{ "model": { "rank": 2960, "code": "thing-q177932", "model_id": "vr.tr.brassica-napus", "name": "Brassica napus", "purpose": "Enable an AI agent to recognise Brassica napus, assess its development and condition, and determine evidence-supported options for cultivation, propagation, harvest or containment.", "family": "Thing Registry", "category": "Physical world and living systems", "status": "research-draft", "kind": "thing", "plane": "PHY", "domain": "PHY.OBJ", "industry": "", "version": "", "url": "/models/thing/q177932/", "tier": 2, "score": 93, "payload": { "layer": "wikidata", "aliases": [ "Rapeweed" ], "aliasCount": 1, "merged": 1, "knownIn": 93, "facets": null, "markers": [], "lexicalClass": "", "senseRank": null, "alsoRegisteredAs": null, "source": { "dataset": "wikidata", "item": "Q177932", "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q177932", "license": "CC0 1.0" } }, "research": { "vercy": "1.0-draft", "publication": { "status": "research-draft", "adjudicationStatus": "unreviewed", "publishableCanonical": false, "generatedAt": "2026-09-07T13:58:41Z", "providers": [ "Codex", "Grok" ], "missingProviders": [], "pass": 2, "cost": { "grok": { "usd": 0.01168682, "turns": 1, "seconds": 145.8, "error": null }, "codex": { "seconds": 106.5, "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: 01a07c25-827b-78d2-b29e-474e330aeb06\n--------\nuser\nYou are drafting a Vercy meta-model for one registered thing. Answer as JSON only, no prose around it.\n\nThing: Brassica napus\nRegistry id: vr.tr.brassica-napus\nPlane / domain: PHY / PHY.OBJ\nRegistry definition: (none recorded)\nNames folded into this entry: (no" } } }, "metaModel": { "id": "THING-Q177932", "registryId": "vr.tr.brassica-napus", "name": "Brassica napus", "version": "0.1.0-research.1", "entryKind": "thing", "family": "Thing Registry", "domain": [ "PHY.OBJ" ], "status": "research-draft" }, "canonicalUrl": "https://ver.cy/models/thing/q177932/", "model": { "registry_id": "vr.tr.brassica-napus", "name": "Brassica napus", "purpose": "Enable an AI agent to recognise Brassica napus, assess its development and condition, and determine evidence-supported options for cultivation, propagation, harvest or containment.", "definition": "Brassica napus is an amphidiploid crucifer (AACC genome, 2n=38) formed by hybridisation of Brassica rapa (AA) and Brassica oleracea (CC), and is the cultivated species that includes oilseed rape/canola, forage rape, leaf rape, and the swollen-hypocotyl vegetable swede/rutabaga.", "scope_statement": "This model owns the biological identity and actionable state of Brassica napus under vr.tr.brassica-napus in PHY / PHY.OBJ, covering individual plants and explicitly bounded populations, with organs and propagules linked to their originating plants.", "in_scope": [ "Species identification, including ambiguous specimens and suspected hybrids", "Cultivar identity and oilseed, root, leafy or forage form", "Establishment, vegetative growth, flowering and reproductive maturity", "Plant condition, stress symptoms and diagnostic evidence", "Reproductive compatibility, seed release and volunteer establishment", "Biological suitability of particular organs for intended harvest or propagation" ], "out_of_scope": [ "Independent models of Brassica rapa, Brassica oleracea and other neighbouring taxa", "Field, soil and weather systems, except their measured effects on the plant", "Pathogen and pest biology, except observed host interactions", "Processed oil, meal, food and feed products and their manufacturing processes", "Commodity lot logistics, certification and market grading", "Farm operations, pesticide authorisations and land-management policies" ], "distinguishing_features": [ "Against B. rapa, examine upper stem leaves: partial clasping and a bluish, waxy appearance support B. napus; use several characters together. [CFIA botanical description](https://inspection.canada.ca/en/plant-health/plant-varieties/novel-traits/applicants/directive-94-08/biology-documents/brassica-napus)", "Against flowering B. rapa, inspect the raceme: unopened buds above open flowers support B. napus. [CFIA botanical description](https://inspection.canada.ca/en/plant-health/plant-varieties/novel-traits/applicants/directive-94-08/biology-documents/brassica-napus)", "For ambiguous material, test genomic identity: typical B. napus has AACC constitution and 2n=38, distinguishing it from its diploid progenitors and B. juncea; chromosome count alone cannot exclude unusual hybrids. [CFIA genetics](https://inspection.canada.ca/en/plant-health/plant-varieties/novel-traits/applicants/directive-94-08/biology-documents/brassica-napus)", "Check botanical evidence behind crop labels: canola can