{ "model": { "rank": 5250, "code": "thing-q143447", "model_id": "vr.tr.alabaster", "name": "alabaster", "purpose": "Enable an agent to identify alabaster, assess a particular material specimen or lot, and decide whether its composition, condition and working properties suit a proposed 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/q143447/", "tier": 2, "score": 68, "payload": { "layer": "wikidata", "aliases": [ "Huamanga stone" ], "aliasCount": 1, "merged": 1, "knownIn": 68, "facets": null, "markers": [], "lexicalClass": "", "senseRank": null, "alsoRegisteredAs": "vr.tr.alabaster", "source": { "dataset": "wikidata", "item": "Q143447", "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q143447", "license": "CC0 1.0" } }, "research": { "vercy": "1.0-draft", "publication": { "status": "research-draft", "adjudicationStatus": "unreviewed", "publishableCanonical": false, "generatedAt": "2026-09-09T21:59:03Z", "providers": [ "Codex" ], "breadth": "recalled by Codex without web access - no source was read", "missingProviders": [], "pass": 2, "cost": { "grok": { "seconds": 20.4, "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: 01a0882d-6c80-77d1-8b17-bb49ed3dae94\n--------\nuser\nDescribe what is already known about one registered thing. 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Answer as JSON only, no prose around it.\n\nThing: alabaster\nRegistry id: vr.tr.alabaster\nPlane / domain: PHY / PHY.MAT\nRegistry definition: (none recorded)\nNames folded into this entry: (none)\n\n\nCont" } } }, "metaModel": { "id": "THING-Q143447", "registryId": "vr.tr.alabaster", "name": "alabaster", "version": "0.1.0-research.1", "entryKind": "thing", "family": "Thing Registry", "domain": [ "PHY.MAT" ], "status": "research-draft" }, "canonicalUrl": "https://ver.cy/models/thing/q143447/", "model": { "registry_id": "vr.tr.alabaster", "name": "alabaster", "purpose": "Enable an agent to identify alabaster, assess a particular material specimen or lot, and decide whether its composition, condition and working properties suit a proposed use.", "definition": "Alabaster is a fine-grained, commonly translucent ornamental stone, usually massive gypsum but also historically applied to banded calcite, valued for carving and decorative work.", "scope_statement": "This model owns vr.tr.alabaster in PHY / PHY.MAT as a natural ornamental stone, provisionally centred on fine-grained gypsum alabaster while preserving historical or commercial calcite-alabaster labels as explicitly distinguished identifications within the same registry entry. This naming distinction follows [UCL's material account](https://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-static/digitalegypt/stone/alabaster.html).", "in_scope": [ "Mineralogical identification and the relationship between the recorded alabaster name and the actual material", "Composition, accessory minerals, treatments and lot-specific grade", "Grain structure, banding, translucency and usable stone dimensions", "Cracks, surface alteration and environmental exposure history", "Suitability for carving, polishing, thin sections and conservation treatment", "Traceability and composition-dependent handling documentation" ], "out_of_scope": [ "Gypsum and calcite as general mineral species beyond their alabaster forms", "Cast plaster, resin and other manufactured alabaster imitations", "Finished sculptures, vessels and architectural elements except for their material condition", "Quarry operations and stoneworking machinery", "Artistic attribution, iconography and market valuation" ], "distinguishing_features": [ "Determine the dominant mineral phase before treating an alabaster label as an identification; archaeological usage can designate calcite where mineralogical usage designates gypsum. See [British Museum terminology](https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/x10186).", "Examine grain texture and aggregate structure rather than accepting white colour as sufficient evidence; gypsum alabaster is a fine-grained granular aggregate. See [UCL's description](https://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-static/digitalegypt/stone/alabaster.html).", "Check for casting features, binders and artificial filler using appropriate examination before distinguishing natural stone from manufactured imitation.", "Compare mineral identification with texture when separating calcite-labelled alabaster from marble or other carbonate ornamental stones.", "Measure transmitted light at a stated thickness and inspect coatings before using translucency to support an identification." ], "characteristics": [ { "name": "Alabaster naming sense", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "gypsum alabaster | calcite-labelled alabaster | unresolved", "why_it_matters": "Prevents a shared name from transferring properties or treatment assumptions between different materials." }, { "name": "Mineral composition", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Mineral phases and mass fractions in wt%, with method, uncertainty and detection limits", "why_it_matters": "Establishes the material basis for identification and use decisions." }, { "name": "Source and lot association", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "Links to specimen, block, supplier lot and documented quarry or locality", "why_it_matters": "Makes clear which material an analysis represents and how confidently its origin is known." }, { "name": "Grain and band structure", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Grain size in µm or mm; band spacing in mm; orientation relative to the proposed cut", "why_it_matters": "Supports assessment of appearance, working direction and local variability." }, { "name": "Optical transmission", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Transmittance in % at stated wavelength, thickness in mm and surface finish", "why_it_matters": "Allows comparison of stone intended for thin decorative sections or illumination." }, { "name": "Surface treatment", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "untreated | waxed | coated | dyed | impregnated | mixed | unknown, with substance where identified", "why_it_matters": "Treatments can affect appearance, analytical interpretation and compatibility with later