{ "model": { "rank": 3355, "code": "thing-q12372598", "model_id": "vr.tr.plum", "name": "plum", "purpose": "Enable an agent to recognise a plum plant, distinguish its taxonomic and horticultural identity, assess its condition, and choose appropriate care or propagation 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/q12372598/", "tier": 2, "score": 87, "payload": { "layer": "wikidata", "aliases": [ "mirabelle plum", "Cambridge Gage", "Vengerka", "Stromberger Pflaume", "Almaatinka" ], "aliasCount": 5, "merged": 5, "knownIn": 87, "facets": null, "markers": [], "lexicalClass": "", "senseRank": null, "alsoRegisteredAs": "vr.tr.plum-food", "source": { "dataset": "wikidata", "item": "Q12372598", "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12372598", "license": "CC0 1.0" } }, "research": { "vercy": "1.0-draft", "publication": { "status": "research-draft", "adjudicationStatus": "unreviewed", "publishableCanonical": false, "generatedAt": "2026-09-07T14:32:51Z", "providers": [ "Codex" ], "breadth": "recalled by Codex without web access - no source was read", "missingProviders": [], "pass": 2, "cost": { "grok": { "seconds": 26.9, "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: 01a07c48-0f60-7421-968a-88f02e55a1bb\n--------\nuser\nDescribe what is already known about one registered thing. 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owns plum as a living plant category within Prunus, including identified taxa, cultivars, populations and individual plants; it does not assume that the registry name denotes one species and treats attached fruit as a reproductive structure.", "in_scope": [ "Resolution of the common name to a documented taxon, cultivar or hybrid", "Individual plum plants, including grafted scion and rootstock identities", "Vegetative growth, flowering, pollination and attached fruit development", "Growing conditions, seasonal development and plant health", "Propagation, cultivation and population conservation context" ], "out_of_scope": [ "Harvested plums as food products, commodities or storage lots", "Prunes, preserves, juice and other processed foods", "Orchard businesses, land ownership and supply chains", "Timber and other detached plant materials", "Other plants called plum solely through a regional common name unless their inclusion is established" ], "distinguishing_features": [ "Resolve the name against botanical evidence: a label containing 'plum' alone does not establish membership in the intended plant category.", "Distinguish plum from neighbouring Prunus fruit groups using a combination of leaves, flowers, fruit and stone characters rather than fruit colour alone.", "Distinguish a living plum plant from harvested fruit by recording the subject type and whether fruit remains attached to its parent plant.", "For grafted plants, distinguish shoots arising above and below the graft union before assigning cultivar identity.", "Treat cultivar labels and hybrid parentage as provenance claims requiring records or diagnostic evidence, rather than inferring them from fruit appearance." ], "characteristics": [ { "name": "Subject level", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "plant category | taxon | cultivar | population | individual", "why_it_matters": "Prevents taxon descriptions, population assessments and individual observations from being applied interchangeably." }, { "name": "Taxonomic identification", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "accepted scientific name, naming authority, taxonomic source and version, identifier where verified, identification confidence", "why_it_matters": "The common name does not uniquely determine a species or a universal taxonomic identifier." }, { "name": "Scion and rootstock identity", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "documented cultivar or accession for each component; own-rooted | grafted | unknown", "why_it_matters": "Identity, growth behaviour and propagation decisions may depend on different components of the same plant." }, { "name": "Developmental and seasonal stage", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "seedling | juvenile | reproductively mature; dormant | budbreak | flowering | fruit development | leaf fall", "why_it_matters": "Care and vulnerability depend on both life stage and the current seasonal phase." }, { "name": "Flowering overlap and compatibility", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "candidate pollen donor, observed flowering interval, documented compatibility and evidence source", "why_it_matters": "A nearby plum cannot be assumed to provide effective pollination." }, { "name": "Attached fruit and stone characters", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "observed shape, skin bloom, colour, flesh texture, stone form and flesh adhesion at a recorded maturity", "why_it_matters": "These observations support identification and maturity assessment without treating colour as decisive." }, { "name": "Seasonal cold and frost exposure", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "cold accumulation with named calculation method; minimum temperature in °C with date and plant stage", "why_it_matters": "Cold accumulation and damaging frost are distinct processes whose effects depend on the identified plant and timing." }, { "name": "Root-zone condition", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "soil moisture with method, drainage condition, waterlogging duration and soil pH", "why_it_matters": "Root-zone observations help explain stress and guide irrigation or site changes." }, { "name": "Plant health evidence", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "symptom location, onset, severity, progression, diagnostic result and uncertainty", "why_it_matters": "Similar visible symptoms may have different causes and require different responses." }, { "name": "Population