{ "model": { "rank": 3471, "code": "thing-q177463", "model_id": "vr.tr.charcoal", "name": "charcoal", "purpose": "Enable an AI agent to recognise charcoal, assess its condition and suitability for a proposed use, and identify the evidence needed before handling or using it.", "family": "Thing Registry", "category": "Physical world and living systems", "status": "research-draft", "kind": "thing", "plane": "PHY", "domain": "PHY.MAT", "industry": "", "version": "", "url": "/models/thing/q177463/", "tier": 2, "score": 85, "payload": { "layer": "wikidata", "aliases": [ "Hard charcoal", "Soft charcoal", "Kingsford", "Bamboo charcoal", "Binchōtan", "biochar", "Kishū binchōtan" ], "aliasCount": 7, "merged": 7, "knownIn": 85, "facets": null, "markers": [], "lexicalClass": "", "senseRank": null, "alsoRegisteredAs": "vr.tr.charcoal-artifact", "source": { "dataset": "wikidata", "item": "Q177463", "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q177463", "license": "CC0 1.0" } }, "research": { "vercy": "1.0-draft", "publication": { "status": "research-draft", "adjudicationStatus": "unreviewed", "publishableCanonical": false, "generatedAt": "2026-09-07T14:50:53Z", "providers": [ "Codex" ], "breadth": "recalled by Codex without web access - no source was read", "missingProviders": [], "pass": 2, "cost": { "grok": { "seconds": 25.5, "error": "Reading additional input from stdin...\nOpenAI Codex v0.153.3\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: 01a07c58-98de-7483-b0c4-96898ceed0f6\n--------\nuser\nDescribe what is already known about one registered thing. 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carbonaceous material derived from biomass carbonisation, including its feedstock identity, composition, physical form, condition and use-dependent suitability; it does not assume that every charcoal grade is interchangeable.", "in_scope": [ "Feedstock identity, carbonisation provenance and material traceability", "Composition, moisture, ash, volatile matter and contaminants", "Lump, fines, powder and formed charcoal, with additives identified separately", "Pore structure, mechanical integrity and relevant performance measurements", "Storage condition, handling constraints and evidence of suitability for a specified use" ], "out_of_scope": [ "Kilns, retorts and industrial carbonisation operations as systems", "Coal, mineral coke, carbon black and pure elemental carbon as distinct materials", "Activated carbon specifications and activation processes beyond their relationship to precursor charcoal", "Soil amendment systems and carbon credit accounting associated with biochar", "Finished drawing implements, filters, medicines and grills containing or using charcoal" ], "distinguishing_features": [ "Evidence of carbonised biomass feedstock distinguishes charcoal from mined coal and mineral-derived coke; black appearance alone is insufficient.", "Composition is assessed as a material mixture with moisture, ash and volatile constituents, rather than treated as pure carbon with a single set of substance constants.", "A briquette is identified by its constituent material and binder record: a compressed black fuel shape alone does not establish that it is charcoal.", "An activated-carbon designation requires evidence of activation and relevant product characterisation; a porous charcoal specimen does not establish that designation.", "A biochar designation requires clarification of intended use and applicable criteria; charcoal and biochar may overlap materially and cannot reliably be separated by appearance alone." ], "characteristics": [ { "name": "Feedstock identity", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "Biomass source, species or material class; mixed or unknown where applicable", "why_it_matters": "Supports recognition, traceability and interpretation of differences between batches." }, { "name": "Material form", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "Lump, granule, fines, powder, formed briquette; size distribution in mm", "why_it_matters": "Affects handling, airflow, breakage and suitability for equipment or application." }, { "name": "Carbonisation history", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "Production record with temperature in °C, residence time and atmosphere where known", "why_it_matters": "Helps explain material properties without treating process settings as substitutes for testing." }, { "name": "Moisture content", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Mass %, with sampling date, method and reporting basis", "why_it_matters": "Changes delivered fuel value, storage assessment and comparability of analyses." }, { "name": "Proximate composition", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Ash, volatile matter and fixed carbon in mass %, with method and basis; fixed-carbon calculation identified", "why_it_matters": "Supports grade comparison while keeping operationally defined fractions distinct from elemental analysis." }, { "name": "Elemental composition", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, sulfur and oxygen in mass %, with measured or calculated status", "why_it_matters": "Provides composition evidence that a fixed-carbon figure alone cannot supply." }, { "name": "Binders and contaminants", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "Named constituent, intentional or incidental status, concentration in mass % or mg/kg, method and detection limit", "why_it_matters": "Can determine whether a batch is appropriate for fuel, artistic, industrial or other uses." }, { "name": "Density and friability", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Bulk or particle density in kg/m³; breakage or fines generation under a named test", "why_it_matters": "Supports volume estimates and predicts degradation during transport and handling." }, { "name": "Pore and surface