{ "model": { "rank": 3944, "code": "thing-q171934", "model_id": "vr.tr.nectar", "name": "nectar", "purpose": "Enable an AI agent to recognise plant nectar, assess its composition and condition, and decide how it may be sampled, compared, preserved or made available to visiting organisms.", "family": "Thing Registry", "category": "Physical world and living systems", "status": "research-draft", "kind": "thing", "plane": "PHY", "domain": "PHY.MAT", "industry": "", "version": "", "url": "/models/thing/q171934/", "tier": 2, "score": 80, "payload": { "layer": "wikidata", "aliases": [ "guava nectar" ], "aliasCount": 1, "merged": 1, "knownIn": 80, "facets": null, "markers": [], "lexicalClass": "", "senseRank": null, "alsoRegisteredAs": "vr.tr.nectar-food", "source": { "dataset": "wikidata", "item": "Q171934", "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q171934", "license": "CC0 1.0" } }, "research": { "vercy": "1.0-draft", "publication": { "status": "research-draft", "adjudicationStatus": "unreviewed", "publishableCanonical": false, "generatedAt": "2026-09-09T19:07:47Z", "providers": [ "Codex" ], "breadth": "recalled by Codex without web access - no source was read", "missingProviders": [], "pass": 2, "cost": { "grok": { "seconds": 18.8, "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: 01a08790-aab3-7332-94c2-de87b0d0dea3\n--------\nuser\nDescribe what is already known about one registered thing. 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including floral and extrafloral nectar in place or collected as a sample; botanical nectar is the provisional sense selected for vr.tr.nectar.", "in_scope": [ "Botanical origin and evidence that a liquid is nectar", "Floral or extrafloral secretion site and presentation", "Water, sugars and other measured constituents", "Standing quantity, replenishment and environmental variation", "Visitor access, biological alteration and collected-sample condition" ], "out_of_scope": [ "The nectar-producing plant as a whole organism", "Nectary anatomy beyond what identifies the secretion site", "Pollinator physiology, behaviour and population dynamics", "Honey and its processing by bees", "Fruit beverages marketed as nectar and artificial nectar substitutes", "Mythological nectar" ], "distinguishing_features": [ "Evidence connects the liquid to secretion at a plant nectar-producing site; sweetness alone does not establish nectar identity.", "The recorded origin distinguishes plant secretion from insect-excreted honeydew, including when both occur on the same plant.", "The production site and collection history distinguish nectar from sap released by injury or guttation fluid.", "The material remains identified as nectar or a nectar sample, with dilution and alteration recorded, rather than being identified as honey after bee processing.", "Botanical provenance distinguishes nectar from a formulated sugar solution or a fruit beverage bearing the same name." ], "characteristics": [ { "name": "Producing plant", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "Taxon identification, individual plant identifier and identification confidence", "why_it_matters": "Connects the secretion to its biological origin without assuming all plants of a taxon produce identical nectar." }, { "name": "Secretion site", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "Floral, extrafloral or unresolved; organ and site description", "why_it_matters": "Distinguishes nectar contexts and establishes the unit being sampled." }, { "name": "Identity confidence", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "Confirmed, probable or unresolved, with supporting observations", "why_it_matters": "Prevents a sweet liquid of uncertain origin from being treated as verified nectar." }, { "name": "Standing nectar volume", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "µL per specified flower, nectary or collection unit, with observation time", "why_it_matters": "Records the amount available at observation without equating it with secretion rate." }, { "name": "Sugar concentration", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "g sugar per 100 g solution or mg/mL; °Brix recorded separately as a refractometric proxy", "why_it_matters": "Supports comparisons of resource concentration while retaining the measurement basis." }, { "name": "Sugar profile", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Measured concentrations or proportions of sucrose, glucose, fructose and other detected sugars", "why_it_matters": "Distinguishes nectar mixtures that have similar total concentration." }, { "name": "Other constituents", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Analyte-specific concentrations with units, analytical method and detection limits", "why_it_matters": "Allows nutrients, secondary metabolites and contaminants to be assessed without assuming their presence." }, { "name": "Acidity", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "pH with method, temperature and any sample dilution", "why_it_matters": "Provides a comparable condition measurement when sample size permits." }, { "name": "Accumulation over time", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "µL per collection unit per hour and/or µg sugar per collection unit per hour, with protocol", "why_it_matters": "Separates measured accumulation from unsupported claims about gross secretion." }, { "name": "Exposure