{ "model": { "rank": 1684, "code": "thing-q153", "model_id": "vr.tr.ethanol", "name": "ethanol", "purpose": "Enable an agent to recognise ethanol-bearing material, assess its composition and condition, and determine which handling or use decisions its evidence supports.", "family": "Thing Registry", "category": "Physical world and living systems", "status": "research-draft", "kind": "thing", "plane": "PHY", "domain": "PHY.MAT", "industry": "", "version": "", "url": "/models/thing/q153/", "tier": 2, "score": 132, "payload": { "layer": "wikidata", "aliases": [ "rectified spirit", "denatured alcohol", "Rödsprit" ], "aliasCount": 3, "merged": 3, "knownIn": 132, "facets": null, "markers": [], "lexicalClass": "", "senseRank": null, "alsoRegisteredAs": null, "source": { "dataset": "wikidata", "item": "Q153", "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q153", "license": "CC0 1.0" } }, "research": { "vercy": "1.0-draft", "publication": { "status": "research-draft", "adjudicationStatus": "unreviewed", "publishableCanonical": false, "generatedAt": "2026-09-06T21:38:10Z", "providers": [ "Codex" ], "missingProviders": [ "Grok" ], "pass": 2, "cost": { "grok": { "usd": null, "turns": null, "seconds": 2.2, "error": "Error: Internal error: {\n \"message\": \"API error (status 402 Payment Required): Grok Build usage balance exhausted\",\n \"http_status\": 402\n}", "retried": true }, "codex": { "seconds": 61.6, "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: 01a078a7-5c1a-7f01-9be6-4bb8b83a9cf1\n--------\nuser\nYou are drafting a Vercy meta-model for one registered thing. 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"in_scope": [ "Identification of ethanol and evidence distinguishing it from other alcohols or solvents", "Ethanol concentration, water content, impurities and intentional additives", "Physical state and condition under recorded temperature, pressure and exposure", "Lot provenance, grade claims and supporting analytical evidence", "Material suitability and constraints for a specified handling or use context" ], "out_of_scope": [ "Complete formulations and performance models for beverages, fuels, disinfectants or other ethanol-containing products", "Fermentation, distillation and synthesis process design", "Human intoxication, diagnosis and treatment", "Container, ventilation and fire-protection equipment design", "Jurisdictional licensing, taxation and transport classification systems" ], "distinguishing_features": [ "Establish the CH3CH2OH molecular identity; elemental composition alone cannot distinguish ethanol from its structural isomer dimethyl ether.", "Use analytical evidence capable of distinguishing ethanol from methanol and isopropanol; appearance and smell do not establish identity or purity.", "Distinguish ethanol material from an ethanol-containing formulation by recording its full known composition and intended material designation.", "Distinguish denatured from undenatured ethanol through additive records and relevant analytical evidence; ethanol concentration alone cannot establish that distinction.", "Distinguish a nominally anhydrous grade from water-bearing ethanol through measured water content and the applicable grade specification." ], "characteristics": [ { "name": "Chemical identity", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "Ethanol confirmed | ethanol provisionally identified | identity unresolved | identity contradicted", "why_it_matters": "An incorrect alcohol or solvent identity invalidates downstream suitability and handling decisions." }, { "name": "Ethanol content", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Mass fraction, volume fraction at a stated reference temperature, or amount fraction; include method and uncertainty", "why_it_matters": "Concentration determines whether the material meets a particular use requirement, and different reporting bases are not interchangeable." }, { "name": "Water content", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Mass fraction or mg/kg, with analytical method and sampling date", "why_it_matters": "Water can change solvent behaviour and invalidate a claimed dry grade." }, { "name": "Impurity profile", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Concentrations of named impurities with units, detection limits and unmeasured analytes identified", "why_it_matters": "A high ethanol percentage does not establish that methanol or other use-relevant contaminants are acceptably controlled." }, { "name": "Denaturation status", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "Denatured | declared undenatured | unknown; identify additives and supporting evidence", "why_it_matters": "Intentional additives can prevent a proposed use even when ethanol concentration is suitable." }, { "name": "Physical condition", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "Observed phase, clarity, colour, visible solids and phase separation at stated conditions", "why_it_matters": "Unexpected appearance or phase behaviour can indicate contamination or a mismatch with the declared material." }, { "name": "Material temperature", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "°C with measurement time and location", "why_it_matters": "Temperature affects volume-based concentration interpretation, evaporation and handling conditions." }, { "name": "Lot and evidence linkage", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "Material lot linked to supplier, sample, certificate, test result and transfer history", "why_it_matters": "Evidence must apply to the actual material being assessed." }, { "name": "Exposure history", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "Sealed | opened | transferred | recovered | exposure unknown, with dated events", "why_it_matters": "Evaporation, moisture uptake and contamination can make an earlier analysis unrepresentative." }, { "name": "Use-specific disposition", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "Material linked to a proposed use and specification with supported | conditional | unsupported | rejected status", "why_it_matters": "Suitability belongs to a