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the Sun.", "scope_statement": "This model owns an equinox as an astronomical event associated with the Sun crossing Earth's celestial equator, including its identity, timing evidence, observer-dependent implications and permitted uses; applying it to another planet requires an explicitly extended scope.", "in_scope": [ "Identification of a particular equinox by year and direction of solar crossing", "Predicted or retrospectively calculated event time, with its reference conventions and uncertainty", "Evidence supporting an equinox identification and reconciliation of competing time estimates", "Translation of the event instant into local dates and hemisphere-dependent seasonal labels", "Assessment of whether the event supports a proposed observation, seasonal boundary or scheduling rule" ], "out_of_scope": [ "Solstices and other astronomical events with different defining conditions", "Equilux dates and the full calculation of local sunrise, sunset and daylight duration", "Weather, climate and ecological season transitions", "Religious festivals, civic holidays and cultural observances associated with an equinox", "General orbital mechanics, ephemeris production and timekeeping infrastructure" ], "distinguishing_features": [ "An equinox concerns a solar crossing of the celestial equator; a solstice concerns an extremum in the Sun's north-south seasonal position.", "An equinox is an event instant under a stated astronomical convention, rather than an entire calendar day or season.", "An equinox does not require exactly equal daylight and darkness at an observer's location; that local condition belongs to equilux.", "The same equinox receives opposite spring or autumn labels in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, so a season name alone cannot identify it.", "A celebration named for an equinox is a separate event whose scheduled date need not coincide with the astronomical instant." ], "characteristics": [ { "name": "Crossing direction", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "northward across the celestial equator | southward across the celestial equator | unresolved", "why_it_matters": "Distinguishes the two equinoxes without depending on a hemisphere-specific season name." }, { "name": "Occurrence year", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "year with an explicitly named calendar", "why_it_matters": "Separates a particular occurrence from the recurring class of equinox events." }, { "name": "Event instant", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "timestamp with declared time scale, precision and uncertainty where available", "why_it_matters": "Supports comparison, countdowns and scheduling without confusing formatting precision with timing accuracy." }, { "name": "Astronomical definition used", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "documented event criterion, reference frame and treatment of solar position", "why_it_matters": "Makes it possible to determine whether different published times refer to equivalent calculations." }, { "name": "Timing evidence", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "links to a consulted ephemeris, published event table or documented calculation", "why_it_matters": "Makes the event time traceable and allows an agent to assess its suitability for a particular use." }, { "name": "Temporal status", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "upcoming | within the adopted event-time tolerance | elapsed | unresolved", "why_it_matters": "Supports action decisions without treating an instantaneous event as naturally lasting a whole day." }, { "name": "Local calendar expression", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "event instant mapped to a named time zone and calendar", "why_it_matters": "Explains why one occurrence can have different local dates." }, { "name": "Seasonal interpretation", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "hemisphere and named seasonal convention mapped to a seasonal label, or no applicable label", "why_it_matters": "Prevents universal assignment of spring or autumn and distinguishes astronomical seasons from other seasonal systems." } ], "affordances": [ "Resolve a year and crossing direction to a particular equinox occurrence.", "Compare candidate event times and retain a supported estimate at a precision appropriate to the task.", "Translate the event instant into local dates and create reminders using an explicit offset or scheduling window.", "Assign a seasonal label when the hemisphere and seasonal convention support it.", "Assess an equinox-related observation plan using separately supplied location, horizon and daylight information.", "Flag claims that confuse the equinox with equal daylight, a weather transition or an associated celebration." ] }, "sources": [ { "id": "wiki-equinox", "title": "Equinox", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equinox", "what_it_supports": "Civil dates, seasonal naming, the equal-day-and-night misconception, and the distinction from equilux.", "url_status": "live" }, { "id": "explanatory-supplement-2013", "title": "Explanatory Supplement to the Astronomical Almanac, 3rd edition", "url": "", "what_it_supports": "Specialist definition of the equinox as a solar-longitude event, mean versus true equinox, and the equinox as a celestial-reference origin." }, { "id": "meeus-1998", "title": "Astronomical Algorithms, 2nd edition", "url": "", "what_it_supports": "Computation of equinox instants from solar longitude, tropical-year spacing, and practical date ranges." }, { "id": "iau-2006-b1", "title": "IAU 2006 