{ "model": { "rank": 6468, "code": "thing-q151968", "model_id": "vr.tr.leopard-2", "name": "Leopard 2", "purpose": "Enable an AI agent to recognise a Leopard 2, establish its actual configuration and condition, and determine which inspection, maintenance, movement or custodial actions are supported by evidence and authority.", "family": "Thing Registry", "category": "Physical world and living systems", "status": "research-draft", "kind": "thing", "plane": "PHY", "domain": "PHY.OBJ", "industry": "", "version": "", "url": "/models/thing/q151968/", "tier": 2, "score": 60, "payload": { "layer": "wikidata", "aliases": [ "Leopard 2A7", "Leopard 2A4", "Leopard 2A6HEL", "Leopard 2A5", "Pz 87", "Stridsvagn 122" ], "aliasCount": 6, "merged": 6, "knownIn": 60, "facets": null, "markers": [], "lexicalClass": "", "senseRank": null, "alsoRegisteredAs": null, "source": { "dataset": "wikidata", "item": "Q151968", "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q151968", "license": "CC0 1.0" } }, "research": { "vercy": "1.0-draft", "publication": { "status": "research-draft", "adjudicationStatus": "unreviewed", "publishableCanonical": false, "generatedAt": "2026-09-07T14:43:26Z", "providers": [ "Codex", "Grok" ], "missingProviders": [], "pass": 2, "cost": { "grok": { "usd": 0.00612204, "turns": 1, "seconds": 20.6, "error": null }, "codex": { "seconds": 87.7, "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: 01a07c51-a0e6-7743-b8d7-94bfbdaef496\n--------\nuser\nYou are drafting a Vercy meta-model for one registered thing. Answer as JSON only, no prose around it.\n\nThing: Leopard 2\nRegistry id: vr.tr.leopard-2\nPlane / domain: PHY / PHY.OBJ\nRegistry definition: (none recorded)\nNames folded into this entry: (none)\n\nA Ver" } } }, "metaModel": { "id": "THING-Q151968", "registryId": "vr.tr.leopard-2", "name": "Leopard 2", "version": "0.1.0-research.1", "entryKind": "thing", "family": "Thing Registry", "domain": [ "PHY.OBJ" ], "status": "research-draft" }, "canonicalUrl": "https://ver.cy/models/thing/q151968/", "model": { "registry_id": "vr.tr.leopard-2", "name": "Leopard 2", "purpose": "Enable an AI agent to recognise a Leopard 2, establish its actual configuration and condition, and determine which inspection, maintenance, movement or custodial actions are supported by evidence and authority.", "definition": "The Leopard 2 is a third-generation German main battle tank, introduced in 1979, featuring a stabilized 120 mm smoothbore gun, composite armour, and a diesel powerpack, and remaining in production and upgrade through successive national variants.", "scope_statement": "This model owns the physical identity, configuration, condition and action constraints of Leopard 2 main battle tanks under registry entry vr.tr.leopard-2 in PHY / PHY.OBJ, distinguishing family-level descriptions from evidence about individual vehicles.", "in_scope": [ "Leopard 2 family membership, individual vehicle identity and documented variant designation", "As-built configuration, national adaptations and subsequent modifications", "Installed mobility, armament, observation, protection and crew-support systems", "Physical condition, inspection evidence and subsystem-specific serviceability", "Vehicle-specific maintenance, transport, storage and custody constraints" ], "out_of_scope": [ "Leopard 1 and other main battle tank families", "Separate recovery, engineering and bridge-laying vehicles sharing Leopard-derived components", "Military units, force structure and campaign planning", "Target selection, firing solutions and tactical employment", "Ammunition design and standalone ammunition inventory models", "Detailed models of transport infrastructure, maintenance organisations and procurement contracts" ], "distinguishing_features": [ "Require an identification plate, serial-linked record or authoritative designation establishing Leopard 2 lineage; a generic Leopard label cannot distinguish Leopard 1 from Leopard 2. Manufacturer family reference: [KNDS LEOPARD](https://knds.com/en/products/leopard).", "Check whether the object retains a documented Leopard 2 main battle tank configuration; shared chassis ancestry alone does not establish that a recovery, engineering or training vehicle belongs here.", "Cross-check the declared variant against installed equipment and conversion records; the Bundeswehr documents multiple Leopard 2 versions, so one version's appearance or specification cannot establish the whole family's configuration. Reference: [Bundeswehr Leopard versions](https://www.bundeswehr.de/de/ausruestung-technik-bundeswehr/kampfpanzer-leopard-versionen-bundeswehr).", "For an A8 identification, compare documented equipment with the manufacturer's A8 reference, including its 120 mm L55 A1 smoothbore gun; gun calibre alone is insufficient to distinguish a Leopard 2 from other tanks. Reference: [KNDS Leopard 2 A8 brochure](https://knds.com/media/KNDS_B_Ansicht_LEOPARD_2_A8_EN_056fd1a8ad.pdf).", "Distinguish an individual tank from a mock-up, simulator or detached turret using physical inspection and identity records; silhouette and markings provide supporting evidence only." ], "characteristics": [ { "name": "Vehicle identity and Leopard 2 lineage", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "Hull identifier linked to manufacturer, acceptance and custody records; confidence recorded", "why_it_matters": "Anchors observations to one physical vehicle and prevents confusion with another Leopard family or a representation." }, { "name": "Declared variant and national designation", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "Documented designation, issuing authority and effective date; unresolved if