particular use and evidence set, rather than to ethanol identity alone." } ], "affordances": [ "Request identity, concentration, water or impurity testing targeted to an unresolved decision.", "Compare a lot's measured composition with an explicit use specification.", "Calculate a proposed dilution using a declared concentration basis and a validated conversion method where needed.", "Identify whether opening, transfer or recovery requires renewed sampling before use.", "Route material for use, further assessment, reprocessing or disposal through the applicable process models.", "Flag proposed heating, transfer or mixing for assessment against composition-specific handling evidence." ] }, "sources": [], "structure": { "bundles": [ { "id": "ethanol-identity", "name": "Ethanol identity", "description": "Establish what the material is and whether the ethanol model is the appropriate model to apply.", "rationale": "Ethanol can be confused with other clear solvents, while products containing ethanol require a separate formulation-level identity.", "layers": [ { "id": "molecular-identification", "name": "Molecular identification", "description": "Separate a name or label assertion from evidence for ethanol's molecular identity.", "findings": [ { "id": "identity-evidence", "name": "Evidence for ethanol identity", "description": "Record the identity claim, analytical support and unresolved alternatives without treating appearance as confirmation.", "questions": [ { "text": "What evidence establishes CH3CH2OH rather than methanol, isopropanol or another solvent?", "kind": "definition", "id": "identity-evidence-q01" }, { "text": "Which sample and lot were examined, and can the method distinguish the plausible alternative identities?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "identity-evidence-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "material-boundary", "name": "Material boundary", "description": "Determine whether the subject is ethanol material or a formulated product whose ethanol component is being described.", "findings": [ { "id": "substance-mixture-product", "name": "Substance, mixture or product", "description": "Preserve the distinction between ethanol identity and the identity of the complete material.", "questions": [ { "text": "Is the subject ethanol, an ethanol-water mixture, denatured ethanol or a formulated product containing ethanol?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "substance-mixture-product-q01" }, { "text": "Which composition and performance claims belong to a linked product model rather than this ethanol model?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "substance-mixture-product-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "composition-and-purity", "name": "Composition and purity", "description": "Describe ethanol, water and other constituents with enough precision to support a material decision.", "rationale": "Nominal ethanol strength conceals reporting-basis differences and does not resolve impurity or denaturant constraints.", "layers": [ { "id": "ethanol-water-balance", "name": "Ethanol and water balance", "description": "Record measured strength and water content on explicit, comparable bases.", "findings": [ { "id": "strength-and-dryness", "name": "Strength and dryness", "description": "Keep concentration, reference conditions and water measurements explicit rather than inferring them from a grade name.", "questions": [ { "text": "What are the ethanol and water contents, their reporting bases, methods and uncertainties?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "strength-and-dryness-q01" }, { "text": "If ethanol strength is reported by volume, what reference temperature applies and how were any conversions obtained?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "strength-and-dryness-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "non-ethanol-constituents", "name": "Non-ethanol constituents", "description": "Separate intentional additives from incidental impurities and unresolved composition.", "findings": [ { "id": "additives-and-contaminants", "name": "Additives and contaminants", "description": "Record denaturants and relevant contaminants individually, including the limits of the available testing.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which denaturants or other additives were introduced, at what concentrations, and according to which records?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "additives-and-contaminants-q01" }, { "text": "Which impurities, including methanol where relevant, were measured, and what detection limits or untested constituents constrain interpretation?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "additives-and-contaminants-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "condition-and-change", "name": "Condition and change", "description": "Assess the 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"handling-envelope-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "dilution-and-mixing", "name": "Dilution and mixing", "description": "Specify what must be known before changing ethanol concentration or combining the material with other substances.", "findings": [ { "id": "controlled-composition-change", "name": "Controlled composition change", "description": "Record the target composition, input evidence and verification method without assuming mixed liquid volumes are additive.", "questions": [ { "text": "What target ethanol concentration and reporting basis are required, and what measured input compositions support the calculation?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "controlled-composition-change-q01" }, { "text": "How will mixing compatibility, temperature change, volume non-additivity and final concentration verification be addressed?", "kind": "action", "id": "controlled-composition-change-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "grade-and-use-evidence", "name": "Grade and use evidence", "description": "Determine 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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": [ "rectified spirit", "denatured alcohol", "Rödsprit" ] } ], "standing": "Described in 132 Wikipedia languages, which measures how widely it is written about rather than how important or how common it is. 3 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 ethanol from another, and a ethanol from things that resemble it.", "rationale": "Recognition comes before every other claim. 