{ "model": { "rank": 4951, "code": "thing-q170318", "model_id": "vr.tr.m16", "name": "M16", "purpose": "Enable an AI agent to identify an M16-family rifle, record its configuration and condition, and determine which inspection, custody or servicing actions require verified authority.", "family": "Thing Registry", "category": "Physical world and living systems", "status": "research-draft", "kind": "thing", "plane": "PHY", "domain": "PHY.OBJ", "industry": "", "version": "", "url": "/models/thing/q170318/", "tier": 2, "score": 71, "payload": { "layer": "wikidata", "aliases": [ "M16A1", "Colt AR-15", "M16A3", "M16A4" ], "aliasCount": 4, "merged": 4, "knownIn": 71, "facets": null, "markers": [], "lexicalClass": "", "senseRank": null, "alsoRegisteredAs": null, "source": { "dataset": "wikidata", "item": "Q170318", "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q170318", "license": "CC0 1.0" } }, "research": { "vercy": "1.0-draft", "publication": { "status": "research-draft", "adjudicationStatus": "unreviewed", "publishableCanonical": false, "generatedAt": "2026-09-09T21:20:33Z", "providers": [ "Codex" ], "breadth": "recalled by Codex without web access - no source was read", "missingProviders": [], "pass": 2, "cost": { "grok": { "seconds": 20.1, "error": "Reading additional input from stdin...\nOpenAI Codex v0.153.4\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: 01a0880a-603d-7b30-b88e-3d78cd54198f\n--------\nuser\nDescribe what is already known about one registered thing. Answer as JSON only, no prose around it.\n\nThing: M16\nSense to describe: (none recorded)\nDomain code: PHY.OBJ\nAlso known as: (none)\n\n\nContext for this batch of 1001 things:\n# Batch 005: 1001 registered ", "usd": 0, "recall": true }, "codex": { "seconds": 57.4, "error": "Reading additional input from stdin...\nOpenAI Codex v0.153.4\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: 01a0880a-603b-7771-a8f7-c474768903fe\n--------\nuser\nYou are drafting a Vercy meta-model for one registered thing. Answer as JSON only, no prose around it.\n\nThing: M16\nRegistry id: vr.tr.m16\nPlane / domain: PHY / PHY.OBJ\nRegistry definition: (none recorded)\nNames folded into this entry: (none)\n\n\nContext for this" } } }, "metaModel": { "id": "THING-Q170318", "registryId": "vr.tr.m16", "name": "M16", "version": "0.1.0-research.1", "entryKind": "thing", "family": "Thing Registry", "domain": [ "PHY.OBJ" ], "status": "research-draft" }, "canonicalUrl": "https://ver.cy/models/thing/q170318/", "model": { "registry_id": "vr.tr.m16", "name": "M16", "purpose": "Enable an AI agent to identify an M16-family rifle, record its configuration and condition, and determine which inspection, custody or servicing actions require verified authority.", "definition": "The M16 is a family of U.S. military, shoulder-fired, magazine-fed, gas-operated rifles chambered for 5.56 × 45 mm ammunition, developed from the ArmaLite AR-15 design.", "scope_statement": "This draft interprets M16 as the military rifle family in PHY.OBJ; it owns the family-level recognition criteria and variant-dependent observations needed to assess an individual example, while leaving the registry's intended sense explicitly unresolved.", "in_scope": [ "M16-family identity, variant designation and evidence distinguishing a designation from an individual rifle", "Documented configuration, including alterations that affect whether an example matches its claimed variant", "Operating principle, controls and ammunition interfaces at a descriptive level", "Observed condition, inspection status and service-record completeness", "Custody, provenance and evidence governing permitted handling or servicing" ], "out_of_scope": [ "Other meanings of M16, including astronomical objects and threaded-fastener designations", "The broader rifle category and a separate full model of the M4 carbine or civilian AR-15", "Ammunition manufacture, ballistic performance modelling and ammunition inventory", "Firing technique, tactical employment and instructions for modifying weapon capability", "Detailed repair procedures, parts fabrication and assembly instructions", "General firearms law and military organisational doctrine" ], "distinguishing_features": [ "Establish whether authoritative markings and records identify an M16-family rifle; appearance or a seller's description alone is insufficient.", "Compare the claimed M16 variant against its documented combination of receiver, barrel, stock, sights and controls rather than treating one visible feature as decisive.", "Distinguish an M16 designation from M4 and civilian AR-15 designations using provenance and configuration evidence.", "Separate original service configuration from an altered, mixed-component, replica or deactivated example.", "Distinguish the M16 family, a named variant and a serialised specimen so that specimen history does not become a family-wide property." ], "characteristics": [ { "name": "Identity classification", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "M16-family identification supported | provisional | disputed | other sense of M16", "why_it_matters": "Prevents an ambiguous registry name or superficial resemblance from establishing identity." }, { "name": "Claimed variant", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "Exact documented designation | unknown", "why_it_matters": "Configuration expectations must follow the supported variant." }, { "name": "Designation evidence", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "Links to markings observations, manufacturer records and issuing-authority documentation", "why_it_matters": "Makes identification reviewable and distinguishes a claim from corroboration." }, { "name": "Configuration conformity", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "Matches cited variant reference | documented alteration | unexplained mismatch | unassessed", "why_it_matters": "An M16 designation does not establish that every installed component belongs to its expected configuration." }, { "name": "Marked and documented ammunition designation", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "Exact markings and applicable documentation, with discrepancies preserved", "why_it_matters": "Prevents ammunition compatibility from being inferred solely from the family