conflicting", "why_it_matters": "Selects an initial reference configuration without assuming that the label describes every installed component." }, { "name": "Installed configuration baseline", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "Hull, turret and major equipment linked to identifiers, modification records and inspection dates", "why_it_matters": "Distinguishes actual fit from nominal variant specifications." }, { "name": "Mass in recorded configuration", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "kg or t, with load state, fitted equipment, date and measurement or estimate basis", "why_it_matters": "Supports transport and handling checks without applying one variant's mass to another." }, { "name": "Transport envelope", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Length, width and height in mm or m, with turret orientation and transport configuration", "why_it_matters": "Allows a meaningful comparison with carrier and clearance limits." }, { "name": "Mobility subsystem condition", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "Separate assessed states for powerpack, transmission, steering, braking, tracks and suspension; include unknown", "why_it_matters": "A running engine alone does not demonstrate that the tank may move safely." }, { "name": "Armament and turret safety status", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "Recorded inspection status, restrictions and authorised clearance reference; unknown where unverified", "why_it_matters": "Determines whether proposed handling or maintenance has the necessary safety evidence." }, { "name": "Protection and crew-support fit", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "Documented installed packages and systems, each marked present, absent or unverified", "why_it_matters": "Prevents protection or crew-support features being inferred from the Leopard 2 name." }, { "name": "Observation and vehicle-electronics condition", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "Installed configuration and separately assessed subsystem condition, with evidence date", "why_it_matters": "Separates physical presence from verified function and configuration compatibility." }, { "name": "Custody and action authority", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "Vehicle linked to custodian, responsible authority and action-specific approvals or restrictions", "why_it_matters": "Physical serviceability does not itself authorise maintenance, movement or transfer." } ], "affordances": [ "Identify an observed vehicle as a confirmed, provisional or disputed Leopard 2 and associate it with the registry entry.", "Compare its documented variant with inspected equipment and flag unsupported configuration assumptions.", "Assemble a subsystem-specific condition assessment with explicit evidence gaps.", "Determine whether an inspection or maintenance request has the applicable documentation, qualified personnel and authorisation.", "Check proposed transport or storage against the vehicle's recorded configuration, dimensions, mass and restrictions.", "Record a custody change, conversion or retirement while preserving the individual vehicle's identity history." ] }, "sources": [ { "id": "src-1", "title": "Leopard 2", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopard_2", "what_it_supports": "Service history, variant lineage (2A4-2A8), gun and armour evolution, operators", "url_status": "live" } ], "structure": { "bundles": [ { "id": "leopard-2-identity-and-lineage", "name": "Leopard 2 identity and lineage", "description": "Establish family membership and continuity of the individual tank through designation changes and rebuilds.", "rationale": "Leopard naming, national designations and conversions can otherwise cause an agent to merge different vehicles or misclassify related platforms.", "layers": [ { "id": "family-membership", "name": "Family membership", "description": "Determine whether the observed thing falls within the registered Leopard 2 concept.", "findings": [ { "id": "evidenced-leopard-2-membership", "name": "Evidenced Leopard 2 membership", "description": "Membership should rest on traceable identity evidence, with appearance treated as corroboration.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which manufacturer or operator record identifies this object as a Leopard 2?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "evidenced-leopard-2-membership-q01" }, { "text": "Is this a main battle tank, a related specialist vehicle, a training conversion or a representation?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "evidenced-leopard-2-membership-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "individual-continuity", "name": "Individual continuity", "description": "Track the tank across component replacements, rebuilds and custody changes.", "findings": [ { "id": "hull-and-turret-identity-history", "name": "Hull and turret identity history", "description": "Record the evidence connecting the present hull and turret to prior vehicle records without assuming that every major component is original.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which identifier does the responsible authority use to preserve this tank's identity through a rebuild?", "kind": "definition", "id": "hull-and-turret-identity-history-q01" }, { "text": "Which records connect the currently installed hull and turret to that identity?