properties", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Specific surface area in m²/g and pore volume in cm³/g, with measurement method", "why_it_matters": "Supports investigation of adsorption performance without assuming suitability from porosity alone." }, { "name": "Fuel performance", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Gross or net calorific value in MJ/kg, reporting basis, and ignition or burn-test conditions", "why_it_matters": "Allows fuel comparisons tied to moisture state and actual test conditions." }, { "name": "Current thermal and storage condition", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "Temperature in °C and trend; cooling status; wetting, contamination and packaging observations", "why_it_matters": "Determines whether handling or use requires further assessment." }, { "name": "Declared 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categories overlap.", "rationale": "The name can conceal differences in feedstock, processing, formulation and intended use.", "layers": [ { "id": "feedstock-and-origin", "name": "Feedstock and origin", "description": "Connects the material to its biomass source and production lot.", "findings": [ { "id": "biomass-carbonisation-evidence", "name": "Biomass carbonisation evidence", "description": "Record evidence supporting charcoal identity rather than inferring it from colour or a sales label.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which biomass feedstocks were carbonised, and were they untreated, treated, mixed or unknown?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "biomass-carbonisation-evidence-q01" }, { "text": "Which production or supplier records connect this specimen or delivery to those feedstocks?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "biomass-carbonisation-evidence-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "related-material-boundaries", "name": "Related material boundaries", "description": "Resolves coal, coke, activated 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"production-history", "name": "Production history", "description": "Captures carbonisation and subsequent treatment relevant to the resulting material.", "findings": [ { "id": "thermal-and-post-treatment-record", "name": "Thermal and post-treatment record", "description": "Keep documented process conditions and later alterations distinct from inferred properties.", "questions": [ { "text": "What carbonisation temperature, duration and atmosphere are documented for this lot?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "thermal-and-post-treatment-record-q01" }, { "text": "Was the charcoal quenched, washed, activated, impregnated or blended after carbonisation?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "thermal-and-post-treatment-record-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "analytical-composition", "name": "Analytical composition", "description": "Makes moisture, combustible fractions, mineral residue and additional constituents interpretable.", "findings": [ { "id": "comparable-composition-results", "name": "Comparable composition results", "description": "Require analytical basis and methods before comparing reported charcoal compositions.", "questions": [ { "text": "What moisture, ash, volatile-matter and fixed-carbon results are available, and on which reporting basis?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "comparable-composition-results-q01" }, { "text": "Which elemental constituents, binders and contaminants were measured, with what sampling method and detection limits?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "comparable-composition-results-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "physical-form-and-structure", "name": "Physical form and structure", "description": "Describes the external form and internal structure relevant to charcoal behaviour.", "rationale": "Equal masses of charcoal can differ substantially in packing, breakage, exposed surface and application performance.", "layers": [ { "id": "pieces-powders-and-briquettes", "name": "Pieces, powders and briquettes", "description": "Records size distribution, forming and mechanical condition.", "findings": [ { "id": "form-and-integrity", "name": "Form and integrity", "description": "Describe the delivered material and how readily it generates smaller particles.", "questions": [ { "text": "What proportions occur as lumps, granules or fines, and how were their size ranges measured?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "form-and-integrity-q01" }, { "text": "For formed charcoal, what binder, density and mechanical-integrity evidence is available?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "form-and-integrity-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "pores-and-accessible-surface", "name": "Pores and accessible surface", "description": "Separates measured pore properties from unverified adsorption claims.", "findings": [ { "id": "surface-characterisation", "name": "Surface characterisation", "description": "Tie surface measurements to preparation, method and the proposed application.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which surface-area and pore-volume measurements exist, and how was the sample prepared?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "surface-characterisation-q01" }, { "text": "What application-specific test would be needed before claiming useful adsorption of a named substance?", "kind": "action", "id": "surface-characterisation-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "use-specific-performance", "name": "Use-specific performance", "description": "Connects measurable charcoal properties to a particular proposed use.", "rationale": "A charcoal batch acceptable for one purpose may lack the properties or evidence needed for another.", "layers": [ { "id": "fuel-behaviour", "name": "Fuel behaviour", "description": "Evaluates energy delivery and combustion behaviour under stated conditions.", "findings": [ { "id": "fuel-test-evidence", "name": "Fuel test evidence", "description": "Keep calorific value, ignition, burn behaviour and residue tied to the tested batch and setup.", "questions": [ { "text": "What gross or net calorific value was measured, and at what moisture and reporting basis?