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[Flora of New Zealand](https://www.nzflora.info/factsheet/taxon/Sinapis-alba.html)", "When comparing with Sinapis arvensis, inspect upper-leaf stalks and pod hairs: stalked upper leaves and hairy pods support Sinapis alba, whereas wild mustard often has unstalked upper leaves and hairless pods. [Cornell weed profile](https://cals.cornell.edu/weed-science/weed-profiles/wild-mustard)", "Check fruit beak shape, pod orientation, leaf attachment and seed appearance together against a regional botanical key before excluding Brassica juncea or Brassica nigra.", "Require botanical or seed-lot evidence behind the names white mustard and yellow mustard; a condiment label or yellow flower colour alone does not establish species identity." ], "characteristics": [ { "name": "Identification confidence", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "unverified | provisional | confirmed | disputed, with identification method", "why_it_matters": "Mustard common names and immature plants can lead to mistaken species assignments." }, { "name": "Cultivar or accession", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "Documented cultivar, accession or source population; unknown permitted", "why_it_matters": "Performance claims must attach to the tested material rather than automatically to the whole species." }, { "name": "Fruit diagnostic measurements", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Pod-body length and beak length in mm; beak-to-body ratio dimensionless", "why_it_matters": "Separating the beak from the seed-bearing body makes identification measurements comparable." }, { "name": "Fruit and leaf diagnostic categories", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "Pod hairiness, beak cross-section, pod orientation and upper-leaf attachment", "why_it_matters": "A combination of characters supports separation from other mustards." }, { "name": "Developmental stage", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "seed | germinating | vegetative | budding | flowering | fruit filling | mature | senescent", "why_it_matters": "Identification evidence, harvest opportunities and escape risk change with development." }, { "name": "Seed germination and dormancy", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Germination %, dormant viable seed % and test duration in days, with protocol", "why_it_matters": "Low observed germination does not by itself distinguish dormant seed from dead seed." }, { "name": "Establishment context", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "sown crop | experimental planting | volunteer | spontaneous population | uncertain", "why_it_matters": "The same species may be desirable in one planting and require control in another." }, { "name": "Growing conditions", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Temperature in °C, soil pH, soil moisture with method and rainfall or irrigation in mm", "why_it_matters": "Local conditions are needed to interpret establishment and development." }, { "name": "Plant health", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "apparently healthy | stressed | damaged | diseased | dead, with symptoms and affected fraction", "why_it_matters": "Symptoms and confirmed causes support different management decisions." }, { "name": "Harvestable output", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Seed yield in kg/ha with moisture basis; biomass in kg dry matter/ha", "why_it_matters": "Seed production and cover-crop performance require different outcome measures." } ], "affordances": [ "Identify a candidate plant using fruit, leaf and seed evidence and retain unresolved alternatives.", "Select documented planting material for a specified seed-production or cover-crop objective.", "Monitor establishment, flowering, seed maturation and health to schedule field observations.", "Evaluate harvest or termination timing against the intended output and viable-seed risk.", "Trace volunteer plants to planting history and assess whether control is warranted.", "Collect plant or seed samples for botanical identification, germination or composition testing." ] }, "sources": [], "structure": { "bundles": [ { "id": "botanical-identity", "name": "Botanical identity", "description": "Establish what counts as Sinapis alba and what evidence supports an identification.", "rationale": "Actions based on the generic word mustard can target the wrong species or a processed product.", "layers": [ { "id": "taxon-and-names", "name": "Taxon and names", "description": "Connect the registry entry to botanical authorities and documented planting material.", "findings": [ { "id": "taxonomic-anchor", "name": "Taxonomic anchor", "description": "Record the authoritative taxon reference, applicable synonyms and any supported cultivar or subspecies assignment without splitting the registry entry.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which botanical authority and taxon identifier anchor this identification as Sinapis alba?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "taxonomic-anchor-q01" }, { "text": "Does a supplied name identify the species, a cultivar, a seed trade category or a prepared mustard product?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "taxonomic-anchor-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "diagnostic-evidence", "name": "Diagnostic evidence", "description": "Assess the available plant characters against plausible mustard lookalikes.", "findings": [ { "id": "mustard-differential", "name": "Mustard differential", "description": "Retain photographs or specimens showing fruit body, terminal beak, hairs and upper leaves, alongside alternative identifications.", "questions": [ { "text": "What fruit-body and beak measurements, hairiness and upper-leaf attachment were observed?