conditions", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Temperature in °C, relative humidity in %, and time since rain, irrigation or experimental treatment", "why_it_matters": "Helps interpret changes in volume and concentration." }, { "name": "Visitor accessibility", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "Nectar location, access geometry and relevant visitor observations", "why_it_matters": "Distinguishes nectar that exists from nectar a particular visitor can reach." }, { "name": "Sample alteration", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "Observed or suspected dilution, evaporation, microbial activity, foreign material or preservation effects", "why_it_matters": "Determines whether measurements represent nectar at the plant or an altered sample." } ], "affordances": [ "Identify a candidate liquid as nectar or retain an unresolved identification.", "Collect a traceable nectar sample from a defined plant site and time.", "Measure and compare nectar volume, sugar concentration and composition using compatible methods.", "Assess nectar availability to a specified visitor under observed access conditions.", "Investigate replenishment or alteration through timed observations and controlled sampling.", "Select preservation and analytical procedures appropriate to the intended measurement." ] }, "sources": [], "structure": { "bundles": [ { "id": "botanical-identity", "name": "Botanical identity", "description": "Establishes what liquid is being modelled and where it originated.", "rationale": "The registry supplies no definition, and the word nectar also names materials outside the botanical sense.", "layers": [ { "id": "nectar-sense-and-boundaries", "name": "Nectar sense and boundaries", "description": "Tests the botanical interpretation and nearby liquid categories.", "findings": [ { "id": "evidence-of-plant-secretion", "name": "Evidence of plant secretion", "description": "Record the evidence supporting nectar identity rather than relying on appearance or sweetness.", "questions": [ { "text": "What evidence connects this liquid to a nectar-producing plant site?", "kind": "definition", "id": "evidence-of-plant-secretion-q01" }, { "text": "How were honeydew, wound sap, guttation fluid and applied sugar solution excluded?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "evidence-of-plant-secretion-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "plant-and-secretion-site", "name": "Plant and secretion site", "description": "Locates the nectar within its producing organism.", "findings": [ { "id": "traceable-nectar-origin", "name": "Traceable nectar origin", "description": "Associate nectar with a plant identification, organ and floral or extrafloral site.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which plant individual and taxon produced the nectar, and how secure is that identification?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "traceable-nectar-origin-q01" }, { "text": "At which organ and secretion site was it observed or collected, and is the floral or extrafloral designation supported?", "kind": "definition", "id": "traceable-nectar-origin-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "nectar-composition", "name": "Nectar composition", "description": "Describes the measured mixture without assigning it a fixed chemical formula.", "rationale": "Concentration and constituent profiles are necessary to compare nectar samples and judge their suitability for a specified use.", "layers": [ { "id": "water-and-sugars", "name": "Water and sugars", "description": "Records sugar abundance and composition on explicit measurement bases.", "findings": [ { "id": "resolved-sugar-measurements", "name": "Resolved sugar measurements", "description": "Distinguish total sugar measurements, refractometric estimates and individual sugar assays.", "questions": [ { "text": "What is the sugar concentration, on which mass or volume basis, and was it measured directly or estimated from refractive index?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "resolved-sugar-measurements-q01" }, { "text": "Which individual sugars were measured, and what concentrations or proportions were established?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "resolved-sugar-measurements-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "constituents-beyond-sugars", "name": "Constituents beyond sugars", "description": "Captures additional chemistry relevant to the particular nectar and intended assessment.", "findings": [ { "id": "targeted-chemical-characterisation", "name": "Targeted chemical characterisation", "description": "Record only supported measurements of acidity and additional constituents, retaining analytical limits.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which amino acids, ions, proteins, secondary metabolites or contaminants were actually assayed, and with what detection limits?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "targeted-chemical-characterisation-q01" }, { "text": "Was pH measured on fresh nectar or a diluted or preserved sample, and under what conditions?