{ "model": { "rank": 3671, "code": "thing-q14982", "model_id": "vr.tr.methanol", "name": "methanol", "purpose": "Enable an AI agent to recognise methanol, assess the condition and suitability of a particular quantity, and determine which handling or use decisions require further evidence.", "family": "Thing Registry", "category": "Physical world and living systems", "status": "research-draft", "kind": "thing", "plane": "PHY", "domain": "PHY.MAT", "industry": "", "version": "", "url": "/models/thing/q14982/", "tier": 2, "score": 83, "payload": { "layer": "wikidata", "aliases": [ "methanol fuel", "biomethanol" ], "aliasCount": 2, "merged": 2, "knownIn": 83, "facets": null, "markers": [], "lexicalClass": "", "senseRank": null, "alsoRegisteredAs": null, "source": { "dataset": "wikidata", "item": "Q14982", "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14982", "license": "CC0 1.0" } }, "research": { "vercy": "1.0-draft", "publication": { "status": "research-draft", "adjudicationStatus": "unreviewed", "publishableCanonical": false, "generatedAt": "2026-09-07T14:50:29Z", "providers": [ "Codex" ], "breadth": "recalled by Codex without web access - no source was read", "missingProviders": [], "pass": 2, "cost": { "grok": { "seconds": 33.4, "error": "Reading additional input from stdin...\nOpenAI Codex v0.153.3\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: 01a07c58-2644-74f2-99e2-7f81f2cdd155\n--------\nuser\nDescribe what is already known about one registered thing. 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chemical substance CH3OH under registry entry vr.tr.methanol, including its identity, grade, condition, measured properties and substance-specific constraints; products containing methanol and processes involving it remain separate models.", "in_scope": [ "Chemical identity, identifiers and differentiation from other alcohols", "Methanol content, water content, impurities and grade evidence", "Physical phase and properties under stated conditions", "Toxicity, flammability, exposure and compatibility constraints", "Provenance and suitability of a methanol quantity for a specified use" ], "out_of_scope": [ "Formulations, fuels and other products containing methanol as an ingredient", "Methanol production plants and manufacturing process models", "Containers, storage installations and transport vehicles", "Clinical diagnosis and treatment of methanol poisoning", "Complete reactor, engine or fuel-cell operating procedures" ], "distinguishing_features": [ "Chemical identity must match CH3OH, the one-carbon alcohol, rather than ethanol, isopropanol or another alcohol.", "Identity testing must distinguish methanol from other clear liquids; appearance and odour do not establish identity.", "A methanol-containing mixture must be distinguished from a methanol substance quantity with declared impurities and grade.", "A production-route label such as renewable methanol describes provenance and does not establish a different molecular identity.", "A grade label must be supported by measured composition and an applicable specification; it does not by itself establish suitability." ], "characteristics": [ { "name": "Chemical identity", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "CH3OH; verified CAS number, PubChem CID and EC number with source", "why_it_matters": "Connects the quantity to the correct substance and prevents confusion with other alcohols." }, { "name": "Methanol assay", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Mass fraction or amount fraction; method, uncertainty and sampling date", "why_it_matters": "Establishes composition without confusing incompatible percentage bases." }, { "name": "Water content", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "mg/kg or mass percent; analytical method and sampling date", "why_it_matters": "Water content can determine whether methanol meets an intended analytical, synthesis or fuel specification." }, { "name": "Impurity profile", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Named impurities and concentrations with units, detection limits and methods", "why_it_matters": "Trace contaminants can invalidate a grade or interfere with a downstream application." }, { "name": "Declared grade", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "Supplier grade and named specification with edition", "why_it_matters": "Makes grade claims testable against explicit acceptance criteria." }, { "name": "Physical condition", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "Phase, temperature in °C or K, and absolute pressure in kPa", "why_it_matters": "Phase and physical-property values require operating conditions." }, { "name": "Phase-transition temperatures", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Melting and boiling temperatures in °C or K at stated pressure and purity", "why_it_matters": "Supports phase assessment without treating reference values as unconditional." }, { "name": "Density and vapour pressure", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "kg/m³ and kPa at stated temperature, composition and method", "why_it_matters": "Supports quantity conversion and assessment of vapour formation." }, { "name": "Flammability properties", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Flash point in °C with test method; flammable limits in volume percent under stated conditions", "why_it_matters": "Provides evidence for evaluating ignition and atmosphere constraints." }, { "name": "Hazard classification", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "Applicable GHS implementation, hazard classes, categories and statements with jurisdiction and revision", "why_it_matters": "Connects methanol hazards to the classification actually applicable to the quantity." }, { "name": "Exposure criteria", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "ppm or mg/m³; averaging period, skin notation, authority and effective date", "why_it_matters": "Prevents comparison of an exposure measurement with an unrelated limit." }, { "name": "Lot and production provenance", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "Supplier, lot, certificate of analysis and supported production-route claims", "why_it_matters": "Connects quality and origin assertions to evidence for the actual material." } ], "affordances": [ "Resolve a substance label to methanol identity using documented identifiers and analytical evidence.", "Compare a lot's assay, water content and impurities with a specified use requirement.", "Assess phase and vapour-related constraints at a stated temperature and pressure.", "Flag proposed handling when exposure, ignition or material-compatibility evidence is missing.", "Determine whether resampling or retesting is needed before relying on an earlier certificate.", "Separate verified chemical quality from independently evidenced production-origin claims." ] }, "sources": [], "structure": { "bundles": [ { "id": "methanol-identity", "name": "Methanol identity", "description": "Establishes which chemical substance is present and where the registry boundary lies.", "rationale": "Confusion with other alcohols or methanol-containing products changes both permitted uses and hazard decisions.", "layers": [ { "id": "molecular-and-regulatory-identity", "name": "Molecular and regulatory identity", "description": "Connects the molecular identity to independently verified substance records.", "findings": [ { "id": "identity-evidence", "name": "Identity evidence", "description": "Record CH3OH identity together with authoritative identifiers and evidence identifying the actual sample.