work." }, { "name": "Discontinuity condition", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Crack width and length in mm, location, orientation and evidence of change", "why_it_matters": "Constrains usable dimensions, support and permitted material removal." }, { "name": "Water interaction", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Mass change in %, surface change and test duration under documented conditions", "why_it_matters": "Provides specimen-specific evidence for exposure and cleaning decisions." }, { "name": "Thermal response", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Temperature in °C, duration, atmosphere, mass change in % and identified phase changes", "why_it_matters": "Avoids substituting an unsupported single melting point for observed material behaviour." }, { "name": "Identity and handling documentation", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "Applicable constituent identifiers, supplier safety documentation and jurisdiction-specific requirements", "why_it_matters": "Separates mineral or additive identities from the variable natural stone sold as alabaster." } ], "affordances": [ "Resolve an alabaster label into a supported material identification or retain it as unresolved.", "Select a block region and cutting orientation for a specified carving or thin-section requirement.", "Compare lots for translucency, colour consistency, inclusions and usable yield.", "Determine whether examination or compatibility testing is needed before cleaning, bonding or finishing.", "Set evidence-based storage, display and handling conditions for the identified material.", "Attach applicable working precautions to the actual composition, treatments and proposed operation." ] }, "sources": [], "structure": { "bundles": [ { "id": "alabaster-identity", "name": "Alabaster identity", "description": "Separate the stone's name from its demonstrated mineralogical identity.", "rationale": "The alabaster label alone does not establish which material properties apply.", "layers": [ { "id": "name-and-sense", "name": "Name and sense", "description": "Preserve the original designation and its intended usage.", "findings": [ { "id": "recorded-alabaster-designation", "name": "Recorded alabaster designation", "description": "Record whether the designation is mineralogical, archaeological, commercial or unresolved.", "questions": [ { "text": "Who called this material alabaster, and in what document or context?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "recorded-alabaster-designation-q01" }, { "text": "Does that usage denote gypsum alabaster, calcite-labelled stone or only an appearance?", "kind": "definition", "id": "recorded-alabaster-designation-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "mineralogical-verification", "name": "Mineralogical verification", "description": "Establish material identity independently of the label.", "findings": [ { "id": "phase-and-texture-evidence", "name": "Phase and texture evidence", "description": "Combine mineral analysis and structural examination while recording identification confidence.", "questions": [ { "text": "What examination or analysis identifies the dominant mineral phase, and where was it performed?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "phase-and-texture-evidence-q01" }, { "text": "What texture or binder evidence distinguishes this specimen from other gypsum forms, marble or cast imitation?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "phase-and-texture-evidence-q02" }, { "text": "Can identification be strengthened without damaging a valued surface?", "kind": "action", "id": "phase-and-texture-evidence-q03" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "composition-and-origin", "name": "Composition and origin", "description": "Connect mineral composition and treatment history to a traceable specimen or lot.", "rationale": "A mineral name cannot stand in for the purity, additives or variability of a natural stone supply.", "layers": [ { "id": "stone-constituents", "name": "Stone constituents", "description": "Describe dominant and accessory phases separately from introduced substances.", "findings": [ { "id": "natural-and-added-components", "name": "Natural and added components", "description": "Establish what the tested stone contains and whether its surface represents the underlying material.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which accessory minerals or inclusions were detected, at what abundance and detection limit?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "natural-and-added-components-q01" }, { "text": "Are colour and surface sheen intrinsic, or associated with dye, wax, coating or impregnation?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "natural-and-added-components-q02" }, { "text": "What measured acceptance criteria define the claimed alabaster grade?", "kind": "definition", "id": "natural-and-added-components-q03" } ] } ] }, { "id": "quarry-and-lot-evidence", "name": "Quarry and lot evidence", "description": "Distinguish documented source information from geographic trade names.", "findings": [ { "id": "representative-source-link", "name": "Representative source link", "description": "Bind provenance and test results to the particular material they support.", "questions": [ { "text": "What evidence links this specimen or block to a quarry, locality or supplier lot?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "representative-source-link-q01" }, { "text": "How representative is the sampled region of the block's bands, inclusions and remaining volume?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "representative-source-link-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "texture-and-optical-selection", "name": "Texture and optical selection", "description": "Assess alabaster's internal pattern and transmitted-light appearance at the intended working scale.", "rationale": "A visually suitable surface may conceal bands, opaque regions or defects that change the result after cutting.", "layers": [ { "id": "internal-stone-fabric", "name": "Internal stone fabric", "description": "Map grain structure, bands, inclusions and discontinuities.", "findings": [ { "id": "usable-region-and-orientation", "name": "Usable region and orientation", "description": "Identify which part of the stone can deliver the required pattern and intact dimensions.", "questions": [ { "text": "Where do grain changes, bands, inclusions, voids and cracks intersect the proposed finished volume?