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[BOTANY.cz species account](https://botany.cz/cs/thymus-serpyllum/), [Native Plant Trust account](https://gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org/species/thymus/pulegioides/?key=dichotomous).", "Trace creeping shoots to their tips and record whether the main axis continues vegetatively while lateral branches flower; compare this architecture with the regional key for other creeping thymes. [BOTANY.cz species account](https://botany.cz/cs/thymus-serpyllum/).", "Examine mature leaf margins: relatively flat blades with basal marginal hairs support the creeping-thyme identification pathway; strongly rolled-under, non-ciliate leaves indicate the T. vulgaris alternative. [BOTANY.cz species account](https://botany.cz/cs/thymus-serpyllum/), [Native Plant Trust key](https://gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org/dkey/thymus/).", "To investigate confusion with T. praecox and related creeping thymes, photograph the leaf underside and test whether lateral veins fade before the margin rather than forming an apical marginal vein; complete the applicable regional key before assigning the species. [Burgenland Flora account](https://www.burgenlandflora.at/flora/detail/thymus-serpyllum/).", "Check the scientific determination behind labels such as wild thyme or creeping thyme: common names and historical T. serpyllum records can refer to other taxa, so require locality and diagnostic evidence. [Native Plant Trust key](https://gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org/dkey/thymus/)." ], "characteristics": [ { "name": "Taxonomic determination", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "Scientific name linked to taxonomic authority, regional key, determiner and dated evidence", "why_it_matters": "Defines which species concept the identification actually supports." }, { "name": "Identification confidence", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "Label only; tentative; keyed; specialist verified; conflicting", "why_it_matters": "Controls whether species-dependent decisions can proceed." }, { "name": "Flowering-stem hair distribution", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "Around circumference; mainly on angles; on opposing faces; mixed; unobservable", "why_it_matters": "Provides evidence for separating similar thymes." }, { "name": "Creeping-shoot architecture", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "Vegetative terminal continuation; terminal flowering; mixed; unknown, with rooting nodes recorded", "why_it_matters": "Supports determination and identifies connections relevant to division or removal." }, { "name": "Mature leaf dimensions", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Length and width in mm, with shoot position and sample count", "why_it_matters": "Enables comparison with the selected flora without treating one atypical leaf as decisive." }, { "name": "Leaf diagnostic pattern", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "Margin curvature, basal ciliation and lateral-vein termination, each observed or unknown", "why_it_matters": "Complements stem characters when resolving creeping-thyme alternatives." }, { "name": "Patch extent and live cover", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Mapped area in m² and live cover in percent of a fixed observation area", "why_it_matters": "Separates lateral spread from increasing density and exposes progressive loss." }, { "name": "Phenological condition", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "Vegetative; budding; flowering; fruit developing; fruit mature; seasonal inactivity; mixed", "why_it_matters": "Determines when identification, seed observation and interventions are informative." }, { "name": "Rooted-shoot viability", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "Actively growing; viable without visible extension; declining; dead; uncertain", "why_it_matters": "Distinguishes viable propagation material from damaged or dead sections." }, { "name": "Root-zone conditions", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Soil pH, sand fraction in percent and moisture with stated method and sampling depth", "why_it_matters": "Makes site suitability and suspected moisture stress testable." }, { "name": "Flower visitor activity", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Visits per timed observation, with observed flower quantity and weather", "why_it_matters": "Documents current floral use without equating visitation with successful pollination." }, { "name": "Material provenance", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "Link to source population, accession, parent plant or supplier lot; unknown permitted", "why_it_matters": "Preserves origin and identity evidence when plants are moved or propagated." } ], "affordances": [ "Document and key a plant using stem, leaf, shoot and reproductive evidence, escalating unresolved determinations.", "Map and revisit a patch to compare live cover, flowering, recruitment and damage.", "Evaluate cultivation adjustments against measured root-zone conditions and observed response.", "Select and track propagation material from an identified, viable source plant under an evidence-supported protocol.", "Schedule or defer cutting, collection and disturbance according to plant condition, reproductive activity and site constraints.", "Link collected material to its source plant while handing product safety and processing decisions to neighbouring models." ] }, "sources": [ { "id": "src-1", "title": "Thymus serpyllum", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thymus_serpyllum", "what_it_supports": "Accepted name, common names, morphology, native range, and horticultural use.", "url_status": "live" }, { "id": "src-2", "title": "Thymus serpyllum L.", "url": "https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:455611-1", "what_it_supports": "Kew Plants of the World Online accepted status, IPNI LSID, distribution, and nomenclatural authority.", "url_status": "blocked" }, { "id": "src-3", "title": "European Pharmacopoeia monograph on Serpylli herba (wild thyme)", "url": "", "what_it_supports": "Pharmacopoeial identity of wild thyme herb and essential-oil quality requirements." }, { "id": "src-4", "title": "Flora Europaea treatment of Thymus", "url": "", "what_it_supports": "Taxonomic circumscription of T. serpyllum versus closely related thyme species in Europe." } ], "structure": { "bundles": [ { "id": "thyme-identity", "name": "Thyme identity", "description": "Establish what the name Thymus serpyllum means for the observed material and how securely it applies.", "rationale": "A creeping-thyme label can conceal a different taxon, making later care, ecological and use claims unreliable.", "layers": [ { "id": "name-interpretation", "name": "Name interpretation", "description": "Connect the registry name to an explicit taxonomic treatment.", "findings": [ { "id": "determination-context", "name": "Determination context", "description": "Record the adopted species concept and preserve the original label separately from the accepted determination.