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "targeted-chemical-characterisation-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "secretion-and-availability", "name": "Secretion and availability", "description": "Tracks how much nectar is present and how that amount changes.", "rationale": "A single volume measurement cannot establish production because collection history, visitors and environmental exposure affect the observed amount.", "layers": [ { "id": "standing-resource", "name": "Standing resource", "description": "Defines nectar availability at a specified site and observation time.", "findings": [ { "id": "time-specific-nectar-quantity", "name": "Time-specific nectar quantity", "description": "Record volume and, where supported, sugar mass against an explicit biological collection unit.", "questions": [ { "text": "How much nectar was present per flower or nectary at the recorded time, and what was the collection recovery limit?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "time-specific-nectar-quantity-q01" }, { "text": "What flower age, prior sampling and visitor access history apply to that standing quantity?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "time-specific-nectar-quantity-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "nectar-change-over-time", "name": "Nectar change over time", "description": "Separates observed accumulation from explanations for that change.", "findings": [ { "id": "interpretable-replenishment", "name": "Interpretable replenishment", "description": "Require a timed protocol and relevant controls before interpreting nectar change as secretion or replenishment.", "questions": [ { "text": "Over what interval and after what removal procedure were volume or sugar-mass changes measured?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "interpretable-replenishment-q01" }, { "text": "How does the protocol distinguish secretion from visitor removal, evaporation, dilution or possible plant reabsorption?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "interpretable-replenishment-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "nectar-biological-interface", "name": "Nectar biological interface", "description": "Connects nectar presentation and condition to organisms that encounter it.", "rationale": "The amount and chemistry of nectar alone do not establish which organisms can use it or what biological outcome follows.", "layers": [ { "id": "presentation-to-visitors", "name": "Presentation to visitors", "description": "Records the physical accessibility of nectar and observed use.", "findings": [ { "id": "visitor-specific-access", "name": "Visitor-specific access", "description": "Relate nectar depth, exposure and access route to identified visitors without assuming their ecological role.", "questions": [ { "text": "Where is the nectar presented, and what access dimensions or barriers matter for the visitor being assessed?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "visitor-specific-access-q01" }, { "text": "Which organisms were observed taking nectar, and what evidence supports a pollination, defence or other role?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "visitor-specific-access-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "biological-alteration", "name": "Biological alteration", "description": "Records organisms or biological activity that may change the nectar after secretion.", "findings": [ { "id": "microbial-condition-evidence", "name": "Microbial condition evidence", "description": "Distinguish demonstrated microbial presence and chemical change from an untested appearance-based suspicion.", "questions": [ { "text": "Were yeasts, bacteria or other organisms detected in the nectar, and by which method?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "microbial-condition-evidence-q01" }, { "text": "What measurements distinguish the nectar's initial condition from changes associated with microbial activity?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "microbial-condition-evidence-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "nectar-sampling-and-use", "name": "Nectar sampling and use", "description": "Maintains interpretability when nectar is collected, stored or used in an assessment.", "rationale": "Small nectar samples can be affected by collection and handling, while suitability depends on the specific recipient or analytical purpose.", "layers": [ { "id": "collection-and-preservation", "name": "Collection and preservation", "description": "Tracks interventions between nectar on the plant and the analysed sample.", "findings": [ { "id": "sample-fidelity", "name": "Sample fidelity", "description": "Record collection tools, pooling, dilution and storage conditions that could change or obscure the original nectar.", "questions": [ { "text": "Was nectar collected by capillary, extraction or washing, and were samples pooled or diluted?