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "hull-and-turret-identity-history-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "variant-and-installed-configuration", "name": "Variant and installed configuration", "description": "Resolve the declared Leopard 2 version into an evidenced configuration for this vehicle.", "rationale": "Variant labels cannot safely substitute for records of national adaptations, upgrades and component replacements.", "layers": [ { "id": "designation-and-baseline", "name": "Designation and baseline", "description": "Associate a designation with its authority, date and applicable reference configuration.", "findings": [ { "id": "declared-versus-observed-standard", "name": "Declared versus observed standard", "description": "Preserve discrepancies between the recorded version and inspected equipment instead of silently choosing one.", "questions": [ { "text": "What exact variant and national designation are recorded, by whom and as of what date?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "declared-versus-observed-standard-q01" }, { "text": "Which inspected features disagree with that designation's documented baseline?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "declared-versus-observed-standard-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "installed-system-fit", "name": "Installed system fit", "description": "Describe the actual gun, turret equipment, observation systems, protection packages and vehicle electronics.", "findings": [ { "id": "configuration-specific-system-record", "name": "Configuration-specific system record", "description": "Identify installed systems and their documented applicability without inferring compatibility from family membership.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which gun model, sighting equipment, protection packages and electronics baseline are verified on this tank?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "configuration-specific-system-record-q01" }, { "text": "Which approved modification or acceptance records establish this combination of equipment?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "configuration-specific-system-record-q02" }, { "text": "Which configuration discrepancies require technical review before maintenance or return to service?", "kind": "action", "id": "configuration-specific-system-record-q03" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "subsystem-condition-and-crew-safety", "name": "Subsystem condition and crew safety", "description": "Represent the condition of this Leopard 2 through separate, dated assessments of its major systems.", "rationale": "A single ready or unready label hides differences between mobility, turret safety, observation and crew protection.", "layers": [ { "id": "tracked-mobility-condition", "name": "Tracked mobility condition", "description": "Assess the propulsion and running gear evidence relevant to authorised movement.", "findings": [ { "id": "mobility-evidence-and-restrictions", "name": "Mobility evidence and restrictions", "description": "Keep powerpack operation separate from the condition of transmission, steering, brakes, tracks and suspension.", "questions": [ { "text": "What dated inspection evidence exists for each mobility subsystem on this configuration?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "mobility-evidence-and-restrictions-q01" }, { "text": "Which recorded defects or unresolved inspections restrict self-propelled movement, towing or loading?", "kind": "action", "id": "mobility-evidence-and-restrictions-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "turret-and-occupied-compartment-condition", "name": "Turret and occupied-compartment condition", "description": "Record armament safety, observation-system condition and installed crew-support system status.", "findings": [ { "id": "separate-safety-and-function-assessments", "name": "Separate safety and function assessments", "description": "Distinguish verified safety status from functional condition and from mere equipment presence.", "questions": [ { "text": "What authorised record establishes the current armament and turret safety status?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "separate-safety-and-function-assessments-q01" }, { "text": "Which installed observation, fire-suppression and crew-support systems have current condition evidence?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "separate-safety-and-function-assessments-q02" }, { "text": "Which unresolved conditions prevent personnel entry or the proposed maintenance activity?", "kind": "action", "id": "separate-safety-and-function-assessments-q03" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "maintenance-transport-and-custody", "name": "Maintenance, transport and custody", "description": "Connect this tank's actual configuration and condition to permitted support and custodial actions.", "rationale": "Leopard 2 support decisions require configuration-specific technical references, measured transport characteristics and a responsible authority.", "layers": [ { "id": "configuration-applicable-maintenance", "name": "Configuration-applicable maintenance", "description": "Determine whether a proposed maintenance action is supported by the correct technical baseline.", "findings": [ { "id": "maintenance-applicability-and-release", "name": "Maintenance applicability and release", "description": "Record applicable documentation, qualified responsibility and acceptance evidence for work on the installed configuration.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which technical publication revision applies to the installed subsystem and modification state?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "maintenance-applicability-and-release-q01" }, { "text": "Who may authorise the proposed work and accept the tank afterward?", "kind": "action", "id": "maintenance-applicability-and-release-q02" }, { "text": "Which outstanding defects or configuration discrepancies remain after the work?