{ "model": { "rank": 5444, "code": "thing-q1269", "model_id": "vr.tr.jam", "name": "jam", "purpose": "Enable an AI agent to recognise jam as a fruit-based food preparation, assess its documented condition and suitability, and choose appropriate storage or use.", "family": "Thing Registry", "category": "Physical world and living systems", "status": "research-draft", "kind": "thing", "plane": "PHY", "domain": "PHY.MAT", "industry": "", "version": "", "url": "/models/thing/q1269/", "tier": 2, "score": 67, "payload": { "layer": "wikidata", "aliases": [ "canjica", "Bar-le-duc jelly", "alcayota jam with walnuts", "maqui jam", "flower jam", "curau", "cloudberry jam", "queijadinha", "doce de ovos", "fruit jam", "vegetable jam", "dulce de leche", "coconut jam", "cajeta" ], "aliasCount": 14, "merged": 14, "knownIn": 67, "facets": null, "markers": [], "lexicalClass": "", "senseRank": null, "alsoRegisteredAs": null, "source": { "dataset": "wikidata", "item": "Q1269", "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1269", "license": "CC0 1.0" } }, "research": { "vercy": "1.0-draft", "publication": { "status": "research-draft", "adjudicationStatus": "unreviewed", "publishableCanonical": false, "generatedAt": "2026-09-09T22:23:17Z", "providers": [ "Codex" ], "breadth": "recalled by Codex without web access - no source was read", "missingProviders": [], "pass": 2, "cost": { "grok": { "seconds": 20.2, "error": "Reading additional input from stdin...\nOpenAI Codex v0.153.4\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: 01a08843-b7d2-7281-a010-1d858b328856\n--------\nuser\nDescribe what is already known about one registered thing. 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including its fruit identity, formulation, texture, batch condition and suitability for intended uses; the food sense is inferred from PHY.MAT because no registry definition is recorded.", "in_scope": [ "Fruit-based jam identity and boundaries with neighbouring preserves", "Fruit content, sweeteners, gelling ingredients and other additions", "Spreadability, fruit distribution and separation", "Batch history, opening state and storage exposure", "Evidence supporting dietary suitability, keeping conditions and culinary use" ], "out_of_scope": [ "Traffic congestion, mechanical blockage and musical jam sessions", "Fruit cultivation and the biology of source plants", "Preserve manufacturing equipment and complete production workflows", "Packaging design apart from its effect on the jam's condition", "Recipes for dishes containing jam", "Pure chemical identities of sugar, pectin and acids" ], "distinguishing_features": [ "Confirm that the referent is an edible fruit preparation rather than another sense of 'jam'.", "Establish whether the fruit base includes pulp or crushed fruit rather than only extracted juice; check the applicable terminology before distinguishing jam from jelly.", "Compare the declared identity, fruit-piece form and consistency with preserves, fruit butter and fruit spread; do not classify by texture alone.", "Check whether a citrus preparation is designated marmalade under the relevant naming convention rather than assuming all citrus preparations are jam.", "Treat jam as a formulated food mixture whose properties depend on the recipe and batch, rather than assigning it a single chemical identity or purity." ], "characteristics": [ { "name": "Fruit identity", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "Named fruit species or types; single-fruit, mixed-fruit or unknown", "why_it_matters": "Establishes the fruit basis of the jam and supports interpretation of flavour, appearance and declared identity." }, { "name": "Declared product category", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "Labelled name, governing market or naming convention, and verification status", "why_it_matters": "Separates a familiar culinary name from a classification that may depend on local requirements." }, { "name": "Fruit proportion", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "g fruit per 100 g finished product or mass %, with calculation basis", "why_it_matters": "Allows meaningful comparison only when the fruit basis and finished-product basis are explicit." }, { "name": "Sweetening system", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "Named sugars, syrups, concentrates and other sweeteners; quantities where documented", "why_it_matters": "Helps interpret sweetness, dietary claims and differences between formulations." }, { "name": "Gelling and acidity ingredients", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "Declared pectin, other gelling agents, acids and acidity regulators; none added or unknown", "why_it_matters": "Supports interpretation of setting behaviour without assuming every jam uses the same formulation." }, { "name": "Soluble solids", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "°Brix, with method and sample temperature", "why_it_matters": "Characterises concentration while avoiding the assumption that the reading directly equals sugar content." }, { "name": "Acidity", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "pH, with measurement method, sample preparation and date", "why_it_matters": "Provides formulation and condition evidence without independently establishing safety." }, { "name": "Water activity", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "aw, dimensionless, with measurement temperature and date", "why_it_matters": "Contributes to assessment of keeping behaviour alongside processing and storage evidence." }, { "name": "Spreadability", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Method-specific force or flow result, with units, temperature and sample preparation", "why_it_matters": "Determines whether the jam suits spreading, filling or mixing under the intended conditions." }, { "name": "Texture condition", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "Observed fruit-piece distribution, liquid separation, crystallisation and set consistency", "why_it_matters": "Distinguishes application problems and quality changes from the expected texture." }, { "name": "Keeping state", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "Unopened, opened, transferred or unknown; opening date and documented storage exposure", "why_it_matters": "Connects the current portion to the instructions and evidence applicable to its present state." }, { "name": "Batch evidence", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "Links to lot, formulation, producer instructions, processing record and test results", "why_it_matters": "Prevents claims about one jam formulation or batch from being applied to another." } ], "affordances": [ "Classify a candidate preparation against a documented jam definition.", "Compare formulations for fruit content, sweetening system and intended dietary requirements.", "Select a jam for spreading, filling, glazing or mixing using application-specific evidence.", "Determine which storage and use instructions apply to the current batch and opening state.", "Flag uncertain identity, unsuitable texture or condition concerns for further assessment." ] }, "sources": [], "structure": { "bundles": [ { "id": "jam-identity", "name": "Jam identity", "description": "Establishes the food sense and the boundaries of the jam category.", "rationale": "The registry supplies no definition, and neighbouring fruit preparations can share ingredients and appearances.", "layers": [ { "id": "food-sense", "name": "Food sense", "description": "Anchors the entry to an edible fruit preparation.", "findings": [ { "id": "referent-and-fruit-basis", "name": "Referent and fruit basis", "description": "Record evidence that the referent is food and identify its stated fruit basis.", "questions": [ { "text": "What description or ingredient evidence establishes that this jam is an edible fruit preparation?", "kind": "definition", "id": "referent-and-fruit-basis-q01" }, { "text": "Which fruits are named, and is their identity declared, observed or inferred?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "referent-and-fruit-basis-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "preserve-boundaries", "name": "Preserve boundaries", "description": "Separates jam from adjacent categories using an explicit naming context.", "findings": [ { "id": "category-evidence", "name": "Category evidence", "description": "Record the declared category and the definition used to evaluate it.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which market, standard or culinary convention supplies the meaning of jam here?", "kind": "definition", "id": "category-evidence-q01" }, { "text": "What evidence distinguishes this preparation from jelly, marmalade, fruit butter or another fruit spread under that convention?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "category-evidence-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "fruit-and-formulation", "name": "Fruit and formulation", "description": "Describes the fruit contribution and ingredients that shape the jam.", "rationale": "Jam cannot be assessed as a pure substance; formulation differences affect identity, texture and suitability.", "layers": [ { "id": "fruit-contribution", "name": "Fruit contribution", "description": "Records fruit quantity and its physical form.", "findings": [ { "id": "fruit-amount-and-form", "name": "Fruit amount and form", "description": "Keep fruit proportions interpretable by recording their basis and distinguishing pulp, pieces and juice.", "questions": [ { "text": "How much of each fruit was used, and are amounts expressed against input ingredients or finished jam?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "fruit-amount-and-form-q01" }, { "text": "Does the fruit enter as whole pieces, crushed fruit, purée, juice or concentrate?", "kind": "definition", "id": "fruit-amount-and-form-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "sweetening-and-setting", "name": "Sweetening and setting", "description": "Records the ingredients and measurements relevant to sweetness and set.", "findings": [ { "id": "formulation-system", "name": "Formulation system", "description": "Identify sweeteners, gelling agents and acidity adjustments without assuming a conventional recipe.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which sweeteners, gelling agents and acidifying ingredients are documented in this formulation?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "formulation-system-q01" }, { "text": "What soluble-solids and pH measurements exist, with methods and sample conditions?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "formulation-system-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "set-and-fruit-texture", "name": "Set and fruit texture", "description": "Captures how the jam spreads and how its fruit and gel structure hold together.", "rationale": "The same jam may suit one application and fail another because of firmness, fruit pieces or separation.", "layers": [ { "id": "spreading-behaviour", "name": "Spreading behaviour", "description": "Assesses consistency under specified handling conditions.", "findings": [ { "id": "application-consistency", "name": "Application consistency", "description": "Relate firmness and flow observations to temperature and the intended application.", "questions": [ { "text": "At what temperature and by what method was spreadability or flow assessed?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "application-consistency-q01" }, { "text": "Does the jam spread, hold a filling shape or mix adequately for the proposed use?", "kind": "action", "id": "application-consistency-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "texture-uniformity", "name": "Texture uniformity", "description": "Assesses fruit distribution and changes in the set.", "findings": [ { "id": "pieces-separation-and-crystals", "name": "Pieces, separation and crystals", "description": "Record fruit-piece distribution, released liquid and visible crystals against the expected product texture.", "questions": [ { "text": "What fruit-piece sizes and distribution are observed, and how was the portion sampled?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "pieces-separation-and-crystals-q01" }, { "text": "Are liquid separation or crystals present, and do they fall outside the documented quality expectations?