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "sample-fidelity-q01" }, { "text": "Which storage time, temperature and preservation procedure are suitable for the intended analytes?", "kind": "action", "id": "sample-fidelity-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "recipient-and-purpose-suitability", "name": "Recipient and purpose suitability", "description": "Bounds decisions about using nectar by evidence relevant to the proposed use.", "findings": [ { "id": "evidence-bounded-nectar-use", "name": "Evidence-bounded nectar use", "description": "Assess a particular nectar sample for a named analytical or feeding purpose without assuming universal suitability.", "questions": [ { "text": "For which organism or analytical procedure is this nectar being considered, and what composition or condition requirements apply?", "kind": "action", "id": "evidence-bounded-nectar-use-q01" }, { "text": "What evidence about plant-derived constituents, contaminants and sample alteration supports or limits that use?", "kind": "action", "id": "evidence-bounded-nectar-use-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "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 botanical sense is assumed because no sense was recorded; confirm that the registry does not mean a fruit beverage or mythological nectar.", "Nectar is a variable biological mixture, with no single molecular formula, purity grade or universally applicable chemical identifier.", "The sugar range is indicative rather than a specification; verify species, sampling conditions and measurement basis before using it quantitatively." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-confidence-notes-q01", "text": "Which of these check these first hold for the sense of nectar 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": [ "Floral nectar", "Extrafloral nectar" ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-kinds-q01", "text": "Which of these kinds and varieties hold for the sense of nectar 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": [ "Provides carbohydrates to pollinating insects, birds and other nectar-feeding animals.", "Attracts ants and other animals that can defend plants against herbivores.", "Supplies the principal raw material from which honey bees produce floral honey.", "Helps assess the forage value of plants for pollinator conservation and beekeeping." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-real-world-use-q01", "text": "Which of these real-world use hold for the sense of nectar 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": "Sugar concentration", "typical_range": "Often approximately 10-70% by mass; varies with species, weather and sampling conditions", "unit": "% by mass" }, { "quantity": "Nectar volume per flower", "typical_range": "Species-dependent; no single representative range", "unit": "µL" }, { "quantity": "Sugar secretion rate", "typical_range": "Species- and condition-dependent", "unit": "mg per flower per hour" } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-measurements-q01", "text": "Which of these typical measurements hold for the sense of nectar 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": [ "Some plants produce nectar containing compounds toxic to particular consumers.", "Pesticide residues can contaminate nectar and expose visiting animals.", "Microbial colonization can alter sugar composition, acidity and attractiveness.", "Evaporation, rainfall and humidity can change nectar concentration and availability." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards-q01", "text": "Which of these failure modes and hazards hold for the sense of nectar 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": [ "Local flora, climate and flowering seasons determine nectar availability and composition." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-regional-variation-q01", "text": "Which of these regional variation hold for the sense of nectar 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 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} ] } ] }, "openQuestions": [ "Does the originating registry record confirm botanical nectar, and is this concept already covered by an existing Vercy world model?", "Which botanical definition should determine inclusion of unusual secretion sites and liquids whose nectar identity remains disputed?", "Which sampling and analytical protocols provide comparable results across very small, dilute and concentrated nectar samples?", "What evidence is sufficient to separate gross secretion, net accumulation and reabsorption for the plant being modelled?", "Which constituent measurements and alteration thresholds are relevant to each proposed recipient or use?" ], "statistics": { "bundles": 6, "layers": 11, "findings": 17, "questions": 27 } }, "draft": { "generator": "vr.draft.v3", "status": "draft-generated", "researched": false, "archetype": "chemical substance or material", "method": "Written from the archetype playbook - what this kind of thing needs beyond identity and provenance - and from the structure that recurred across 6,333 models already researched by two engines. 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 nectar, record what state it is in, and decide what may be done with it.", "whatItIs": "Enable an AI agent to recognise plant nectar, assess its composition and condition, and decide how it may be sampled, compared, preserved or made available to visiting organisms.", "characteristics": { "substance": "material", "origin": "natural", "agency": "inert", "mobility": "varies" }, "whatYouCanDoWithIt": [ "observed and measured", "consumed or used up" ], "distinguishingFeatures": [ "Names folded into this entry, which a task may need to split apart again: guava nectar.", "1 finer distinctions are held as aliases rather than separate entries, because telling them apart needs a task that asks for it.", "Described in 80 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 nectar, 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", "use it up, and then need more of it" ], "howItIsRecognised": [ "Not recognisable by sight in any reliable way. Appearance