Resolution B1: Adoption of the P03 Precession Theory and Definition of the Ecliptic", "url": "", "what_it_supports": "Current IAU treatment of precession, the ecliptic, and the moving equinox as a reference-frame concept." } ], "structure": { "bundles": [ { "id": "equinox-identity", "name": "Equinox identity", "description": "Establishes which solar crossing is being represented and separates the astronomical event from related names and observances.", "rationale": "An agent cannot identify an equinox reliably from a season name or calendar date alone.", "layers": [ { "id": "crossing-and-occurrence", "name": "Crossing and occurrence", "description": "Identifies the event through its astronomical criterion, crossing direction and occurrence year.", "findings": [ { "id": "identified-solar-crossing", "name": "Identified solar crossing", "description": "Record the intended crossing and year, including whether the reference denotes one occurrence or the recurring event class.", "questions": [ { "text": "Does this reference identify a particular year's equinox or equinoxes as a recurring class?", "kind": "definition", "id": "identified-solar-crossing-q01" }, { "text": "Is the intended crossing northward or southward, and what evidence resolves ambiguous labels such as 'spring equinox'?", "kind": "definition", "id": "identified-solar-crossing-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "neighbouring-event-boundaries", "name": "Neighbouring event boundaries", "description": "Separates equinox identity from solstice, equilux and cultural-event identity.", "findings": [ { "id": "equinox-reference-boundary", "name": "Equinox reference boundary", "description": "Record whether a cited date or label actually refers to the astronomical crossing, a local daylight condition or an associated observance.", "questions": [ { "text": "Does the cited date denote the solar crossing, local equal day and night, or a celebration linked to the equinox?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "equinox-reference-boundary-q01" }, { "text": "Which related records should be linked while preserving their separate identities?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "equinox-reference-boundary-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "event-time-and-evidence", "name": "Event time and evidence", "description": "Makes the adopted equinox instant traceable, comparable and appropriately precise.", "rationale": "Equinox-based decisions depend on a defensible instant and on understanding differences between published estimates.", "layers": [ { "id": "timing-convention", "name": "Timing convention", "description": "Captures the conventions required to interpret a calculated or published equinox time.", "findings": [ { "id": "interpretable-event-instant", "name": "Interpretable event instant", "description": "Record the event time together with its time scale, astronomical criterion and stated precision.", "questions": [ { "text": "What equinox instant is supplied, in which time scale, and with what stated precision or uncertainty?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "interpretable-event-instant-q01" }, { "text": "Which reference frame and treatment of solar position define the crossing in this source?", "kind": "definition", "id": "interpretable-event-instant-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "timing-support-and-disagreement", "name": "Timing support and disagreement", "description": "Assesses the provenance of event times and whether apparent discrepancies affect the intended use.", "findings": [ { "id": "supported-timing-selection", "name": "Supported timing selection", "description": "Retain the consulted source and explain selection among candidate times without silently discarding disagreement.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which consulted publication or reproducible calculation supports each candidate equinox time?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "supported-timing-selection-q01" }, { "text": "After accounting for time scales and rounding, what discrepancy remains and does it exceed the task's timing tolerance?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "supported-timing-selection-q02" }, { "text": "Which estimate may be adopted for this task, and what unresolved limitation must accompany it?", "kind": "action", "id": "supported-timing-selection-q03" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "local-and-seasonal-meaning", "name": "Local and seasonal meaning", "description": "Relates one astronomical instant to local calendars, seasonal conventions and daylight expectations.", "rationale": "The equinox is shared as an astronomical event, while its 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"id": "local-daylight-claim", "name": "Local daylight claim", "description": "Distinguish the astronomical crossing from claims about measured day length, referring local daylight calculations to their own evidence.", "questions": [ { "text": "Is the requested claim about the equinox instant or about equal daylight and darkness at a specified location?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "local-daylight-claim-q01" }, { "text": "What location, horizon, atmospheric assumptions and sunrise/sunset definitions support any associated daylight estimate?