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"knowledge time" ] }, { "id": "preferred-name-and-aliases-q03", "text": "What may an agent decide or do once the name of a ethanol 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 ethanol, 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 ethanol, 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 ethanol 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 ethanol 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 ethanol, 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 ethanol, 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 ethanol 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 ethanol from the things most often confused with it.", "questions": [ { "id": "distinguishing-features-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes what distinguishes a ethanol, 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 ethanol, 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 ethanol 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 ethanol 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 ethanol, 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 ethanol, 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 ethanol 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 ethanol is built from and which parts are replaceable.", "questions": [ { "id": "parts-and-materials-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the composition of a ethanol, 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 ethanol, 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 ethanol 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 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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 ethanol 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 ethanol 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 ethanol, 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 ethanol, 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 ethanol 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 ethanol 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 ethanol between them.", "questions": [ { "id": "stages-and-transitions-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the lifecycle of a ethanol, 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 ethanol, 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 ethanol 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 ethanol, how often and by whom.", "findings": [ { "id": "observation-record", "name": "Observation record", "description": "How an observation of a ethanol 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 ethanol, 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 ethanol, 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 ethanol 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 ethanol 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 ethanol is for, and what it is used for anyway.", "findings": [ { "id": "function-and-purpose", "name": "Function, purpose and misuse", "description": "The function a ethanol performs and the uses that fall outside it.", "questions": [ { "id": "function-and-purpose-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the use of a ethanol, 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 ethanol, 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 ethanol 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 ethanol.", "findings": [ { "id": "procedures-and-skills", "name": "Procedures, skills and required tools", "description": "What an agent needs before it can act on a ethanol at all.", "questions": [ { "id": "procedures-and-skills-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes handling a ethanol, 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 ethanol, 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 ethanol 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 ethanol there is and how fast it goes.", "questions": [ { "id": "consumption-and-stock-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the supply of a ethanol, 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 ethanol, 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 ethanol 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 ethanol 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 ethanol 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 ethanol 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 ethanol 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 ethanol, 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 ethanol 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 ethanol 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 ethanol 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 ethanol, 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 ethanol 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 ethanol and how confident it is.", "questions": [ { "id": "claim-provenance-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes a claim about a ethanol, 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 ethanol, 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 ethanol 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 ethanol is retired without being erased.", "questions": [ { "id": "validity-and-supersession-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the validity of a claim about a ethanol, 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 ethanol, 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 ethanol is known, and what must it refuse?", "kind": "action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] } ] } ] } ] }, "statistics": { "bundles": 9, "layers": 20, "findings": 22, "questions": 60 } } } }