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[Bugatti variant history](https://newsroom.bugatti.com/en/press-releases/ten-years-of-the-bugatti-veyron-164-grand-sport-vitesse-the-worlds-fastest-roadster)", "Check the installed powertrain against the documented Veyron specification; a W16 engine or claimed output alone is insufficient to distinguish a Veyron from another Bugatti or establish its variant.", "Distinguish an individual production car's documented limits from record-run results; a Super Sport record does not establish another Veyron's capability. [Bugatti Super Sport record account](https://newsroom.bugatti.com/en/press-releases/bugatti-presents-veyron-16-4-super-sport-to-public)" ], "characteristics": [ { "name": "Documented variant", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "Veyron 16.4 | Grand Sport | Super Sport | Grand Sport Vitesse | unresolved; edition recorded separately", "why_it_matters": "Selects the applicable specification and prevents borrowing limits from another Veyron variant." }, { "name": "Chassis-to-factory-record correspondence", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "Physical vehicle linked to manufacturer identity and build records, with discrepancies recorded", "why_it_matters": "Establishes what the car is independently of appearance or advertised provenance." }, { "name": "Installed configuration conformity", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "Matches documented build | documented approved change | other modification | unresolved", "why_it_matters": "Determines whether factory assumptions remain applicable to the actual vehicle." }, { "name": "Roof configuration", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "Fixed roof | removable roof installed | roof removed | temporary cover | unresolved; applicability by variant", "why_it_matters": "Connects the current body configuration to its documented operating restrictions." }, { "name": "Operating-mode agreement", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "Requested, indicated and physically verified mode; agreement | disagreement | unverified", "why_it_matters": "Prevents a selected mode or key position from being mistaken for confirmed aerodynamic and chassis readiness." }, { "name": "Tyre and wheel eligibility", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "Eligible for intended use | restricted | ineligible | unresolved, with assembly and inspection evidence", "why_it_matters": "Links operating decisions to the fitted assemblies and their condition instead of nominal vehicle performance." }, { "name": "Tyre pressure", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "kPa or bar per wheel, with temperature, timestamp and applicable manufacturer target", "why_it_matters": "A pressure reading needs operating context and the correct Veyron configuration to support a readiness decision." }, { "name": "Powertrain and cooling observations", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Temperatures in °C, pressures in documented units and diagnostic observations under a recorded load", "why_it_matters": "Supports assessment of sustained-load readiness without inventing universal thresholds." }, { "name": "Applicable operating ceiling", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "km/h, conditional on variant, roof, mode, fitted equipment, condition and authoritative documentation", "why_it_matters": "Separates an applicable limit from a publicity figure or an achieved speed." }, { "name": "Service evidence coverage", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "Documented current | documented overdue | incomplete | conflicting | unknown", "why_it_matters": "Exposes unresolved maintenance dependencies before driving or returning a stored car to use." } ], "affordances": [ "Authenticate a claimed Veyron identity and resolve its variant from physical and documentary evidence.", "Compare the installed configuration with the factory build and identify changes requiring specialist assessment.", "Assess readiness for a specified journey or controlled driving activity against configuration-specific requirements.", "Request targeted inspection of tyres, brakes, cooling or aerodynamic systems when evidence is insufficient.", "Plan specialist servicing or recommissioning from condition, elapsed time and documented usage.", "Produce an evidence-backed handover identifying restrictions, unresolved faults and required follow-up." ] }, "sources": [ { "id": "wikipedia-bugatti-veyron", "title": "Bugatti Veyron - Wikimedia Foundation (English Wikipedia)", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugatti_Veyron", "what_it_supports": "Production span, W16 8.0 L architecture, variant names (16.4, Grand Sport, Super Sport, Grand Sport Vitesse), headline power/speed figures, Molsheim assembly, and the Super Sport production-speed-record episode.", "url_status": "live" }, { "id": "bugatti-brand-history", "title": "Veyron 16.4 model history - Bugatti Automobiles S.A.S.", "url": "", "what_it_supports": "Manufacturer framing of the 16.4 as a W16 quad-turbo AWD hypercar, successor relationship to the Chiron, and the named special editions." }, { "id": "guinness-2010-ss", "title": "Fastest production car (2010 Super Sport record) - Guinness World Records", "url": "", "what_it_supports": "The 431.072 km/h Super Sport claim, and the later public dispute over whether limiter-equipped customer cars counted as the same production specification." } ], "structure": { "bundles": [ { "id": "veyron-identity-and-build", "name": "Veyron identity and build", "description": "Establish which Veyron is present and which specification legitimately applies.", "rationale": "Variant names, cosmetic editions and modifications can otherwise produce a plausible but incorrect operating model.", "layers": [ { "id": "chassis-authentication", "name": "Chassis authentication", "description": "Connect the physical car to authoritative identity evidence.", "findings": [ { "id": "verified-veyron-identity", "name": "Verified Veyron identity", "description": "Record the basis for accepting the car as a particular Veyron and preserve contradictions.