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "local-daylight-claim-q02" }, { "text": "Should the agent attach a separate equilux or daylight record before answering the local claim?", "kind": "action", "id": "local-daylight-claim-q03" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "equinox-based-decisions", "name": "Equinox-based decisions", "description": "Determines how the identified and supported event may be used in schedules, observations and seasonal rules.", "rationale": "Knowing an equinox time does not by itself establish a valid reminder, observing opportunity or seasonal trigger.", "layers": [ { "id": "status-and-scheduling", "name": "Status and scheduling", "description": "Relates the event instant to the current time and an explicit scheduling policy.", "findings": [ { "id": "event-relative-action-window", "name": "Event-relative action window", "description": "Record whether an action follows the astronomical instant, its local calendar date or a deliberate offset.", "questions": [ { "text": "Relative to the current time and adopted timing tolerance, is this equinox upcoming, being reached or elapsed?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "event-relative-action-window-q01" }, { "text": "Should the action occur at the instant, on its local date, or at a specified offset, and which time zone governs the schedule?", "kind": "action", "id": "event-relative-action-window-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "observation-and-seasonal-triggers", "name": "Observation and seasonal 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Observatory and HM Nautical Almanac Office", "Gregorian calendar reform (keeping the March equinox near 21 March for the Easter computus) - papal bull Inter gravissimas (1582), implemented in civil calendars", "ISO 8601 - representation of the equinox as a dated instant, not a definition of the event" ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-standards-and-regulation-q01", "text": "Which of these standards and regulation hold for the sense of equinox 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": [ "Almanacs and ephemerides publish the TT/UTC instant of each equinox as a seasonal and calendrical marker.", "The Iranian (Solar Hijri) calendar and Nowruz, and the Baháʼí calendar's Naw-Rúz, are tied to the March equinox instant.", "Western computus uses an ecclesiastical approximation of the March equinox (taken as 21 March) to fix Easter.", "Astrometry and spacecraft navigation convert between equinox-of-date equatorial coordinates and a fixed frame such as ICRS/J2000.", "Japan gazettes 春分の日 and 秋分の日 as national holidays on the civil dates of the two equinoxes.", "Agriculture, daylight models, and public 'first day of spring/autumn' reporting treat the equinox as a seasonal hinge, even when they quote only the calendar date." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-real-world-use-q01", "text": "Which of these real-world use hold for the sense of equinox 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": "Gregorian UTC date of the March equinox", "typical_range": "19-21 March", "unit": "calendar date" }, { "quantity": "Gregorian UTC date of the September equinox", "typical_range": "21-24 September", "unit": "calendar date" }, { "quantity": "Interval between successive March equinoxes (tropical year)", "typical_range": "365.2422", "unit": "mean solar day" }, { "quantity": "Apparent geocentric solar declination at the instant", "typical_range": "0 (by definition of the event)", "unit": "degree" }, { "quantity": "Civil day length at the equator on the equinox date", "typical_range": "about 12.1-12.14 (longer than 12 h because of refraction and the Sun's semidiameter)", "unit": "hour" }, { "quantity": "General precession in longitude", "typical_range": "about 50.29", "unit": "arcsecond per tropical year" }, { "quantity": "Mean obliquity of the ecliptic (J2000.0)", "typical_range": "23.4393", "unit": "degree" } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-measurements-q01", "text": "Which of these typical measurements hold for the sense of equinox 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": [ "Treating the equinox as the day of equal day and night: atmospheric refraction and the Sun's apparent radius make daylight longer than night on the equinox date at most latitudes.", "Using a local calendar date as if it were the physical instant: the same UTC moment can fall on different dates in Tokyo and Honolulu.", "Reducing star or spacecraft coordinates with the wrong equinox (mean versus true, B1950 versus J2000, or equinox-based RA versus ICRS) produces systematic pointing errors.", "Assuming the First Point of Aries still lies in the constellation Aries; precession has moved it into Pisces.", "Seasonal and holiday planning that follows 'vernal/autumnal' labels without hemisphere or time-zone checks." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards-q01", "text": "Which of these failure modes and hazards hold for the sense of equinox 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": [ "IAU and many almanacs prefer March/September equinox over vernal/autumnal because the seasons reverse by hemisphere.", "In southern-hemisphere English, 'spring equinox' often means September.", "Iran and neighbouring solar-Hijri users define the year from the March equinox instant (Nowruz), not from a fixed civil date.", "East Asian calendars treat 春分 and 秋分 as solar terms at exact solar longitudes 0° and 180°.", "Japan makes both equinox civil dates national holidays, with the year's dates announced by government gazette." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-regional-variation-q01", "text": "Which of these regional variation hold for the sense of equinox 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": "solstice", "difference": "A solstice is the instant when the Sun's apparent ecliptic longitude is 90° or 270° (maximum or minimum declination); an equinox is 0° or 180° (declination zero)." }, { "name": "equilux", "difference": "Equilux is the date when civil day and night are actually equal at a given latitude; it is typically a few days from the equinox except near the equator." }, { "name": "ICRS / celestial intermediate origin", "difference": "ICRS right ascension is not origin-defined by the equinox; equinox-based RA of date and ICRS RA of a source differ by the accumulated precession-nutation and frame bias." }, { "name": "perihelion and aphelion", "difference": "Those are extrema of Earth-Sun distance and do not coincide with the equinoxes; they currently fall in early January and early July." }, { "name": "cross-quarter day", "difference": "Cross-quarter days (e.g. Imbolc, Beltane in some calendrical systems) are midpoints between an equinox and a solstice, not the equator-crossing instants." }, { "name": "Chevrolet Equinox (and other product names)", "difference": "A homonym: a motor-vehicle model and various software/brands; they share no astronomical or calendrical definition." } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-neighbours-q01", "text": "Which of these neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart hold for the sense of equinox this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] } ] } ] } ] }, "openQuestions": [ "Does registry entry vr.tr.equinox intend Earth's astronomical equinox, a broader planetary event class, or another meaning that explains its ACT / ACT.ACT 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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 equinox, record what state it is in, and decide what may be done with it.", "whatItIs": "Enable an AI agent to identify an equinox, assess the reliability and local relevance of its timing, and decide which seasonal labels, observations or schedules it can support.", "characteristics": { "substance": "activity", "origin": "conceptual", "agency": "inert" }, "whatYouCanDoWithIt": [ "observed and measured" ], "distinguishingFeatures": [ "Described in 103 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 equinox, and on what evidence are they told apart?" ], "whatItIsMadeOf": "something that happens over time", "physicalCharacter": [ "Does nothing on its own; everything it does, something else did to it.", "These come from the domain this entry sits in rather than from the entry itself, so treat them as a first guess about the whole domain applied to one thing." ], "whatCanBeDoneWithIt": [ "observe it, measure it, record its state" ], "howItIsRecognised": [ "Nothing to see. What is recognised is an instance of it, and which instances count is exactly what is argued about." ], "relatedModels": [], "standing": "Described in 103 Wikipedia languages, which measures how widely it is written about rather than how important or how common it is.", "structure": { "bundles": [ { "id": "identity-and-classification", "name": "Identity, naming and classification", "description": "How an agent tells one equinox from another, and a equinox 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 equinox, 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 equinox, 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 equinox 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 equinox, 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 equinox, 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 equinox 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 equinox 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 equinox, 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 equinox, 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 equinox 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 equinox from the things most often confused with it.", "questions": [ { "id": "distinguishing-features-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes what distinguishes a equinox, 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 equinox, 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 equinox 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 equinox 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 equinox between them.", "questions": [ { "id": "stages-and-transitions-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the lifecycle of a equinox, 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 equinox, 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 equinox 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 equinox, how often and by whom.", "findings": [ { "id": "observation-record", "name": "Observation record", "description": "How an observation of a equinox 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 equinox, 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 equinox, 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 equinox is known, and what must it refuse?", "kind": "action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "process-and-outcome", "name": "Process, inputs and outcome", "description": "How a equinox proceeds, what it needs and what it leaves behind.", "rationale": "An activity is known by its steps and its results, and both have to be recordable while it is still running.", "layers": [ { "id": "steps-and-sequence", "name": "Steps and sequence", "description": "The steps of a equinox, their order and what may run in parallel.", "findings": [ { "id": "steps-and-preconditions", "name": "Steps, preconditions and completion", "description": "What has to be true before each step of a equinox and what marks it done.", "questions": [ { "id": "steps-and-preconditions-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes a step of a