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "mustard-differential-q01" }, { "text": "Which regional-key characters exclude Sinapis arvensis and the locally plausible Brassica species?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "mustard-differential-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "development-and-seed", "name": "Development and seed", "description": "Track the transition from establishment through reproduction to viable seed.", "rationale": "A seed crop needs reproductive completion, while a cover crop may need termination before viable seed develops.", "layers": [ { "id": "seasonal-development", "name": "Seasonal development", "description": "Relate observed stages to planting date, local conditions and cultivar.", "findings": [ { "id": "phenology-record", "name": "Phenology record", "description": "Record emergence, flowering and fruit maturation as observations rather than universal calendar dates.", "questions": [ { "text": "On what dates did emergence, first flowering and mature fruits occur for this planting material?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "phenology-record-q01" }, { "text": "Which observed stage should trigger harvest assessment or termination for the stated purpose?", "kind": "action", "id": "phenology-record-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "reproductive-outcome", "name": "Reproductive outcome", "description": "Assess seed formation, germination and persistence potential.", "findings": [ { "id": "viable-seed-status", "name": "Viable seed status", "description": "Distinguish flowers, developing pods, mature seed and demonstrated viability when estimating reproduction or escape.", "questions": [ { "text": "What fraction of sampled seed is germinable, dormant but viable, or nonviable under a stated test?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "viable-seed-status-q01" }, { "text": "What evidence establishes whether plants can still contribute viable seed after the proposed termination operation?", "kind": "action", "id": "viable-seed-status-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "establishment-and-health", "name": "Establishment and health", "description": "Connect white-mustard performance to its growing site and observed biological condition.", "rationale": "Species identity alone cannot establish whether a particular sowing will establish or remain productive.", "layers": [ { "id": "site-fit", "name": "Site fit", "description": "Evaluate planting material against measured soil, weather and sowing conditions.", "findings": [ { "id": "establishment-evidence", "name": "Establishment evidence", "description": "Link stand establishment to seed quality, sowing depth, moisture and temperature.", "questions": [ { "text": "What seed quality, sowing depth, soil moisture and temperature accompanied the observed emergence?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "establishment-evidence-q01" }, { "text": "Which locally tested evidence supports this cultivar and sowing window for the intended use?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "establishment-evidence-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "stress-and-damage", "name": "Stress and damage", "description": "Separate observed symptoms from confirmed pest, pathogen or abiotic causes.", "findings": [ { "id": "health-diagnosis", "name": "Health diagnosis", "description": "Document affected organs and severity, with special attention to implications for neighbouring or subsequent brassica crops.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which organs are affected, how extensive is the damage and what evidence distinguishes its possible causes?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "health-diagnosis-q01" }, { "text": "Does the suspected or confirmed cause change the suitability of white mustard in this crop rotation?", "kind": "action", "id": "health-diagnosis-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "use-specific-performance", "name": "Use-specific performance", "description": "Evaluate biological outputs against a declared seed, biomass or soil-management objective.", "rationale": "Successful seed production, rapid cover and pest suppression are different claims requiring different evidence.", "layers": [ { "id": "seed-use", "name": "Seed use", "description": "Characterise harvested seed while keeping downstream food products outside the species model.", "findings": [ { "id": "seed-fitness", "name": "Seed fitness", "description": "Attach purity, moisture, composition and intended-use requirements to the actual harvested lot.", "questions": [ { "text": "What species purity, moisture and composition measurements support this seed lot's intended use?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "seed-fitness-q01" }, { "text": "Where does assessment pass from the living plant and harvested seed to a food, ingredient or processing model?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "seed-fitness-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "cover-crop-function", "name": "Cover-crop function", "description": "Assess white mustard as a managed cover crop using explicit outcomes.", "findings": [ { "id": "cover-and-suppression-evidence", "name": "Cover and suppression evidence", "description": "Measure cover and biomass separately from any proposed pest-suppression effect; mustard cover-crop literature provides starting evidence for research. [UC Davis SAREP](https://sarep.ucdavis.edu/covercrop/mustards)", "questions": [ { "text": "What ground cover, dry biomass and nutrient uptake were measured by the planned termination date?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "cover-and-suppression-evidence-q01" }, { "text": "For any claimed suppression effect, which target organism, cultivar, treatment conditions and comparison establish the result?