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which physical identifiers and manufacturer records establish this car's Veyron identity?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "verified-veyron-identity-q01" }, { "text": "Do any identifiers, body details or records suggest a replica, substituted identity or unresolved reconstruction?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "verified-veyron-identity-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "variant-and-build-conformity", "name": "Variant and build conformity", "description": "Separate original variant and edition from the car's present equipment.", "findings": [ { "id": "applicable-build-specification", "name": "Applicable build specification", "description": "Resolve factory configuration and modifications before applying variant-specific requirements.", "questions": [ { "text": "What build evidence establishes the variant, roof architecture, market specification and any factory edition?", "kind": "definition", "id": "applicable-build-specification-q01" }, { "text": "Which installed components or calibrations differ from that build, and what evidence supports their compatibility?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "applicable-build-specification-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "powertrain-and-thermal-readiness", "name": "Powertrain and thermal readiness", "description": "Assess whether the installed Veyron powertrain and cooling systems support the intended duty.", "rationale": "A model designation or nominal output cannot establish the condition of an individual car under load.", "layers": [ { "id": "power-delivery-condition", "name": "Power delivery condition", "description": "Examine engine, transmission and driveline evidence against the installed specification.", "findings": [ { "id": "powertrain-condition-evidence", "name": "Powertrain condition evidence", "description": "Associate diagnostic and behavioural observations with a defined operating context.", "questions": [ { "text": "What faults, leaks, abnormal boost behaviour or shifting symptoms are documented for the installed powertrain?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "powertrain-condition-evidence-q01" }, { "text": "Which observations require restricted use or specialist diagnosis before further load is applied?", "kind": "action", "id": "powertrain-condition-evidence-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "cooling-and-load-context", "name": "Cooling and load context", "description": "Interpret thermal observations using ambient conditions, operating load and variant-specific guidance.", "findings": [ { "id": "thermal-duty-eligibility", "name": "Thermal duty eligibility", "description": "Determine whether cooling condition and observed temperatures support the proposed activity.", "questions": [ { "text": "What temperature trends, cooling-system condition and diagnostic evidence are available under relevant ambient and load conditions?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "thermal-duty-eligibility-q01" }, { "text": "Which authoritative requirements govern warm-up, sustained operation and response to thermal warnings for this configuration?", "kind": "action", "id": "thermal-duty-eligibility-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "tyres-brakes-and-chassis", "name": "Tyres, brakes and chassis", "description": "Evaluate the assemblies that support road contact, stability and stopping.", "rationale": "Veyron performance claims are unusable for action decisions without evidence that fitted running gear remains eligible for the intended use.", "layers": [ { "id": "tyre-wheel-assemblies", "name": "Tyre and wheel assemblies", "description": "Assess fitment, condition and use restrictions at each wheel position.", "findings": [ { "id": "assembly-use-eligibility", "name": "Assembly use eligibility", "description": "Connect each fitted tyre and wheel to applicable approval and condition evidence.", "questions": [ { "text": "Are the fitted tyre and wheel assemblies documented as suitable for this Veyron variant and proposed operating envelope?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "assembly-use-eligibility-q01" }, { "text": "What do dated inspections establish about pressure, age, wear, damage, repairs and relevant usage history?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "assembly-use-eligibility-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "braking-and-chassis-condition", "name": "Braking and chassis condition", "description": "Assess braking hardware, suspension, alignment and structural repair implications together.", "findings": [ { "id": "stopping-and-stability-evidence", "name": "Stopping and stability evidence", "description": "Identify evidence supporting braking and chassis readiness beyond dashboard indications.", "questions": [ { "text": "What inspections establish brake condition, suspension operation, alignment and the integrity of repaired load-bearing structures?