{ "model": { "rank": 1455, "code": "thing-q11413", "model_id": "vr.tr.go", "name": "go", "purpose": "Enable an AI agent to recognise physical Go equipment, assess whether it supports an intended game, and decide how it may be arranged, used or maintained, provisionally interpreting the undefined PHY.OBJ entry \"go\" as a Go set.", "family": "Thing Registry", "category": "Physical world and living systems", "status": "research-draft", "kind": "thing", "plane": "PHY", "domain": "PHY.OBJ", "industry": "", "version": "", "url": "/models/thing/q11413/", "tier": 2, "score": 145, "payload": { "layer": "wikidata", "aliases": [ "Tibetan go", "pair Go", "go variant" ], "aliasCount": 3, "merged": 3, "knownIn": 145, "facets": null, "markers": [], "lexicalClass": "", "senseRank": null, "alsoRegisteredAs": null, "source": { "dataset": "wikidata", "item": "Q11413", "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11413", "license": "CC0 1.0" } }, "research": { "vercy": "1.0-draft", "publication": { "status": "research-draft", "adjudicationStatus": "unreviewed", "publishableCanonical": false, "generatedAt": "2026-09-06T20:24:04Z", "providers": [ "Codex", "Grok" ], "missingProviders": [], "pass": 2, "cost": { "grok": { "usd": 0.00699176, "turns": 1, "seconds": 39.8, "error": null }, "codex": { "seconds": 53.3, "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: 01a07863-3ad6-7182-b7d5-9197ed9ed4e7\n--------\nuser\nYou are drafting a Vercy meta-model for one registered thing. 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board, playing stones and associated containers treated as one Go set, including their compatibility, condition and observable arrangement; this interpretation requires confirmation because the registry supplies no definition.", "in_scope": [ "The board's intersection grid and usable playing surface", "The two distinguishable groups of playing stones", "Compatibility between stone size and grid spacing", "Stone containers and the completeness of an identified set", "Physical arrangement of stones and its preservation during handling" ], "out_of_scope": [ "Go as an abstract game, including authoritative rules and scoring systems", "A particular match's turn history, result and adjudication", "Player identity, rank and skill", "Strategy, move evaluation and teaching curricula", "Digital Go software and online game services" ], "distinguishing_features": [ "The intended placement locations are grid intersections rather than the interiors of alternating squares.", "The playing pieces form two visually distinguishable groups of stones rather than differentiated piece roles such as those used in chess.", "Board markings and stones alone do not establish Go identity: similar equipment can support other games, so intended use must also be recorded.", "A complete physical set includes compatible stones and a playing surface; an isolated board or container should be identified as a component unless the registry explicitly includes it." ], "characteristics": [ { "name": "Identity evidence", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "Links to labels, supplier descriptions, owner statements or other evidence identifying intended use", "why_it_matters": "A grid board with two stone colours does not uniquely identify Go equipment." }, { "name": "Grid dimensions", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Number of intersection lines along each axis", "why_it_matters": "Establishes the available placement locations and compatibility with an intended game." }, { "name": "Grid spacing", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Millimetres between adjacent lines on each axis", "why_it_matters": "Determines whether neighbouring stones can be placed and distinguished reliably." }, { "name": "Stone dimensions", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Diameter and thickness in millimetres, including variation within each group", "why_it_matters": "Supports fit assessment, handling and identification of mismatched replacements." }, { "name": "Stone group distinction", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "Observed colours and any supplementary tactile or visual distinctions", "why_it_matters": "An agent must distinguish the two sides under actual lighting and sensing conditions." }, { "name": "Stone inventory", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Count by group and location: board, supply container, captured-stone area or unassigned", "why_it_matters": "Supports readiness checks without confusing stones in play with missing equipment." }, { "name": "Placement readability", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "Clear, partly ambiguous or unreadable, with affected intersections identified", "why_it_matters": "Determines whether a physical arrangement can be recorded or restored confidently." }, { "name": "Component condition", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "Observed grid wear, surface distortion, stone damage and container defects", "why_it_matters": "Connects specific defects to placement, recognition, handling and storage decisions." } ], "affordances": [ "Identify and group the board, stones and containers belonging to a set.", "Check whether the grid and available stones suit an explicitly stated intended game.", "Record stone locations using a declared board orientation and coordinate convention.", "Place or remove an identified stone at a specified intersection under an external game instruction.", "Preserve or reconstruct an arrangement from a verified physical record.", "Sort, store or maintain components according to their observed materials and handling requirements." ] }, "sources": [ { "id": "src-1", "title": "The Game of Go", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_(game)", "what_it_supports": "Equipment, board sizes, regional names, and play practice", "url_status": "live" } ], "structure": { "bundles": [ { "id": "go-set-identity", "name": "Go set identity", "description": "Establishes whether the object is intended as Go equipment and which components the model represents.", "rationale": "The undefined name and equipment shared with neighbouring games make identification and component boundaries essential.", "layers": [ { "id": "intended-game", "name": "Intended game", "description": "Separates physical resemblance from evidence that the equipment is intended for Go.", "findings": [ { "id": "go-use-evidence", "name": "Evidence of Go use", "description": "Records the basis and uncertainty of identifying the equipment as a Go set.", "questions": [ { "text": "What label, accompanying instructions or owner statement identifies this equipment as intended for Go?