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foundation or load-bearing walls.", "scope_statement": "This model owns the tent as an assembled or packed shelter system, including its enclosure, supports, anchoring interfaces, configuration, condition and use constraints.", "in_scope": [ "Tent identity and the components required for its intended configurations", "Fabric enclosure, openings, floor and supported interior space", "Poles, frames, inflatable supports, guy lines and anchoring interfaces", "Pitching requirements and compatibility with a proposed site", "Shelter performance evidence, occupancy constraints and current serviceability", "Inspection, repair, drying, packing and storage readiness" ], "out_of_scope": [ "Campsite ownership, booking, access rights and land-use permissions", "Terrain, soil, weather and surrounding hazards as independently modelled conditions", "Sleeping bags, beds, clothing and other occupant equipment", "Stoves, heaters, electrical appliances and their operating procedures", "Permanent buildings 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form", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "Dome, tunnel, ridge, pyramid, framed, inflatable, other or unresolved", "why_it_matters": "Identifies the pitching arrangement and the support components that must be present." }, { "name": "Enclosure configuration", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "Single-wall or multi-wall; floor present or absent; inner and fly fitted or omitted; openings configured", "why_it_matters": "Separates the tent's current assembly from other configurations with different shelter properties." }, { "name": "Required component completeness", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "Complete, incomplete or unverified for a named configuration, with missing components identified", "why_it_matters": "Prevents an incomplete packed kit from being treated as ready to pitch." }, { "name": "Support and anchoring dependencies", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "Required poles, frame members, air beams, stakes, guy lines, ballast or external attachment points", "why_it_matters": "Determines whether the tent can be assembled and secured with the available equipment and site." }, { "name": "Pitching envelope", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Metres of length, width and height, including guy-line extent and entrance clearance for a named configuration", "why_it_matters": "Determines whether a site provides enough space for a complete pitch and usable access." }, { "name": "Usable interior geometry", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Metres of usable floor length, width and headroom; square metres of usable area", "why_it_matters": "Supports assessment of occupant and equipment fit beyond a nominal capacity label." }, { "name": "Declared occupancy", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "Provider-stated occupant count and intended sleeping, standing or event use; unknown where absent", "why_it_matters": "Provides a claim to compare with actual layout, access and applicable restrictions." }, { "name": "Environmental performance evidence", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "Product-specific instructions, test reports and observations linked to configuration and exposure conditions", "why_it_matters": "Keeps supported performance claims separate from assumptions based on appearance or marketing categories." }, { "name": "Pitch condition", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "Packed, being erected, pitched but unverified, inspected for stated conditions, compromised or being dismantled", "why_it_matters": "Distinguishes physical assembly from evidence that the current pitch is suitable for use." }, { "name": "Enclosure and support condition", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "Location-specific tears, seam leakage, coating deterioration, failed closures, distorted supports or air loss; inspected sound or unverified", "why_it_matters": "Connects defects to loss of shelter function and repair or withdrawal decisions." }, { "name": "Packed mass and dimensions", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Kilograms and centimetres for an explicitly listed component set", "why_it_matters": "Supports transport decisions without confusing minimum advertised weight with the actual carried kit." }, { "name": "Drying and storage readiness", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "Dry and inspected, wet, contaminated, temporarily packed pending drying or unverified", "why_it_matters": "Determines whether packing is a temporary transport action or suitable for storage." } ], "affordances": [ "Select an available assembly configuration and identify missing components before pitching.", "Match the tent's pitching envelope and anchoring requirements to a proposed site.", "Erect, tension, secure and inspect the tent using its applicable instructions.", "Arrange occupancy, entrances and ventilation within supported use constraints.", "Identify damage and select an appropriate repair, replacement or withdrawal action.", "Dismantle, clean, dry, inventory and pack the tent for transport or storage." ] }, "sources": [ { "id": "iso-5912-2020", "title": "ISO 5912:2020 Camping tents - Requirements and test methods", "url": "", "what_it_supports": "Product-standard