varies with grade, form and additives; identification is by label, by documentation, or by assay." ], "relatedModels": [ { "relation": "covers", "note": "Finer kinds folded into this entry because telling them apart needs a task that asks for it. Each is a model waiting to be split out when one does.", "targets": [ "guava nectar" ] } ], "standing": "Described in 80 Wikipedia languages, which measures how widely it is written about rather than how important or how common it is. 1 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 nectar from another, and a nectar 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 nectar, 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 nectar, 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 nectar 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 nectar, 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 nectar, 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 nectar 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 nectar 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 nectar, 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 nectar, 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 nectar 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 nectar from the things most often confused with it.", "questions": [ { "id": "distinguishing-features-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes what distinguishes a nectar, 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 nectar, 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 nectar 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 nectar 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 nectar, 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 nectar, 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 nectar 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 nectar is built from and which parts are replaceable.", "questions": [ { "id": "parts-and-materials-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the composition of a nectar, 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 nectar, 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 nectar 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.", 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movement", "description": "Where a nectar 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 nectar is, and what that position is measured against.", "questions": [ { "id": "position-and-frame-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the location of a nectar, 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 nectar, 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 nectar 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 nectar 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 nectar, 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 nectar, 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 nectar 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 nectar 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 nectar between them.", "questions": [ { "id": "stages-and-transitions-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the lifecycle of a nectar, 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 nectar, 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 nectar 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 nectar, how often and by whom.", "findings": [ { "id": "observation-record", "name": "Observation record", "description": "How an observation of a nectar 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 nectar, 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 nectar, 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 nectar is known, and what must it refuse?", "kind": "action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "use-and-operation", "name": "Use and 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"knowledge time" ] }, { "id": "function-and-purpose-q03", "text": "What may an agent decide or do once the use of a nectar is known, and what must it refuse?", "kind": "action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "handling-and-procedure", "name": "Handling and procedure", "description": "The steps, skills and tools involved in using a nectar.", "findings": [ { "id": "procedures-and-skills", "name": "Procedures, skills and required tools", "description": "What an agent needs before it can act on a nectar at all.", "questions": [ { "id": "procedures-and-skills-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes handling a nectar, 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 nectar, by which method, and when was it true?", "kind": "provenance", "answer_data": [ "authority", "method", "evidence", "event time", "knowledge time" ] }, { "id": "procedures-and-skills-q03", "text": "What may an agent decide or do once handling a nectar is known, and what must it refuse?", "kind": "action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "supply-and-consumption", "name": "Supply and consumption", "description": "Quantities, rates and what running out means.", "findings": [ { "id": "consumption-and-stock", "name": "Consumption, stock and replenishment", "description": "How much of a nectar there is and how fast it goes.", "questions": [ { "id": "consumption-and-stock-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the supply of a nectar, and in what units or