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "usable-region-and-orientation-q01" }, { "text": "Which cutting orientation preserves the desired pattern while avoiding observed discontinuities?", "kind": "action", "id": "usable-region-and-orientation-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "transmitted-light-appearance", "name": "Transmitted-light appearance", "description": "Evaluate colour and translucency under reproducible viewing conditions.", "findings": [ { "id": "thickness-dependent-appearance", "name": "Thickness-dependent appearance", "description": "Relate optical observations to thickness, lighting and finish.", "questions": [ { "text": "What colour and transmission are observed at the proposed thickness and illumination spectrum?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "thickness-dependent-appearance-q01" }, { "text": "How much do banding, inclusions and surface treatment vary the appearance across the selected region?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "thickness-dependent-appearance-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "condition-and-exposure", "name": "Condition and exposure", "description": "Determine whether the identified alabaster is stable under its past and proposed conditions.", "rationale": "Cleaning, display and storage decisions require evidence about this stone's response and existing alteration.", "layers": [ { "id": "surface-and-moisture-condition", "name": "Surface and moisture condition", "description": "Document changes associated with wetting, humidity, deposits and prior cleaning.", "findings": [ { "id": "surface-change-assessment", "name": "Surface change assessment", "description": "Distinguish deposited material from alteration or loss of the stone itself.", "questions": [ { "text": "Where are deposits, roughening, powdering, staining or loss of polish present, and what is their documented history?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "surface-change-assessment-q01" }, { "text": "What evidence distinguishes removable contamination from altered alabaster or an earlier finish?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "surface-change-assessment-q02" }, { "text": "What compatibility evidence is needed before any proposed wet cleaning?", "kind": "action", "id": "surface-change-assessment-q03" } ] } ] }, { "id": "thermal-and-fracture-condition", "name": "Thermal and fracture condition", "description": "Assess heat exposure and changing discontinuities without assuming a universal threshold.", "findings": [ { "id": "exposure-dependent-stability", "name": "Exposure-dependent stability", "description": "Associate physical or phase changes with measured exposure and monitoring evidence.", "questions": [ { "text": "What temperature, duration and humidity history is known, and has analysis identified any associated phase change?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "exposure-dependent-stability-q01" }, { "text": "Are mapped cracks or areas of surface loss changing between dated observations?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "exposure-dependent-stability-q02" }, { "text": "What tested operating conditions support the proposed display, including any nearby illumination source?", "kind": "action", "id": "exposure-dependent-stability-q03" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "working-and-treatment-decisions", "name": "Working and treatment decisions", "description": "Translate identified composition and condition into justified fabrication and intervention choices.", "rationale": "The model must support decisions about a particular stone without treating a trade name as a complete working specification.", "layers": [ { "id": "carving-and-finishing", "name": "Carving and finishing", "description": "Evaluate achievable detail, section dimensions and finish through relevant material trials.", "findings": [ { "id": "operation-suitability", "name": "Operation suitability", "description": "Record evidence that the selected alabaster tolerates the intended operation and resulting geometry.", "questions": [ { "text": "What representative offcut trials establish cutting, carving and polishing behaviour for this lot?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "operation-suitability-q01" }, { "text": "What evidence supports the proposed minimum section, edge detail and support arrangement?", "kind": "action", "id": "operation-suitability-q02" }, { "text": "Would the proposed finish or adhesive visibly change colour or translucency?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "operation-suitability-q03" } ] } ] }, { "id": "composition-specific-working-controls", "name": "Composition-specific working controls", "description": "Associate working documentation with the actual mineral mixture, additives and operation.", "findings": [ { "id": "applicable-identity-and-controls", "name": "Applicable identity and controls", "description": "Require verified applicability before attaching chemical identifiers, classifications or exposure requirements.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which CAS, EC or PubChem identifiers describe verified constituents, and which supplier records describe the stone mixture?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "applicable-identity-and-controls-q01" }, { "text": "Which current classifications and exposure requirements apply to the identified composition and proposed dust-generating operation in the relevant jurisdiction?", "kind": "action", "id": "applicable-identity-and-controls-q02" }, { "text": "What additional assessment is required for unknown coatings, impregnations or accessory minerals before working begins?", "kind": "action", "id": "applicable-identity-and-controls-q03" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "evidence-and-external-alignment", "name": "Evidence and external 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assigning regulatory identifiers." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-confidence-notes-q01", "text": "Which of these check these first hold for the sense of alabaster 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": [ "Gypsum alabaster", "Calcite alabaster" ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-kinds-q01", "text": "Which of these kinds and varieties hold for the sense of alabaster this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-identifiers", "name": "Identifiers and schemes", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ { "scheme": "Mineral composition", "value_or_pattern": "CaSO4·2H2O", "note": "Identifies the gypsum constituent of gypsum alabaster, not a standardized commercial stone grade." }, { "scheme": "Mineral composition", "value_or_pattern": "CaCO3", "note": "Identifies the calcite constituent of calcite alabaster; alabaster itself has no single chemical composition." } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-identifiers-q01", "text": "Which of these identifiers and schemes hold for the sense of alabaster 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": [ "Carved sculpture and reliefs", "Decorative vessels and small ornamental objects", "Interior architectural ornament and facing", "Translucent lighting elements and panels", "Historic funerary and religious objects" ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-real-world-use-q01", "text": "Which of these real-world use hold for the sense of alabaster 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": "Hardness of gypsum alabaster", "typical_range": "Approximately 2", "unit": "Mohs scale" }, { "quantity": "Hardness of calcite alabaster", "typical_range": "Approximately 3", "unit": "Mohs scale" }, { "quantity": "Density of gypsum alabaster", "typical_range": "Approximately 2.3", "unit": "g/cm³" }, { "quantity": "Density of calcite alabaster", "typical_range": "Approximately 2.7", "unit": "g/cm³" } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-measurements-q01", "text": "Which of these typical measurements hold for the sense of alabaster 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": [ "Soft surfaces scratch and abrade readily, particularly gypsum alabaster.", "Brittleness makes thin sections and projecting carved details vulnerable to fracture.", "Gypsum alabaster can dissolve and lose surface detail through prolonged water exposure.", "Acidic cleaners attack calcite alabaster.", "Cutting, grinding and sanding generate airborne mineral dust; impurities affect its hazards." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards-q01", "text": "Which of these failure modes and hazards hold for the sense of alabaster 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": [ "Modern European decorative-stone usage commonly means gypsum alabaster.", "In descriptions of ancient Egyptian objects, alabaster commonly means calcite stone, also described as Egyptian travertine.", "Commercial terms such as onyx marble may overlap with calcite alabaster and require mineralogical confirmation." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-regional-variation-q01", "text": "Which of these regional variation hold for the sense of alabaster this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-neighbours", "name": "Neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ { "name": "Gypsum", "difference": "Gypsum is the mineral; gypsum alabaster is its fine-grained massive ornamental variety." }, { "name": "Selenite", "difference": "Selenite denotes visibly crystalline, commonly transparent gypsum rather than fine-grained massive alabaster." }, { "name": "Marble", "difference": "Geological marble is a metamorphic carbonate rock; alabaster denotes ornamental gypsum or historically certain calcite deposits." }, { "name": "Travertine", "difference": "Travertine is carbonate rock 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identifiers, mixture classifications and occupational requirements apply to actual supplied lots in the intended jurisdictions?", "How reliably can quarry origin and whole-block suitability be inferred from available documentation and limited sampling?" ], "statistics": { "bundles": 6, "layers": 11, "findings": 18, "questions": 34 } }, "draft": { "generator": "vr.draft.v3", "status": "draft-generated", "researched": false, "archetype": "chemical substance or material", "method": "Written from the archetype playbook - what this kind of thing needs beyond identity and provenance - and from the structure that recurred across 6,333 models already researched by two engines. 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 alabaster, record what state it is in, and decide what may be done with it.", "whatItIs": "Enable an agent to identify alabaster, assess a particular material specimen or lot, and decide whether its composition, condition and working properties suit a proposed use.", "characteristics": { "substance": "material", "origin": "natural", "agency": "inert", "mobility": "varies" }, "whatYouCanDoWithIt": [ "observed and measured", "consumed or used up" ], "distinguishingFeatures": [ "Names folded into this entry, which a task may need to split apart again: Huamanga stone.", "1 finer distinctions are held as aliases rather than separate entries, because telling them apart needs a task that asks for it.", "Described in 68 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 alabaster, and on what evidence are they told apart?" ], "whatItIsMadeOf": "matter you can touch", "physicalCharacter": [ "Mobility varies between examples.", "Does nothing on its own; everything it does, something else did to it.", "These come from the domain this entry sits in rather than from the entry itself, so treat them as a first guess about the whole domain applied to one thing." ], "whatCanBeDoneWithIt": [ "observe it, measure it, record its state", "use it up, and then need more of it" ], "howItIsRecognised": [ "Not recognisable by sight in any reliable way. Appearance varies with grade, form and additives; identification is by label, by documentation, or by assay." ], "relatedModels": [ { "relation": "covers", "note": "Finer kinds folded into this entry because telling them apart needs a task that asks for it. Each is a model waiting to be split out when one does.", "targets": [ "Huamanga