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"why_it_matters": "Supports interpretation of maturation and eligibility for stage-dependent interventions." }, { "name": "Cell dimensions", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Micrometres or millimetres; measured axes; inclusion or exclusion of coverings", "why_it_matters": "Supports recognition and comparison without conflating cell size with surrounding structures." }, { "name": "Coverings and associated cells", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "Organism-specific structures; present, absent, removed, disrupted or unassessed", "why_it_matters": "Affects what can be observed and how the cell can be handled." }, { "name": "Integrity and morphology", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "Recorded membrane, cytoplasmic and covering observations; assessment method and time", "why_it_matters": "Provides evidence of condition while preserving the distinction between appearance and function." }, { "name": "Viability and functional competence", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "Separate viability, maturation and fertilisation assessments; supporting evidence; uncertainty", "why_it_matters": "Prevents one favourable observation from being treated as proof of every relevant capability." }, { "name": "Preservation state", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "Fresh, cultured, cryopreserved, warmed, fixed or other documented state", "why_it_matters": "Changes the available observations, possible interventions and interpretation of condition." }, { "name": "Fertilisation and activation status", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "No evidence observed, suspected, confirmed or indeterminate; fertilisation and activation assessed separately", "why_it_matters": "Determines whether egg-cell actions remain appropriate and whether another model must take ownership." } ], "affordances": [ "Identify and track an individual egg cell while preserving its source and handling links.", "Observe and measure organism-specific maturation and condition indicators.", "Assess 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fertilizable).", "url_status": "live" }, { "id": "cleveland-ovum", "title": "Ovum (Egg Cell): Structure, Function & Fertilization", "url": "https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/body/ovum", "what_it_supports": "Human ovum as female gamete; ovulation, fertilization to zygote, or breakdown if unfertilized; haploid 23 chromosomes.", "url_status": "live" }, { "id": "wikipedia-egg-cell", "title": "Egg cell", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egg_cell", "what_it_supports": "Non-motile female gamete in anisogamy/oogamy; oosphere in some plants and fungi; mammalian ovum size and discovery history.", "url_status": "live" }, { "id": "wikidata-q1321695", "title": "egg cell (Q1321695)", "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1321695", "what_it_supports": "Identifiers: Cell Ontology CL_0000025, FMA 67343, ICD-11 XA95A3, and distinction from oocyte.", "url_status": "live" }, { "id": "istanbul-2025", "title": "The Istanbul consensus update: a revised ESHRE/ALPHA consensus on oocyte and embryo static and dynamic morphological assessment", "url": "https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12127515/", "what_it_supports": "ART morphology criteria; small, large and giant oocyte size cut-offs; exclusion of giant oocytes; polar-body and zona findings.", "url_status": "live" }, { "id": "eurlex-2004-23", "title": "Safe human tissues & cells for transplantation (until 2027) - summary of Directive 2004/23/EC", "url": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/EN/legal-content/summary/safe-human-tissues-cells-for-transplantation-until-2027.html", "what_it_supports": "EU quality and safety law covering donation and processing of ova; replacement by Regulation (EU) 2024/1938 from 6 August 2027.", "url_status": "live" }, { "id": "glowm-egg-transport", "title": "Egg Transport and Fertilization (Volume 5, Chapter 46)", "url": "https://www.glowm.com/resources/glowm/cd/pages/v5/v5c046.html", "what_it_supports": "Human oocyte fertilizable lifespan of about 12-24 hours; zona pellucida as species-selective barrier and block to polyspermy.", "url_status": "live" } ], "structure": { "bundles": [ { "id": "egg-cell-identity", "name": "Egg-cell identity", "description": "Establishes what entity is being called an egg cell and which biological interpretation applies.", "rationale": "Egg terminology can refer to different stages or larger structures, so action requires a precise referent.", "layers": [ { "id": "biological-identification", "name": "Biological identification", "description": "Connects identification to organism-specific evidence and terminology.", "findings": [ { "id": "identity-evidence", "name": "Identity evidence", "description": "Record the basis for identifying this specimen as an egg cell and retain uncertainty in that identification.", "questions": [ { "text": "What observations or source records identify this entity as an egg cell rather than another germ cell or a somatic cell?", "kind": "definition", "id": "identity-evidence-q01" }, { "text": "Which organism and reproductive context support that identification?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "identity-evidence-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "cell-and-surroundings", "name": "Cell and surroundings", "description": "Separates the cell from attached structures and reproductive packaging.", "findings": [ { "id": "physical-referent", "name": "Physical referent", "description": "Record what belongs to the cell record and what is represented through related structures.", "questions": [ { "text": "Does this record identify an individual cell, a cell with associated coverings or cells, or a larger structure incorrectly labelled as the cell?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "physical-referent-q01" }, { "text": "Which coverings or associated cells are present, and were any removed during preparation?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "physical-referent-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "egg-cell-maturation", "name": "Egg-cell maturation", "description": "Records developmental designation, meiotic evidence and readiness for stage-dependent actions.", "rationale": "An egg-cell label alone does not establish maturity or suitability for a reproductive procedure.", "layers": [ { "id": "developmental-stage", "name": "Developmental stage", "description": "Interprets maturation using the relevant organism's classification.", "findings": [ { "id": "stage-assignment", "name": "Stage assignment", "description": "Record the assigned stage, the evidence supporting it and any limits of observation.