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "go-use-evidence-q01" }, { "text": "Could the observed board and stones instead be equipment for another intersection-placement game?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "go-use-evidence-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "set-membership", "name": "Set membership", "description": "Identifies the board, stones and containers included in the represented object.", "findings": [ { "id": "component-boundary", "name": "Component boundary", "description": "Distinguishes a complete set, a partial set and a separately registered component.", "questions": [ { "text": "Does this instance represent an entire Go set, a board alone or another explicitly identified subset?", "kind": "definition", "id": "component-boundary-q01" }, { "text": "What evidence associates these particular stones and containers with this board?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "component-boundary-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "intersection-surface", "name": "Intersection surface", "description": "Describes the board as a physical system of identifiable stone-placement locations.", "rationale": "An agent must resolve intersections, orientation and physical fit before it can observe or manipulate a Go position.", "layers": [ { "id": "grid-geometry", "name": "Grid geometry", "description": "Captures the grid dimensions and spacing actually present on the board.", "findings": [ { "id": "playable-intersections", "name": "Playable intersections", "description": "Records the placement grid without assuming a standard board size.", "questions": [ { "text": "How many grid lines exist along each axis, and are all their intersections usable?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "playable-intersections-q01" }, { "text": "What is the spacing along each axis, and can the supplied stones occupy adjacent intersections without obstructing one another?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "playable-intersections-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "board-orientation", "name": "Board orientation", "description": "Connects the physical board to a stable reference frame for observation and placement.", "findings": [ { "id": "coordinate-reference", "name": "Coordinate reference", "description": "Makes recorded intersections recoverable even when the board lacks printed coordinates.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which physical edge or external reference establishes the origin and direction of the recorded coordinates?", "kind": "definition", "id": "coordinate-reference-q01" }, { "text": "How will the agent detect board rotation or movement before acting on a previously recorded intersection?", "kind": "action", "id": "coordinate-reference-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "stone-populations", "name": "Stone populations", "description": "Describes the two groups of stones, their physical suitability and their distribution across the set.", "rationale": "Go manipulation depends on distinguishing otherwise similar pieces and maintaining a usable supply for both sides.", "layers": [ { "id": "stone-distinction-and-fit", "name": "Stone distinction and fit", "description": "Assesses whether individual stones can be classified, placed and handled reliably.", "findings": [ { "id": "usable-stone-groups", "name": "Usable stone groups", "description": "Records group distinctions and dimensional variation relevant to the board and handling method.", "questions": [ { "text": "Can every stone be assigned reliably to one of the two groups under the intended lighting or sensing conditions?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "usable-stone-groups-q01" }, { "text": "What diameter, thickness or shape variations affect placement on this grid or pickup by the intended handler?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "usable-stone-groups-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "stone-inventory-and-containment", "name": "Stone inventory and containment", "description": "Tracks available stones and the physical locations used to keep them separated.", "findings": [ { "id": "stone-availability", "name": "Stone availability", "description": "Distinguishes available supply, placed stones, captured stones and genuinely missing components.", "questions": [ { "text": "How many stones of each group are on the board, in supply containers, in captured-stone areas or elsewhere?