definition of camping tents, performance requirements, and test methods for rain, wind, snow and materials." }, { "id": "en-13782-2015", "title": "EN 13782:2015 Temporary structures - Tents - Safety", "url": "", "what_it_supports": "Safety rules for large and event tents as temporary structures, including anchorage, fabric, loads and occupant safety." }, { "id": "wikipedia-tent", "title": "Tent", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tent", "what_it_supports": "Form typology (dome, tunnel, ridge, geodesic, marquee), materials, history and regional shelter forms.", "url_status": "live" }, { "id": "icc-ifc-ch31", "title": "International Fire Code, Chapter 31 - Tents, Temporary Special Event Structures and Other Membrane Structures", "url": "", "what_it_supports": "US model fire-code treatment of tents and membrane structures (flame resistance, exits, location, occupancy)." }, { "id": "cpai-84", "title": "CPAI-84 Specification for Flame-Resistant Materials Used in Camping Tentage", "url": "", "what_it_supports": "North American flammability specification widely cited for camping-tent fabrics." }, { "id": "unhcr-family-tent", "title": "Family Tent (standard UNHCR shelter item specification)", "url": "", "what_it_supports": "Humanitarian use of the tent as a specified relief item, including typical floor area, packing and material requirements." } ], "structure": { "bundles": [ { "id": "shelter-identity-and-assembly", "name": "Shelter identity and assembly", "description": "Establishes what shelter system is present and which assemblies it can form.", "rationale": "A packed collection of fabric and supports must be recognisable as a particular tent with configuration-specific dependencies.", "layers": [ { "id": "tent-boundary", "name": "Tent boundary", "description": "Identifies the enclosure and distinguishes the tent from adjacent shelter types.", "findings": [ { "id": "supported-shelter-identity", "name": "Supported shelter identity", "description": "Record the covering, supports and intended interior that establish the item's identity, including ambiguous shelter forms.", "questions": [ { "text": "What covering and support arrangement create the intended occupiable shelter space?", "kind": "definition", "id": "supported-shelter-identity-q01" }, { "text": "What evidence distinguishes this item from a tarp, canopy, bivouac sack or rigid shelter?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "supported-shelter-identity-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "configuration-and-kit", "name": "Configuration and kit", "description": "Relates each intended assembly to its required components.", "findings": [ { "id": "configuration-completeness", "name": "Configuration completeness", "description": "Record supported assembly variants, the components each requires and the completeness of the available kit.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which instructions establish the permitted combinations of inner, fly, floor and support system?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "configuration-completeness-q01" }, { "text": "Which required components are present, missing or incompatible for the selected configuration?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "configuration-completeness-q02" }, { "text": "Which configuration can be assembled with the available components?", "kind": "action", "id": "configuration-completeness-q03" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "pitch-and-structural-support", "name": "Pitch and structural support", "description": "Describes the space, support arrangement and securing work required for a usable pitch.", "rationale": "Tent readiness depends on its interaction with the site and on the assembled support system.", "layers": [ { "id": "site-fit", "name": "Site fit", "description": "Connects the pitching envelope and attachment requirements to a candidate location.", "findings": [ { "id": "pitching-space-and-interfaces", "name": "Pitching space and interfaces", "description": "Record the complete footprint, including securing lines and access, together with required ground or external attachments.", "questions": [ { "text": "What space is required for the body, vestibules, guy lines and entrance clearance in this configuration?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "pitching-space-and-interfaces-q01" }, { "text": "Can the proposed site supply the required anchoring or attachment interfaces without obstructing access?", "kind": "action", "id": "pitching-space-and-interfaces-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "support-and-tension", "name": "Support and tension", "description": "Records how supports, connections and anchors hold the enclosure in its intended shape.", "findings": [ { "id": "assembled-support-readiness", "name": "Assembled support readiness", "description": "Record correct support engagement, fabric tension and securing status against the applicable pitching instructions.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which poles, frame joints, air beams, guy lines and anchors are required to complete this pitch?", "kind": "definition", "id": "assembled-support-readiness-q01" }, { "text": "Which support or securing points are loose, damaged, incorrectly fitted or still unchecked?