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "fuel-test-evidence-q01" }, { "text": "What tests establish ignition behaviour, burn duration, emissions and ash residue for the intended equipment?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "fuel-test-evidence-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "grade-and-use-acceptance", "name": "Grade and use acceptance", "description": "Determines whether the batch meets the requirements of its intended application.", "findings": [ { "id": "application-evidence-gap", "name": "Application evidence gap", "description": "Make missing acceptance evidence explicit before assigning a use.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which specification governs the proposed fuel, drawing, metallurgical or other use, and which properties does it require?", "kind": "definition", "id": "application-evidence-gap-q01" }, { "text": "Which missing tests, additives or contamination findings prevent accepting this batch for that use?", "kind": "action", "id": "application-evidence-gap-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "condition-and-handling", "name": "Condition and handling", "description": "Assesses the current batch state and the handling information applicable to it.", "rationale": "Cooling history, dust, moisture and formulation can change the decisions appropriate for delivered charcoal.", "layers": [ { "id": "thermal-and-storage-state", "name": "Thermal and storage state", "description": "Records evidence needed to evaluate stored or recently produced charcoal.", "findings": [ { "id": "current-condition-evidence", "name": "Current condition evidence", "description": "Use observations and time-stamped measurements to assess readiness for handling.", "questions": [ { "text": "What cooling history, internal temperature measurements and temperature trends are available?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "current-condition-evidence-q01" }, { "text": "Do wetting, contamination, packaging damage or temperature observations trigger a hold under the applicable handling procedure?", "kind": "action", "id": "current-condition-evidence-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "hazard-and-regulatory-evidence", "name": "Hazard and regulatory evidence", "description": "Associates safety and regulatory claims with the actual material, use and jurisdiction.", "findings": [ { "id": "batch-applicable-controls", "name": "Batch-applicable controls", "description": "Require supporting documentation for identification, exposure controls and transport or storage classifications.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which safety document, substance identifiers and hazard or transport classifications apply to this formulation and jurisdiction?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "batch-applicable-controls-q01" }, { "text": "What documented controls address dust, ignition, self-heating and combustion gases during the proposed handling or use?", "kind": "action", "id": "batch-applicable-controls-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": [ "This describes the material sense, including fuel and drawing grades; charcoal is a variable mixture rather than a pure carbon substance with universal melting or boiling points.", "Measurement ranges are approximate recall values for wood charcoal and should be checked against feedstock, grade, moisture basis and analytical method.", "Specific chemical identifiers, product standards, exposure limits and transport classifications require verification for the actual grade and jurisdiction." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-confidence-notes-q01", "text": "Which of these check these first hold for the sense of charcoal 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": [ "Lump wood charcoal", "Charcoal briquettes", "Coconut-shell charcoal", "Bamboo charcoal", "Retort charcoal", "Artist's vine or willow charcoal" ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-kinds-q01", "text": "Which of these kinds and varieties hold for the sense of charcoal 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": [ "Fuel for cooking and heating", "Fuel and reducing agent in metallurgy", "Drawing material", "Feedstock for producing activated carbon", "Component of black powder" ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-real-world-use-q01", "text": "Which of these real-world use hold for the sense of charcoal 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": "Fixed carbon by proximate analysis", "typical_range": "Approximately 65-90 for many wood charcoals, on a dry basis; strongly dependent on carbonization conditions", "unit": "% by mass" }, { "quantity": "Higher heating value", "typical_range": "Approximately 25-33 for dry wood charcoal; ash content and processing affect the value", "unit": "MJ/kg" } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-measurements-q01", "text": "Which of these typical measurements hold for the sense of charcoal 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": [ "Burning or smouldering charcoal can produce lethal carbon monoxide, especially in enclosed or poorly ventilated spaces.", "Charcoal can retain concealed hot embers and cause burns or delayed fires.", "Some charcoal can self-heat during storage or transport, potentially leading to ignition.", "Fine charcoal dust can irritate the respiratory tract and form combustible dust clouds.", "Contaminated feedstocks or product additives can introduce substances unsuitable for cooking, soil application or other sensitive uses." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards-q01", "text": "Which of these failure modes and hazards hold for the sense of charcoal 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": [ "Feedstocks vary with local resources, including hardwoods, bamboo and coconut shells.", "Household cooking, industrial metallurgy and recreational grilling account for different shares of use across regions." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-regional-variation-q01", "text": "Which of these regional variation hold for the sense of charcoal this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-neighbours", "name": "Neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ { "name": "Coal", "difference": "Coal is a naturally occurring geological material; charcoal is a manufactured carbonization residue." }, { "name": "Coke", "difference": "Coke generally comes from coal or petroleum processing, whereas charcoal conventionally comes from wood or other organic feedstocks." }, { "name": "Activated carbon", "difference": "Activated carbon undergoes processing specifically to develop adsorption capacity; ordinary charcoal is not necessarily activated or suitable for equivalent applications." }, { "name": "Biochar", "difference": "Biochar overlaps materially with biomass charcoal but is distinguished principally by its intended use in soils or other durable environmental applications." }, { "name": "Carbon black", "difference": "Carbon black consists of fine carbon particles produced under controlled conditions, rather than a porous solid residue retaining aspects of a feedstock's structure." }, { "name": "Ash", "difference": "Ash is predominantly the inorganic residue remaining after combustion; charcoal retains substantial combustible carbon." } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-neighbours-q01", "text": "Which of these neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart hold for the sense of charcoal this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] } ] } ] } ] }, "openQuestions": [ "Does the registry intend charcoal to include all biomass-derived chars, or a narrower conventional material category, and is an existing world model already authoritative for that scope?", "Which recognised test methods and reporting bases should govern composition, friability, pore properties and fuel performance across charcoal grades?", "Which substance identifiers and jurisdiction-specific hazard, transport and exposure classifications apply to each charcoal formulation rather than to carbon generally?", "What evidence establishes boundaries and shared identity between charcoal, biochar and activated carbon without duplicating models?", "Which use-specific contaminant limits and acceptance criteria must be researched before any charcoal grade is declared suitable for a particular application?" ], "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 charcoal, record what state it is in, and decide what may be done with it.", "whatItIs": "Enable an AI agent to recognise charcoal, assess its condition and suitability for a proposed use, and identify the evidence needed before handling or using it.", "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: Hard charcoal, Soft charcoal, Kingsford, Bamboo charcoal, Binchōtan, biochar, Kishū binchōtan.", "7 finer distinctions are held as aliases rather than separate entries, because telling them apart needs a task that asks for it.", "Described in 85 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 charcoal, 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": [ "Hard charcoal", "Soft charcoal", "Kingsford", "Bamboo charcoal", "Binchōtan", "biochar", "Kishū binchōtan" ] } ], "standing": "Described in 85 Wikipedia languages, which measures how widely it is written about rather than how important or how common it is. 7 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 charcoal from another, and a charcoal 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 charcoal, 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 charcoal, 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 charcoal 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 charcoal, 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 charcoal, 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 charcoal 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 charcoal 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 charcoal, 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 charcoal, 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 charcoal 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 charcoal from the things most often confused with it.", "questions": [ { "id": "distinguishing-features-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes what distinguishes a charcoal, 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 charcoal, 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 charcoal 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 charcoal 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 charcoal, 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 charcoal, 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 charcoal 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 charcoal is built from and which parts are replaceable.", "questions": [ { "id": "parts-and-materials-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the composition of a charcoal, 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 charcoal, 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 charcoal 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 charcoal is judged and by whom.", "questions": [ { "id": "condition-assessment-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the