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "stone-availability-q01" }, { "text": "Which containers or designated areas keep supply stones distinguishable from captured stones for the intended game procedure?", "kind": "definition", "id": "stone-availability-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "position-preservation-and-use", "name": "Position preservation and use", "description": "Connects observable stone placement and equipment condition to permitted physical actions.", "rationale": "An apparently minor displacement or cleanup can destroy a meaningful Go arrangement, while physical observation alone cannot determine move legality.", "layers": [ { "id": "observable-position", "name": "Observable position", "description": "Records physical occupancy while retaining uncertainty and referring game interpretation to a match model.", "findings": [ { "id": "intersection-occupancy", "name": "Intersection occupancy", "description": "Associates visible stones with intersections and identifies placements that cannot be resolved confidently.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which intersections are empty or occupied by each stone group, and which assignments are ambiguous because of displacement or occlusion?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "intersection-occupancy-q01" }, { "text": "Which linked match record or explicit instruction supplies turn, capture and legality information that the physical arrangement cannot establish?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "intersection-occupancy-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "handling-and-readiness", "name": "Handling and readiness", "description": "Determines whether equipment can be used or moved while respecting its condition and any arrangement being preserved.", "findings": [ { "id": "position-sensitive-actions", "name": "Position-sensitive actions", "description": "Connects placement defects, component damage and preservation requirements to handling decisions.", "questions": [ { "text": "Do worn grid lines, board instability or damaged stones prevent reliable recognition, placement or removal at particular intersections?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "position-sensitive-actions-q01" }, { "text": "Before moving, cleaning or packing the set, must the current arrangement be preserved, and what verified record would support restoration?", "kind": "action", "id": "position-sensitive-actions-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "evidence-and-external-alignment", "name": "Evidence and external alignment", "description": "What the world already says about this thing, gathered so the model can be checked against it.", "rationale": "A model that cannot be lined up against existing standards, identifiers and practice cannot be adopted by anyone who already uses them.", "layers": [ { "id": "reported-evidence", "name": "Reported evidence", "description": "Findings from the breadth pass, kept separate from the structural claims.", "findings": [ { "id": "evidence-kinds", "name": "Kinds and varieties", "description": "Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.", "evidence": [ "table board with single convex stones (Japanese-style)", "floor board (goban) with dual-convex stones and wooden bowls", "magnetic/travel set", "electronic/sensor board", "teaching board (demonstration/wall)", "plastic/vinyl roll-up board with glass or plastic stones", "ingrained-line kaya or agathis goban", "printed paper or cardboard beginner set" ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-kinds-q01", "text": "Which of these kinds and varieties hold for the sense of go 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": "Q11413 (Go the game); equipment is typically typed as instance of board game equipment rather than a single Q-id", "note": "The game is Q11413; a physical set is not a single canonical item" } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-identifiers-q01", "text": "Which of these identifiers and schemes hold for the sense of go 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": [ "Japanese Go Association (Nihon Ki-in) equipment conventions for board size, stone count, and komi in tournament play", "Korean Baduk Association and Chinese Weiqi Association tournament equipment rules" ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-standards-and-regulation-q01", "text": "Which of these standards and regulation hold for the sense of go 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": [ "Club and tournament play on 19×19 wooden goban with 181 black and 180 white stones", "Teaching and casual play on 9×9 and 13×13 boards", "Travel and school kits with magnetic or roll-up boards" ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-real-world-use-q01", "text": "Which of these real-world use hold for the sense of go 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": "board grid", "typical_range": "9×9, 13×13, or 19×19 intersections", "unit": "intersections" }, { "quantity": "stone diameter", "typical_range": "21.1-22.1", "unit": "mm" }, { "quantity": "stone thickness", "typical_range": "7-12", "unit": "mm" } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-measurements-q01", "text": "Which of these typical measurements hold for the sense of go 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": [ "Chipping or cracking of glass/slate stones", "Warping of wooden goban from humidity", "Ingestion hazard of stones for young children", "Board-line wear making intersections hard to read" ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards-q01", "text": "Which of these failure modes and hazards hold for the sense of go 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": [ "Japan: go / igo, thick kaya goban, dual-convex slate and shell stones, wooden bowls (goke)", "China: weiqi, often single-convex Yunzi stones, sometimes felt or table boards", "Korea: baduk, paduk; plastic bowls and glass stones common in clubs", "Board line spacing and stone size conventions differ slightly by maker and country" ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-regional-variation-q01", "text": "Which of these regional variation hold for the sense of go 