stone" ] } ], "standing": "Described in 68 Wikipedia languages, which measures how widely it is written about rather than how important or how common it is. 1 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 alabaster from another, and a alabaster 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 alabaster, 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 alabaster, 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 alabaster 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 alabaster, 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 alabaster, 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 alabaster 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 alabaster 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 alabaster, 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 alabaster, 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 alabaster 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 alabaster from the things most often confused with it.", "questions": [ { "id": "distinguishing-features-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes what distinguishes a alabaster, 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 alabaster, 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 alabaster 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 alabaster 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 alabaster, 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 alabaster, 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 alabaster 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 alabaster is built from and which parts are replaceable.", "questions": [ { "id": "parts-and-materials-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the composition of a alabaster, 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 alabaster, 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 alabaster 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 alabaster is judged and by whom.", "questions": [ { "id": "condition-assessment-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the condition of a alabaster, 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 alabaster, 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 alabaster 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 alabaster 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 alabaster is, and what that position is measured against.", "questions": [ { "id": "position-and-frame-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the location of a alabaster, 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 alabaster, 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 alabaster 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 alabaster 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 alabaster, 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 alabaster, 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 alabaster 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 alabaster 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 alabaster between them.", "questions": [ { "id": "stages-and-transitions-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the lifecycle of a alabaster, 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 alabaster, 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 alabaster 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 alabaster, how often and by whom.", "findings": [ { "id": "observation-record", "name": "Observation record", "description": "How an observation of a alabaster 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 alabaster, 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 alabaster, 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 alabaster 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 alabaster 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 alabaster is for, and what it is used for anyway.", "findings": [ { "id": "function-and-purpose", "name": "Function, purpose and misuse", "description": "The function a alabaster performs and the uses that fall outside it.", "questions": [ { "id": "function-and-purpose-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the use of a alabaster, 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 alabaster, 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 alabaster 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 alabaster.", "findings": [ { "id": "procedures-and-skills", "name": "Procedures, skills and required tools", "description": "What an agent needs before it can act on a alabaster at all.", "questions": [ { "id": "procedures-and-skills-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes handling a alabaster, 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 alabaster, 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 alabaster 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 alabaster there is and how fast it goes.", "questions": [ { "id": "consumption-and-stock-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the supply of a alabaster, 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 alabaster, 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 alabaster 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 alabaster 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 alabaster 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 alabaster 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 alabaster 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 alabaster, 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 alabaster 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 alabaster 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 alabaster 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 alabaster, 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 alabaster 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 alabaster and how confident it is.", "questions": [ { "id": "claim-provenance-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes a claim about a alabaster, 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 alabaster, 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 alabaster 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 alabaster is 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