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which authority and regional flora define T. serpyllum for this determination, and do they treat the name narrowly or as an aggregate?", "kind": "definition", "id": "determination-context-q01" }, { "text": "Who supplied or determined the material, under what original name, and with which voucher or photographs?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "determination-context-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "diagnostic-comparison", "name": "Diagnostic comparison", "description": "Compare observable characters with the locally plausible alternatives.", "findings": [ { "id": "character-concordance", "name": "Character concordance", "description": "Retain agreement and disagreement among stem hair, shoot architecture, leaf and floral observations.", "questions": [ { "text": "What hair distribution, terminal shoot behaviour, leaf dimensions, marginal hairs and vein pattern are visible on representative shoots?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "character-concordance-q01" }, { "text": "Which key steps exclude T. pulegioides, T. praecox, T. vulgaris or another locally plausible thyme, and which remain unresolved?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "character-concordance-q02" }, { "text": "Is flowering material or specialist examination required before accepting the determination?", "kind": "action", "id": "character-concordance-q03" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "creeping-plant-boundaries", "name": "Creeping plant boundaries", "description": "Represent the rooted shoots and spatial continuity of the observed thyme.", "rationale": "A mat may contain connected shoots, separate individuals or intermixed taxa; its visible outline alone cannot settle ownership of observations.", "layers": [ { "id": "rooted-shoot-connections", "name": "Rooted shoot connections", "description": "Identify the physical unit being assessed or manipulated.", "findings": [ { "id": "observation-unit", "name": "Observation unit", "description": "Distinguish a shoot, rooted unit and mapped patch without assuming genetic individuality.", "questions": [ { "text": "Does this record describe one shoot, a traced rooted unit or a mapped patch containing potentially several plants?", "kind": "definition", "id": "observation-unit-q01" }, { "text": "Which creeping stems and rooting nodes visibly connect the recorded sections, and where is continuity unknown?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "observation-unit-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "patch-change", "name": "Patch change", "description": "Measure spread, fragmentation and admixture over repeat observations.", "findings": [ { "id": "live-mat-extent", "name": "Live mat extent", "description": "Keep patch footprint distinct from live thyme cover and neighbouring vegetation.", "questions": [ { "text": "What are the mapped footprint, live thyme cover and bare or dead fractions within the same observation boundary?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "live-mat-extent-q01" }, { "text": "Do apparent gains or losses reflect rooted shoot extension, seedlings, fragmentation or changes in intermixed vegetation?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "live-mat-extent-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "flowering-and-renewal", "name": "Flowering and renewal", "description": "Track seasonal shoot activity, floral availability and evidence of replacement plants.", "rationale": "Flowering, vegetative extension and successful recruitment provide different evidence about persistence and intervention timing.", "layers": [ { "id": "seasonal-shoot-activity", "name": "Seasonal shoot activity", "description": "Record local phenology without imposing a universal flowering calendar.", "findings": [ { "id": "vegetative-and-floral-stage", "name": "Vegetative and floral stage", "description": "Describe the simultaneous states of creeping axes and flowering branches.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which shoots are extending, budding, flowering, fruiting or inactive at the observation date?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "vegetative-and-floral-stage-q01" }, { "text": "When should the patch be revisited to obtain missing diagnostic flowers or observe fruit maturation?", "kind": "action", "id": "vegetative-and-floral-stage-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "reproductive-outcome", "name": "Reproductive outcome", "description": "Separate floral visitation, fruit formation and established recruitment.", "findings": [ { "id": "visitation-and-recruitment", "name": "Visitation and recruitment", "description": "Require direct evidence before inferring successful reproduction from flowers or insects.", "questions": [ { "text": "What flower visits, mature fruits and newly established seedlings were observed, with what sampling effort?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "visitation-and-recruitment-q01" }, { "text": "How were seedlings distinguished from small shoots still connected to an established thyme plant?