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "pieces-separation-and-crystals-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "preservation-and-current-condition", "name": "Preservation and current condition", "description": "Connects preservation evidence to the jam's actual storage and opening history.", "rationale": "The word jam alone does not establish shelf life or whether a particular portion is suitable for use.", "layers": [ { "id": "preservation-evidence", "name": "Preservation evidence", "description": "Establishes which keeping claims are supported for the formulation and batch.", "findings": [ { "id": "keeping-claim-basis", "name": "Keeping claim basis", "description": "Link storage and shelf-life claims to applicable processing, formulation and validation records.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which processing records or producer instructions support the stated unopened and opened keeping conditions?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "keeping-claim-basis-q01" }, { "text": "Are pH, water activity or other relevant test results available for this formulation or batch?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "keeping-claim-basis-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "portion-condition", "name": "Portion condition", "description": "Records the history and observations relevant to the jam currently being assessed.", "findings": [ { "id": "opening-exposure-and-concerns", "name": "Opening, exposure and concerns", "description": "Assess the current portion using opening history, storage exposure and observed concerns without treating appearance as proof of safety.", "questions": [ { "text": "When was the jam opened or transferred, and what storage exposure is documented since then?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "opening-exposure-and-concerns-q01" }, { "text": "Do observed growth, unusual gas, odour changes or missing history require withholding use under applicable guidance?", "kind": "action", "id": "opening-exposure-and-concerns-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "dietary-and-culinary-fit", "name": "Dietary and culinary fit", "description": "Determines whether a particular jam meets the requirements of an eater and an application.", "rationale": "Fruit identity alone does not establish dietary compatibility or performance in a dish.", "layers": [ { "id": "dietary-evidence", "name": "Dietary evidence", "description": "Evaluates ingredient restrictions and claims against documented information.", "findings": [ { "id": "restrictions-and-claims", "name": "Restrictions and claims", "description": "Record the evidence behind dietary compatibility and sugar-related claims.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which ingredients and declared cross-contact information are relevant to the intended eater's restrictions?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "restrictions-and-claims-q01" }, { "text": "What ingredient, nutrition or certification evidence supports any sugar-related or other dietary claim?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "restrictions-and-claims-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "culinary-performance", "name": "Culinary performance", "description": "Matches the jam's observed properties to a specific use.", "findings": [ { "id": "use-and-substitution-fit", "name": "Use and substitution fit", "description": "Evaluate fruit pieces, sweetness, acidity and consistency in the intended serving or preparation context.", "questions": [ { "text": "What requirements does the proposed use impose on fruit-piece size, sweetness, acidity and consistency?", "kind": "action", "id": "use-and-substitution-fit-q01" }, { "text": "If this jam replaces another preserve, what evidence shows acceptable performance at the intended temperature and handling conditions?", "kind": "action", "id": "use-and-substitution-fit-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "evidence-and-external-alignment", "name": "Evidence and external 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verification." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-confidence-notes-q01", "text": "Which of these check these first hold for the sense of jam 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": [ "Single-fruit jam", "Mixed-fruit jam", "Seedless jam", "Reduced-sugar jam", "No-added-sugar jam", "Freezer jam" ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-kinds-q01", "text": "Which of these kinds and varieties hold for the sense of jam this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-standards-and-regulation", "name": "Standards and regulation", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "Codex Alimentarius Commission: Standard for Jams, Jellies and Marmalades.", "United States Food and Drug Administration: standards of 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and sugar content are mismatched.", "Excessively firm texture from excessive concentration or unsuitable pectin balance.", "Syneresis, in which liquid separates from the gel.", "Sugar crystallisation during storage." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards-q01", "text": "Which of these failure modes and hazards hold for the sense of jam 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": [ "Legal definitions and minimum fruit and soluble-solids requirements differ between jurisdictions.", "Terms such as jam, preserves and extra jam have different customary or regulated meanings across markets.", "Common fruit varieties and preferences for smooth versus chunky texture vary regionally." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-regional-variation-q01", "text": "Which of these 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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": [ "canjica", "Bar-le-duc jelly", "alcayota jam with walnuts", "maqui jam", "flower jam", "curau", "cloudberry jam", "queijadinha", "doce de ovos", "fruit jam", "vegetable jam", "dulce de leche" ] } ], "standing": "Described in 67 Wikipedia languages, which measures how widely it is written about rather than how important or how common it is. 14 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 jam from another, and a jam 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 jam, 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 jam, 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 jam 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 jam, 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 jam, 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 jam 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 jam 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 jam, 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 jam, 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 jam 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 jam from the things most often confused with it.", "questions": [ { "id": "distinguishing-features-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes what distinguishes a jam, 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 jam, 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 jam 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 jam 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 jam, 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 jam, 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 jam 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 jam is built from and which parts are replaceable.", "questions": [ { "id": "parts-and-materials-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the composition of a jam, 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 jam, 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 jam 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 jam is judged and by whom.", "questions": [ { "id": "condition-assessment-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the condition of a jam, 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 jam, 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 jam 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 jam 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 jam is, and what that position is measured against.", "questions": [ { "id": "position-and-frame-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the location of a jam, 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 jam, 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 jam 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 jam 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 jam, 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 jam, 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 jam 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 jam 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 jam between them.", "questions": [ { "id": "stages-and-transitions-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the lifecycle of a jam, 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 jam, 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 jam 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 jam, how often and by whom.", "findings": [ { "id": "observation-record", "name": "Observation record", "description": "How an observation of a jam 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 jam, 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 jam, 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 jam 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 jam 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 jam is for, and what it is used for anyway.", "findings": [ { "id": "function-and-purpose", "name": "Function, purpose and misuse", "description": "The function a jam performs and the uses that fall outside it.", "questions": [ { "id": "function-and-purpose-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the use of a jam, 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 jam, 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 jam 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 jam.", "findings": [ { "id": "procedures-and-skills", "name": "Procedures, skills and required tools", "description": "What an agent needs before it can act on a jam at all.", "questions": [ { "id": "procedures-and-skills-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes handling a jam, 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 jam, 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 jam 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 jam there is and how fast it goes.", "questions": [ { "id": "consumption-and-stock-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the supply of a jam, 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 jam, 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 jam 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 jam 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 jam 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 jam 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 jam 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 jam, 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 jam 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 jam 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 jam 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 jam, 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 jam 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 jam and how confident it is.", "questions": [ { "id": "claim-provenance-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes a claim about a jam, 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 jam, 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 jam 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 jam is retired without being erased.", "questions": [ { "id": "validity-and-supersession-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the validity of a claim about a jam, 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 jam, 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 jam 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 } } } }