name." }, { "name": "Barrel length", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "mm; measurement convention, source and uncertainty recorded", "why_it_matters": "Supports configuration comparison without imposing one dimension on all variants." }, { "name": "Control configuration", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "Observed markings and documented control arrangement; functional verification recorded separately", "why_it_matters": "Visible labels do not by themselves establish installed capability or working condition." }, { "name": "Inspection disposition", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "Unassessed | restricted pending inspection | accepted by qualified authority | withdrawn", "why_it_matters": "Separates visual observations from an authorised serviceability decision." }, { "name": "Custody and alteration history", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "Links to dated custody, service, replacement and deactivation records", "why_it_matters": "Supports provenance and explains departures from the claimed configuration." } ], "affordances": [ "Compare observed markings and configuration with cited M16 variant references.", "Record uncertainty or conflicting evidence without forcing a variant assignment.", "Associate a specimen with applicable technical documentation and qualified inspection records.", "Flag undocumented alterations or unresolved condition issues for specialist review.", "Check whether a proposed transfer, inspection or servicing action has applicable authorisation.", "Trace how recorded configuration and inspection disposition changed over time." ] }, "sources": [], "structure": { "bundles": [ { "id": "m16-identity-and-variant", "name": "M16 identity and variant", "description": "Establishes what the M16 name denotes and how a specimen's claimed family and variant membership are supported.", "rationale": "The registry supplies no definition, and family resemblance cannot settle designation or authenticity.", "layers": [ { "id": "designation-boundary", "name": "Designation boundary", "description": "Separates the rifle-family sense from other M16 meanings and neighbouring firearm designations.", "findings": [ { "id": "intended-m16-sense", "name": "Intended M16 sense", "description": "Record the evidence establishing the registry's intended referent before treating the rifle interpretation as settled.", "questions": [ { "text": "Does the originating registry record identify M16 as the rifle family, a particular variant or another physical object?", "kind": "definition", "id": "intended-m16-sense-q01" }, { "text": "Which existing registry or world-model entries already cover the same referent or its broader rifle category?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "intended-m16-sense-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "variant-and-authenticity", "name": "Variant and authenticity", "description": "Relates claimed designation to markings, documentary provenance and observed configuration.", "findings": [ { "id": "supported-variant-attribution", "name": "Supported variant attribution", "description": "Treat variant attribution as an evidence-backed assessment that can remain provisional when markings, records and components disagree.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which manufacturer or issuing-authority records support the claimed M16 variant?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "supported-variant-attribution-q01" }, { "text": "What evidence distinguishes this example from an M4, civilian AR-15, replica or mixed-component firearm?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "supported-variant-attribution-q02" }, { "text": "Which observed features conflict with the claimed designation, and how is that conflict recorded?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "supported-variant-attribution-q03" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "m16-configuration-and-function", "name": "M16 configuration and function", "description": "Captures the variant-specific physical arrangement, operating description and interfaces needed for recognition.", "rationale": "A family name alone cannot establish component arrangement, control behaviour or compatibility.", "layers": [ { "id": "physical-configuration", "name": "Physical configuration", "description": "Describes the installed receiver, barrel, stock and sight arrangements against a cited variant baseline.", "findings": [ { "id": "configuration-baseline", "name": "Configuration baseline", "description": "Record the observed configuration and its differences from the applicable reference without assuming those differences are authorised.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which reference establishes the expected receiver, barrel, stock and sight arrangement for the claimed variant?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "configuration-baseline-q01" }, { "text": "What dimensions and component identifications are needed to evaluate conformity, and under which measurement conventions?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "configuration-baseline-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "operating-description-and-interfaces", "name": "Operating description and interfaces", "description": "Records the documented action, energy source, controls and ammunition interfaces without providing operating instructions.", "findings": [ { "id": "documented-functional-configuration", "name": "Documented functional configuration", "description": "Keep documented operating characteristics, visible markings and verified functional status distinct.", "questions": [ { "text": "How does the applicable technical reference describe the variant's operating principle, energy source and control states?", "kind": "definition", "id": "documented-functional-configuration-q01" }, { "text": "Which authoritative records establish ammunition and magazine compatibility for this configuration?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "documented-functional-configuration-q02" }, { "text": "Which functional claims remain unverified despite visible control or calibre markings?