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": "xiangqi (Chinese chess) set", "difference": "Xiangqi uses a 9×10 point-and-line board with river/palace marks and labelled pieces, not a plain grid of empty intersections and identical black/white stones" }, { "name": "gomoku / Five in a Row set", "difference": "Same 19×19 grid and stones can be reused, but gomoku is a connection/alignment game; Go is territorial with capture by liberty" }, { "name": "go/no-go gauge", "difference": "A metrology plug or ring used to check a workpiece dimension, not game equipment" }, { "name": "chess set", "difference": "Chess has differentiated pieces on 8×8 coloured squares; Go has identical stones played on intersections" } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-neighbours-q01", "text": "Which of these neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart hold for the sense of go this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] } ] } ] } ] }, "openQuestions": [ "Does registry entry vr.tr.go actually denote physical Go equipment, the game itself or another referent named \"go\"?", "Does an existing Vercy world model already own this concept, requiring a link instead of a separate publication?", "Should this registry entry encompass complete sets, individual boards and travel variants, or do existing neighbouring entries own those components?", "Which intended playing contexts and authoritative equipment references should determine board compatibility and sufficient stone inventory?", "Where should persistent position records belong when the set carries a teaching arrangement, puzzle or unfinished match?" ], "statistics": { "bundles": 5, "layers": 9, "findings": 16, "questions": 24 } }, "draft": { "generator": "vr.draft.v3", "status": "draft-generated", "researched": false, "archetype": "device, machine or tool", "method": "Written from the archetype playbook - what this kind of thing needs beyond identity and provenance - and from the structure that recurred across 6,333 models already researched by two engines. Applied to this entry by rule. No source was read for this thing and no claim here is researched. This entry carries no facets of its own, so they were inferred from its domain - a guess about a whole domain applied to one thing.", "facetsInferred": true, "nextPass": "A researcher replaces this draft with a sourced specification. Treat every sentence below as a proposal to argue with.", "purpose": "Give an agent a durable, checkable way to recognise a go, record what state it is in, and decide what may be done with it.", "whatItIs": "Enable an AI agent to recognise physical Go equipment, assess whether it supports an intended game, and decide how it may be arranged, used or maintained, provisionally interpreting the undefined PHY.OBJ entry \"go\" as a Go set.", "characteristics": { "substance": "material", "origin": "manufactured", "agency": "inert", "mobility": "varies" }, "whatYouCanDoWithIt": [ "observed and measured" ], "distinguishingFeatures": [ "Names folded into this entry, which a task may need to split apart again: Tibetan go, pair Go, go variant.", "3 finer distinctions are held as aliases rather than separate entries, because telling them apart needs a task that asks for it.", "Described in 145 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 go, and on what evidence are they told apart?" ], "whatItIsMadeOf": "matter you can touch", "physicalCharacter": [ "Mobility varies between examples.", "Does nothing on its own; everything it does, something else did to it.", "These come from the domain this entry sits in rather than from the entry itself, so treat them as a first guess about the whole domain applied to one thing." ], "whatCanBeDoneWithIt": [ "observe it, measure it, record its state" ], "howItIsRecognised": [ "Recognised by form, by the arrangement of its controls, and by markings - a plate, a model number, a certification mark. Form alone rarely separates two models that do very different things." ], "relatedModels": [ { "relation": "covers", "note": "Finer kinds folded into this entry because telling them apart needs a task that asks for it. Each is a model waiting to be split out when one does.", "targets": [ "Tibetan go", "pair Go", "go variant" ] } ], "standing": "Described in 145 Wikipedia languages, which measures how widely it is written about rather than how important or how common it is. 3 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 go from another, and a go 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 go, 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 go, 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 go 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 go, 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 go, 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 go 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 go 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 go, 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 go, 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 go 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 go from the things most often confused with it.", "questions": [ { "id": "distinguishing-features-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes what distinguishes a go, 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 go, 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 go 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 go 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 go, 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 go, 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 go 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 go is built from and which parts are replaceable.", "questions": [ { "id": "parts-and-materials-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the