origin and assessment", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "location; cultivated | native | introduced | naturalised | unresolved; assessment source, date and applicable taxon", "why_it_matters": "Local occurrence, native range and conservation status must remain tied to a particular taxon and geographic context." } ], "affordances": [ "Document diagnostic plant material and resolve a plum identification with an appropriate botanical source.", "Track budbreak, flowering and attached fruit development to time observations and care.", "Evaluate candidate pollen donors using flowering overlap and documented compatibility.", "Select propagation methods while preserving the distinction between cultivar, seedling, scion and rootstock.", "Investigate symptoms and choose care actions supported by the plant's identity, stage and growing conditions.", "Record a wild or cultivated occurrence without transferring its status to all plums." ] }, "sources": [], "structure": { "bundles": [ { "id": "plum-identity", "name": "Plum identity", "description": "Resolve what 'plum' denotes and how the subject was identified.", "rationale": "Plum is a common-name category whose members and horticultural identities cannot be reduced to an assumed binomial.", "layers": [ { "id": "botanical-delimitation", "name": "Botanical delimitation", "description": "Establish membership and distinguish neighbouring fruit groups.", "findings": [ { "id": "diagnostic-identification", "name": "Diagnostic identification", "description": "Record the combination of characters and reference used to identify the plant.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which leaf, flower, fruit and stone observations support identification as a plum rather than another Prunus fruit group?", "kind": "definition", "id": "diagnostic-identification-q01" }, { "text": "Which taxonomic source establishes the accepted name, authority and applicable identifiers, and when was it consulted?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "diagnostic-identification-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "horticultural-identity", "name": "Horticultural identity", "description": "Separate cultivar identity, hybrid ancestry and graft components.", "findings": [ { "id": "cultivar-and-graft-evidence", "name": "Cultivar and graft evidence", "description": "Preserve the evidence behind cultivar labels and identify which plant component each label describes.", "questions": [ { "text": "What nursery, accession or propagation record supports the claimed plum cultivar or hybrid parentage?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "cultivar-and-graft-evidence-q01" }, { "text": "Is the observed growth from the scion, rootstock or an own-rooted plant, and where is the graft union?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "cultivar-and-graft-evidence-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "seasonal-development", "name": "Seasonal development", "description": "Track plum growth through dormancy, flowering and fruit development.", "rationale": "The meaning of a bud, flower or fruit observation depends on season, maturity and recent conditions.", "layers": [ { "id": "dormancy-and-budbreak", "name": "Dormancy and budbreak", "description": "Relate bud development to local temperature history.", "findings": [ { "id": "cold-exposure-and-bud-response", "name": "Cold exposure and bud response", "description": "Record cold accumulation separately from frost injury and avoid assuming a requirement for unidentified material.", "questions": [ { "text": "What cold accumulation method, weather record and observation period are available for this plum?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "cold-exposure-and-bud-response-q01" }, { "text": "When did vegetative and flower buds develop, and what evidence links any injury to a particular frost event?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "cold-exposure-and-bud-response-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "fruit-development", "name": "Fruit development", "description": "Follow attached fruit from initial set to maturity or loss.", "findings": [ { "id": "fruit-set-and-maturity", "name": "Fruit set and maturity", "description": "Interpret fruit retention and maturity using dated observations appropriate to the identified plum.", "questions": [ { "text": "How many flowers or young fruits were observed on the sampled branches, and how many fruits remained at later dates?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "fruit-set-and-maturity-q01" }, { "text": "Which cultivar-appropriate observations support maturity assessment, and when does detached fruit pass to a harvested-produce model?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "fruit-set-and-maturity-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "pollination-and-propagation", "name": "Pollination and propagation", "description": "Assess reproductive relationships and the identity consequences of propagation.", "rationale": "Fruit production and reproduction of a named cultivar require different evidence and decisions.", "layers": [ { "id": "pollination-relationships", "name": "Pollination relationships", "description": "Evaluate pollen compatibility, flowering overlap and pollen transfer.", "findings": [ { "id": "effective-pollen-donors", "name": "Effective pollen donors", "description": "Treat self-fertility and donor compatibility as claims about identified plant material.", "questions": [ { "text": "What evidence establishes self-fertility or compatibility between this plum and each proposed pollen donor?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "effective-pollen-donors-q01" }, { "text": "Do their observed flowering periods overlap, and what observations support effective pollen transfer?