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "assembled-support-readiness-q02" }, { "text": "What adjustments or replacements are needed before the pitch can be accepted for the stated conditions?", "kind": "action", "id": "assembled-support-readiness-q03" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "weather-envelope-and-moisture", "name": "Weather envelope and moisture", "description": "Records how the configured tent manages external exposure and internal moisture.", "rationale": "An agent must distinguish documented shelter performance from leakage, condensation and unsupported expectations.", "layers": [ { "id": "exposure-and-water-entry", "name": "Exposure and water entry", "description": "Relates weather-performance evidence to the actual enclosure and its observed behaviour.", "findings": [ { "id": "supported-weather-performance", "name": "Supported weather performance", "description": "Record product-specific exposure claims and observations of water entry or deformation, retaining their conditions and limitations.", "questions": [ { "text": "What read instructions or test evidence support rain, wind or snow-use claims for this exact configuration?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "supported-weather-performance-q01" }, { "text": "Where and under what conditions have water entry, pooling or enclosure deformation been observed?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "supported-weather-performance-q02" }, { "text": "Do the expected conditions fall outside documented use, or is the evidence insufficient to decide?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "supported-weather-performance-q03" } ] } ] }, { "id": "airflow-and-condensation", "name": "Airflow and condensation", "description": "Records vent arrangements, wall separation and evidence about internal moisture.", "findings": [ { "id": "moisture-management-state", "name": "Moisture management state", "description": "Record available ventilation paths, their current settings and observations that help distinguish condensation from external leakage.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which vents, mesh panels and openings are available, and which are currently obstructed or closed?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "moisture-management-state-q01" }, { "text": "What observations support identifying the moisture as condensation, external ingress or an unresolved combination?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "moisture-management-state-q02" }, { "text": "Which instructed adjustments to openings, tension or wall separation could improve moisture management?", "kind": "action", "id": "moisture-management-state-q03" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "occupancy-access-and-use", "name": "Occupancy, access and use", "description": "Assesses whether the interior and openings support the proposed occupants and activities.", "rationale": "A nominal capacity does not establish usable fit, accessible exits or compatibility with activities inside the tent.", "layers": [ { "id": "interior-fit-and-access", "name": "Interior fit and access", "description": "Relates usable geometry and opening operation to the proposed occupancy layout.", "findings": [ { "id": "occupant-layout-and-exit-access", "name": "Occupant layout and exit access", "description": "Record occupant and equipment fit, usable headroom and the ability to reach and operate entrances.", "questions": [ { "text": "What usable dimensions remain after accounting for sloping walls and the proposed equipment layout?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "occupant-layout-and-exit-access-q01" }, { "text": "Can the proposed occupants reach and operate the exits with bedding and equipment in place?", "kind": "action", "id": "occupant-layout-and-exit-access-q02" }, { "text": "What source and assumptions underlie the stated occupancy capacity?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "occupant-layout-and-exit-access-q03" } ] } ] }, { "id": "activity-compatibility", "name": "Activity compatibility", "description": "Captures tent-specific restrictions and interfaces relevant to intended activities.", "findings": [ { "id": "permitted-interior-use", "name": "Permitted interior use", "description": "Record documented use restrictions and any purpose-built interfaces without treating their presence as sufficient approval for an appliance or activity.", "questions": [ { "text": "What instructions constrain cooking, heating, electrical routing or other proposed activities in this tent?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "permitted-interior-use-q01" }, { "text": "Which compatibility decisions require evidence from an appliance, site or event model as well as this tent model?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "permitted-interior-use-q02" }, { "text": "What must be changed or verified before the proposed activity is supported?", "kind": "action", "id": "permitted-interior-use-q03" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "serviceability-and-pack-down", "name": "Serviceability and pack-down", "description": "Tracks defects, repairs and the transition from deployed shelter to a reusable packed kit.", "rationale": "Tent damage can affect several shelter functions, while packing wet or incomplete can compromise the next deployment.", "layers": [ { "id": "defects-and-repairs", "name": "Defects and repairs", "description": "Connects component-level condition to shelter function and repair evidence.", "findings": [ { "id": "defect-consequences-and-disposition", "name": "Defect consequences and disposition", "description": "Record damage location, affected function, repair compatibility and any restrictions that remain after intervention.