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "stopping-and-stability-evidence-q01" }, { "text": "Which defects or missing repair validations prevent the proposed use or require a narrower operating envelope?", "kind": "action", "id": "stopping-and-stability-evidence-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "roof-aerodynamics-and-operating-envelope", "name": "Roof, aerodynamics and operating envelope", "description": "Bind operating decisions to actual roof configuration, aerodynamic state and mode-specific requirements.", "rationale": "Veyron variants and configurations must not inherit a single family-wide maximum-speed assumption.", "layers": [ { "id": "roof-and-aerodynamic-state", "name": "Roof and aerodynamic state", "description": "Record physical configuration and whether commanded systems achieve their required positions.", "findings": [ { "id": "configuration-state-agreement", "name": "Configuration state agreement", "description": "Establish agreement between installed roof equipment, selected mode and observed aerodynamic or chassis state.", "questions": [ { "text": "What roof configuration is physically present, and what documented limits apply to it for this variant?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "configuration-state-agreement-q01" }, { "text": "Do rear-wing, spoiler and ride-height observations agree with the requirements of the selected mode?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "configuration-state-agreement-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "conditional-use-decision", "name": "Conditional use decision", "description": "Translate verified configuration and readiness into a bounded decision for a specified activity.", "findings": [ { "id": "supported-operating-envelope", "name": "Supported operating envelope", "description": "Keep published capability, vehicle readiness and external permission distinct.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which vehicle-specific documentation establishes the applicable mode prerequisites and operating limits, including any special-key requirements?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "supported-operating-envelope-q01" }, { "text": "Given the intended activity, vehicle condition and linked venue or road permissions, what use is supported and what remains unverified?", "kind": "action", "id": "supported-operating-envelope-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "specialist-service-and-preservation", "name": "Specialist service and preservation", "description": "Maintain a defensible basis for servicing, storing and returning an individual Veyron to operation.", "rationale": "Sparse mileage and collector presentation cannot substitute for condition evidence, applicable service requirements or validated repairs.", "layers": [ { "id": "maintenance-and-repair-evidence", "name": "Maintenance and repair evidence", "description": "Connect specialist work and applicable requirements to the actual chassis and components.", "findings": [ { "id": "service-obligation-resolution", "name": "Service obligation resolution", "description": "Identify completed, due and unresolved work without assuming one schedule covers all Veyrons.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which current manufacturer service requirements or campaigns apply to this chassis and installed equipment?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "service-obligation-resolution-q01" }, { "text": "Which invoices, measurements and acceptance records demonstrate completion, and which obligations remain unresolved?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "service-obligation-resolution-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "storage-and-return-to-use", "name": "Storage and return to use", "description": "Assess preservation history and the evidence needed before operation after inactivity.", "findings": [ { "id": "recommissioning-readiness", "name": "Recommissioning readiness", "description": "Determine the inspections and specialist work required by the car's storage history and present condition.", "questions": [ { "text": "What storage duration, environment and preservation work are documented for tyres, fluids, fuel, battery and roof equipment?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "recommissioning-readiness-q01" }, { "text": "What Veyron-specific inspection and acceptance evidence is required before this car returns to the intended use?", "kind": "action", "id": "recommissioning-readiness-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-kinds", "name": "Kinds and varieties", "description": "Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.", "evidence": [ "Veyron 16.4 coupé (1001 PS / 736 kW customer car, 2005-2011)", "Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport (targa/roadster, 2009-2015)", "Veyron 16.4 Super Sport (1200 PS / 882 kW, raised claimed Vmax, 2010-2011)", "Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport Vitesse (open Super Sport, 2012-2015)", "Super Sport World Record Edition (five-car run used for the 2010 Vmax claim)", "Named limited and one-off liveries on those four mechanical bases (Pur Sang, Sang Noir, L'Or Blanc, La