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "effective-pollen-donors-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "propagation-continuity", "name": "Propagation continuity", "description": "Track how new plants relate to source material.", "findings": [ { "id": "propagule-identity", "name": "Propagule identity", "description": "Distinguish seed descendants from vegetatively propagated material and rootstock-derived suckers.", "questions": [ { "text": "Is the intended outcome a seedling, preservation of a named cultivar, or production of rootstock?", "kind": "action", "id": "propagule-identity-q01" }, { "text": "Which source plant and plant component supplied the seed, cutting, bud, scion or sucker?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "propagule-identity-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "site-and-plant-condition", "name": "Site and plant condition", "description": "Connect growing conditions and symptoms to justified care decisions.", "rationale": "Plum care must account for the identified plant, graft system, root environment and diagnostic uncertainty.", "layers": [ { "id": "growing-site-fit", "name": "Growing site fit", "description": "Assess whether the site supports the particular plum and rootstock.", "findings": [ { "id": "root-and-canopy-environment", "name": "Root and canopy environment", "description": "Document conditions relevant to root function, canopy growth and flowering.", "questions": [ { "text": "What measurements describe drainage, root-zone moisture, soil pH and light exposure at this plant?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "root-and-canopy-environment-q01" }, { "text": "Which site adjustment is supported by evidence for this taxon, cultivar or rootstock?", "kind": "action", "id": "root-and-canopy-environment-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "symptoms-and-response", "name": "Symptoms and response", "description": "Separate observations from diagnoses before choosing interventions.", "findings": [ { "id": "plum-health-investigation", "name": "Plum health investigation", "description": "Investigate features such as gum exudation, branch dieback, leaf damage or fruit decay without assigning a cause from appearance alone.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which organs show symptoms, how are they distributed, and what diagnostic evidence distinguishes injury, environmental stress and biological causes?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "plum-health-investigation-q01" }, { "text": "Does the evidence support monitoring, sampling, pruning or another intervention, and how should its outcome be checked?", "kind": "action", "id": "plum-health-investigation-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "population-and-range", "name": "Population and range", "description": "Place plum occurrences in geographic, cultivation and conservation context.", "rationale": "A cultivated tree, a naturalised stand and a wild population require different interpretations of origin and status.", "layers": [ { "id": "occurrence-origin", "name": "Occurrence origin", "description": "Establish the origin and reproductive context of a recorded occurrence.", "findings": [ { "id": "wild-or-cultivated-occurrence", "name": "Wild or cultivated occurrence", "description": "Record location and establishment evidence without inferring native status from presence.", "questions": [ { "text": "What location and historical evidence establish whether these plums were planted, escaped cultivation or belong to a native population?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "wild-or-cultivated-occurrence-q01" }, { "text": "Do nearby stems represent separate seedlings, planted trees or connected suckering growth?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "wild-or-cultivated-occurrence-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "conservation-context", "name": "Conservation context", "description": "Attach assessments to the correct taxon and population.", "findings": [ { "id": "assessment-applicability", "name": "Assessment applicability", "description": "Distinguish species conservation assessments from cultivar preservation and individual plant condition.", "questions": [ { "text": "Is there a conservation assessment for the resolved taxon, and what are its date, geographic scope and category?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "assessment-applicability-q01" }, { "text": "Does the proposed conservation action concern a wild population, horticultural genetic material or one individual tree?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "assessment-applicability-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-confidence-notes", "name": "Check these first", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "The organism sense is inferred from PHY.LIV; no recorded sense establishes whether the registry intended the plant or its fruit.", "Plum is a common-name grouping, so a single binomial, native range or conservation assessment cannot safely represent the whole entry.", "Verify species and cultivar placement, identifier values and any conservation assessment against authoritative records; none were consulted for this recall response." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-confidence-notes-q01", "text": "Which of these check these first hold for the sense of plum this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-kinds", "name": "Kinds and varieties", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "European plum (Prunus domestica)", "Japanese plum (Prunus salicina)", "Cherry plum (Prunus cerasifera)", "American plum (Prunus americana)", "Damsons, cultivated forms associated with Prunus domestica", "Greengages, a cultivar group within Prunus domestica" ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-kinds-q01", "text": "Which of these kinds and varieties hold for the sense of plum this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-identifiers", "name": "Identifiers and schemes", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ { "scheme": "International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants", "value_or_pattern": "Prunus domestica L.", "note": "The botanical name and author citation for European plum; it does not identify every species called plum." }, { "scheme": "International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants", "value_or_pattern": "Prunus domestica 'Victoria'", "note": "An example of a species name followed by a cultivar epithet in single quotation marks." }, { "scheme": "GBIF taxon key", "value_or_pattern": "Numeric taxon identifier", "note": "Requires resolution to a particular species or other taxon; the common name alone is insufficient." }, { "scheme": "NCBI Taxonomy ID", "value_or_pattern": "Numeric taxonomic identifier", "note": "Applies to a resolved taxon rather than to an individual tree, fruit or orchard population." } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-identifiers-q01", "text": "Which of these identifiers and schemes hold for the sense of plum this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-real-world-use", "name": "Real-world use", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "Cultivation for fresh fruit.", "Processing into preserves, sauces and baked foods.", "Drying suitable cultivars to produce prunes.", "Fermentation and distillation into alcoholic drinks.", "Ornamental planting, including flowering and purple-leaved forms." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-real-world-use-q01", "text": "Which of these real-world use hold for the sense of plum this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards", "name": "Failure modes and hazards", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "Late frost can damage flowers and reduce fruit set.", "Pollination incompatibility or inadequate compatible pollen can limit fruit production; requirements vary by cultivar.", "Plum pox virus causes sharka disease in susceptible stone-fruit hosts.", "Brown rot caused by Monilinia fungi can damage blossoms and fruit.", "Kernels inside the stones contain cyanogenic compounds and can be hazardous if eaten, especially when crushed." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards-q01", "text": "Which of these failure modes and hazards hold for the sense of plum this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-regional-variation", "name": "Regional variation", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "European plum and Japanese plum are distinct species associated with different cultivation histories; Japanese plum originated in China.", "North America has native plum species, including Prunus americana, alongside cultivated introduced species.", "Common names such as damson and greengage reflect horticultural traditions and do not consistently correspond to species boundaries." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-regional-variation-q01", "text": "Which of these regional variation hold for the sense of plum this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-neighbours", "name": "Neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ { "name": "Plum fruit", "difference": "The fruit is a reproductive organ harvested from the plant; the organism sense covers the living tree or shrub." }, { "name": "Prune", "difference": "In ordinary English food usage, a prune is a dried plum rather than a separate species." }, { "name": "Apricot", "difference": "Apricots belong to a related group within Prunus, commonly represented by Prunus armeniaca, rather than the species conventionally called plums." }, { "name": "Peach", "difference": "Peach is Prunus persica, a distinct species that includes nectarines." }, { "name": "Plum cultivar", "difference": "A cultivar is a named cultivated selection; a plum species can contain many cultivars and wild populations." } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-neighbours-q01", "text": "Which of these neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart hold for the sense of plum this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] } ] } ] } ] }, "openQuestions": [ "Does vr.tr.plum intend the living plant 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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 plum, record what state it is in, and decide what may be done with it.", "whatItIs": "Enable an agent to recognise a plum plant, distinguish its taxonomic and horticultural identity, assess its condition, and choose appropriate care or propagation actions.", "characteristics": { "substance": "material", "origin": "natural", "agency": "inert", "mobility": "varies" }, "whatYouCanDoWithIt": [ "observed and measured", "consumed or used up" ], "distinguishingFeatures": [ "Names folded into this entry, which a task may need to split apart again: mirabelle plum, Cambridge Gage, Vengerka, Stromberger Pflaume, Almaatinka.", "5 finer distinctions are held as aliases rather than separate entries, because telling them apart needs a task that asks for it.", "Described in 87 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 plum, 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": [ { "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": [ "mirabelle plum", "Cambridge Gage", "Vengerka", "Stromberger Pflaume", "Almaatinka" ] } ], "standing": "Described in 87 Wikipedia languages, which measures how widely it is written about rather than how important or how common it is. 5 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 plum from another, and a plum 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 plum, 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 