonates with additional anions, with Cu." }, { "scheme": "CAS Registry Number", "value_or_pattern": "1319-45-5", "note": "Azurite / copper carbonate hydroxide." }, { "scheme": "Colour Index Generic Name", "value_or_pattern": "PB30 (Pigment Blue 30)", "note": "Natural azurite as a blue pigment." }, { "scheme": "mindat mineral id", "value_or_pattern": "447", "note": "mindat.org species record." }, { "scheme": "Dana 8th ed.", "value_or_pattern": "16a.02.01.01", "note": "Azurite in the anhydrous carbonates containing hydroxyl or halogen." } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-identifiers-q01", "text": "Which of these identifiers and schemes hold for the sense of azurite 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": [ "IMA-CNMNC mineral nomenclature: valid species name Azurite, symbol Azu (International Mineralogical Association, Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification).", "Colour Index International: PB30 Pigment Blue 30 (Society of Dyers and Colourists / American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists).", "U.S. OSHA permissible exposure limit for copper dusts and mists: 1 mg/m³ as Cu (Occupational Safety and Health Administration); applies to azurite dust as a copper compound, not to the species as such." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-standards-and-regulation-q01", "text": "Which of these standards and regulation hold for the sense of azurite 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": [ "Field indicator of oxidized copper mineralization in gossans and supergene caps.", "Historical painters' blue from medieval through Baroque Europe and in East Asian painting, later displaced by Prussian blue and synthetic ultramarine.", "Mineral-specimen trade from localities such as Chessy-les-Mines (France), Tsumeb (Namibia), Bisbee (Arizona), and Liufengshan (China).", "Ornamental stone and cabochons, almost always as azurite-malachite rather than pure azurite.", "Teaching specimen for carbonate acid tests and secondary copper-assemblage paragenesis.", "Minor historical copper ore at Chessy; not a bulk modern copper source compared with sulfides." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-real-world-use-q01", "text": "Which of these real-world use hold for the sense of azurite 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": "Mohs hardness", "typical_range": "3.5-4", "unit": "Mohs" }, { "quantity": "Specific gravity", "typical_range": "3.7-3.9 (calc. 3.77)", "unit": "g/cm³" }, { "quantity": "Copper content", "typical_range": "55.3 (stoichiometric)", "unit": "wt% Cu" }, { "quantity": "Refractive indices (α, β, γ)", "typical_range": "1.730 / 1.758 / 1.838", "unit": "nD" }, { "quantity": "Optic axial angle 2V", "typical_range": "about 67-68", "unit": "degrees" } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-measurements-q01", "text": "Which of these typical measurements hold for the sense of azurite 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": [ "Supergene alteration to malachite, including complete malachite pseudomorphs after azurite.", "In paint: greening as azurite converts toward malachite under moisture and alkaline binders.", "In paint: blackening where copper reacts with sulfides or sulfur-bearing atmospheres to form copper sulfides.", "Perfect cleavage and low hardness make crystals and gems fragile.", "Rapid dissolution with effervescence in dilute acids.", "Copper-containing dust is harmful if inhaled or ingested; toxicity is that of copper compounds, not an inherent arsenic mineral, though some copper deposits carry separate arsenic phases." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards-q01", "text": "Which of these failure modes and hazards hold for the sense of azurite 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": [ "Chessylite remains a historical French synonym from the Chessy-les-Mines type locality.", "European pigment literature uses mountain blue, Bergblau, Kupferblau, azzurro della Magna, and blue bice for azurite or mixed copper blues.", "Chinese decorative-stone markets usually sell azurite bound with malachite rather than as a monomineralic material.", "Collector practice treats Tsumeb and Bisbee crystals as the reference habits; earthy and nodular material is more typical of many other copper districts." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-regional-variation-q01", "text": "Which of these regional variation hold for the sense of azurite 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": "Malachite", "difference": "Green Cu₂CO₃(OH)₂ versus blue Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂; same acid fizz, separated by colour, XRD, or Raman (distinct carbonate/OH spectra)." }, { "name": "Linarite", "difference": "PbCuSO₄(OH)₂ is a lead-copper sulfate of similar blue; it does not effervesce strongly in cold dilute HCl and is tied to lead-bearing assemblages." }, { "name": "Lazurite / lapis lazuli", "difference": "Sodalite-group silicate, Mohs ~5-5.5, typically with pyrite in marble; no copper stain and no carbonate fizz from the blue phase." }, { "name": "Chrysocolla", "difference": "Poorly crystalline copper silicate, usually massive and waxy, variable hardness, little or no HCl effervescence." }, { "name": "Natural