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "visitation-and-recruitment-q02" }, { "text": "Does current flowering or fruit development justify postponing cutting or collection?", "kind": "action", "id": "visitation-and-recruitment-q03" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "site-fit-and-decline", "name": "Site fit and decline", "description": "Relate the condition of the thyme mat to its immediate growing environment and disturbance history.", "rationale": "Sparse growth or browning needs interpretation against substrate, exposure, competition and recent events before care is changed.", "layers": [ { "id": "root-zone-and-exposure", "name": "Root zone and exposure", "description": "Record conditions that can be compared with evidence for the identified taxon and provenance.", "findings": [ { "id": "measured-site-fit", "name": "Measured site fit", "description": "Assess the actual microsite rather than transferring requirements from another plant sold as creeping thyme.", "questions": [ { "text": "What substrate texture, pH, moisture persistence, sun exposure and competing canopy occur at the rooted shoots?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "measured-site-fit-q01" }, { "text": "Which cultivation or habitat evidence applies to this taxonomic determination, provenance and climate?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "measured-site-fit-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "decline-evidence", "name": "Decline evidence", "description": "Distinguish visible symptoms from their proposed causes.", "findings": [ { "id": "mat-damage-pattern", "name": "Mat damage pattern", "description": "Locate dieback and injury relative to living tips, rooting nodes and disturbance.", "questions": [ { "text": "Where are dead sections, discoloured leaves, damaged stems or failed rooting nodes, and how has their extent changed?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "mat-damage-pattern-q01" }, { "text": "What evidence distinguishes seasonal inactivity from moisture stress, trampling, shading or a diagnosed biological cause?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "mat-damage-pattern-q02" }, { "text": "Which limited intervention and follow-up observation would test the leading explanation without unnecessarily removing viable mat?", "kind": "action", "id": "mat-damage-pattern-q03" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "propagation-and-collection", "name": "Propagation and collection", "description": "Connect proposed movement or removal of thyme material to identity, viability, origin and site consequences.", "rationale": "A rooted fragment, seed lot and harvested shoot carry different identity evidence and different consequences for the source patch.", "layers": [ { "id": "propagation-lineage", "name": "Propagation lineage", "description": "Preserve parentage and verify establishment when producing or relocating plants.", "findings": [ { "id": "traceable-propagule", "name": "Traceable propagule", "description": "Record the source, material type and evidence supporting the selected propagation method.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which identified parent or accession supplied the seed, cutting or rooted division, and could the source contain other thymes?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "traceable-propagule-q01" }, { "text": "Which protocol supports the proposed method and timing for this material, and what observation will demonstrate establishment?", "kind": "action", "id": "traceable-propagule-q02" }, { "text": "Which identity or cultivar attributes require reassessment in the resulting plants?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "traceable-propagule-q03" } ] } ] }, { "id": "collection-decision", "name": "Collection decision", "description": "Determine whether removal is justified and where this living-plant model must hand responsibility onward.", "findings": [ { "id": "bounded-removal", "name": "Bounded removal", "description": "Tie collection to a stated purpose, site authority, source-patch condition and retained provenance.", "questions": [ { "text": "What purpose, site permission and applicable local restrictions govern the proposed collection or relocation?", "kind": "action", "id": "bounded-removal-q01" }, { "text": "What quantity and plant parts can be removed while meeting an explicit retention and recovery objective for this patch?", "kind": "action", "id": "bounded-removal-q02" }, { "text": "When material leaves the plant, which product or laboratory model takes responsibility for contamination, chemical composition and suitability for its intended use?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "bounded-removal-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 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these kinds and varieties hold for the sense of Thymus serpyllum this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-identifiers", "name": "Identifiers and schemes", "description": "Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.", "evidence": [ { "scheme": "IPNI / POWO LSID", "value_or_pattern": "urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:455611-1", "note": "Linnaean name Thymus serpyllum L." }, { "scheme": "Wikidata", "value_or_pattern": "Q147481", "note": "Item for the species; verify if using a strict vs aggregate concept." }, { "scheme": "GBIF taxon key", "value_or_pattern": "2926448", "note": "Occurrence backbone key commonly used in biodiversity datasets." }, { "scheme": "ITIS TSN", "value_or_pattern": "32367", "note": "North American taxonomic serial number; status should be checked against current ITIS." } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-identifiers-q01", "text": "Which of these identifiers and schemes hold for the sense of Thymus serpyllum this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-standards-and-regulation", "name": "Standards and regulation", "description": "Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.", "evidence": [ "European Pharmacopoeia: Serpylli herba (wild thyme) - EDQM", "ISO 6754 / related ISO essential-oil specifications for thyme oils (where applied to T. serpyllum rather than T. vulgaris) - ISO", "CITES: not listed", "EU novel-food / traditional herbal medicinal product rules for thyme herb and oil - EMA / national competent authorities", "National red-list and habitat-protection rules for Breckland thyme populations (UK Wildlife and