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[Kew POWO](https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/864923-1)", "Check the combination of opposite, simple, broadly elliptic to ovate leaves and hairy undersides bearing reddish glandular dots; use the combination as supporting evidence rather than a unique species test. [NParks](https://www.nparks.gov.sg/FloraFaunaWeb/Flora/3/1/3178)", "When reproductive material is available, compare terminal branching clusters of small pale flowers and hairy drupes with an authoritative botanical description. [NParks](https://www.nparks.gov.sg/FloraFaunaWeb/Flora/3/1/3178)", "For a specimen identified only as teak, require a botanical determination or appropriate material authentication before accepting it as Tectona grandis; keep unresolved congeners and trade-name identifications provisional." ], "characteristics": [ { "name": "Identification confidence", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "unverified | provisional | verified | disputed; record evidence and determiner", "why_it_matters": "Prevents a teak label from becoming an unsupported species identification." }, { "name": "Diagnostic leaf observations", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "arrangement, blade shape, underside hairs and glandular dots; include absent or unobservable", "why_it_matters": "Makes identification evidence inspectable when flowers or fruits are unavailable." }, { "name": "Biological provenance", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "source population, mother tree, seed lot or clone linked to collection records", "why_it_matters": "Separates inherited origin from nursery address and current planting location." }, { "name": "Local establishment status", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "native occurrence | planted | naturally recruited after introduction | unresolved", "why_it_matters": "Distinguishes geographic occurrence from evidence of native origin or independent regeneration." }, { "name": "Stem diameter", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "cm; record measurement height, date and treatment of irregular stems", "why_it_matters": "Supports repeatable growth assessment without assuming diameter proves age or timber quality." }, { "name": "Tree height", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "m; record method, date and uncertainty", "why_it_matters": "Helps assess establishment and growth alongside provenance and site conditions." }, { "name": "Seasonal crown condition", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "leafless | flushing | fully leafed | senescing | mixed; dated observations", "why_it_matters": "Supports interpretation of leaf loss in this deciduous species. [NParks](https://www.nparks.gov.sg/FloraFaunaWeb/Flora/3/1/3178)" }, { "name": "Reproductive condition", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "no reproduction observed | flowering | immature fruit | mature fruit | mixed", "why_it_matters": "Guides collection timing and interpretation of regeneration evidence." }, { "name": "Germination outcome", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "% with denominator specified as fruits or extracted seeds; record treatment and observation period", "why_it_matters": "Keeps propagation trials comparable when planting units and counting methods differ." }, { "name": "Root-zone conditions", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "soil pH, rooting depth in cm and waterlogging duration in days, with methods", "why_it_matters": "Provides evidence for explaining performance and selecting locally justified interventions." }, { "name": "Crown damage", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "% affected foliage or crown; distinguish eaten, discoloured, dead and missing tissue", "why_it_matters": "Separates observed damage from an unconfirmed pest, disease or seasonal explanation." } ], "affordances": [ "Compare a tree or voucher with diagnostic references and flag uncertain identification.", "Trace a seedling, seed lot or clone to its biological source.", "Evaluate planting suitability using site observations and locally applicable teak evidence.", "Schedule reproductive observations and evaluate documented propagation trials.", "Compare repeated crown and growth observations to decide whether further diagnosis or care is warranted.", "Link a harvest assessment to the source tree and transfer material properties to a separate timber model." ] }, "sources": [], "structure": { "bundles": [ { "id": "teak-identity", "name": "Teak identity", "description": "Establish which biological entity a teak observation represents.", "rationale": "The scientific species, a common name and a commercial timber label require different identification evidence.", "layers": [ { "id": "taxonomic-resolution", "name": "Taxonomic resolution", "description": "Anchor identifications to an explicit botanical species concept.", "findings": [ { "id": "accepted-species-anchor", "name": "Accepted species anchor", "description": "Tectona grandis L.f. is accepted by Kew; retain the authority and reference used for each determination. [Kew POWO](https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/864923-1)", "questions": [ { "text": "Which botanical reference and identifier anchor this determination to Tectona grandis L.f.?", "kind": "definition", "id": "accepted-species-anchor-q01" }, { "text": "Does the supplied name identify this species, another Tectona species or only a commercial teak label?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "accepted-species-anchor-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "specimen-recognition", "name": "Specimen recognition", "description": "Make the physical basis of identification available for review.", "findings": [ { "id": "diagnostic-evidence-set", "name": "Diagnostic evidence set", "description": "Retain leaf, twig and reproductive observations together with photographs or vouchers; incomplete material should retain its identification uncertainty.