Finale and others)", "Pre-production / development cars versus customer-homologated cars", "EB 16.4 Veyron show/concept cars (1999-2003), distinguished from the production body" ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-kinds-q01", "text": "Which of these kinds and varieties hold for the sense of Bugatti Veyron 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": "Q179844", "note": "Item for the Bugatti Veyron (the production model family, not Pierre Veyron the driver)." }, { "scheme": "ISO 3779 VIN (WMI)", "value_or_pattern": "VF9***************", "note": "French WMI VF9 identifies Bugatti Automobiles S.A.S.; remaining positions encode vehicle line, restraint/body, model year and plant in the usual EU VIN layout." }, { "scheme": "Manufacturer commercial name", "value_or_pattern": "Bugatti Veyron 16.4 [Grand Sport | Super Sport | Grand Sport Vitesse]", "note": "16.4 is the factory designation (16 cylinders, 4 turbochargers), not a separate marque." } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-identifiers-q01", "text": "Which of these identifiers and schemes hold for the sense of Bugatti Veyron 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": [ "EU whole-vehicle type approval for M1 passenger cars - European Commission (Directive 2007/46/EC in the Veyron years; later recast as Regulation (EU) 2018/858).", "UNECE WP.29 regulations applied via that approval, notably R83 (emissions), R51 (noise), R13-H (braking), R94/R95 (crash) - United Nations Economic Commission for Europe.", "FMVSS crash, lighting and occupant-protection standards plus EPA/CARB emissions certification - NHTSA and U.S. EPA / California ARB, for cars sold in the United States.", "Pneumatic-tyre type approval and speed-category marking (UNECE R30 / related tyre regs) - the Michelin PAX and later Super Sport high-speed tyres were a binding constraint on homologated Vmax." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-standards-and-regulation-q01", "text": "Which of these standards and regulation hold for the sense of Bugatti Veyron 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": [ "Collected and exercised as a low-volume road-legal hypercar (450 cars, 2005-2015), usually stored, concourse-shown, or driven in short high-speed bursts rather than as daily transport.", "Used by the manufacturer and by magazines for production top-speed and acceleration claims; Super Sport World Record Edition cars were the instruments of the 2010 Vmax run.", "Serviced only through Bugatti/Volkswagen Group specialists: scheduled maintenance, tyre changes and software/key handling for the second (top-speed) key are part of ordinary ownership, not race-shop work.", "Encountered in museums, auctions and dealer inventory as a closed 2005-2015 type now succeeded in the same factory by the Chiron family." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-real-world-use-q01", "text": "Which of these real-world use hold for the sense of Bugatti Veyron 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": "Engine displacement (W16)", "typical_range": "7993", "unit": "cm³" }, { "quantity": "Peak power (16.4 vs Super Sport / Vitesse)", "typical_range": "736-882", "unit": "kW" }, { "quantity": "Peak torque (16.4 vs Super Sport / Vitesse)", "typical_range": "1250-1500", "unit": "N·m" }, { "quantity": "Claimed top speed (standard 16.4 with high-speed key vs Super Sport record run)", "typical_range": "407-431", "unit": "km/h" }, { "quantity": "0-100 km/h acceleration (factory figures)", "typical_range": "2.5-2.7", "unit": "s" }, { "quantity": "DIN/kerb mass", "typical_range": "1888-1990", "unit": "kg" }, { "quantity": "Overall length", "typical_range": "4462", "unit": "mm" }, { "quantity": "Fuel tank capacity", "typical_range": "100", "unit": "L" } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-measurements-q01", "text": "Which of these typical measurements hold for the sense of Bugatti Veyron 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": [ "High-speed tyre failure: the Vmax regime depends on dedicated Michelin speed-rated tyres and correct pressures; a deflation or speed-rating exceedance at 400+ km/h is the dominant vehicle-level hazard.", "Thermal overload: ten-radiator cooling still saturates in traffic or repeated full-load runs; overheating and, in documented cases, fire follow from blocked airflow or ignored temperature limits.", "Fuel exhaustion under full load: at governed top speed the 100 L tank is measured in minutes, so range collapse is an operational failure mode, not a curiosity.", "Driveline and dual-clutch wear plus unaffordable scheduled service: neglected fluid, clutch or Haldex-style AWD service takes the car out of the homologated state.", "Claim/specification split on Super Sport Vmax: customer cars were speed-limited below the record car for tyre reasons, which is a documentation and consumer-claim failure as well as a safety limiter.", "Kinetic-energy hazard to occupants and third parties if the car is used at type speed on public roads: mass near 1.9 t at 400 km/h is outside ordinary crash-test envelopes." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards-q01", "text": "Which of these failure modes and hazards hold for the sense of Bugatti Veyron 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": [ "Factory and French/German trade name is Veyron 16.4; English-language use often drops 16.4 except when distinguishing Super Sport and Grand Sport.", "U.S.