belong to multiple species, while rutabaga and some leafy forms belong within B. napus; neither an oilseed label nor a swollen root establishes species. [CFIA identity](https://inspection.canada.ca/en/plant-health/plant-varieties/novel-traits/applicants/directive-94-08/biology-documents/brassica-napus)" ], "characteristics": [ { "name": "Species determination", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "unexamined | provisional | supported | conflicting", "why_it_matters": "Controls whether B. napus-specific decisions are justified." }, { "name": "Cultivar and parentage", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "Named cultivar, accession or parental records, with evidence and confidence", "why_it_matters": "Connects claimed traits to the actual plant rather than its common name." }, { "name": "Crop form", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "oilseed | swollen-root | leafy | forage | other | unresolved", "why_it_matters": "Determines which organs and developmental outcomes matter." }, { "name": "Seasonal growth habit", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "spring | winter | intermediate | unresolved; retain supplier terminology", "why_it_matters": "Frames expectations for establishment and flowering." }, { "name": "Developmental stage", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "Declared staging system and version, stage code, observation date and organ", "why_it_matters": "Supports stage-dependent sampling and intervention." }, { "name": "Cold exposure", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Temperature in degrees Celsius over time; any accumulated exposure must declare its calculation", "why_it_matters": "Helps evaluate flowering readiness against cultivar-specific requirements." }, { "name": "Affected plant fraction", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Percent of a defined sample, separated by symptom and organ", "why_it_matters": "Distinguishes isolated injury from a population-level problem." }, { "name": "Pollen fertility", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "fertile | male-sterile | partially fertile | untested, with assay or pedigree evidence", "why_it_matters": "Supports propagation and pollen-source decisions." }, { "name": "Seed maturity and moisture", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Percent seed colour change and percent moisture on a stated basis, sampled by plant position", "why_it_matters": "Supports harvest assessment without treating all pods as equally mature." }, { "name": "Harvest-organ composition", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Analyte, organ and assay basis; oil percent dry mass, erucic acid percent total fatty acids, glucosinolates in micromoles per gram of specified material", "why_it_matters": "Tests suitability for the intended use without inferring quality from species identity." }, { "name": "Resistance or tolerance evidence", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "Trait linked to a named herbicide, pathogen or stress, evidence source and applicable conditions", "why_it_matters": "Prevents unsupported assumptions about treatment response." }, { "name": "Occurrence status", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "sown | volunteer | feral | unresolved, with location and observation date", "why_it_matters": "Distinguishes intended production from unwanted persistence." } ], "affordances": [ "Identify or sample a suspected B. napus plant and retain unresolved alternatives.", "Select planting or propagation material using cultivar, viability and seasonal-growth evidence.", "Monitor development and diagnose abnormal growth before choosing an intervention.", "Assess flowering overlap and organise controlled pollination or reproductive isolation.", "Assess the intended harvest organ and direct it to an evidence-supported use.", "Locate volunteers, assess reproductive status and choose an authorised containment action." ] }, "sources": [ { "id": "linnaeus-1753", "title": "Species Plantarum, vol. 2 (original publication of Brassica napus L.)", "url": "", "what_it_supports": "Nomenclatural origin of the species name and the Linnaean circumscription." }, { "id": "oecd-biology-napus", "title": "Consensus Document on the Biology of Brassica napus L. (Oilseed Rape)", "url": "", "what_it_supports": "Allotetraploid origin (U's triangle), 2n=38, crop types, outcrossing and feral/volunteer behaviour used in the definition, neighbours and hazards." }, { "id": "cfia-biology-napus", "title": "The Biology of Brassica napus L. (Canola/Rapeseed)", "url": "", "what_it_supports": "Canadian crop biology, canola quality class versus botanical species, agronomic