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which leaf and reproductive characters were actually observed, and which were unavailable?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "diagnostic-evidence-set-q01" }, { "text": "Which regional key, voucher comparison or specialist determination excludes the nearest plausible alternatives?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "diagnostic-evidence-set-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "origin-and-growing-site", "name": "Origin and growing site", "description": "Connect the tree's biological origin to its present environment.", "rationale": "A widely planted timber species needs explicit separation of native distribution, planting history and local performance.", "layers": [ { "id": "geographic-and-genetic-origin", "name": "Geographic and genetic origin", "description": "Distinguish where teak occurs from where its planting material originated.", "findings": [ { "id": "occurrence-versus-provenance", "name": "Occurrence versus provenance", "description": "Kew records a native range from India to Indo-China and introductions elsewhere; determine local status separately from seed or clone origin. [Kew POWO](https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/864923-1)", "questions": [ { "text": "What dated evidence classifies this occurrence as native, planted or recruited following introduction?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "occurrence-versus-provenance-q01" }, { "text": "Can its source population, mother tree or clone be traced independently of its current location?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "occurrence-versus-provenance-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "teak-site-response", "name": "Teak site response", "description": "Assess environmental conditions against evidence relevant to the planting material.", "findings": [ { "id": "site-suitability-evidence", "name": "Site suitability evidence", "description": "Record seasonal water availability, drainage, soil and light conditions without asserting a universal teak suitability threshold.", "questions": [ { "text": "What are the site's dry-season duration, waterlogging history, soil pH, rooting depth and canopy exposure?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "site-suitability-evidence-q01" }, { "text": "Which local trials or comparable plantings justify establishing or retaining this provenance here?", "kind": "action", "id": "site-suitability-evidence-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "growth-and-seasonal-state", "name": "Growth and seasonal state", "description": "Interpret tree dimensions, crown changes and reproduction through time.", "rationale": "Teak assessment must distinguish seasonal leaf change from damage and measured growth from assumed age or harvest readiness.", "layers": [ { "id": "stem-development", "name": "Stem development", "description": "Track growth and form with consistent measurement methods.", "findings": [ { "id": "growth-and-form-record", "name": "Growth and form record", "description": "Relate repeated height and diameter measurements to establishment date, stem origin and branching history.", "questions": [ { "text": "What height, diameter and clear-stem length were measured, using which reference points and methods?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "growth-and-form-record-q01" }, { "text": "Is age supported by planting records, and does the measured stem originate from a seedling, clone or regrowth?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "growth-and-form-record-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "leaf-and-reproductive-calendar", "name": "Leaf and reproductive calendar", "description": "Build a local seasonal record for the observed trees.", "findings": [ { "id": "phenology-baseline", "name": "Phenology baseline", "description": "Record leaf fall, flushing, flowering and fruit maturation against weather and neighbouring teak observations.", "questions": [ { "text": "On which dates were leaf fall, flushing, flowering and mature fruit observed at this site?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "phenology-baseline-q01" }, { "text": "Does the observed leaf loss match the local seasonal baseline, or warrant investigation for stress or damage?", "kind": "action", "id": "phenology-baseline-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "propagation-and-regeneration", "name": "Propagation and regeneration", "description": "Evaluate reproductive material and the establishment of new teak trees.", "rationale": "Propagation outcomes depend on traceable material, explicit counting units and observation beyond initial germination.", "layers": [ { "id": "propagule-identity-and-treatment", "name": "Propagule identity and treatment", "description": "Specify what was collected, treated and planted.", "findings": [ { "id": "fruit-seed-and-clone-accounting", "name": "Fruit, seed and clone accounting", "description": "Distinguish whole fruits from extracted seeds and vegetative material; preserve lot identity through storage and treatment.", "questions": [ { "text": "Does the lot contain whole fruits, extracted seeds, cuttings or another documented propagation unit?", "kind": "definition", "id": "fruit-seed-and-clone-accounting-q01" }, { "text": "Which mother trees or clones supplied it, and what collection, storage and pretreatment history is recorded?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "fruit-seed-and-clone-accounting-q02" }, { "text": "What viability or emergence result was obtained, with what denominator and observation period?