plum, 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 plum 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 plum, 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 plum, 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 plum 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 plum 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 plum, 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 plum, 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 plum 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 plum from the things most often confused with it.", "questions": [ { "id": "distinguishing-features-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes what distinguishes a plum, 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 plum, 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 plum 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 plum 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 plum, 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 plum, 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 plum 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 plum is built from and which parts are replaceable.", "questions": [ { "id": "parts-and-materials-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the composition of a plum, 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 plum, 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 plum 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 plum is judged and by whom.", "questions": [ { "id": "condition-assessment-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the condition of a plum, 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 plum, 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 plum 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 plum 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 plum is, and what that position is measured against.", "questions": [ { "id": "position-and-frame-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the location of a plum, 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 plum, 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 plum 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 plum 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 plum, 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 plum, 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 plum 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 plum 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 plum between them.", "questions": [ { "id": "stages-and-transitions-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the lifecycle of a plum, 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 plum, 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 plum 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 plum, how often and by whom.", "findings": [ { "id": "observation-record", "name": "Observation record", "description": "How an observation of a plum 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 plum, 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 plum, 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 plum 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 plum 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 plum is for, and what it is used for anyway.", "findings": [ { "id": "function-and-purpose", "name": "Function, purpose and misuse", "description": "The function a plum performs and the uses that fall outside it.", "questions": [ { "id": "function-and-purpose-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the use of a plum, 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 plum, 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 plum 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 plum.", "findings": [ { "id": "procedures-and-skills", "name": "Procedures, skills and required tools", "description": "What an agent needs before it can act on a plum at all.", "questions": [ { "id": "procedures-and-skills-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes handling a plum, 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 plum, 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 plum 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 plum there is and how fast it goes.", "questions": [ { "id": "consumption-and-stock-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the supply of a plum, 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 plum, 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 plum 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 plum 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 plum 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 plum 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 plum 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 plum, 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 plum 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 plum 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 plum 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 plum, 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 plum 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 plum and how confident it is.", "questions": [ { "id": "claim-provenance-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes a claim about a plum, 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 plum, 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 plum 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 plum is retired without being erased.", "questions": [ { "id": "validity-and-supersession-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the validity of a claim about a plum, 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 plum, 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 plum 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 } } } }