types and gene-flow context." }, { "id": "codex-cxs-210", "title": "Standard for Named Vegetable Oils (CXS 210-1999)", "url": "", "what_it_supports": "Codex identity of rapeseed oil and low-erucic-acid rapeseed (canola) oil, including fatty-acid composition limits." }, { "id": "canola-council-definition", "title": "Official definition of canola", "url": "", "what_it_supports": "Market definition used in North America: oil with less than 2% erucic acid and meal with less than 30 µmol glucosinolates per gram of air-dried oil-free meal." }, { "id": "upov-tg36", "title": "Guidelines for the Conduct of Tests for Distinctness, Uniformity and Stability: Rape Seed (Brassica napus L. oleifera) TG/36", "url": "", "what_it_supports": "UPOV distinctness traits that separate oilseed-rape varieties and neighbouring Brassica crops in official testing." }, { "id": "ncbi-tax-3708", "title": "NCBI Taxonomy Browser: Brassica napus (taxid 3708)", "url": "https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?id=3708", "what_it_supports": "Stable taxonomic identifier 3708 for the species.", "url_status": "live" }, { "id": "wikidata-q177932", "title": "Wikidata item Brassica napus (Q177932)", "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q177932", "what_it_supports": "Crosswalk among taxonomic, bibliographic and identifier schemes for the species.", "url_status": "live" } ], "structure": { "bundles": [ { "id": "species-and-crop-form", "name": "Species and crop form", "description": "Establish what Brassica material is present and which cultivated form it represents.", "rationale": "Common crop names and similar Brassica morphology can otherwise lead to incorrect identification and use.", "layers": [ { "id": "species-evidence", "name": "Species evidence", "description": "Combine specimen observations with documentary or laboratory support.", "findings": [ { "id": "supported-napus-identification", "name": "Supported napus identification", "description": "Record the identification argument, its supporting material and unresolved alternatives.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which observed leaf and flowering characters support B. napus over B. rapa or another local Brassica?", "kind": "definition", "id": "supported-napus-identification-q01" }, { "text": "Which voucher, expert determination or genomic assay supports the identification, and does any evidence conflict?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "supported-napus-identification-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "cultivated-form", "name": "Cultivated form", "description": "Separate species membership from cultivar and intended harvest organ.", "findings": [ { "id": "form-and-lineage", "name": "Form and lineage", "description": "Record the claimed crop form and cultivar without treating either as a separate species.", "questions": [ { "text": "Is this material intended for oilseed, swollen-root, leafy or forage production, and which organ is the target?", "kind": "definition", "id": "form-and-lineage-q01" }, { "text": "What seed, accession or breeding record supports the cultivar and parentage claim?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "form-and-lineage-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "establishment-and-development", "name": "Establishment and development", "description": "Track whether the plant is progressing toward its intended vegetative or reproductive outcome.", "rationale": "The meaning of bolting, delayed flowering and maturity depends on seasonal habit and crop form.", "layers": [ { "id": "seasonal-readiness", "name": "Seasonal readiness", "description": "Relate establishment and environmental exposure to documented cultivar requirements.", "findings": [ { "id": "growth-habit-fit", "name": "Growth habit fit", "description": "Record evidence that the planting history can support the required development.", "questions": [ { "text": "What evidence establishes this cultivar's seasonal habit and flowering requirements?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "growth-habit-fit-q01" }, { "text": "What emergence date, cold exposure and day-length history have these plants actually experienced?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "growth-habit-fit-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "organ-development", "name": "Organ development", "description": "Assess growth by organ and observation scale.", "findings": [ { "id": "development-relative-to-use", "name": "Development relative to use", "description": "Interpret rosette growth, bolting, root enlargement and pod development against the intended harvest.", "questions": [ { "text": "What developmental stages occur across the sampled plants, branches and target organs?