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "maintenance-applicability-and-release-q03" } ] } ] }, { "id": "transport-storage-and-transfer", "name": "Transport, storage and transfer", "description": "Represent the vehicle-specific evidence needed for movement, storage and custody decisions.", "findings": [ { "id": "physical-and-custodial-action-constraints", "name": "Physical and custodial action constraints", "description": "Evaluate a proposed action using the tank's recorded load state, envelope, condition and authority links.", "questions": [ { "text": "What are this tank's mass and dimensions in the proposed transport or storage configuration, and how were they established?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "physical-and-custodial-action-constraints-q01" }, { "text": "Do the carrier or storage limits and vehicle-specific restrictions support the proposed arrangement?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "physical-and-custodial-action-constraints-q02" }, { "text": "Which custodian and approval record authorise the movement, storage placement or transfer?", "kind": "action", "id": "physical-and-custodial-action-constraints-q03" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "evidence-and-external-alignment", "name": "Evidence and external alignment", "description": "What the world already says about this thing, gathered so the model can be checked against it.", "rationale": "A model that cannot be lined up against existing standards, identifiers and practice cannot be adopted by anyone who already uses them.", "layers": [ { "id": "reported-evidence", "name": "Reported evidence", "description": "Findings from the breadth pass, kept separate from the structural claims.", "findings": [ { "id": "evidence-kinds", "name": "Kinds and varieties", "description": "Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.", "evidence": [ "Leopard 2A4 (baseline 1980s production with digital fire-control and welded turret)", "Leopard 2A5 (wedge-armoured turret and improved commander's independent sight)", "Leopard 2A6 / 2A6M (L55 120 mm gun; mine-protection sub-variant)", "Leopard 2A7 / 2A7V / 2A7A1 (urban, digitised and Trophy APS-equipped German upgrades)", "Leopard 2A8 (current German new-build/upgrade standard with Trophy and new electronics)", "Stridsvagn 122 (Swedish national variant)", "Leopard 2PL / 2A4M CAN / other national mid-life upgrades", "Leopard 2 PSO / 2A7+ urban/peace-support configuration" ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-kinds-q01", "text": "Which of these kinds and varieties hold for the sense of Leopard 2 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": "Wikidata", "value_or_pattern": "Q159345", "note": "Leopard 2 tank family" } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-identifiers-q01", "text": "Which of these identifiers and schemes hold for the sense of Leopard 2 this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] } ] } ] } ] }, "openQuestions": [ "Does an existing Vercy world model already own the Leopard 2 concept, requiring this registry entry to link to it rather than create a second model?", "With no registry definition recorded, where should membership boundaries fall for driver-training conversions, experimental demonstrators and permanently demilitarised Leopard 2 vehicles?", "Which authoritative references map national designations and upgrade packages to configuration baselines without treating similar labels as equivalent?", "Which operator-specific rules preserve individual identity through hull replacement, turret exchange or extensive rebuilding?", "Which accessible technical authorities establish configuration-specific inspection validity, maintenance acceptance and transport constraints, and which details must remain explicitly unknown?" ], "statistics": { "bundles": 5, "layers": 9, "findings": 10, "questions": 22 } }, "draft": { "generator": "vr.draft.v3", "status": "draft-generated", "researched": false, "archetype": "unclassified", "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 Leopard 2, record what state it is in, and decide what may be done with it.", "whatItIs": "Enable an AI agent to recognise a Leopard 2, establish its actual configuration and condition, and determine which inspection, maintenance, movement or custodial actions are supported by evidence and authority.", "characteristics": { "substance": "material", "origin": "manufactured", "agency": "inert", "mobility": "varies" }, "whatYouCanDoWithIt": [ "observed and measured" ], "distinguishingFeatures": [ "Names folded into this entry, which a task may need to split apart again: Leopard 2A7, Leopard 2A4, Leopard 2A6HEL, Leopard 2A5, Pz 87, Stridsvagn 122.", "6 finer distinctions are held as aliases rather than separate entries, because telling them apart needs a task that asks for it.", "Described in 60 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 Leopard 2, 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" ], "howItIsRecognised": [ "Recognised by form and material. The registry holds no appearance data, so what a Leopard 2 looks like has to come from research." ], "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": [ "Leopard 2A7", "Leopard 2A4", "Leopard 2A6HEL", "Leopard 2A5", "Pz 87", "Stridsvagn 122" ] } ], "standing": "Described in 60 Wikipedia languages, which measures how widely it is written about rather than how important or how common it is. 6 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 Leopard 2 from another, and a Leopard 2 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 