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "documented-functional-configuration-q03" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "m16-condition-and-service", "name": "M16 condition and service", "description": "Connects observed condition and configuration history to qualified inspection and service decisions.", "rationale": "Recognition as an M16 does not establish serviceability, and component changes can invalidate earlier assessments.", "layers": [ { "id": "condition-and-inspection", "name": "Condition and inspection", "description": "Separates recorded observations from conclusions requiring variant-specific inspection criteria.", "findings": [ { "id": "evidenced-serviceability", "name": "Evidenced serviceability", "description": "Represent wear, corrosion, damage and unresolved defects as observations linked to a dated inspection disposition.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which M16 variant-specific inspection criteria and document revision govern the assessment?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "evidenced-serviceability-q01" }, { "text": "What observed defects or missing evidence require qualified review before a serviceability decision?", "kind": "action", "id": "evidenced-serviceability-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "service-and-component-history", "name": "Service and component history", "description": "Tracks servicing and component replacement insofar as they affect identity, configuration or inspection validity.", "findings": [ { "id": "configuration-change-traceability", "name": "Configuration change traceability", "description": "Associate relevant changes with dated records, responsible authorities and subsequent acceptance evidence.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which recorded replacements or alterations explain departures from the documented M16 variant baseline?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "configuration-change-traceability-q01" }, { "text": "Which changes require a renewed inspection or revised configuration classification under the applicable documentation?", "kind": "action", "id": "configuration-change-traceability-q02" }, { "text": "Which servicing requirements and consumable specifications apply to this variant and recorded storage or service context?", "kind": "definition", "id": "configuration-change-traceability-q03" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "m16-custody-and-authorised-actions", "name": "M16 custody and authorised actions", "description": "Relates specimen provenance, current status and proposed actions to the responsible authority.", "rationale": "Military provenance, later alterations and deactivation claims can affect what may be done with an individual example.", "layers": [ { "id": "provenance-and-current-status", "name": "Provenance and current status", "description": "Records custody evidence and distinguishes physical condition from administrative or legal classification.", "findings": [ { "id": "custody-and-status-evidence", "name": "Custody and status evidence", "description": "Preserve the basis and date of claims about service issue, collection status, deactivation or replica identity.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which records connect this specimen's identifying marks to its claimed manufacture, issue and custody history?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "custody-and-status-evidence-q01" }, { "text": "If deactivation or replica status is claimed, what competent evidence establishes its scope and current applicability?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "custody-and-status-evidence-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "action-authority", "name": "Action authority", "description": "Evaluates proposed custody, inspection or service actions against verified authority and unresolved condition evidence.", "findings": [ { "id": "permitted-action-assessment", "name": "Permitted action assessment", "description": "Record an action-specific determination with its jurisdiction, organisational authority and technical prerequisites.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which current jurisdictional and organisational rules apply to the proposed action on this particular M16 example?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "permitted-action-assessment-q01" }, { "text": "What authorisation and qualified assessment must be documented before that action may proceed?", "kind": "action", "id": "permitted-action-assessment-q02" }, { "text": "Which identity, configuration or condition uncertainties prevent an affirmative determination?", "kind": "action", "id": "permitted-action-assessment-q03" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "evidence-and-external-alignment", "name": "Evidence and external alignment", "description": "What the world already says about this thing, gathered so the model can be checked against it.", "rationale": "A model that cannot be lined up against existing standards, identifiers and practice cannot be adopted by anyone who already uses them.", "layers": [ { "id": "reported-evidence", "name": "Reported evidence", "description": "Findings from the breadth pass, kept separate from the structural claims.", "findings": [ { "id": "evidence-confidence-notes", "name": "Check these first", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "The name is ambiguous without a recorded sense; PHY.OBJ supports interpreting M16 as the rifle family, but the registry should confirm this.", "Specifications and firing modes vary by variant; the measurements describe standard full-length configurations.", "This is recall rather than source-verified research; exact procurement standards and variant-specific specifications require checking." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-confidence-notes-q01", "text": "Which of these check these first hold for the sense of M16 this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-kinds", "name": "Kinds and varieties", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "M16", "M16A1", "M16A2", "M16A3", "M16A4" ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-kinds-q01", "text": "Which of these kinds and varieties hold for the sense of M16 this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-identifiers", "name": "Identifiers and schemes", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ { "scheme": "U.S. military equipment designation", "value_or_pattern": "M16; M16A1 through M16A4", "note": "These designate models or variants, not individual weapons; individual examples also carry manufacturer markings and serial numbers." }, { "scheme": "Cartridge designation", "value_or_pattern": "5.56 × 45 mm NATO", "note": "Identifies the ammunition family associated with the rifle, not its model or serial identity." } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-identifiers-q01", "text": "Which of these identifiers and schemes hold for the sense of M16 this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-real-world-use", "name": "Real-world use", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "Military infantry service rifle", "Military marksmanship training and qualification", "Service with armed forces outside the United States", "Use by some law-enforcement units" ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-real-world-use-q01", "text": "Which of these real-world use hold for the sense of M16 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": "Standard full-length barrel length", "typical_range": "508", "unit": "mm" }, { "quantity": "Overall length of standard full-length variants", "typical_range": "approximately 990-1010", "unit": "mm" }, { "quantity": "Unloaded mass, depending on variant and fitted equipment", "typical_range": "approximately 2.9-4.0", "unit": "kg" }, { "quantity": "Common detachable magazine capacity", "typical_range": "20 or 30", "unit": "cartridges" } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-measurements-q01", "text": "Which of these typical measurements hold for the sense of M16 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": [ "Feeding, extraction or ejection stoppages associated with damaged magazines, fouling, wear or ammunition defects", "Corrosion and component wear that impair reliability", "Overheating during sustained firing", "Unintentional discharge with potentially fatal consequences", "Hearing injury, projectile penetration and ricochet hazards" ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards-q01", "text": "Which of these failure modes and hazards hold for the sense of M16 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": [ "The family has been exported and produced under licence outside the United States.", "Local service names, configurations and manufacturer markings may differ." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-regional-variation-q01", "text": "Which of these regional variation hold for the sense of M16 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": "AR-15", "difference": "The M16 derives from the AR-15 design; contemporary commercial AR-15 rifles are generally semiautomatic, while military M16 variants provide selective fire." }, { "name": "M4 carbine", "difference": "The M4 is a shorter related carbine, typically with a shorter barrel and telescoping stock than standard full-length M16 rifles." }, { "name": "Individual M16 rifle", "difference": "A serial-numbered physical weapon is an instance of an M16 variant; this entry describes the family." } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-neighbours-q01", "text": "Which of these neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart hold for the sense of M16 this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] } ] } ] } ] }, "openQuestions": [ "Does vr.tr.m16 denote the complete rifle family, the original M16 variant or another sense of M16?", "Does an existing world model already cover this referent, requiring a registry link instead of a new publication?", "Which authoritative variant references establish distinguishing configurations, dimensions and operating descriptions?", "How should licensed production, rebuilds and mixed-component examples be classified when designation and configuration evidence disagree?", "Which current technical acceptance criteria and jurisdiction-specific authorities govern inspection, deactivation and permitted actions for the intended deployment context?" ], "statistics": { "bundles": 5, "layers": 9, "findings": 16, "questions": 28 } }, "draft": { "generator": "vr.draft.v3", "status": "draft-generated", "researched": false, "archetype": "unclassified", "method": "Written from the archetype playbook - what this kind of thing needs beyond identity and provenance - and from the structure that recurred across 6,333 models already researched by two engines. Applied to this entry by rule. No source was read for this thing and no claim here is researched. This entry carries no facets of its own, so they were inferred from its domain - a guess about a whole domain applied to one thing.", "facetsInferred": true, "nextPass": "A researcher replaces this draft with a sourced specification. Treat every sentence below as a proposal to argue with.", "purpose": "Give an agent a durable, checkable way to recognise a M16, record what state it is in, and decide what may be done with it.", "whatItIs": "Enable an AI agent to identify an M16-family rifle, record its configuration and condition, and determine which inspection, custody or servicing actions require verified authority.", "characteristics": { "substance": "material", "origin": "manufactured", "agency": "inert", "mobility": "varies" }, "whatYouCanDoWithIt": [ "observed and measured" ], "distinguishingFeatures": [ "Names folded into this entry, which a task may need to split apart again: M16A1, Colt AR-15, M16A3, M16A4.", "4 finer distinctions are held as aliases rather than separate entries, because telling them apart needs a task that asks for it.", "Described in 71 Wikipedia languages, which is a measure of how widely the thing is known, not of how important it is." ], "openQuestionsForResearch": [ "Which of the bundles below does a real task actually need, and which are ceremony?", "What does this thing have that the facets do not capture at all?", "Which neighbouring kind is most often confused with a M16, and on what evidence are they told apart?" ], "whatItIsMadeOf": "matter you can touch", "physicalCharacter": [ "Mobility varies between examples.", "Does nothing on its own; everything it does, something else did to it.", "These come from the domain this entry