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which fabric panels, seams, closures, attachment points or supports are defective, and what functions are affected?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "defect-consequences-and-disposition-q01" }, { "text": "What instructions establish a compatible repair material, method or replacement component?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "defect-consequences-and-disposition-q02" }, { "text": "Should the tent be repaired, restricted to a supported configuration or withdrawn pending further assessment?", "kind": "action", "id": "defect-consequences-and-disposition-q03" } ] } ] }, { "id": "drying-packing-and-storage", "name": "Drying, packing and storage", "description": "Records pack-down completeness and whether the tent is ready for transport or storage.", "findings": [ { "id": "next-deployment-readiness", "name": "Next-deployment readiness", "description": "Record moisture and contamination, component inventory and follow-up work needed after packing.", "questions": [ { "text": "Are the enclosure, floor, lines and packed accessories dry, clean and accounted for?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "next-deployment-readiness-q01" }, { "text": "If packed wet or damaged, what drying, inspection or repair work remains before storage or reuse?", "kind": "action", "id": "next-deployment-readiness-q02" }, { "text": "What packed mass and dimensions apply to the actual inventoried kit?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "next-deployment-readiness-q03" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "evidence-and-external-alignment", "name": "Evidence and external alignment", "description": "What the world already says about this thing, gathered so the model can be checked against it.", "rationale": "A model that cannot be lined up against existing standards, identifiers and practice cannot be adopted by anyone who already uses them.", "layers": [ { "id": "reported-evidence", "name": "Reported evidence", "description": "Findings from the breadth pass, kept separate from the structural claims.", "findings": [ { "id": "evidence-kinds", "name": "Kinds and varieties", "description": "Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.", "evidence": [ "backpacking / lightweight tent", "dome tent", "tunnel tent", "ridge / A-frame tent", "geodesic four-season / mountaineering tent", "family cabin tent", "canvas bell or wall tent", "event marquee / frame tent" ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-kinds-q01", "text": "Which of these kinds and varieties hold for the sense of tent this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-identifiers", "name": "Identifiers and schemes", "description": "Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.", "evidence": [ { "scheme": "Wikidata", "value_or_pattern": "Q170545", "note": "Item 'tent' as a class of portable fabric shelter." }, { "scheme": "Harmonized System (WCO)", "value_or_pattern": "6306.22 (synthetic-fibre tents); 6306.29 (tents of other textile materials)", "note": "Heading 6306 also covers tarpaulins, awnings and other camping goods; the 6306.2x subheadings are the tent lines." }, { "scheme": "NATO Federal Supply Classification", "value_or_pattern": "FSC 8340", "note": "Tents and tarpaulins in military cataloguing; individual items carry NSNs in the 8340-xx-xxx-xxxx pattern." } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-identifiers-q01", "text": "Which of these identifiers and schemes hold for the sense of tent this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-standards-and-regulation", "name": "Standards and regulation", "description": "Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.", "evidence": [ "ISO 5912:2020 Camping tents - Requirements and test methods (International Organization for Standardization)", "EN 13782:2015 Temporary structures - Tents - Safety (CEN)", "CPAI-84 flame resistance of camping tentage (Industrial Fabrics Association International)", "NFPA 701 Standard Methods of Fire Tests for Flame Propagation of Textiles and Films, commonly specified for event-tent fabric (National Fire Protection Association)", "International Fire Code Chapter 31, tents and membrane structures (International Code Council); adopted or adapted by many US jurisdictions", "California Title 19 tent flammability rules (California State Fire Marshal)", "UNHCR family-tent item specifications for emergency shelter (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees)", "Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, applied to hired event tents as premises in England and Wales" ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-standards-and-regulation-q01", "text": "Which of these standards and regulation hold for the sense of tent this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-real-world-use", "name": "Real-world use", "description": "Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.", "evidence": [ "Overnight shelter for recreational camping and backpacking, pitched by the occupants.", "Car-camping and festival sleeping (family cabin, instant and bell tents).", "Hired event cover for weddings, markets, field hospitals and outdoor dining (frame marquees).", "Military field accommodation and command posts (general-purpose canvas or modular tents).", "Humanitarian emergency family shelter distributed in displacement camps.", "Seasonal hunting or work camps using canvas wall tents with stoves.", "Vehicle rooftop tents used as mobile sleep platforms on expedition vehicles." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-real-world-use-q01", "text": "Which of these real-world use hold for the sense of tent this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-measurements", "name": "Typical measurements", "description": "Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.", "evidence": [ { "quantity": "floor area (personal and family camping)", "typical_range": "1.5-25", "unit": "m²" }, { "quantity": "packed mass (backpacking tents)", "typical_range": "0.7-3.5", "unit": "kg" }, { "quantity": "packed mass (family / cabin tents)", "typical_range": "6-25", "unit": "kg" }, { "quantity": "flysheet hydrostatic head (ISO 811-style rain rating)", "typical_range": "1500-10000", "unit": "mm" }, { "quantity": "peak inner height (camping tents)", "typical_range": "0.9-2.2", "unit": "m" }, { "quantity": "rated occupancy (consumer tents)", "typical_range": "1-8", "unit": "persons" } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-measurements-q01", "text": "Which of these typical measurements hold for the sense of tent this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards", "name": "Failure modes and hazards", "description": "Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.", "evidence": [ "Wind collapse, broken poles, or peg pull-out in soft or frozen ground.", "Rain leakage through worn coating, failed seams, or inadequate hydrostatic head; often confused with inner-tent condensation.", "Ultraviolet and hydrolysis ageing of nylon or polyester flysheets until they split.", "Fabric fire, especially untreated or poorly treated event and cheap festival tents.", "Carbon monoxide poisoning from stoves, braziers or generators used inside or too near the tent.", "Snow-load collapse of non-geodesic tents in winter use.", "Guy-line and peg trip hazards around the pitch.", "Zipper, hub and shock-cord failures that prevent a storm-worthy close.", "Hypothermia or exposure if the shelter fails in alpine or desert conditions." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards-q01", "text": "Which of these failure modes and hazards hold for the sense of tent this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-regional-variation", "name": "Regional variation", "description": "Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.", "evidence": [ "In British and Commonwealth usage a hired event structure is usually a 'marquee', while 'tent' defaults to camping; 'bell tent' is a named retail type.", "In North America 'cabin tent' and canvas 'wall tent' (often stove-jacked for hunting camps) are everyday categories; 'teepee' is used for conical canvas lodges.", "Australia and New Zealand retain a strong heavy-canvas camping tradition; the swag is a competing sleep shelter rather than a standing tent.", "Nordic backpacking strongly favours tunnel tents; the Sámi lavvu is a related conical camp lodge.", "Bedouin and other pastoral black tents (goat-hair, open-sided, guyed) are the regional dwelling form across parts of North Africa and the Middle East.", "Central and Inner Asian yurt/ger practice is neighbouring, not interchangeable, with collapsible camping tents.", "Japan's retail market emphasises compact solo and one-pole designs and a distinct festival-camping culture." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-regional-variation-q01", "text": "Which of these regional variation hold for the sense of tent this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-neighbours", "name": "Neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart", "description": "Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.", "evidence": [ { "name": "tarp / fly", "difference": "A tarp is an open sheet without a closed floor-to-envelope room; a tent encloses a pitch with walls and, usually, a floor and door." }, { "name": "bivy sack", "difference": "A bivy is a personal weather envelope around a sleeping bag and does not form a standing, shared interior." }, { "name": "gazebo / canopy", "difference": "Open-sided shade for day use; not intended as a closed overnight sleeping shelter." }, { "name": "awning", "difference": "Typically attached to a vehicle or building and open along at least one side, rather than a free-standing enclosed pitch." }, { "name": "yurt / ger", "difference": "A lattice-walled, compression-ring dwelling meant to stand as a house; not a pole-and-fly camping tent, even when both use felt or canvas." }, { "name": "air-supported dome / pneumatic building", "difference": "A continuously pressurised or large air-beam building, not a portable shelter struck and packed by its occupants." }, { "name": "caravan / camper van", "difference": "A rigid wheeled dwelling; a rooftop tent sits on a vehicle but remains a fabric shelter." } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-neighbours-q01", "text": "Which of these neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart hold for the sense of tent this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] } ] } ] } ] }, "openQuestions": [ "Does the registry intend tent to include open-sided event tents, tarp tents, bivouac hybrids, rooftop tents and vehicle-attached shelters, or do neighbouring entries own some of these?", "Which existing Vercy world 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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 tent, record what state it is in, and decide what may be done with it.", "whatItIs": "Enable an AI agent to recognise a tent, assess its readiness as a temporary shelter, and decide whether and how it may be pitched, occupied, maintained, packed or withdrawn from use.", "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: pole marquee, partytent, big top, spiegeltent, balagan, Caidal, Military tents, spray tanning tent, trekking pole tent, caravan awning, altitude tent, Ottoman tents.", "26 finer distinctions are held as aliases rather than separate entries, because telling them apart needs a task that asks for it.", "Described in 90 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 tent, 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, by the arrangement of its controls, and by markings - a plate, a model number, a certification mark. Form alone rarely separates two models that do very different things." ], "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": [ "pole marquee", "partytent", "big top", "spiegeltent", "balagan", "Caidal", "Military tents", "spray tanning tent", "trekking pole tent", "caravan awning", "altitude tent", "Ottoman tents" ] } ], "standing": "Described in 90 Wikipedia languages, which measures how widely it is written about rather than how important or how common it is. 26 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 tent from another, and a tent 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 tent, 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 tent, 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 tent 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 tent, 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 tent, 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 tent 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 tent 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 tent, 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 tent, 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 tent 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 tent from the things most often confused with it.", "questions": [ { "id": "distinguishing-features-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes what distinguishes a tent, 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 tent, 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 tent 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 tent 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 tent, 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 tent, 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 tent 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 tent is built from and which parts are replaceable.", "questions": [ { "id": "parts-and-materials-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the composition of a tent, 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 tent, 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 tent 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 tent is judged and by whom.", "questions": [ { "id": "condition-assessment-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the condition of a tent, 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 tent, 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 tent 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 tent 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 tent is, and what that position is measured against.", "questions": [ { "id": "position-and-frame-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the location of a tent, 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 tent, 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 tent 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 tent 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 tent, 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 tent, 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 tent 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 tent 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 tent between them.", "questions": [ { "id": "stages-and-transitions-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the lifecycle of a tent, 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 tent, 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 tent 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 tent, how often and by whom.", "findings": [ { "id": "observation-record", "name": "Observation record", "description": "How an observation of a tent 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 tent, 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 tent, 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 tent is known, and what must it refuse?", "kind": "action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "function-and-principle", "name": "Function and operating principle", "description": "What tent is for and how it achieves it.", "rationale": "Two devices with the