-market cars carry FMVSS lighting, bumper and airbag differences from EU type-approved examples; not every European special edition was federalised.", "Right-hand-drive cars exist for UK, Japan and similar markets but are a small minority of the 450.", "The 2010 Super Sport Guinness record and its later contesting were argued mainly in English-language motoring press; French factory materials continued to treat the 431 km/h run as the type's speed credential." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-regional-variation-q01", "text": "Which of these regional variation hold for the sense of Bugatti Veyron 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": "Bugatti Chiron (and Chiron Super Sport)", "difference": "Successor from 2016 on the same Molsheim W16 AWD idea but a new carbon structure, different body, and a higher power band (from 1103 kW); VIN/model-year and the Chiron body, not the Veyron's horseshoe-plus-ten-radiator package, separate them." }, { "name": "Bugatti EB 16.4 Veyron concept (Italdesign show cars)", "difference": "1999-2003 concepts share the name and W16 brief but not the production body-in-white, interior, or type-approval specification; treat as a design study unless a chassis plate and WVTA/FMVSS record exist." }, { "name": "McLaren F1", "difference": "Previous production top-speed benchmark: naturally aspirated V12, three-seat central driving position, rear-wheel drive, 1990s carbon tub - no W16, no AWD, no dual-clutch transaxle." }, { "name": "SSC Ultimate Aero TT", "difference": "Briefly held a production-speed record between the standard Veyron and the Super Sport; American twin-turbo V8 coupé, not a Bugatti, not a W16, different homologation path." }, { "name": "Koenigsegg Agera / CCX family", "difference": "Same hypercar price and speed class of the late 2000s-2010s, but typically a mid-rear V8 (often AWD only in later models), Swedish type identity, and no Volkswagen-Group W16." } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-neighbours-q01", "text": "Which of these neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart hold for the sense of Bugatti Veyron this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] } ] } ] } ] }, "openQuestions": [ "Does an existing Vercy world 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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 Bugatti Veyron, record what state it is in, and decide what may be done with it.", "whatItIs": "Enable an AI agent to identify a Bugatti Veyron, assess its actual configuration and condition, and determine which use, inspection or service actions its evidence supports.", "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: Mansory Linea Vincero, Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport, Bugatti Veyron Super Sport.", "3 finer distinctions are held as aliases rather than separate entries, because telling them apart needs a task that asks for it.", "Described in 64 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 Bugatti Veyron, and on what evidence are they told apart?" ], "whatItIsMadeOf": "matter you can touch", "physicalCharacter": [ "Mobility varies between examples.", "Does nothing on its own; everything it does, something else did to it.", "These come from the domain this entry sits in rather than from the entry itself, so treat them as a first guess about the whole domain applied to one thing." ], "whatCanBeDoneWithIt": [ "observe it, measure it, record its state" ], "howItIsRecognised": [ "Recognised by form and material. The registry holds no appearance data, so what a Bugatti Veyron looks like has to come from research." ], "relatedModels": [ { "relation": "covers", "note": "Finer kinds folded into this entry because telling them apart needs a task that asks for it. Each is a model waiting to be split out when one does.", "targets": [ "Mansory Linea Vincero", "Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport", "Bugatti Veyron Super Sport" ] } ], "standing": "Described in 64 Wikipedia languages, which measures how widely it is written about rather than how important or how common it is. 3 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 Bugatti Veyron from another, and a Bugatti Veyron 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 Bugatti Veyron, 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 Bugatti Veyron, 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 Bugatti Veyron 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 Bugatti Veyron, 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 Bugatti Veyron, 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 Bugatti Veyron 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 Bugatti Veyron 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 Bugatti Veyron, 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 Bugatti Veyron, 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 Bugatti Veyron 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 Bugatti Veyron from the things most often confused with it.", "questions": [ { "id": "distinguishing-features-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes what distinguishes a Bugatti Veyron, 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 Bugatti Veyron, 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 Bugatti Veyron 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 Bugatti Veyron 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 Bugatti Veyron, 