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which developmental and meiotic stages are assigned under the selected organism-specific classification?", "kind": "definition", "id": "stage-assignment-q01" }, { "text": "What observable features or assays support those assignments, and when were they assessed?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "stage-assignment-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "maturation-readiness", "name": "Maturation readiness", "description": "Separates stage classification from evidence of functional readiness.", "findings": [ { "id": "readiness-for-next-step", "name": "Readiness for the next step", "description": "Record which maturation requirements a proposed intervention depends on and whether each is established.", "questions": [ { "text": "What evidence supports cytoplasmic or other functional maturation beyond the assigned meiotic stage?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "readiness-for-next-step-q01" }, { "text": "Which maturation prerequisites remain unmet or unknown for the proposed culture, preservation or fertilisation step?", "kind": "action", "id": "readiness-for-next-step-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "egg-cell-condition", "name": "Egg-cell condition", "description": "Organises observations of structure, damage, viability and functional potential.", "rationale": "Decisions must distinguish directly observed condition from predictions about reproductive performance.", "layers": [ { "id": "structural-observations", "name": "Structural observations", "description": "Captures interpretable measurements of the cell and its relevant structures.", "findings": [ { "id": "morphology-and-integrity", "name": "Morphology and integrity", "description": "Record dimensions and visible condition using explicit measurement boundaries and assessment methods.", "questions": [ { "text": "What are the measured cell dimensions, and do those measurements include any coverings?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "morphology-and-integrity-q01" }, { "text": "What membrane, cytoplasmic or covering abnormalities were observed, using which method and at what time?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "morphology-and-integrity-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "functional-assessment", "name": "Functional assessment", "description": "Keeps viability and reproductive competence distinct and evidence-bound.", "findings": [ { "id": "competence-evidence", "name": "Competence evidence", "description": "Record what each assessment establishes, what it merely predicts and what remains unknown.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which observations or assays support viability, and which separately support maturation or fertilisation competence?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "competence-evidence-q01" }, { "text": "Which proposed actions are justified by that evidence, and which require further assessment?", "kind": "action", "id": "competence-evidence-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "egg-cell-handling", "name": "Egg-cell handling", "description": "Tracks identity through collection and manipulation and relates current condition to handling exposures.", "rationale": "An egg cell's action eligibility depends on both its biological state and the procedures already performed on it.", "layers": [ { "id": "collection-and-continuity", "name": "Collection and continuity", "description": "Maintains the connection between the individual cell, its source and subsequent observations.", "findings": [ { "id": "specimen-continuity", "name": "Specimen continuity", "description": "Record collection and transfers without claiming individual continuity 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and post-handling observations support the next proposed manipulation?", "kind": "action", "id": "handling-dependent-state-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "egg-cell-action-and-transition", "name": "Egg-cell action and transition", "description": "Determines permissible next steps and recognises when the entity leaves egg-cell scope.", "rationale": "Biological readiness, authorisation and evidence of fertilisation or activation must all inform action selection.", "layers": [ { "id": "intervention-eligibility", "name": "Intervention eligibility", "description": "Connects a proposed use to biological prerequisites and applicable permissions.", "findings": [ { "id": "permitted-next-intervention", "name": "Permitted next intervention", "description": "Record the decision basis for an intervention through linked protocols and authorisation records.", "questions": [ { "text": "What biological prerequisites must be met for the proposed observation, maturation, preservation, fertilisation or other use?", "kind": "action", "id": "permitted-next-intervention-q01" }, { "text": "Which linked authorisations and use restrictions apply to this cell and the proposed intervention?", "kind": "action", "id": "permitted-next-intervention-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "fertilisation-and-activation-boundary", "name": "Fertilisation and activation boundary", "description": "Separates attempted procedures from observed biological transitions.", "findings": [ { "id": "transition-evidence", "name": "Transition evidence", "description": "Record fertilisation and activation evidence separately and apply an explicit ownership boundary.", "questions": [ { "text": "What observations establish or leave uncertain fertilisation and activation following any attempted procedure?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "transition-evidence-q01" }, { "text": "Which organism-specific criterion transfers this entity to a fertilised-cell or embryo model, and has that criterion been met?