same name can work on different principles, and the principle is what predicts failure and constrains use.", "layers": [ { "id": "intended-function", "name": "Intended function", "description": "The job it does, and the jobs it is used for anyway.", "findings": [ { "id": "function-record", "name": "Function, principle and variants", "description": "What it does, how, and which variants do it differently.", "questions": [ { "id": "function-record-q01", "text": "What function does tent perform, on what operating principle, and which variants differ in that principle?", "kind": "definition" }, { "id": "function-record-q02", "text": "What use falls outside the intended function but happens in practice?", "kind": "boundary" } ] } ] }, { "id": "capacity-and-rating", "name": "Capacity and rating", "description": "The numbers that say what it can do and where it stops.", "findings": [ { "id": "ratings", "name": "Ratings and their conditions", "description": "Rated capacity, power, throughput and the conditions each assumes.", "questions": [ { "id": "ratings-q01", "text": "What ratings characterise tent, in what units, and under what stated conditions?", "kind": "measurement" }, { "id": "ratings-q02", "text": "What happens beyond the rating - degradation, refusal, damage - and how is that detected?", "kind": "action" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "operation-and-state", "name": "Operation, controls and state", "description": "How tent is operated and what state it is in right now.", "rationale": "An agent acting on a device needs its current state and the controls that change it, not just its specification.", "layers": [ { "id": "controls-and-modes", "name": "Controls and modes", "description": "What can be set, what that changes, and what is interlocked.", "findings": [ { "id": "control-surface", "name": "Control surface and interlocks", "description": "The settings available and the conditions that block them.", "questions": [ { "id": "control-surface-q01", "text": "What controls and modes does tent have, and what does each change?", "kind": "definition" }, { "id": "control-surface-q02", "text": "Which actions are interlocked or forbidden in which state, and what must be true before acting?", "kind": "action" } ] } ] }, { "id": "condition-and-maintenance", "name": "Condition and maintenance", "description": "Wear, service intervals, consumables and the line between working and broken.", "findings": [ { "id": "service-record", "name": "Condition, service and consumables", "description": "What is consumed, what is serviced, and how condition is judged.", "questions": [ { "id": "service-record-q01", "text": "What consumables and service does tent need, at what interval, and on whose authority?", "kind": "measurement" }, { "id": "service-record-q02", "text": "What evidence separates a unit that is working from one that is out of service?", "kind": "boundary" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "kind-model-unit", "name": "Kind, model and unit", "description": "Whether a claim about tent is about the kind, a product line, or one physical unit.", "rationale": "This is the boundary most often got wrong for made things, and getting it wrong mixes a catalogue entry with the machine in the yard.", "layers": [ { "id": "level-of-reference", "name": "Level of reference", "description": "The three levels and what belongs at each.", "findings": [ { "id": "level-rules", "name": "What belongs to kind, model and unit", "description": "Which properties are shared by all of them and which are not.", "questions": [ { "id": "level-rules-q01", "text": "Which facts about tent hold for every one of them, which for a model, and which only for one unit?", "kind": "boundary" }, { "id": "level-rules-q02", "text": "What identifies an individual unit, and what should an agent do when it has only the kind?", "kind": "action" } ] } ] }, { "id": "standards-and-conformity", "name": "Standards and conformity", "description": "The standards a working example must meet and who attests it.", "findings": [ { "id": "conformity", "name": "Standards, marks and attestation", "description": "Which standard applies, who certifies, and what the mark means.", "questions": [ { "id": "conformity-q01", "text": "Which standards govern tent, issued by whom, and what does conformity actually assert?", "kind": "provenance" }, { "id": "conformity-q02", "text": "What may an agent conclude from a certification mark, and what may it not?", "kind": "boundary" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "provenance-and-evidence", "name": "Provenance, evidence and time", "description": "Where every claim about a tent 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 tent and how confident it is.", "questions": [ { "id": "claim-provenance-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes a claim about a tent, 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 tent, 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 tent 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 tent is retired without being erased.", "questions": [ { "id": "validity-and-supersession-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the validity of a claim about a tent, 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 tent, 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 tent 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 } } } }