or synthetic ultramarine", "difference": "Sulfur-bearing aluminosilicate blue with no copper; Raman S₃⁻ bands and absence of Cu distinguish it from azurite pigment." }, { "name": "Blue verditer (synthetic copper carbonate blue)", "difference": "Under the microscope, spherulitic precipitated particles versus angular cleaved mineral grains of natural azurite." }, { "name": "Microsoft Azurite (Azure Storage emulator)", "difference": "Homonymous software project; not a mineral. Domain PHY.MAT, formula, and crystal data separate the mineral from the product name." } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-neighbours-q01", "text": "Which of these neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart hold for the sense of azurite this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] } ] } ] } ] }, "openQuestions": [ "What minimum evidence and reference-match criteria should qualify an azurite identification as confirmed for crystals, mixed rocks and pigment particles?", "Which environmental conditions and timescales are supported by research as causing azurite alteration in geological specimens versus bound pigment, and what monitoring limits follow?", "Which cleaning agents, mounting materials and consolidants have demonstrated compatibility with azurite and its common associated phases?", "Which analytical indicators can reliably distinguish natural azurite from synthetic material after grinding or incorporation into a binder?", "What use-specific evidence is required to assess exposure and residue handling for azurite powders containing variable associated minerals?" ], "statistics": { "bundles": 6, "layers": 11, "findings": 18, "questions": 33 } }, "draft": { "generator": "vr.draft.v3", "status": "draft-generated", "researched": false, "archetype": "chemical substance or material", "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. 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Treat every sentence below as a proposal to argue with.", "purpose": "Give an agent a durable, checkable way to recognise a azurite, record what state it is in, and decide what may be done with it.", "whatItIs": "Enable an AI agent to identify azurite, assess its material condition and select justified examination, preservation or processing actions.", "characteristics": { "substance": "material", "origin": "natural", "agency": "inert", "mobility": "varies" }, "whatYouCanDoWithIt": [ "observed and measured", "consumed or used up" ], "distinguishingFeatures": [ "Described in 63 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 azurite, 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", "use it up, and then need more of it" ], "howItIsRecognised": [ "Not recognisable by sight in any reliable way. Appearance varies with grade, form and additives; identification is by label, by documentation, or by assay." ], "relatedModels": [], "standing": "Described in 63 Wikipedia languages, which measures how widely it is written about rather than how important or how common it is.", "structure": { "bundles": [ { "id": "identity-and-classification", "name": "Identity, naming and classification", "description": "How an agent tells one azurite from another, and a azurite 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 azurite, 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 azurite, 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 azurite 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 azurite, 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 azurite, 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 azurite 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 azurite 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 azurite, 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 azurite, 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 azurite 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 azurite from the things most often confused with it.", "questions": [ { "id": "distinguishing-features-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes what distinguishes a azurite, 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 azurite, 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 azurite 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 azurite 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 azurite, 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 azurite, 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 azurite 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 azurite is built from and which parts are replaceable.", "questions": [ { "id": "parts-and-materials-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the composition of a azurite, 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 azurite, 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 azurite 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 azurite is judged and by whom.", "questions": [ { "id": "condition-assessment-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the condition of a azurite, 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 azurite, 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 azurite 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 azurite 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 azurite