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "transition-evidence-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "evidence-and-external-alignment", "name": "Evidence and external alignment", "description": "What the world already says about this thing, gathered so the model can be checked against it.", "rationale": "A model that cannot be lined up against existing standards, identifiers and practice cannot be adopted by anyone who already uses them.", "layers": [ { "id": "reported-evidence", "name": "Reported evidence", "description": "Findings from the breadth pass, kept separate from the structural claims.", "findings": [ { "id": "evidence-kinds", "name": "Kinds and varieties", "description": "Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.", "evidence": [ "Primary oocyte (dictyate/prophase I, germinal vesicle; not fertilizable)", "Secondary oocyte / metaphase-II egg (first polar body present; the fertilizable mammalian egg)", "Ovum/ootid after completion of meiosis II (haploid 1C; in mammals only minutes after sperm entry)", "Oogonium (mitotic precursor that differentiates into primary oocytes)", "ART nuclear-maturity classes: germinal vesicle (GV), metaphase I (MI), metaphase II (MII)", "Oosphere (non-motile female gamete of some algae, fungi, oomycetes and bryophytes; fertilized form is an oospore)", "Giant oocyte (about twice normal volume, often tetraploid; excluded from IVF)", "Cumulus-oocyte complex versus denuded oocyte (clinical retrieval and handling states)" ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-kinds-q01", "text": "Which of these kinds and varieties hold for the sense of egg cell this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-identifiers", "name": "Identifiers and schemes", "description": "Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.", "evidence": [ { "scheme": "Wikidata", "value_or_pattern": "Q1321695", "note": "Item labelled egg cell / ovum; marked different from 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regulation", "description": "Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.", "evidence": [ "ESHRE and Alpha Scientists in Reproductive Medicine - Istanbul Consensus (2011) and Istanbul Consensus update (Human Reproduction, 2025) on morphological assessment of oocytes in ART.", "European Parliament and Council - Directive 2004/23/EC on quality and safety of human tissues and cells, explicitly covering reproductive cells (ova); to be replaced by Regulation (EU) 2024/1938 from 6 August 2027." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-standards-and-regulation-q01", "text": "Which of these standards and regulation hold for the sense of egg cell 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": [ "Released at ovulation into the oviduct, where it is either fertilized or degenerates and is reabsorbed.", "Retrieved as a cumulus-oocyte complex in IVF/ICSI, stripped, graded (GV/MI/MII and dysmorphisms), then inseminated or injected.", "Cryopreserved (oocyte banking) for later thaw and fertilization.", "Donated under tissue-and-cell rules for recipient treatment cycles.", "Used in research on meiosis, aneuploidy and early embryo chromosome segregation." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-real-world-use-q01", "text": "Which of these real-world use hold for the sense of egg cell 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": "Human MII cytoplasmic diameter (excluding zona pellucida)", "typical_range": "110-120", "unit": "µm" }, { "quantity": "Human preovulatory oocyte diameter including zona pellucida", "typical_range": "about 150", "unit": "µm" }, { "quantity": "Human zona pellucida thickness", "typical_range": "15-20 (reported span 10-31)", "unit": "µm" }, { "quantity": "Giant-oocyte diameter (ART exclusion threshold)", "typical_range": ">180", "unit": "µm" }, { "quantity": "Small-oocyte cytoplasmic diameter (poor developmental potential)", "typical_range": "<100", "unit": "µm" }, { "quantity": "Chromosome number in secondary oocyte / ovum", "typical_range": "23 (always 23,X)", "unit": "chromosomes" }, { "quantity": "Fertilizable lifespan after ovulation (human)", "typical_range": "12-24", "unit": "h" } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-measurements-q01", "text": "Which of these typical measurements hold for the sense of egg cell 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 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"evidence-regional-variation", "name": "Regional variation", "description": "Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.", "evidence": [ "Mammalian cell-biology English distinguishes ovarian 'oocyte' from oviductal fertilizable 'egg'; clinical English often calls both an egg.", "Some plant, algal and fungal literature names the homologous cell an oosphere rather than an ovum.", "In the EU, donated ova are regulated as tissues and cells under Directive 2004/23/EC (until replacement by Regulation (EU) 2024/1938 in 2027); other jurisdictions use separate ART statutes not read here." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-regional-variation-q01", "text": "Which of these regional variation hold for the sense of egg cell 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 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"stable-identifiers-q03", "text": "What may an agent decide or do once an identifier for a egg cell 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 egg cell 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 egg cell, 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 egg cell, by which method, and when was it true?", 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"movement-events-q02", "text": "Who or what asserted this about the movement of a egg cell, 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 egg cell 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 egg cell 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 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individual unit, and what should an agent do when it has only the kind?", "kind": "action" } ] } ] }, { "id": "standards-and-conformity", "name": "Standards and conformity", "description": "The standards a working example must meet and who attests it.", "findings": [ { "id": "conformity", "name": "Standards, marks and attestation", "description": "Which standard applies, who certifies, and what the mark means.", "questions": [ { "id": "conformity-q01", "text": "Which standards govern egg cell, issued by whom, and what does conformity actually assert?", "kind": "provenance" }, { "id": "conformity-q02", "text": "What may an agent conclude from a certification mark, and what may it not?", "kind": "boundary" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "provenance-and-evidence", "name": "Provenance, evidence and time", "description": "Where every claim about a egg cell came from and when it held.", "rationale": "A claim without a source and a time cannot be superseded, only overwritten, and an agent that 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