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "fruit-seed-and-clone-accounting-q03" } ] } ] }, { "id": "seedling-establishment", "name": "Seedling establishment", "description": "Follow nursery plants and naturally recruited seedlings into sustained survival.", "findings": [ { "id": "establishment-and-recruitment-outcomes", "name": "Establishment and recruitment outcomes", "description": "Separate nursery emergence, outplanting survival and independent recruitment around existing teak trees.", "questions": [ { "text": "What proportion survived nursery transfer and the first local dry season, and what losses were observed?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "establishment-and-recruitment-outcomes-q01" }, { "text": "Are unplanted seedlings surviving beyond the planting area, and what evidence supports monitoring, retention or removal?", "kind": "action", "id": "establishment-and-recruitment-outcomes-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "health-and-management-decisions", "name": "Health and management decisions", "description": "Connect teak condition to justified interventions and harvest assessments.", "rationale": "Crown condition and stem quality inform different decisions; 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"event time", "knowledge time" ] }, { "id": "preferred-name-and-aliases-q03", "text": "What may an agent decide or do once the name of a Tectona grandis 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 Tectona grandis, 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 Tectona grandis, 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 Tectona grandis 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 Tectona grandis 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 Tectona grandis, 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 Tectona grandis, 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 Tectona grandis 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 Tectona grandis from the things most often confused with it.", "questions": [ { "id": "distinguishing-features-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes what distinguishes a Tectona grandis, 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 Tectona grandis, 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 Tectona grandis 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 Tectona grandis 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 Tectona grandis, 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 Tectona grandis, 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 Tectona grandis is known, and what must it refuse?", "kind": "action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "material-and-composition", "name": "Material and composition", "description": "Anatomy, parts and life stage.", "findings": [ { "id": "parts-and-materials", "name": "Parts and life stages", "description": "The parts of a Tectona grandis and the stages it passes through.", "questions": [ { "id": "parts-and-materials-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the composition of a Tectona grandis, 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 Tectona grandis, 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 Tectona grandis 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 Tectona grandis is judged and by whom.", "questions": [ { "id": "condition-assessment-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the condition of a Tectona grandis, 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 Tectona grandis, 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 Tectona grandis 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 Tectona grandis is, how it got there and where it may go (self-moving).", "rationale": "A thing that can move needs its position recorded with a time, or every later claim about it is about a place it has left.", "layers": [ { "id": "location-and-placement", "name": "Location and placement", "description": "Position, containment and the reference frame the position is given in.", "findings": [ { "id": "position-and-frame", "name": "Position, container and reference frame", "description": "Where a Tectona grandis is, and what that position is measured against.", "questions": [ { "id": "position-and-frame-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the location of a Tectona grandis, 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 Tectona grandis, 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 Tectona grandis 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 Tectona grandis moves on its own.", "findings": [ { "id": "movement-events", "name": "Movement events and constraints", "description": "What counts as a movement, what records it and what limits it.", "questions": [ { "id": "movement-events-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the movement of a Tectona grandis, 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 Tectona grandis, 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 Tectona grandis 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 Tectona grandis 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 Tectona grandis between them.", "questions": [ { "id": "stages-and-transitions-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the lifecycle of a Tectona grandis, 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 Tectona grandis, 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 Tectona grandis 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 Tectona grandis, how often and by whom.", "findings": [ { "id": "observation-record", "name": "Observation record", "description": "How an observation of a Tectona grandis 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 Tectona grandis, 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 Tectona grandis, 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 Tectona grandis is known, and what must it refuse?", "kind": "action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "taxonomic-placement", "name": "Taxonomic placement and identification", "description": "What Tectona grandis is called scientifically, by