equinox, and in what units or vocabulary?", "kind": "definition", "answer_data": [ "identifiers", "types and classes", "values with units", "explicit unknowns" ] }, { "id": "steps-and-preconditions-q02", "text": "Who or what asserted this about a step of a equinox, by which method, and when was it true?", "kind": "provenance", "answer_data": [ "authority", "method", "evidence", "event time", "knowledge time" ] }, { "id": "steps-and-preconditions-q03", "text": "What may an agent decide or do once a step of a equinox is known, and what must it refuse?", "kind": "action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "inputs-and-results", "name": "Inputs, resources and results", "description": "What a equinox consumes and what it produces.", "findings": [ { "id": "inputs-and-outputs", "name": "Inputs, outputs and side effects", "description": "The resources a equinox takes and the results it leaves, wanted or not.", "questions": [ { "id": "inputs-and-outputs-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the inputs and results of a equinox, and in what units or vocabulary?", "kind": "definition", "answer_data": [ "identifiers", "types and classes", "values with units", "explicit unknowns" ] }, { "id": "inputs-and-outputs-q02", "text": "Who or what asserted this about the inputs and results of a equinox, by which method, and when was it true?", "kind": "provenance", "answer_data": [ "authority", "method", "evidence", "event time", "knowledge time" ] }, { "id": "inputs-and-outputs-q03", "text": "What may an agent decide or do once the inputs and results of a equinox is known, and what must it refuse?", "kind": "action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "definitions-in-contest", "name": "Definitions and who holds them", "description": "What equinox is taken to mean, and by whom.", "rationale": "When a field disagrees about a concept, the disagreement is the content. A model that picks one definition silently destroys the information.", "layers": [ { "id": "competing-definitions", "name": "Competing definitions", "description": "The main readings and the traditions behind them.", "findings": [ { "id": "definition-map", "name": "Definitions and their holders", "description": "Each definition with the school or body that holds it.", "questions": [ { "id": "definition-map-q01", "text": "Which definitions of equinox are in use, and which tradition or body holds each?", "kind": "definition" }, { "id": "definition-map-q02", "text": "What turns on the difference between them in practice?", "kind": "boundary" } ] } ] }, { "id": "operationalisation", "name": "Operationalisation", "description": "How it is measured or applied when it has to be.", "findings": [ { "id": "operational-record", "name": "Measures and proxies", "description": "Instruments and indicators used to stand in for it.", "questions": [ { "id": "operational-record-q01", "text": "How is equinox operationalised or measured in practice, and by what instrument?", "kind": "measurement" }, { "id": "operational-record-q02", "text": "What does that operationalisation leave out, and when does that matter?", "kind": "boundary" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "instances-and-use", "name": "Instances, use and consequence", "description": "What counts as an instance of equinox and what follows from calling something that.", "rationale": "Applying a concept is an act with consequences, so a model must say what the label licenses and what it does not.", "layers": [ { "id": "instances", "name": "What counts as an instance", "description": "Clear cases, borderline cases and non-cases.", "findings": [ { "id": "instance-tests", "name": "Tests for an instance", "description": "What would settle whether something falls under it.", "questions": [ { "id": "instance-tests-q01", "text": "What would settle whether something is an instance of equinox?", "kind": "boundary" }, { "id": "instance-tests-q02", "text": "Which borderline cases are argued about, and on what grounds?", "kind": "definition" } ] } ] }, { "id": "consequence", "name": "Consequence of application", "description": "Rights, duties or decisions that follow from the label.", "findings": [ { "id": "consequence-record", "name": "What the label licenses", "description": "What an agent may do once something is classified this way.", "questions": [ { "id": "consequence-record-q01", "text": "What follows practically once something is treated as equinox?", "kind": "action" }, { "id": "consequence-record-q02", "text": "What must an agent not infer from the label alone?", "kind": "action" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "provenance-and-evidence", "name": "Provenance, evidence and time", "description": "Where every claim about a equinox 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 equinox and how confident it is.", "questions": [ { "id": "claim-provenance-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes a claim about a equinox, 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 equinox, 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 equinox 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 equinox is retired without being erased.", "questions": [ { "id": "validity-and-supersession-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the validity of a claim about a equinox, 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 equinox, 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 equinox is known, and what must it refuse?", "kind": "action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] } ] } ] } ] }, "statistics": { "bundles": 6, "layers": 12, "findings": 14, "questions": 38 } } } }