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 Bugatti Veyron, 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 Bugatti Veyron 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 Bugatti Veyron is built from and which parts are replaceable.", "questions": [ { "id": "parts-and-materials-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the composition of a Bugatti Veyron, 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 Bugatti Veyron, 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 Bugatti Veyron 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 Bugatti Veyron is judged and by whom.", "questions": [ { "id": "condition-assessment-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the condition of a Bugatti Veyron, 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 Bugatti Veyron, 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 Bugatti Veyron 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 Bugatti Veyron 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 Bugatti Veyron is, and what that position is measured against.", "questions": [ { "id": "position-and-frame-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the location of a Bugatti Veyron, 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 Bugatti Veyron, 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 Bugatti Veyron 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 Bugatti Veyron 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 Bugatti Veyron, 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 Bugatti Veyron, 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 Bugatti Veyron 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 Bugatti Veyron 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 Bugatti Veyron between them.", "questions": [ { "id": "stages-and-transitions-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the lifecycle of a Bugatti Veyron, 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 Bugatti Veyron, 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 Bugatti Veyron 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 Bugatti Veyron, how often and by whom.", "findings": [ { "id": "observation-record", "name": "Observation record", "description": "How an observation of a Bugatti Veyron 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 Bugatti Veyron, 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 Bugatti Veyron, 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 Bugatti Veyron is known, and what must it refuse?", "kind": "action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "use-and-operation", "name": "Use and operation", "description": "What can be done with a Bugatti Veyron and what it takes to do it.", "rationale": "An agent that can recognise a thing but not act on it has only half a model.", "layers": [ { "id": "intended-use", "name": "Intended use and function", "description": "What a Bugatti Veyron is for, and what it is used for anyway.", "findings": [ { "id": "function-and-purpose", "name": "Function, purpose and misuse", "description": "The function a Bugatti Veyron performs and the uses that fall outside it.", "questions": [ { "id": "function-and-purpose-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the use of a Bugatti Veyron, and in what units or vocabulary?", "kind": "definition", "answer_data": [ "identifiers", "types and classes", "values with units", "explicit unknowns" ] }, { "id": "function-and-purpose-q02", "text": "Who or what asserted this about the use of a Bugatti Veyron, by which method, and when was it true?", "kind": "provenance", "answer_data": [ "authority", "method", "evidence", "event time", "knowledge time" ] }, { "id": "function-and-purpose-q03", "text": "What may an agent decide or do once the use of a Bugatti Veyron 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 Bugatti Veyron.", "findings": [ { "id": "procedures-and-skills", "name": "Procedures, skills and required tools", "description": "What an agent needs before it can act on a Bugatti Veyron at all.", "questions": [ { "id": "procedures-and-skills-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes handling a Bugatti Veyron, 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 Bugatti Veyron, 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 Bugatti Veyron is known, and what must it refuse?", "kind": "action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "provenance-and-evidence", "name": "Provenance, evidence and time", "description": "Where every claim about a Bugatti Veyron 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 Bugatti Veyron and how confident it is.", "questions": [ { "id": "claim-provenance-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes a claim about a Bugatti Veyron, 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 Bugatti Veyron, 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 Bugatti Veyron 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 Bugatti Veyron is retired without being erased.", "questions": [ { "id": "validity-and-supersession-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the validity of a claim about a Bugatti Veyron, 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 Bugatti Veyron, 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 Bugatti Veyron is known, and what must it refuse?", "kind": "action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] } ] } ] } ] }, "statistics": { "bundles": 6, "layers": 13, "findings": 15, "questions": 45 } } } }