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "cover-and-suppression-evidence-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "population-context-and-control", "name": "Population context and control", "description": "Distinguish intentional cultivation from volunteers or spontaneous populations and evaluate resulting actions.", "rationale": "The value of a white-mustard population depends on where it occurs, why it is present and whether reproduction is acceptable.", "layers": [ { "id": "occurrence-history", "name": "Occurrence history", "description": "Connect observations to location, planting history and local establishment status.", "findings": [ { "id": "population-origin", "name": "Population origin", "description": "Keep sown plants, later volunteers and independently established populations distinguishable.", "questions": [ { "text": "What planting records or repeated observations support the inferred origin of this population?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "population-origin-q01" }, { "text": "Is the occurrence a managed crop, a transient escape or an established population under the applicable local definition?", "kind": "definition", "id": "population-origin-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "intervention-and-follow-up", "name": "Intervention and follow-up", "description": "Choose and verify interventions against reproductive stage and the site's objective.", "findings": [ { "id": "control-outcome", "name": "Control outcome", "description": "Assess whether an intervention achieved the intended plant mortality and prevented unwanted seed contribution.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which intervention is supported for the observed growth stage and site constraints?", "kind": "action", "id": "control-outcome-q01" }, { "text": "What follow-up observations will establish survival, regrowth or subsequent volunteer emergence?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "control-outcome-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-confidence-notes", "name": "Check these first", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; 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}, { "id": "stable-identifiers-q03", "text": "What may an agent decide or do once an identifier for a Sinapis alba 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 Sinapis alba 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 Sinapis alba, 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 Sinapis alba, 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 Sinapis alba 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 Sinapis alba from the things most often confused with it.", "questions": [ { "id": "distinguishing-features-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes what distinguishes a Sinapis alba, 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 Sinapis alba, 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 Sinapis alba 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 Sinapis alba 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 Sinapis alba, 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 Sinapis alba, 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 Sinapis alba 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": "Anatomy, parts and life stage.", "findings": [ { "id": "parts-and-materials", "name": "Parts and life stages", "description": "The parts of a Sinapis alba and the stages it passes through.", "questions": [ { "id": "parts-and-materials-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the composition of a Sinapis alba, 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 Sinapis alba, 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 Sinapis alba 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 Sinapis alba is judged and by whom.", "questions": [ { "id": "condition-assessment-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the condition of a Sinapis alba, 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 Sinapis alba, 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 Sinapis alba 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 Sinapis alba is, how it got there and where it may go (self-moving).", "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 Sinapis alba is, and what that position is measured against.", "questions": [ { "id": "position-and-frame-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the location of a Sinapis alba, 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 Sinapis alba, 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 Sinapis alba 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 Sinapis alba moves on its own.", "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 Sinapis alba, 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 Sinapis alba, 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 Sinapis alba 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 Sinapis alba 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 Sinapis alba between them.", "questions": [ { "id": "stages-and-transitions-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the lifecycle of a Sinapis alba, 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 Sinapis alba, 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 Sinapis alba 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 Sinapis alba, how often and by whom.", "findings": [ { "id": "observation-record", "name": "Observation record", "description": "How an observation of a Sinapis alba 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 Sinapis alba, 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 Sinapis alba, 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 Sinapis alba is known, and what must it refuse?", "kind": "action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "taxonomic-placement", "name": "Taxonomic