Countryside Act / SSSI regime where applicable)" ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-standards-and-regulation-q01", "text": "Which of these standards and regulation hold for the sense of Thymus serpyllum this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-real-world-use", "name": "Real-world use", "description": "Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.", "evidence": [ "Ground-cover ornamental in rock gardens, between paving, and as a thyme 'lawn'", "Culinary herb and honey plant (wild-thyme honey in mountain and heath landscapes)", "Traditional herbal medicine: aerial parts as Serpylli herba for coughs and digestive complaints", "Source of essential oil (chemotype-dependent thymol/carvacrol/linalool)", "Indicator/component of dry grassland, sandy heath and alpine-pasture plant communities", "Erosion-binding mat on thin, well-drained soils" ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-real-world-use-q01", "text": "Which of these real-world use hold for the sense of Thymus serpyllum this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-measurements", "name": "Typical measurements", "description": "Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.", "evidence": [ { "quantity": "plant height", "typical_range": "20-100", "unit": "mm" }, { "quantity": "leaf length", "typical_range": "3-8", "unit": "mm" }, { "quantity": "flowering period (temperate Europe)", "typical_range": "June-August", "unit": "month" }, { "quantity": "essential-oil yield (dry herb, typical)", "typical_range": "0.2-0.6", "unit": "% v/w" }, { "quantity": "ploidy (common cytotypes)", "typical_range": "2n = 24, 26, 50-56", "unit": "chromosome number" } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-measurements-q01", "text": "Which of these typical measurements hold for the sense of Thymus serpyllum this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards", "name": "Failure modes and hazards", "description": "Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.", "evidence": [ "Winter wet and poorly drained soils cause root rot and stand collapse in cultivation", "Misidentified nursery stock: many plants sold as T. serpyllum are T. praecox, T. pulegioides or hybrids", "Essential-oil irritation and sensitisation (thymol/carvacrol-rich chemotypes); not for undiluted dermal use", "Over-collection of wild stands in some mountain districts", "Frost heave and drought kill-out on shallow soils", "Confusion with toxic look-alikes is low, but substitution in herbal trade can alter oil chemistry and dose" ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards-q01", "text": "Which of these failure modes and hazards hold for the sense of Thymus serpyllum this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-regional-variation", "name": "Regional variation", "description": "Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.", "evidence": [ "In British usage 'wild thyme' and especially 'Breckland thyme' often mean T. serpyllum s.str. on sandy heaths; garden 'creeping thyme' is frequently T. praecox", "Central and southern European floras treat a large serpyllum aggregate; many former subspecies are now other species (T. praecox, T. pulegioides, T. longicaulis)", "Nordic and alpine populations are often more compact and may be keyed separately in local floras", "North American 'wild thyme' in horticulture is almost always introduced T. praecox / T. serpyllum s.l., not a native species" ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-regional-variation-q01", "text": "Which of these regional variation hold for the sense of Thymus serpyllum this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-neighbours", "name": "Neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart", "description": "Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.", "evidence": [ { "name": "Thymus 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Thymus serpyllum this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] } ] } ] } ] }, "openQuestions": [ "Which taxonomic authority and regional treatment should resolve the registry's presently undefined species scope, including historical broad uses of T. serpyllum?", "Which combination of diagnostic characters reliably separates this taxon from local T. praecox, other creeping thymes and possible hybrids, including non-flowering material?", "Which substrate, moisture and exposure limits are supported for the relevant provenance rather than inferred from generic creeping-thyme advice?", "Which propagation protocols and establishment criteria have been verified for the intended seed source, clone or cultivar?", "What local evidence establishes collection constraints, acceptable removal and recovery expectations for a particular wild or cultivated patch?" ], "statistics": { "bundles": 6, "layers": 11, "findings": 18, "questions": 33 } }, "draft": { "generator": 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Applied to this entry by rule. No source was read for this thing and no claim here is researched. This entry carries no facets of its own, so they were inferred from its domain - a guess about a whole domain applied to one thing.", "facetsInferred": true, "nextPass": "A researcher replaces this draft with a sourced specification. Treat every sentence below as a proposal to argue with.", "purpose": "Give an agent a durable, checkable way to recognise a Thymus serpyllum, record what state it is in, and decide what may be done with it.", "whatItIs": "Enable an AI agent to recognise Thymus serpyllum, assess the condition of a plant or patch, and decide whether observation, cultivation, propagation or collection is justified.", "characteristics": { "substance": "living", "origin": "natural", "agency": "autonomous", "mobility": "self-moving" }, "whatYouCanDoWithIt": [ "observed and measured" ], "distinguishingFeatures": [ "Described in 63 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 Thymus serpyllum, and on what evidence are they told apart?" ], "whatItIsMadeOf": "a living thing", "physicalCharacter": [ "Moves under its own power or of its own accord.", "Acts on its own behalf.", "These come from the domain this entry sits in rather than from the entry itself, so treat them as a first guess about the