{ "model": { "rank": 4611, "code": "thing-q13672", "model_id": "vr.tr.slingshot", "name": "slingshot", "purpose": "Enable an agent to recognise a slingshot, record its elastic launching mechanism and condition, and judge whether handling, maintenance or use is appropriate.", "family": "Thing Registry", "category": "Physical world and living systems", "status": "research-draft", "kind": "thing", "plane": "PHY", "domain": "PHY.OBJ", "industry": "", "version": "", "url": "/models/thing/q13672/", "tier": 2, "score": 74, "payload": { "layer": "wikidata", "aliases": [], "aliasCount": 0, "merged": 0, "knownIn": 74, "facets": null, "markers": [], "lexicalClass": "", "senseRank": null, "alsoRegisteredAs": "vr.tr.slingshot", "source": { "dataset": "wikidata", "item": "Q13672", "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13672", "license": "CC0 1.0" } }, "research": { "vercy": "1.0-draft", "publication": { "status": "research-draft", "adjudicationStatus": "unreviewed", "publishableCanonical": false, "generatedAt": "2026-09-09T20:36:55Z", "providers": [ "Codex" ], "breadth": "recalled by Codex without web access - no source was read", "missingProviders": [], "pass": 2, "cost": { "grok": { "seconds": 17.1, "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: 01a087e2-70e1-7560-a496-74cfcfac01a0\n--------\nuser\nDescribe what is already known about one registered thing. 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the kind-level description of a handheld projectile launcher powered by stretched elastic bands, including the features needed to assess particular examples; it provisionally covers the conventional fork-and-pouch sense of slingshot.", "in_scope": [ "Frame, grip, elastic bands, attachments and projectile pouch", "Elastic energy storage and manually controlled release", "Design variants, including wrist-supported configurations", "Projectile compatibility and retention", "Condition, maintenance needs and handling constraints" ], "out_of_scope": [ "Rotating cord-and-pouch slings", "Bows, crossbows and their distinct projectile-guidance mechanisms", "Firearms and launchers powered by compressed gas or combustion", "Individual product catalogues and ownership histories", "Hunting practices, sporting competition rules and jurisdiction-wide weapons regulation", "The orbital manoeuvre also called a gravitational slingshot" ], "distinguishing_features": [ "Stores launch energy in stretched elastic elements, distinguishing it from a cord sling swung by the user.", "In its conventional form, has two separated attachment points on a handheld fork and a pouch between the elastic elements.", "Normally releases a projectile when the user lets go of the drawn pouch, rather than using a bowstring to propel a nocked arrow.", "Can include a wrist support without changing its underlying elastic-band launching principle; support presence alone does not define the kind." ], "characteristics": [ { "name": "Launcher configuration", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "Conventional forked; wrist-supported forked; other configuration requiring boundary review", "why_it_matters": "Identifies the structural variant and flags uncertain membership." }, { "name": "Frame and grip construction", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "Recorded materials, construction method and grip form; unknown where unverified", "why_it_matters": "Determines which damage indicators and care requirements need assessment." }, { "name": "Elastic element configuration", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "Flat bands; tubes; other documented arrangement", "why_it_matters": "Distinguishes attachment arrangements and replacement requirements." }, { "name": "Overall dimensions", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Height, width and depth in mm; mass in g", "why_it_matters": "Supports identification, handling assessment and storage planning." }, { "name": "Fork clearance", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Clear opening in mm, with measurement location stated", "why_it_matters": "Records a feature relevant to projectile passage and possible frame contact." }, { "name": "Documented draw behaviour", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Force in N at a stated extension in mm, with source and test conditions; unknown if undocumented", "why_it_matters": "Characterises elastic resistance without assuming that all band assemblies behave alike." }, { "name": "Projectile 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], "affordances": [ "Classify an example by frame, elastic assembly and release configuration.", "Inspect visible frame, band, pouch and attachment defects and record unresolved concerns.", "Match replacement parts to documented compatibility requirements.", "Identify whether a projectile is present and whether the elastic assembly is under tension.", "Withdraw a damaged or uncertain example from use pending competent assessment.", "Check documented user, location and activity restrictions before permitting use." ] }, "sources": [], "structure": { "bundles": [ { "id": "identity-and-boundaries", "name": "Identity and boundaries", "description": "Establishes the physical launcher sense and the limits of the registered kind.", "rationale": "Slingshot can name unrelated concepts, while nearby projectile launchers use different mechanisms.", "layers": [ { "id": "elastic-launcher-identity", "name": "Elastic launcher identity", "description": "Records the mechanism that makes an example a 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"Is the elastic assembly anchored to a handheld fork, and is a wrist support present?", "kind": "definition", "id": "fork-and-support-configuration-q01" }, { "text": "Would an arrow guide, stock or mechanical release place this example in a neighbouring launcher model?