Leopard 2, 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 Leopard 2, 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 Leopard 2 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 Leopard 2, 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 Leopard 2, 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 Leopard 2 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 Leopard 2 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 Leopard 2, 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 Leopard 2, 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 Leopard 2 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 Leopard 2 from the things most often confused with it.", "questions": [ { "id": "distinguishing-features-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes what distinguishes a Leopard 2, 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 Leopard 2, 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 Leopard 2 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 Leopard 2 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 Leopard 2, 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 Leopard 2, 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 Leopard 2 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 Leopard 2 is built from and which parts are replaceable.", "questions": [ { "id": "parts-and-materials-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the composition of a Leopard 2, 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 Leopard 2, 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 Leopard 2 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 Leopard 2 is judged and by whom.", "questions": [ { "id": "condition-assessment-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the condition of a Leopard 2, 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 Leopard 2, 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 Leopard 2 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 Leopard 2 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 Leopard 2 is, and what that position is measured against.", "questions": [ { "id": "position-and-frame-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the location of a Leopard 2, 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 Leopard 2, 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 Leopard 2 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 Leopard 2 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 Leopard 2, 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 Leopard 2, 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 Leopard 2 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 Leopard 2 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 Leopard 2 between them.", "questions": [ { "id": "stages-and-transitions-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the lifecycle of a Leopard 2, 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 Leopard 2, 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 Leopard 2 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 Leopard 2, how often and by whom.", "findings": [ { "id": "observation-record", "name": "Observation record", "description": "How an observation of a Leopard 2 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 Leopard 2, 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 Leopard 2, 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 Leopard 2 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 Leopard 2 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 Leopard 2 is for, and what it is used for anyway.", "findings": [ { "id": "function-and-purpose", "name": "Function, purpose and misuse", "description": "The function a Leopard 2 performs and the uses that fall outside it.", "questions": [ { "id": "function-and-purpose-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the use of a Leopard 2, 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 Leopard 2, 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 Leopard 2 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 Leopard 2.", "findings": [ { "id": "procedures-and-skills", "name": "Procedures, skills and required tools", "description": "What an agent needs before it can act on a Leopard 2 at all.", "questions": [ { "id": "procedures-and-skills-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes handling a Leopard 2, 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 Leopard 2, 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 Leopard 2 is known, and what must it refuse?", "kind": "action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "provenance-and-evidence", "name": "Provenance, evidence and time", "description": "Where every claim about a Leopard 2 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 Leopard 2 and how confident it is.", "questions": [ { "id": "claim-provenance-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes a claim about a Leopard 2, 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 Leopard 2, 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 Leopard 2 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 Leopard 2 is retired without being erased.", "questions": [ { "id": "validity-and-supersession-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the validity of a claim about a Leopard 2, 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 Leopard 2, 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 Leopard 2 is known, and what must it refuse?", "kind": "action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] } ] } ] } ] }, "statistics": { "bundles": 6, "layers": 13, "findings": 15, "questions": 45 } } } }