sits in rather than from the entry itself, so treat them as a first guess about the whole domain applied to one thing." ], "whatCanBeDoneWithIt": [ "observe it, measure it, record its state" ], "howItIsRecognised": [ "Recognised by form and material. The registry holds no appearance data, so what a M16 looks like has to come from research." ], "relatedModels": [ { "relation": "covers", "note": "Finer kinds folded into this entry because telling them apart needs a task that asks for it. Each is a model waiting to be split out when one does.", "targets": [ "M16A1", "Colt AR-15", "M16A3", "M16A4" ] } ], "standing": "Described in 71 Wikipedia languages, which measures how widely it is written about rather than how important or how common it is. 4 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 M16 from another, and a M16 from things that resemble it.", "rationale": "Recognition comes before every other claim. Without stable identity nothing else in the model can be trusted to be about the same thing twice.", "layers": [ { "id": "naming-and-identifiers", "name": "Names and identifiers", "description": "The names this thing goes by and the identifiers that survive translation and time.", "findings": [ { "id": "preferred-name-and-aliases", "name": "Preferred name, aliases and local names", "description": "Which name to use, which names mean the same thing, and which merely sound similar.", "questions": [ { "id": "preferred-name-and-aliases-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the name of a M16, and in what units or vocabulary?", "kind": "definition", "answer_data": [ "identifiers", "types and classes", "values with units", "explicit unknowns" ] }, { "id": "preferred-name-and-aliases-q02", "text": "Who or what asserted this about the name of a M16, by which method, and when was it true?", "kind": "provenance", "answer_data": [ "authority", "method", "evidence", "event time", "knowledge time" ] }, { "id": "preferred-name-and-aliases-q03", "text": "What may an agent decide or do once the name of a M16 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 M16, 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 M16, 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 M16 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 M16 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 M16, 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 M16, 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 M16 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 M16 from the things most often confused with it.", "questions": [ { "id": "distinguishing-features-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes what distinguishes a M16, 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 M16, 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 M16 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 M16 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 M16, 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 M16, 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 M16 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 M16 is built from and which parts are replaceable.", "questions": [ { "id": "parts-and-materials-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the composition of a M16, 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 M16, 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 M16 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 M16 is judged and by whom.", "questions": [ { "id": "condition-assessment-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the condition of a M16, 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 M16, 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 M16 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 M16 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 M16 is, and what that position is measured against.", "questions": [ { "id": "position-and-frame-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the location of a M16, 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 M16, 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 M16 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 M16 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 M16, 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 M16, 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 M16 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 M16 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 M16 between them.", "questions": [ { "id": "stages-and-transitions-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the lifecycle of a M16, 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 M16, 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 M16 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 M16, how often and by whom.", "findings": [ { "id": "observation-record", "name": "Observation record", "description": "How an observation of a M16 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 M16, 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 M16, 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 M16 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 M16 and what it takes to do it.", "rationale": "An agent that can recognise a thing but not act on it has only 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"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 M16.", "findings": [ { "id": "procedures-and-skills", "name": "Procedures, skills and required tools", "description": "What an agent needs before it can act on a M16 at all.", "questions": [ { "id": "procedures-and-skills-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes handling a M16, 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 M16, 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 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"values with units", "explicit unknowns" ] }, { "id": "claim-provenance-q02", "text": "Who or what asserted this about a claim about a M16, 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 M16 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 M16 is retired without being erased.", "questions": [ { "id": "validity-and-supersession-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the validity of a claim about a M16, 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