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "fork-and-support-configuration-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "elastic-assembly-and-load-path", "name": "Elastic assembly and load path", "description": "Describes how the frame, bands, attachments and pouch carry tension.", "rationale": "A slingshot's condition depends on the complete connected assembly, including small attachment interfaces.", "layers": [ { "id": "frame-and-attachments", "name": "Frame and attachments", "description": "Records the rigid structure and the interfaces securing elastic elements.", "findings": [ { "id": "structural-continuity", "name": "Structural continuity", "description": "Identify frame construction, fork condition and attachment security as distinct assessment points.", "questions": [ { "text": "What materials and construction form the grip, fork and any wrist support?", "kind": "definition", "id": "structural-continuity-q01" }, { "text": "Are cracks, deformation, looseness or damage visible at the fork tips and band attachments?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "structural-continuity-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "bands-and-pouch", "name": "Bands and pouch", "description": "Records the replaceable elastic elements and their connection to the projectile carrier.", "findings": [ { "id": "matched-elastic-assembly", "name": "Matched elastic assembly", "description": "Capture band form, pouch condition and compatibility evidence without assuming interchangeability.", "questions": [ { "text": "What band or tube assembly and pouch are fitted, and what documentation identifies them?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "matched-elastic-assembly-q01" }, { "text": "What evidence establishes that the fitted bands, pouch and attachment method are compatible with this frame?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "matched-elastic-assembly-q02" }, { "text": "Are there visible tears, abrasion, cracking or asymmetric deterioration in the elastic assembly?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "matched-elastic-assembly-q03" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "projectile-and-release-state", "name": "Projectile and release state", "description": "Connects projectile suitability, retention and stored-energy state.", "rationale": "A relaxed slingshot, a loaded slingshot and a drawn slingshot present different handling conditions.", "layers": [ { "id": "projectile-interface", "name": "Projectile interface", "description": "Records what the pouch is documented to hold and what is actually present.", "findings": [ { "id": "documented-projectile-suitability", "name": "Documented projectile suitability", "description": "Distinguish documented compatibility from physical fit or user assumption.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which projectile materials, shapes and sizes are expressly allowed or 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procedure applies if handling must stop while the launcher is loaded or drawn?", "kind": "action", "id": "stored-energy-state-q03" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "condition-and-permitted-use", "name": "Condition and permitted use", "description": "Links inspection, replacement and storage evidence to decisions about handling and use.", "rationale": "Elastic degradation and projectile hazards require explicit condition checks and context-specific restrictions.", "layers": [ { "id": "inspection-and-maintenance", "name": "Inspection and maintenance", "description": "Records care requirements and reasons to remove an assembly from service.", "findings": [ { "id": "degradation-and-replacement", "name": "Degradation and replacement", "description": "Track condition evidence and documented replacement criteria instead of inventing a universal service life.", "questions": [ { "text": "What inspection, storage and replacement guidance applies to the fitted elastic material and frame?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "degradation-and-replacement-q01" }, { "text": "Do observed defects or an unknown assembly history require withdrawal from use under that guidance?", "kind": "action", "id": "degradation-and-replacement-q02" }, { "text": "What exposure to sunlight, heat or incompatible substances is known for the fitted bands?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "degradation-and-replacement-q03" } ] } ] }, { "id": "use-context-and-safeguards", "name": "Use context and safeguards", "description": "Records the evidence needed to judge whether a proposed use context is appropriate.", "findings": [ { "id": "contextual-use-constraints", "name": "Contextual use constraints", "description": "Connect the launcher to applicable instructions, projectile containment and external restrictions.", "questions": [ { "text": "What instructions specify user suitability, supervision, protective equipment and projectile containment for this example?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "contextual-use-constraints-q01" }, { "text": "Which location or activity rules apply, and what authoritative source establishes them?