is, and what that position is measured against.", "questions": [ { "id": "position-and-frame-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the location of a azurite, 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 azurite, 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 azurite 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 azurite 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 azurite, 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 azurite, 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 azurite 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 azurite 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 azurite between them.", "questions": [ { "id": "stages-and-transitions-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the lifecycle of a azurite, 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 azurite, 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 azurite 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 azurite, how often and by whom.", "findings": [ { "id": "observation-record", "name": "Observation record", "description": "How an observation of a azurite 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 azurite, 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 azurite, 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 azurite is known, and what must it refuse?", "kind": "action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "use-and-operation", "name": "Use and operation", "description": "What can be done with a azurite and what it takes to do it.", "rationale": "An agent that can recognise a thing but not act on it has only half a model.", "layers": [ { "id": "intended-use", "name": "Intended use and function", "description": "What a azurite is for, and what it is used for anyway.", "findings": [ { "id": "function-and-purpose", "name": "Function, purpose and misuse", "description": "The function a azurite performs and the uses that fall outside it.", "questions": [ { "id": "function-and-purpose-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the use of a azurite, and in what units or vocabulary?", "kind": "definition", "answer_data": [ "identifiers", "types and classes", "values with units", "explicit unknowns" ] }, { "id": "function-and-purpose-q02", "text": "Who or what asserted this about the use of a azurite, by which method, and when was it true?", "kind": "provenance", "answer_data": [ "authority", "method", "evidence", "event time", "knowledge time" ] }, { "id": "function-and-purpose-q03", "text": "What may an agent decide or do once the use of a azurite is known, and what must it refuse?", "kind": "action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "handling-and-procedure", "name": "Handling and procedure", "description": "The steps, skills and tools involved in using a azurite.", "findings": [ { "id": "procedures-and-skills", "name": "Procedures, skills and required tools", "description": "What an agent needs before it can act on a azurite at all.", "questions": [ { "id": "procedures-and-skills-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes handling a azurite, and in what units or vocabulary?", "kind": "definition", "answer_data": [ "identifiers", "types and classes", "values with units", "explicit unknowns" ] }, { "id": "procedures-and-skills-q02", "text": "Who or what asserted this about handling a azurite, by which method, and when was it true?", "kind": "provenance", "answer_data": [ "authority", "method", "evidence", "event time", "knowledge time" ] }, { "id": "procedures-and-skills-q03", "text": "What may an agent decide or do once handling a azurite is known, and what must it refuse?", "kind": "action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "supply-and-consumption", "name": "Supply and consumption", "description": "Quantities, rates and what running out means.", "findings": [ { "id": "consumption-and-stock", "name": "Consumption, stock and replenishment", "description": "How much of a azurite there is and how fast it goes.", "questions": [ { "id": "consumption-and-stock-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the supply of a azurite, and in what units or vocabulary?", "kind": "definition", "answer_data": [ "identifiers", "types and classes", "values with units", "explicit unknowns" ] }, { "id": "consumption-and-stock-q02", "text": "Who or what asserted this about the supply of a azurite, by which method, and when was it true?", "kind": "provenance", "answer_data": [ "authority", "method", "evidence", "event time", "knowledge time" ] }, { "id": "consumption-and-stock-q03", "text": "What may an agent decide or do once the supply of a azurite is known, and what must it refuse?", "kind": "action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "composition-and-identity", "name": "Composition, grade and chemical identity", "description": "What azurite is made of and how pure the thing in hand is.", "rationale": "Grade decides what a substance may be used for, so a model that records only the name cannot support any decision about use.", "layers": [ { "id": "chemical-identity", "name": "Chemical identity", "description": "Formula, structure and the registry numbers that name it unambiguously.", "findings": [ { "id": "identity-record", "name": "Identity