whole domain applied to one thing." ], "whatCanBeDoneWithIt": [ "observe it, measure it, record its state" ], "howItIsRecognised": [ "Recognised by diagnostic characters, and those differ by life stage - the young of many kinds are mistaken for other kinds entirely. A sighting is settled by characters, a photograph and a place, not by a name alone." ], "relatedModels": [], "standing": "Described in 63 Wikipedia languages, which measures how widely it is written about rather than how important or how common it is.", "structure": { "bundles": [ { "id": "identity-and-classification", "name": "Identity, naming and classification", "description": "How an agent tells one Thymus serpyllum from another, and a Thymus serpyllum 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 Thymus serpyllum, 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 Thymus serpyllum, 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 Thymus serpyllum 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 Thymus serpyllum, 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 Thymus serpyllum, 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 Thymus serpyllum 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 Thymus serpyllum 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 Thymus serpyllum, 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 Thymus serpyllum, 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 Thymus serpyllum 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 Thymus serpyllum from the things most often confused with it.", "questions": [ { "id": "distinguishing-features-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes what distinguishes a Thymus serpyllum, 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 Thymus serpyllum, 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 Thymus serpyllum 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 Thymus serpyllum 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 Thymus serpyllum, 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 Thymus serpyllum, 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 Thymus serpyllum 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 Thymus serpyllum and the stages it passes through.", "questions": [ { "id": "parts-and-materials-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the composition of a Thymus serpyllum, 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 Thymus serpyllum, 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 Thymus serpyllum 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 Thymus serpyllum is judged and by whom.", "questions": [ { "id": "condition-assessment-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the condition of a Thymus serpyllum, 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 Thymus serpyllum, 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 Thymus serpyllum 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 Thymus serpyllum 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 Thymus serpyllum is, and what that position is measured against.", "questions": [ { "id": "position-and-frame-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the location of a Thymus serpyllum, 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 Thymus serpyllum, 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 Thymus serpyllum 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 Thymus serpyllum 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 Thymus serpyllum, 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 Thymus serpyllum, 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 Thymus serpyllum 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 Thymus serpyllum 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 Thymus serpyllum between them.", "questions": [ { "id": "stages-and-transitions-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the lifecycle of a Thymus serpyllum, 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 Thymus serpyllum, 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 Thymus serpyllum 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 Thymus serpyllum, how often and by whom.", "findings": [ { "id": "observation-record", "name": "Observation record", "description": "How an observation of a Thymus serpyllum 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 Thymus serpyllum, 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 Thymus serpyllum, 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 Thymus serpyllum 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 Thymus serpyllum 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 Thymus serpyllum, 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 Thymus serpyllum 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 Thymus serpyllum 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 Thymus serpyllum 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 Thymus serpyllum 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 Thymus serpyllum 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 Thymus serpyllum 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 Thymus serpyllum, 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 Thymus serpyllum 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 Thymus serpyllum 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 Thymus serpyllum and how confident it is.", "questions": [ { "id": "claim-provenance-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes a claim about a Thymus serpyllum, 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 Thymus serpyllum, 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 Thymus serpyllum 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 Thymus serpyllum is retired without being erased.", "questions": [ { "id": "validity-and-supersession-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the validity of a claim about a Thymus serpyllum, 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 Thymus serpyllum, 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 Thymus serpyllum is known, and what must it refuse?", "kind": "action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] } ] } ] } ] }, "statistics": { "bundles": 8, 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