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "contextual-use-constraints-q02" }, { "text": "Does the proposed setting satisfy the documented requirements for a clear projectile path and suitable backstop?", "kind": "action", "id": "contextual-use-constraints-q03" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "evidence-and-external-alignment", "name": "Evidence and external alignment", "description": "What the world already says about this thing, gathered so the model can be checked against it.", "rationale": "A model that cannot be lined up against existing standards, identifiers and practice cannot be adopted by anyone who already uses them.", "layers": [ { "id": "reported-evidence", "name": "Reported evidence", "description": "Findings from the breadth pass, kept separate from the structural claims.", "findings": [ { "id": "evidence-confidence-notes", "name": "Check these first", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "This describes the physical launcher, not a gravitational slingshot or a named product.", "The listed kinds overlap: band type, frame design and wrist support are independent design choices.", "Performance ranges, applicable product standards and jurisdiction-specific restrictions require verification; none are asserted here." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-confidence-notes-q01", "text": "Which of these check these first hold for the sense of slingshot 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": [ "Traditional forked-frame slingshot", "Wrist-braced slingshot", "Flat-band slingshot", "Tubular-band slingshot", "Frameless slingshot" ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-kinds-q01", "text": "Which of these kinds and varieties hold for the sense of slingshot this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-real-world-use", "name": "Real-world use", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "Recreational target shooting", "Competitive target shooting", "Small-game hunting and pest control", "Launching lightweight lines or bait with purpose-built variants" ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-real-world-use-q01", "text": "Which of these real-world use hold for the sense of slingshot this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-measurements", "name": "Typical measurements", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ { "quantity": "Number of frame forks on a conventional slingshot", "typical_range": "2", "unit": "forks" } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-measurements-q01", "text": "Which of these typical measurements hold for the sense of slingshot this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards", "name": "Failure modes and hazards", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "Bands can deteriorate through aging, ultraviolet exposure, ozone, abrasion or cuts, then break under tension and recoil toward the user.", "Loose band attachments or pouch connections can detach during drawing or release.", "A projectile can strike the frame or the user's hand during an improper release.", "Projectiles can ricochet or pass beyond a target, causing serious injury, particularly to eyes.", "A cracked frame or failed wrist brace can compromise control under load." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards-q01", "text": "Which of these failure modes and hazards hold for the sense of slingshot 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"knowledge time" ] }, { "id": "preferred-name-and-aliases-q03", "text": "What may an agent decide or do once the name of a slingshot 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 slingshot, 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 slingshot, 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 slingshot 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 slingshot 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 slingshot, 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 slingshot, by which method, and when was it 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"questions": [ { "id": "measurable-dimensions-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the dimensions of a slingshot, 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 slingshot, 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 slingshot 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 slingshot is built from and which parts are replaceable.", "questions": [ { "id": "parts-and-materials-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the composition of a slingshot, 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 slingshot, 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 slingshot 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 slingshot is judged and by whom.", "questions": [ { "id": "condition-assessment-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the condition of a slingshot, 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 slingshot, 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 slingshot 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 slingshot 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 slingshot is, and what that position is measured against.", "questions": [ { "id": "position-and-frame-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the location of a slingshot, 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 slingshot, 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 slingshot 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 slingshot 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 slingshot, 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 slingshot, 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 slingshot 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 slingshot 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 slingshot between them.", "questions": [ { "id": "stages-and-transitions-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the lifecycle of a slingshot, 