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which authoritative records establish the CAS number, PubChem CID and EC number for methanol?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "identity-evidence-q01" }, { "text": "What analytical evidence distinguishes this sample from ethanol, isopropanol or a mixture of alcohols?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "identity-evidence-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "substance-and-product-boundary", "name": "Substance and product boundary", "description": "Separates methanol identity from formulations, impurities and origin labels.", "findings": [ { "id": "registered-substance-boundary", "name": "Registered substance boundary", "description": "Record whether the quantity is supplied as methanol or is a separately modelled formulation containing methanol.", "questions": [ { "text": "Is the material methanol with declared impurities, or an intentional formulation requiring a product model?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "registered-substance-boundary-q01" }, { "text": "Does any renewable, bio-based or synthetic label describe production provenance 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impurities were tested, and what methods and detection limits support the reported results?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "measured-composition-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "grade-and-lot-evidence", "name": "Grade and lot evidence", "description": "Links a supplier's grade claim to lot-specific results and acceptance criteria.", "findings": [ { "id": "grade-conformance", "name": "Grade conformance", "description": "Treat a grade as a claim against an identified specification, supported by evidence for the lot.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which specification and edition define this methanol grade, including water and impurity limits?", "kind": "definition", "id": "grade-conformance-q01" }, { "text": "Does the certificate of analysis identify this lot and demonstrate compliance with every relevant criterion?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "grade-conformance-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "methanol-physical-state", "name": "Methanol physical state", "description": "Describes phase, physical 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"condition-since-certification", "name": "Condition since certification", "description": "Assesses whether storage and handling history undermine earlier composition evidence.", "findings": [ { "id": "sample-representativeness", "name": "Sample representativeness", "description": "Connect current suitability to evidence about opening, transfer, moisture exposure and possible contamination.", "questions": [ { "text": "What opening, transfer or storage events could have changed water content or introduced contaminants since analysis?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "sample-representativeness-q01" }, { "text": "What sampling and retesting are needed to establish that the recorded composition still represents this quantity?", "kind": "action", "id": "sample-representativeness-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "methanol-hazards-and-handling", "name": "Methanol hazards and handling", "description": "Connects methanol-specific toxicity and flammability evidence to proposed handling.", "rationale": "An agent needs explicit evidence about exposure routes, ignition conditions and compatibility before assessing an action.", "layers": [ { "id": "toxicity-and-exposure", "name": "Toxicity and exposure", "description": "Records applicable health classifications and exposure criteria without substituting for clinical care.", "findings": [ { "id": "route-specific-health-constraints", "name": "Route-specific health constraints", "description": "Capture evidence concerning ingestion, inhalation and skin exposure, including serious systemic effects and applicable exposure limits.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which authoritative hazard assessment documents methanol's health effects and relevant exposure routes?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "route-specific-health-constraints-q01" }, { "text": "Which occupational limits, averaging periods and skin notations apply in the intended jurisdiction?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "route-specific-health-constraints-q02" }, { "text": "Does the proposed handling have adequate exposure-assessment evidence for each relevant route?", "kind": "action", "id": "route-specific-health-constraints-q03" } ] } ] }, { "id": "ignition-and-compatibility", "name": "Ignition and compatibility", "description": "Links flammability properties and chemical compatibility to the intended conditions.", "findings": [ { "id": "handling-envelope", "name": "Handling envelope", "description": "Record applicable flash-point and flammable-limit evidence alongside compatibility requirements for contacting materials and chemicals.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which flash-point method and flammable-limit conditions support assessment of this methanol quantity?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "handling-envelope-q01" }, { "text": "What evidence establishes compatibility with the proposed wetted materials and contacting chemicals?