vocabulary?", "kind": "definition", "answer_data": [ "identifiers", "types and classes", "values with units", "explicit unknowns" ] }, { "id": "consumption-and-stock-q02", "text": "Who or what asserted this about the supply of a nectar, by which method, and when was it true?", "kind": "provenance", "answer_data": [ "authority", "method", "evidence", "event time", "knowledge time" ] }, { "id": "consumption-and-stock-q03", "text": "What may an agent decide or do once the supply of a nectar is known, and what must it refuse?", "kind": "action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "composition-and-identity", "name": "Composition, grade and chemical identity", "description": "What nectar is made of and how pure the thing in hand is.", "rationale": "Grade decides what a substance may be used for, so a model that records only the name cannot support any decision about use.", "layers": [ { "id": "chemical-identity", "name": "Chemical identity", "description": "Formula, structure and the registry numbers that name it unambiguously.", "findings": [ { "id": "identity-record", "name": "Identity and registry numbers", "description": "What identifies this substance across suppliers and regulators.", "questions": [ { "id": "identity-record-q01", "text": "What formula, structure and registry identifiers name nectar unambiguously?", "kind": "definition" }, { "id": "identity-record-q02", "text": "Which related substances share a name in common use but not an identifier?", "kind": "boundary" } ] } ] }, { "id": "grade-and-impurities", "name": "Grade, purity and impurities", "description": "The specification a batch meets and what else is in it.", "findings": [ { "id": "specification", "name": "Specification and assay", "description": "How purity is stated and measured, and which impurities matter.", "questions": [ { "id": "specification-q01", "text": "What grades of nectar exist, how is purity assayed, and which impurities are limited?", "kind": "measurement" }, { "id": "specification-q02", "text": "Which use requires which grade, and what happens when a lower grade is substituted?", "kind": "action" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "properties-and-behaviour", "name": "Properties and behaviour", "description": "How nectar behaves under conditions an agent can measure or change.", "rationale": "Physical constants are the part of a substance model that transfers between contexts, and each needs its unit and its conditions.", "layers": [ { "id": "physical-constants", "name": "Physical constants", "description": "Values that hold for the pure substance, with their conditions.", "findings": [ { "id": "constants-record", "name": "Constants and conditions", "description": "The quantities worth recording and the state they apply in.", "questions": [ { "id": "constants-record-q01", "text": "What are the defining physical constants of nectar, in what units and under what conditions?", "kind": "measurement" }, { "id": "constants-record-q02", "text": "Which of these values change with grade or form rather than being fixed?", "kind": "boundary" } ] } ] }, { "id": "stability-and-reactivity", "name": "Stability and reactivity", "description": "What it reacts with, degrades into, and how it is stored.", "findings": [ { "id": "incompatibilities", "name": "Incompatibilities and degradation", "description": "What must not meet it, and what it becomes over time.", "questions": [ { "id": "incompatibilities-q01", "text": "What is nectar incompatible with, and what does it degrade into under storage?", "kind": "definition" }, { "id": "incompatibilities-q02", "text": "What storage and handling does that require, and who is competent to do it?", "kind": "action" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "hazard-and-regulation", "name": "Hazard classification and regulation", "description": "How nectar can harm, and what the law says about holding and moving it.", "rationale": "A substance model without its hazard class and its regulatory identity is unusable in exactly the situations that matter.", "layers": [ { "id": "hazard-class", "name": "Hazard classification", "description": "Classified hazards, exposure limits and protective 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"text": "Does the control attach to the substance, its concentration, or its intended use?", "kind": "boundary" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "provenance-and-evidence", "name": "Provenance, evidence and time", "description": "Where every claim about a nectar 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 nectar and how confident it is.", "questions": [ { "id": "claim-provenance-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes a claim about a nectar, 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 nectar, 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 nectar 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 nectar is retired without being erased.", "questions": [ { "id": "validity-and-supersession-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the validity of a claim about a nectar, 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 nectar, 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 nectar is known, and what must it refuse?", "kind": "action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] } ] } ] } ] }, "statistics": { "bundles": 9, "layers": 20, "findings": 22, "questions": 60 } } } }