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 slingshot, 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 slingshot 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 slingshot, how often and by whom.", "findings": [ { "id": "observation-record", "name": "Observation record", "description": "How an observation of a slingshot 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 slingshot, 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 slingshot, 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 slingshot is known, and what must it refuse?", "kind": "action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "function-and-principle", "name": "Function and operating principle", "description": "What slingshot is for and how it achieves it.", "rationale": "Two devices with the same name can work on different principles, and the principle is what predicts failure and constrains use.", "layers": [ { "id": "intended-function", "name": "Intended function", "description": "The job it does, and the jobs it is used for anyway.", "findings": [ { "id": "function-record", "name": "Function, principle and variants", "description": "What it does, how, and which variants do it differently.", "questions": [ { "id": "function-record-q01", "text": "What function does slingshot perform, on what operating principle, and which variants differ in that principle?", "kind": "definition" }, { "id": "function-record-q02", "text": "What use falls outside the intended function but happens in practice?", "kind": "boundary" } ] } ] }, { "id": "capacity-and-rating", "name": "Capacity and rating", "description": "The numbers that say what it can do and where it stops.", "findings": [ { "id": "ratings", "name": "Ratings and their conditions", "description": "Rated capacity, power, throughput and the conditions each assumes.", "questions": [ { "id": "ratings-q01", "text": "What ratings characterise slingshot, in what units, and under what stated conditions?", "kind": "measurement" }, { "id": "ratings-q02", "text": "What happens beyond the rating - degradation, refusal, damage - and how is that detected?", "kind": "action" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "operation-and-state", "name": "Operation, controls and state", "description": "How slingshot is operated and what state it is in right now.", "rationale": "An agent acting on a device needs its current state and the controls that change it, not just its specification.", "layers": [ { "id": "controls-and-modes", "name": "Controls and modes", "description": "What can be set, what that changes, and what is interlocked.", "findings": [ { "id": "control-surface", "name": "Control surface and interlocks", "description": "The settings available and the conditions that block them.", "questions": [ { "id": "control-surface-q01", "text": "What controls and modes does slingshot have, and what does each change?", "kind": "definition" }, { "id": "control-surface-q02", "text": "Which actions are interlocked or forbidden in which state, and what must be true before acting?", "kind": "action" } ] } ] }, { "id": "condition-and-maintenance", "name": "Condition and maintenance", "description": "Wear, service intervals, consumables and the line between working and broken.", "findings": [ { "id": "service-record", "name": "Condition, service and consumables", "description": "What is consumed, what is serviced, and how condition is judged.", "questions": [ { "id": "service-record-q01", "text": "What consumables and service does slingshot need, at what interval, and on whose authority?", "kind": "measurement" }, { "id": "service-record-q02", "text": "What evidence separates a unit that is working from one that is out of service?", "kind": "boundary" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "kind-model-unit", "name": "Kind, model and unit", "description": "Whether a claim about slingshot is about the kind, a product line, or one physical unit.", "rationale": "This is the boundary most often got wrong for made things, and getting it wrong mixes a catalogue entry with the machine in the yard.", "layers": [ { "id": "level-of-reference", "name": "Level of reference", "description": "The three levels and what belongs at each.", "findings": [ { "id": "level-rules", "name": "What belongs to kind, model and unit", "description": "Which properties are shared by all of them and which are not.", "questions": [ { "id": "level-rules-q01", "text": "Which facts about slingshot hold for every one of them, which for a model, and which only for one unit?", "kind": "boundary" }, { "id": "level-rules-q02", "text": "What identifies an 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 slingshot, 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 slingshot 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 slingshot and how confident it is.", "questions": [ { "id": "claim-provenance-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes a claim about a slingshot, 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 slingshot, 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 slingshot 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 slingshot is retired without being erased.", "questions": [ { "id": "validity-and-supersession-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the validity of a claim about a slingshot, 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 slingshot, 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 slingshot is known, and what must it refuse?", "kind": "action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] } ] } ] } ] }, "statistics": { "bundles": 8, "layers": 17, "findings": 19, "questions": 51 } } } }