placement and identification", "description": "What Sinapis alba is called scientifically, by whose authority, and how a specimen is recognised.", "rationale": "Names change with revisions while the organism does not, so a name without its authority and date cannot be reconciled later.", "layers": [ { "id": "accepted-name", "name": "Accepted name and synonymy", "description": "The current binomial, its author and date, and the names it replaced.", "findings": [ { "id": "name-and-authority", "name": "Accepted name, authority and synonyms", "description": "What to record so a later revision can be applied without losing the old data.", "questions": [ { "id": "name-and-authority-q01", "text": "What is the accepted scientific name of Sinapis alba, with its author and year, and which synonyms does it absorb?", "kind": "definition" }, { "id": "name-and-authority-q02", "text": "Which taxonomic authority is being followed, and what would a competing authority say?", "kind": "provenance" } ] } ] }, { "id": "field-identification", "name": "Field identification", "description": "The characters that separate Sinapis alba from what it is confused with.", "findings": [ { "id": "diagnostic-characters", "name": "Diagnostic characters and confusable kinds", "description": "Features that settle an identification, and those that only suggest it.", "questions": [ { "id": "diagnostic-characters-q01", "text": "Which observable characters distinguish Sinapis alba from its closest look-alikes, and at which life stage are they visible?", "kind": "boundary" }, { "id": "diagnostic-characters-q02", "text": "What evidence is enough to record an identification as confirmed rather than provisional?", "kind": "provenance" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "life-cycle-and-condition", "name": "Life stages, condition and behaviour", "description": "What Sinapis alba does over its life and how its state is judged.", "rationale": "Stage and condition change what may be done - handled, treated, harvested, left alone - and both are observations with a time.", "layers": [ { "id": "stages-and-reproduction", "name": "Stages and reproduction", "description": "Development from origin to death, including forms that look like different animals.", "findings": [ { "id": "life-stages", "name": "Life stages and their marks", "description": "The stages worth recording and what tells them apart.", "questions": [ { "id": "life-stages-q01", "text": "What stages does Sinapis alba pass through, and what observable change marks each transition?", "kind": "definition" }, { "id": "life-stages-q02", "text": "Which stages are so unlike the adult that they are mistaken for another kind?", "kind": "boundary" } ] } ] }, { "id": "health-and-condition", "name": "Health and condition", "description": "How condition is assessed and by whom.", "findings": [ { "id": "condition-assessment", "name": "Condition assessment", "description": "Signs of health, injury and stress, and who is competent to judge them.", "questions": [ { "id": "condition-assessment-q01", "text": "How is the condition of Sinapis alba judged, on what scale, and by whom?", "kind": "measurement" }, { "id": "condition-assessment-q02", "text": "What condition obliges an agent to act, and what act is permitted to whom?", "kind": "action" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "range-and-status", "name": "Habitat, range and conservation status", "description": "Where Sinapis alba lives and how threatened it is.", "rationale": "Range and status govern what is lawful, and both are assessments with an assessor and a year rather than facts of nature.", "layers": [ { "id": "habitat-and-range", "name": "Habitat and range", "description": "Native range, introductions and the habitat it needs.", "findings": [ { "id": "range-record", "name": "Range, introductions and habitat", "description": "What to record about where it is found and how it got there.", "questions": [ { "id": "range-record-q01", "text": "What is the native range of Sinapis alba, where has it been introduced, and what habitat does it require?", "kind": "definition" }, { "id": "range-record-q02", "text": "What distinguishes a native record from an introduced or vagrant one?", "kind": "boundary" } ] } ] }, { "id": "protection-status", "name": "Protection and legal status", "description": "Conservation assessments and the rules that follow from them.", "findings": [ { "id": "status-and-rules", "name": "Conservation status and legal consequence", "description": "The assessment, its date, and what it forbids or requires where.", "questions": [ { "id": "status-and-rules-q01", "text": "What conservation status does Sinapis alba hold, under which assessment and year?", "kind": "provenance" }, { "id": "status-and-rules-q02", "text": "What does that status forbid or require of an agent, and in which jurisdiction?", "kind": "action" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "provenance-and-evidence", "name": "Provenance, evidence and time", "description": "Where every claim about a Sinapis alba 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 Sinapis alba and how confident it is.", "questions": [ { "id": "claim-provenance-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes a claim about a Sinapis alba, 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 Sinapis alba, 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 Sinapis alba 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 Sinapis alba is retired without being erased.", "questions": [ { "id": "validity-and-supersession-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the validity of a claim about a Sinapis alba, 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 Sinapis alba, 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 Sinapis alba 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 } } } }