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products", "Crop management plans and site-specific fertiliser application prescriptions", "Regional geological models of deposits whose identification as guano remains unresolved" ], "distinguishing_features": [ "Identification requires evidence of bird or bat excrement origin; nutrient richness or a seller's label alone does not establish guano.", "Distinguish accumulated guano from an isolated fresh dropping by recording depositional context and the adopted accumulation boundary.", "Distinguish guano from ordinary soil or cave sediment by assessing the excrement-derived component and documenting sediment admixture.", "Distinguish weathered guano from related mineral deposits by recording evidence of origin and the degree of transformation, leaving uncertain boundaries explicit.", "Distinguish collected or processed guano from a fertiliser blend by documenting added ingredients and whether the material retains a traceable guano identity." ], "characteristics": [ { "name": "Producer 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and strongly altered deposits from being treated as equivalent." }, { "name": "Moisture content", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "% by mass, stating wet or dry basis and analytical method", "why_it_matters": "Supports mass comparisons and interpretation of storage condition and nutrient assays." }, { "name": "Nutrient composition", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium in g/kg or % by mass, with chemical reporting form, assay fraction and moisture basis", "why_it_matters": "Allows comparison of measured material without confusing total content with extractable or available fractions." }, { "name": "Organic and mineral fractions", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "% by mass for measured fractions, with identified mineral phases and analytical methods", "why_it_matters": "Characterises heterogeneous material and supports assessment of alteration and non-guano admixture." }, { "name": "Acidity and soluble salts", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "pH and electrical conductivity in mS/cm, specifying extraction ratio and temperature", "why_it_matters": "Provides comparable evidence relevant to proposed use and material interactions." }, { "name": "Physical form and dust generation", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "Loose powder; granules; crust; consolidated mass; moist aggregate; mixed, with observed dust generation under stated conditions", "why_it_matters": "Informs sampling, containment and handling decisions." }, { "name": "Foreign material and contaminant results", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Constituent-specific concentrations or detection results, with units, method, detection limits and sample date", "why_it_matters": "Distinguishes measured suitability from assumptions based on natural origin." } ], "affordances": [ "Identify a candidate material as guano, guano-bearing sediment, a guano-containing product or unresolved material using documented evidence.", "Design 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"accumulation-and-alteration", "name": "Accumulation and alteration", "description": "Records whether deposition continues and which post-depositional changes are supported by evidence.", "findings": [ { "id": "depositional-state", "name": "Depositional state", "description": "Separate observed fresh inputs, older accumulations and reworked material, recording evidence for water exposure, decomposition and mineral alteration.", "questions": [ { "text": "Is this deposit receiving new excrement, and which observations establish that state?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "depositional-state-q01" }, { "text": "What evidence indicates leaching, decomposition, mineral alteration or physical reworking?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "depositional-state-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "sampling-and-lot-lineage", "name": "Sampling and lot lineage", "description": "Connects sampled portions to deposit zones and collected lots.", "findings": [ { "id": "representative-guano-sample", "name": "Representative guano sample", "description": "Define which depth, area, collection interval or mixed lot a sample represents and preserve uncertainty about unsampled material.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which strata, surface areas or lot portions were sampled, and what variation was excluded?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "representative-guano-sample-q01" }, { "text": "Which collection, mixing or storage events connect this sample to the material being assessed?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "representative-guano-sample-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "composition-and-use-relevant-properties", "name": "Composition and use-relevant properties", "description": "Captures measured composition and condition without assigning guano a single chemical formula or fixed nutrient profile.", "rationale": "Decisions require assays of the actual material and clear reporting conventions rather than generic guano values.", "layers": [ { "id": "nutrient-and-component-assays", "name": "Nutrient and component assays", "description": "Records nutrient fractions, organic matter, mineral phases and foreign constituents.", "findings": [ { "id": "comparable-composition-results", "name": "Comparable composition results", "description": "Attach analytical method, sample identity, moisture basis and chemical reporting form to every composition result.", "questions": [ { "text": "What nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium fractions were measured, and in which reporting forms and mass basis?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "comparable-composition-results-q01" }, { "text": "Which organic, mineral and foreign components were identified or quantified, and what remains uncharacterised?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "comparable-composition-results-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "physical-and-soluble-condition", "name": "Physical and soluble condition", "description": "Records moisture, consolidation, particle condition, acidity and soluble salts under specified test conditions.", "findings": [ { "id": "condition-at-assessment", "name": "Condition at assessment", "description": "Describe the material as encountered and distinguish observed properties from changes expected after drying, wetting or processing.", "questions": [ { "text": "What are the measured moisture content and observed physical form, including dust generation during the proposed handling?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "condition-at-assessment-q01" }, { "text": "What pH and electrical conductivity were measured, using which extraction conditions?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "condition-at-assessment-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "disturbance-handling-and-use", "name": "Disturbance, handling and use", "description": "Connects material evidence and source context to decisions about collection, containment, processing and use.", "rationale": "A nutrient assay alone cannot establish whether guano may be disturbed, handled or used for a particular purpose.", "layers": [ { "id": "collection-context-and-exposure", "name": "Collection context and exposure", "description": "Records source-site dependencies, disturbance constraints and evidence needed to assess exposure during handling.", "findings": [ { "id": "conditions-for-disturbance", "name": "Conditions for disturbance", "description": "Identify whether proposed work affects occupied roosts or nesting areas and whether dust, biological agents or chemical contaminants require assessment.", "questions": [ { "text": "What colony activity, habitat dependence, access rights or collection restrictions must be checked before disturbing this guano?", "kind": "action", "id": "conditions-for-disturbance-q01" }, { "text": "What site-specific exposure evidence and controls are needed for the proposed collection or handling method?", "kind": "action", "id": "conditions-for-disturbance-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "use-and-processing-decisions", "name": "Use and processing decisions", "description": "Assesses a specified destination or process against the lot's 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"evidence-real-world-use-q01", "text": "Which of these real-world use hold for the sense of guano this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-measurements", "name": "Typical measurements", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ { "quantity": "Total nitrogen content", "typical_range": "Variable with animal source, diet, age and weathering; no universal range asserted", "unit": "% by mass" }, { "quantity": "Phosphorus content reported as P2O5 equivalent", "typical_range": "Deposit- and product-dependent; requires analysis", "unit": "% by mass" }, { "quantity": "Moisture content", "typical_range": "Variable; dry-basis and as-received results must be distinguished", "unit": "% by mass" } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-measurements-q01", "text": "Which of these typical measurements hold for the sense of guano this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards", "name": "Failure modes and hazards", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "Dust and biological contamination can create inhalation hazards during disturbance or handling.", "Decomposition can release ammonia, particularly where ventilation is poor.", "Excessive application can damage plants through excessive nutrient or soluble-salt loading.", "Nutrient runoff or leaching can contribute to water pollution.", "Harvesting can disturb seabird colonies, bat roosts and dependent ecosystems." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards-q01", "text": "Which of these failure modes and hazards hold for the sense of guano this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-regional-variation", "name": "Regional variation", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "Arid coastal deposits, notably those historically exploited in Peru, can preserve nitrogenous constituents that rainfall would otherwise leach.", "Rainfall, drainage and substrate chemistry influence whether deposits retain nitrogen or become relatively enriched in phosphate.", "Bat-guano composition varies with local bat diets, cave conditions and deposit age." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-regional-variation-q01", "text": "Which of these regional variation hold for the sense of guano this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-neighbours", "name": "Neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ { "name": "Manure", "difference": "Manure is the broader agricultural category of animal excrement, often mixed with bedding; guano conventionally denotes accumulated seabird or bat excrement." }, { "name": "Phosphate 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regulatory identifiers, if any, apply to particular guano categories or grades rather than to guano universally?", "Which site conditions and evidence should trigger specific biological, dust or contaminant investigations before disturbance or use?", "What evidence is sufficient to assess the ecological consequences and permissible extent of collection at active and inactive deposits?" ], "statistics": { "bundles": 5, "layers": 9, "findings": 15, "questions": 23 } }, "draft": { "generator": "vr.draft.v3", "status": "draft-generated", "researched": false, "archetype": "chemical substance or material", "method": "Written from the archetype playbook - what this kind of thing needs beyond identity and provenance - and from the structure that recurred across 6,333 models already researched by two engines. 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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 guano 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 guano, 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 guano, 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 guano 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 guano 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 guano, 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 guano, by which method, and when was it true?", "kind": 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"event time", "knowledge time" ] }, { "id": "distinguishing-features-q03", "text": "What may an agent decide or do once what distinguishes a guano 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 guano 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 guano, 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 guano, 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 guano 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 guano is built from and which parts are replaceable.", "questions": [ { "id": "parts-and-materials-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the composition of a guano, 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 guano, 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 guano 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 guano is judged and by whom.", "questions": [ { "id": "condition-assessment-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the condition of a guano, 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 guano, 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 guano 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 guano 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 guano is, and what that position is measured against.", "questions": [ { "id": "position-and-frame-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the location of a guano, 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 guano, 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 guano 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 guano 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 guano, 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 guano, 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 guano 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 guano 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 guano between them.", "questions": [ { "id": "stages-and-transitions-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the lifecycle of a guano, 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 guano, 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 guano 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 guano, how often and by whom.", "findings": [ { "id": "observation-record", "name": "Observation record", "description": "How an observation of a guano 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 guano, 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 guano, 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 guano 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 guano 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 guano is for, and what it is used for anyway.", "findings": [ { "id": "function-and-purpose", "name": "Function, purpose and misuse", "description": "The function a guano performs and the uses that fall outside it.", "questions": [ { "id": "function-and-purpose-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the use of a guano, 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 guano, 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 guano 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 guano.", "findings": [ { "id": "procedures-and-skills", "name": "Procedures, skills and required tools", "description": "What an agent needs before it can act on a guano at all.", "questions": [ { "id": "procedures-and-skills-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes handling a guano, 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 guano, 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 guano 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 guano there is and how fast it goes.", "questions": [ { "id": "consumption-and-stock-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the supply of a guano, 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 guano, 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 guano 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 guano 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 guano 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 guano 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 guano 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 guano, 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 guano 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 guano 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 guano 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 guano, 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 guano 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 guano and how confident it is.", "questions": [ { "id": "claim-provenance-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes a claim about a guano, 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 guano, 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 guano 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 guano is retired without being erased.", "questions": [ { "id": "validity-and-supersession-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the validity of a claim about a guano, 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 guano, 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 guano 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 } } } }