composition of a go, 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 go, 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 go 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 go is judged and by whom.", "questions": [ { "id": "condition-assessment-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the condition of a go, 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 go, 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 go 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 go 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 go is, and what that position is measured against.", "questions": [ { "id": "position-and-frame-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the location of a go, 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 go, 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 go 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 go 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 go, 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 go, 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 go 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 go 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 go between them.", "questions": [ { "id": "stages-and-transitions-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the lifecycle of a go, 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 go, 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 go 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 go, how often and by whom.", "findings": [ { "id": "observation-record", "name": "Observation record", "description": "How an observation of a go 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 go, 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 go, 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 go is known, and what must it refuse?", "kind": "action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "function-and-principle", "name": "Function and operating principle", "description": "What go is for and how it achieves it.", "rationale": "Two devices with the same name can work on different principles, and the principle is what predicts failure and constrains use.", "layers": [ { "id": "intended-function", "name": "Intended function", "description": "The job it does, and the jobs it is used for anyway.", "findings": [ { "id": "function-record", "name": "Function, principle and variants", "description": "What it does, how, and which variants do it differently.", "questions": [ { "id": "function-record-q01", "text": "What function does go perform, on what operating principle, and which variants differ in that principle?", "kind": "definition" }, { "id": "function-record-q02", "text": "What use falls outside the intended function but happens in practice?", "kind": "boundary" } ] } ] }, { "id": "capacity-and-rating", "name": "Capacity and rating", "description": "The numbers that say what it can do and where it stops.", "findings": [ { "id": "ratings", "name": "Ratings and their conditions", "description": "Rated capacity, power, throughput and the conditions each assumes.", "questions": [ { "id": "ratings-q01", "text": "What ratings characterise go, in what units, and under what stated conditions?", "kind": "measurement" }, { "id": "ratings-q02", "text": "What happens beyond the rating - degradation, refusal, damage - and how is that detected?", "kind": "action" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "operation-and-state", "name": "Operation, controls and state", "description": "How go is operated and what state it is in right now.", "rationale": "An agent acting on a device needs its current state and the controls that change it, not just its specification.", "layers": [ { "id": "controls-and-modes", "name": "Controls and modes", "description": "What can be set, what that changes, and what is interlocked.", "findings": [ { "id": "control-surface", "name": "Control surface and interlocks", "description": "The settings available and the conditions that block them.", "questions": [ { "id": "control-surface-q01", "text": "What controls and modes does go have, and what does each change?", "kind": "definition" }, { "id": "control-surface-q02", "text": "Which actions are interlocked or forbidden in which state, and what must be true before acting?", "kind": "action" } ] } ] }, { "id": "condition-and-maintenance", "name": "Condition and maintenance", "description": "Wear, service intervals, consumables and the line between working and broken.", "findings": [ { "id": "service-record", "name": "Condition, service and consumables", "description": "What is consumed, what is serviced, and how condition is judged.", "questions": [ { "id": "service-record-q01", "text": "What consumables and service does go need, at what interval, and on whose authority?", "kind": "measurement" }, { "id": "service-record-q02", "text": "What evidence separates a unit that is working from one that is out of service?", "kind": "boundary" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "kind-model-unit", "name": "Kind, model and unit", "description": "Whether a claim about go is about the kind, a product line, or one physical 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"Validity period and supersession", "description": "How an old claim about a go is retired without being erased.", "questions": [ { "id": "validity-and-supersession-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the validity of a claim about a go, 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 go, 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 go is known, and what must it refuse?", "kind": "action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] } ] } ] } ] }, "statistics": { "bundles": 8, "layers": 17, 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