and registry numbers", "description": "What identifies this substance across suppliers and regulators.", "questions": [ { "id": "identity-record-q01", "text": "What formula, structure and registry identifiers name azurite unambiguously?", "kind": "definition" }, { "id": "identity-record-q02", "text": "Which related substances share a name in common use but not an identifier?", "kind": "boundary" } ] } ] }, { "id": "grade-and-impurities", "name": "Grade, purity and impurities", "description": "The specification a batch meets and what else is in it.", "findings": [ { "id": "specification", "name": "Specification and assay", "description": "How purity is stated and measured, and which impurities matter.", "questions": [ { "id": "specification-q01", "text": "What grades of azurite exist, how is purity assayed, and which impurities are limited?", "kind": "measurement" }, { "id": "specification-q02", "text": "Which use requires which grade, and what happens when a lower grade is substituted?", "kind": "action" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "properties-and-behaviour", "name": "Properties and behaviour", "description": "How azurite behaves under conditions an agent can measure or change.", "rationale": "Physical constants are the part of a substance model that transfers between contexts, and each needs its unit and its conditions.", "layers": [ { "id": "physical-constants", "name": "Physical constants", "description": "Values that hold for the pure substance, with their conditions.", "findings": [ { "id": "constants-record", "name": "Constants and conditions", "description": "The quantities worth recording and the state they apply in.", "questions": [ { "id": "constants-record-q01", "text": "What are the defining physical constants of azurite, in what units and under what conditions?", "kind": "measurement" }, { "id": "constants-record-q02", "text": "Which of these values change with grade or form rather than being fixed?", "kind": "boundary" } ] } ] }, { "id": "stability-and-reactivity", "name": "Stability and reactivity", "description": "What it reacts with, degrades into, and how it is stored.", "findings": [ { "id": "incompatibilities", "name": "Incompatibilities and degradation", "description": "What must not meet it, and what it becomes over time.", "questions": [ { "id": "incompatibilities-q01", "text": "What is azurite incompatible with, and what does it degrade into under storage?", "kind": "definition" }, { "id": "incompatibilities-q02", "text": "What storage and handling does that require, and who is competent to do it?", "kind": "action" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "hazard-and-regulation", "name": "Hazard classification and regulation", "description": "How azurite can harm, and what the law says about holding and moving it.", "rationale": "A substance model without its hazard class and its regulatory identity is unusable in exactly the situations that matter.", "layers": [ { "id": "hazard-class", "name": "Hazard classification", "description": "Classified hazards, exposure limits and protective measures.", "findings": [ { "id": "classified-hazards", "name": "Classified hazards and limits", "description": "The classification, the scheme it belongs to, and the limits set.", "questions": [ { "id": "classified-hazards-q01", "text": "How is azurite classified for hazard, under which scheme, and what exposure limits apply?", "kind": "definition" }, { "id": "classified-hazards-q02", "text": "What protection does handling require, and what must an agent refuse to do without it?", "kind": "action" } ] } ] }, { "id": "regulatory-identity", "name": "Regulatory identity and control", "description": "Registration, restriction and transport rules by jurisdiction.", "findings": [ { "id": "controls", "name": "Controls and jurisdiction", "description": "Where it is restricted and what the restriction attaches to.", "questions": [ { "id": "controls-q01", "text": "Which registrations, restrictions or transport rules cover azurite, and where?", "kind": "provenance" }, { "id": "controls-q02", "text": "Does the control attach to the substance, its concentration, or its intended use?", "kind": "boundary" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "provenance-and-evidence", "name": "Provenance, evidence and time", "description": "Where every claim about a azurite 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 azurite and how confident it is.", "questions": [ { "id": "claim-provenance-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes a claim about a azurite, 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 azurite, 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 azurite 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 azurite is retired without being erased.", "questions": [ { "id": "validity-and-supersession-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the validity of a claim about a azurite, 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 azurite, 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 azurite is known, and what must it refuse?", "kind": "action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] } ] } ] } ] }, "statistics": { "bundles": 9, "layers": 20, "findings": 22, "questions": 60 } } } }