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "handling-envelope-q02" }, { "text": "Which unresolved ignition, ventilation or compatibility conditions prevent authorising the proposed transfer or use?", "kind": "action", "id": "handling-envelope-q03" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "methanol-use-and-provenance", "name": "Methanol use and provenance", "description": "Assesses application suitability and traces claims beyond molecular identity.", "rationale": "Chemical conformance, regulatory acceptability and production-origin claims answer different questions and require separate evidence.", "layers": [ { "id": "application-specific-suitability", "name": "Application-specific suitability", "description": "Relates a methanol quantity to explicit requirements of a neighbouring application model.", "findings": [ { "id": "intended-use-conformance", "name": "Intended-use conformance", "description": "Evaluate use as a solvent, feedstock or fuel component against the receiving application's documented requirements.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which methanol assay, water, impurity and documentation requirements does the intended application impose?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "intended-use-conformance-q01" }, { "text": "Does the available evidence support this use, require additional testing or establish nonconformance?", "kind": "action", "id": "intended-use-conformance-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "origin-and-jurisdiction", "name": "Origin and jurisdiction", "description": "Tracks production claims and the regulatory records relevant to a particular supply context.", "findings": [ { "id": "traceable-supply-claims", "name": "Traceable supply claims", "description": "Link the lot to current jurisdictional documentation and independently supported origin or emissions claims.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which safety data sheet, regulatory identity records and transport classification apply to this supply form and jurisdiction?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "traceable-supply-claims-q01" }, { "text": "What chain-of-custody and assessment-boundary evidence supports any renewable-origin or emissions claim for this lot?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "traceable-supply-claims-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; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "This is recall, not source-verified research; physical constants are approximate and refer to pure methanol under the stated conditions.", "Verify current jurisdiction-specific hazard classifications, exposure limits and product restrictions before regulatory use.", "Grade names do not establish a universal purity specification; check water content, impurities and the supplier's certificate of analysis." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-confidence-notes-q01", "text": "Which of these check these first hold for the sense of methanol 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": [ "Technical-grade methanol", "Reagent-grade methanol", "HPLC-grade methanol", "LC-MS-grade methanol", "Anhydrous methanol" ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-kinds-q01", "text": "Which of these kinds and varieties hold for the sense of methanol 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 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"unit": "g/cm³" }, { "quantity": "Closed-cup flash point", "typical_range": "approximately 11-12, depending on test method", "unit": "°C" } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-measurements-q01", "text": "Which of these typical measurements hold for the sense of methanol 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": [ "Liquid and vapor ignite readily; vapor mixed with air can create an explosive atmosphere.", "Exposure through ingestion, inhalation or skin absorption can cause systemic poisoning.", "Metabolism to toxic products can cause metabolic acidosis, optic-nerve injury, blindness and death; serious effects may be delayed.", "Flames can be difficult to see in daylight, complicating fire detection.", "Water uptake and other contamination can make material unsuitable for applications requiring controlled purity." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards-q01", "text": "Which of these failure modes and hazards hold for the sense of methanol 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": [ "Workplace exposure limits, averaging periods and skin notations differ by jurisdiction and issuing body.", "Restrictions on methanol-containing consumer products vary by jurisdiction and product category.", "Hazard labels and safety-data-sheet requirements depend on the jurisdiction's implementation of chemical classification rules." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-regional-variation-q01", "text": "Which of these regional variation hold for the sense of methanol 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": "ethanol", "difference": "Ethanol has two carbon atoms and formula C2H5OH; methanol has one and formula CH3OH." }, { "name": "methane", "difference": "Methane is CH4 and lacks the hydroxyl group that makes methanol an alcohol." }, { "name": "formaldehyde", "difference": "Formaldehyde is the aldehyde CH2O, with a carbonyl group rather than methanol's alcohol group." }, { "name": "methanol-containing formulation", "difference": "A formulation is a mixture with specified ingredients and concentrations; methanol names the individual chemical substance." } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-neighbours-q01", "text": "Which of these neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart hold for the sense of methanol this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] } ] } ] } ] }, "openQuestions": [ "Which authoritative identity and property sources should anchor verified identifiers and numerical constants, including measurement conditions?", "Which jurisdictions and effective dates must the model cover for hazard classifications, exposure limits and transport requirements?", "Which methanol grades and application specifications are required, and what water and impurity limits distinguish them?", "What evidence and acceptance criteria should trigger retesting after storage, opening or transfer?", "Does the existing world-model catalogue already cover methanol, requiring vr.tr.methanol to link to that publication instead of creating a duplicate?" ], "statistics": { "bundles": 6, "layers": 11, "findings": 19, "questions": 31 } }, "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 methanol, record what state it is in, and decide what may be done with it.", "whatItIs": "Enable an AI agent to recognise methanol, assess the condition and suitability of a particular quantity, and determine which handling or use decisions