whose authority, and how a specimen is recognised.", "rationale": "Names change with revisions while the organism does not, so a name without its authority and date cannot be reconciled later.", "layers": [ { "id": "accepted-name", "name": "Accepted name and synonymy", "description": "The current binomial, its author and date, and the names it replaced.", "findings": [ { "id": "name-and-authority", "name": "Accepted name, authority and synonyms", "description": "What to record so a later revision can be applied without losing the old data.", "questions": [ { "id": "name-and-authority-q01", "text": "What is the accepted scientific name of Tectona grandis, with its author and year, and which synonyms does it absorb?", "kind": "definition" }, { "id": "name-and-authority-q02", "text": "Which taxonomic authority is being followed, and what would a competing authority say?", "kind": "provenance" } ] } ] }, { "id": "field-identification", "name": "Field identification", "description": "The characters that separate Tectona grandis from what it is confused with.", "findings": [ { "id": "diagnostic-characters", "name": "Diagnostic characters and confusable kinds", "description": "Features that settle an identification, and those that only suggest it.", "questions": [ { "id": "diagnostic-characters-q01", "text": "Which observable characters distinguish Tectona grandis from its closest look-alikes, and at which life stage are they visible?", "kind": "boundary" }, { "id": "diagnostic-characters-q02", "text": "What evidence is enough to record an identification as confirmed rather than provisional?", "kind": "provenance" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "life-cycle-and-condition", "name": "Life stages, condition and behaviour", "description": "What Tectona grandis does over its life and how its state is judged.", "rationale": "Stage and condition change what may be done - handled, treated, harvested, left alone - and both are observations with a time.", "layers": [ { "id": "stages-and-reproduction", "name": "Stages and reproduction", "description": "Development from origin to death, including forms that look like different animals.", "findings": [ { "id": "life-stages", "name": "Life stages and their marks", "description": "The stages worth recording and what tells them apart.", "questions": [ { "id": "life-stages-q01", "text": "What stages does Tectona grandis pass through, and what observable change marks each transition?", "kind": "definition" }, { "id": "life-stages-q02", "text": "Which stages are so unlike the adult that they are mistaken for another kind?", "kind": "boundary" } ] } ] }, { "id": "health-and-condition", "name": "Health and condition", "description": "How condition is assessed and by whom.", "findings": [ { "id": "condition-assessment", "name": "Condition assessment", "description": "Signs of health, injury and stress, and who is competent to judge them.", "questions": [ { "id": "condition-assessment-q01", "text": "How is the condition of Tectona grandis judged, on what scale, and by whom?", "kind": "measurement" }, { "id": "condition-assessment-q02", "text": "What condition obliges an agent to act, and what act is permitted to whom?", "kind": "action" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "range-and-status", "name": "Habitat, range and conservation status", "description": "Where Tectona grandis lives and how threatened it is.", "rationale": "Range and status govern what is lawful, and both are assessments with an assessor and a year rather than facts of nature.", "layers": [ { "id": "habitat-and-range", "name": "Habitat and range", "description": "Native range, introductions and the habitat it needs.", "findings": [ { "id": "range-record", "name": "Range, introductions and habitat", "description": "What to record about where it is found and how it got there.", "questions": [ { "id": "range-record-q01", "text": "What is the native range of Tectona grandis, where has it been introduced, and what habitat does it require?", "kind": "definition" }, { "id": "range-record-q02", "text": "What distinguishes a native record from an introduced or vagrant one?", "kind": "boundary" } ] } ] }, { "id": "protection-status", "name": "Protection and legal status", "description": "Conservation assessments and the rules that follow from them.", "findings": [ { "id": "status-and-rules", "name": "Conservation status and legal consequence", "description": "The assessment, its date, and what it forbids or requires where.", "questions": [ { "id": "status-and-rules-q01", "text": "What conservation status does Tectona grandis hold, under which assessment and year?", "kind": "provenance" }, { "id": "status-and-rules-q02", "text": "What does that status forbid or require of an agent, and in which jurisdiction?", "kind": "action" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "provenance-and-evidence", "name": "Provenance, evidence and time", "description": "Where every claim about a Tectona grandis 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 Tectona grandis and how confident it is.", "questions": [ { "id": "claim-provenance-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes a claim about a Tectona grandis, 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 Tectona grandis, 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 Tectona grandis 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 Tectona grandis is retired without being erased.", "questions": [ { "id": "validity-and-supersession-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the validity of a claim about a Tectona grandis, 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 Tectona grandis, 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 Tectona grandis is known, and what must it refuse?", "kind": "action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] } ] } ] } ] }, "statistics": { "bundles": 8, "layers": 17, "findings": 19, "questions": 51 } } } }