condition of a charcoal, 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 charcoal, 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 charcoal 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 charcoal 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 charcoal is, and what that position is measured against.", "questions": [ { "id": "position-and-frame-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the location of a charcoal, 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 charcoal, 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 charcoal 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 charcoal 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 charcoal, 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 charcoal, 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 charcoal 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 charcoal 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 charcoal between them.", "questions": [ { "id": "stages-and-transitions-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the lifecycle of a charcoal, 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 charcoal, 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 charcoal 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 charcoal, how often and by whom.", "findings": [ { "id": "observation-record", "name": "Observation record", "description": "How an observation of a charcoal 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 charcoal, 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 charcoal, 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 charcoal 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 charcoal 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 charcoal is for, and what it is used for anyway.", "findings": [ { "id": "function-and-purpose", "name": "Function, purpose and misuse", "description": "The function a charcoal performs and the uses that fall outside it.", "questions": [ { "id": "function-and-purpose-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the use of a charcoal, 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 charcoal, 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 charcoal 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 charcoal.", "findings": [ { "id": "procedures-and-skills", "name": "Procedures, skills and required tools", "description": "What an agent needs before it can act on a charcoal at all.", "questions": [ { "id": "procedures-and-skills-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes handling a charcoal, 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 charcoal, 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 charcoal 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 charcoal there is and how fast it goes.", "questions": [ { "id": "consumption-and-stock-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the supply of a charcoal, 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 charcoal, 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 charcoal 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 charcoal 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 charcoal 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 charcoal 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 charcoal 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 charcoal, 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 charcoal 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 charcoal can harm, and what the law says about holding and moving it.", "rationale": "A substance model without its hazard class and its regulatory identity is unusable in exactly the situations that matter.", "layers": [ { "id": "hazard-class", "name": "Hazard classification", "description": "Classified hazards, exposure limits and protective measures.", "findings": [ { "id": "classified-hazards", "name": "Classified hazards and limits", "description": "The classification, the scheme it belongs to, and the limits set.", "questions": [ { "id": "classified-hazards-q01", "text": "How is charcoal classified for hazard, under which scheme, and what exposure limits apply?", "kind": "definition" }, { "id": "classified-hazards-q02", "text": "What protection does handling require, and what must an agent refuse to do without it?", "kind": "action" } ] } ] }, { "id": "regulatory-identity", "name": "Regulatory identity and control", "description": "Registration, restriction and transport rules by jurisdiction.", "findings": [ { "id": "controls", "name": "Controls and jurisdiction", "description": "Where it is restricted and what the restriction attaches to.", "questions": [ { "id": "controls-q01", "text": "Which registrations, restrictions or transport rules cover charcoal, and where?", "kind": "provenance" }, { "id": "controls-q02", "text": "Does the control attach to the substance, its concentration, or its intended use?", "kind": "boundary" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "provenance-and-evidence", "name": "Provenance, evidence and time", "description": "Where every claim about a charcoal 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 charcoal and how confident it is.", "questions": [ { "id": "claim-provenance-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes a claim about a charcoal, 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 charcoal, 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 charcoal 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 charcoal is retired without being erased.", "questions": [ { "id": "validity-and-supersession-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the validity of a claim about a charcoal, 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 charcoal, 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 charcoal 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 } } } }