require further evidence.", "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: methanol fuel, biomethanol.", "2 finer distinctions are held as aliases rather than separate entries, because telling them apart needs a task that asks for it.", "Described in 83 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 methanol, 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": [ "methanol fuel", "biomethanol" ] } ], "standing": "Described in 83 Wikipedia languages, which measures how widely it is written about rather than how important or how common it is. 2 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 methanol from another, and a methanol 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 methanol, 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 methanol, 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 methanol 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 methanol, 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 methanol, 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 methanol 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 methanol 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 methanol, 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 methanol, 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 methanol 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 methanol from the things most often confused with it.", "questions": [ { "id": "distinguishing-features-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes what distinguishes a methanol, 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 methanol, 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 methanol 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 methanol 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 methanol, 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 methanol, 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 methanol 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 methanol is built from and which parts are replaceable.", "questions": [ { "id": "parts-and-materials-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the composition of a methanol, 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 methanol, 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 methanol 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 methanol is judged and by whom.", "questions": [ { "id": "condition-assessment-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the condition of a methanol, 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 methanol, 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 methanol 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 methanol 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 methanol is, and what that position is measured against.", "questions": [ { "id": "position-and-frame-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the location of a methanol, 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 methanol, 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 methanol 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 methanol 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 methanol, 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 methanol, 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 methanol 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 methanol 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 methanol between them.", "questions": [ { "id": "stages-and-transitions-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the lifecycle of a methanol, 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 methanol, 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 methanol 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 methanol, how often and by whom.", "findings": [ { "id": "observation-record", "name": "Observation record", "description": "How an observation of a methanol 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 methanol, 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 methanol, 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 methanol 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 methanol 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 methanol is for, and what it is used for anyway.", "findings": [ { "id": "function-and-purpose", "name": "Function, purpose and misuse", "description": "The function a methanol performs and the uses that fall outside it.", "questions": [ { "id": "function-and-purpose-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the use of a methanol, 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 methanol, 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 methanol 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 methanol.", "findings": [ { "id": "procedures-and-skills", "name": "Procedures, skills and required tools", "description": "What an agent needs before it can act on a methanol at all.", "questions": [ { "id": "procedures-and-skills-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes handling a methanol, 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 methanol, 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 methanol 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 methanol there is and how fast it goes.", "questions": [ { "id": "consumption-and-stock-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the supply of a methanol, 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 methanol, 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 methanol 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 methanol 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 methanol 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 methanol 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 methanol 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 methanol, 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 methanol 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 methanol 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 methanol 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 methanol, 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 methanol 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 methanol and how confident it is.", "questions": [ { "id": "claim-provenance-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes a claim about a methanol, 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 methanol, 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 methanol 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 methanol is retired without being 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