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "development-relative-to-use-q01" }, { "text": "Does observed bolting or organ maturity support the intended harvest, or require changing its timing?", "kind": "action", "id": "development-relative-to-use-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "condition-and-response", "name": "Condition and response", "description": "Connect organ-level injury and growth limitations to defensible management choices.", "rationale": "Similar visible damage may require different responses, and cultivar claims do not establish the cause of current symptoms.", "layers": [ { "id": "host-diagnostics", "name": "Host diagnostics", "description": "Describe symptoms before assigning pest, pathogen or environmental causes.", "findings": [ { "id": "injury-and-causal-evidence", "name": "Injury and causal evidence", "description": "Keep observed root, stem, leaf and pod abnormalities separate from diagnostic conclusions.", "questions": [ { "text": "What root swellings, stem lesions, leaf feeding or pod damage are present, and how extensive are they?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "injury-and-causal-evidence-q01" }, { "text": "Which tests support or exclude suspected clubroot, blackleg, Sclerotinia, insect injury or abiotic stress?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "injury-and-causal-evidence-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "intervention-fit", "name": "Intervention fit", "description": "Evaluate proposed responses against cultivar evidence, stage and local conditions.", "findings": [ { "id": "supported-management-response", "name": "Supported management response", "description": "Record what supports intervention and what requires further diagnosis.", "questions": [ { "text": "What measured water or nutrient limitation, or confirmed damaging organism, is the proposed intervention addressing?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "supported-management-response-q01" }, { "text": "Does the proposed action fit this cultivar's documented traits, developmental stage and linked local authorisation?", "kind": "action", "id": "supported-management-response-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "reproduction-and-persistence", "name": "Reproduction and persistence", "description": "Assess pollen contribution, seed production and establishment beyond the intended planting.", "rationale": "Propagation decisions must account for parentage, nearby compatible material and the fate of released seed.", "layers": [ { "id": "pollination-context", "name": "Pollination context", "description": "Record fertility and potential pollen exchange for the observed planting.", "findings": [ { "id": "pollen-and-parentage-control", "name": "Pollen and parentage control", "description": "Identify the reproductive evidence needed for seed production or isolation.", "questions": [ { "text": "What evidence establishes pollen fertility or a claimed male-sterility and fertility-restoration system?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "pollen-and-parentage-control-q01" }, { "text": "Which nearby B. napus or potentially compatible Brassica populations overlap in flowering, and what isolation is justified?", "kind": "action", "id": "pollen-and-parentage-control-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "seed-escape-and-return", "name": "Seed escape and return", "description": "Track released seed and subsequent plants without assuming their origin.", "findings": [ { "id": "volunteer-establishment", "name": "Volunteer establishment", "description": "Connect seed-loss observations to monitoring and control of later emergence.", "questions": [ { "text": "How much seed release or spillage was observed, where did it occur, and what later emergence was measured?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "volunteer-establishment-q01" }, { "text": "Should these volunteers be retained, sampled or removed before reproduction, considering their identity and documented tolerance traits?", "kind": "action", "id": "volunteer-establishment-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "harvest-and-use-suitability", "name": "Harvest and use suitability", "description": "Determine whether the intended organ is ready and supported for its proposed destination.", "rationale": "Species identity alone does not establish harvest readiness, canola quality or suitability of roots and foliage.", "layers": [ { "id": "harvest-readiness", "name": "Harvest readiness", "description": "Evaluate the target organ rather than imposing oilseed criteria on every crop form.", "findings": [ { "id": "organ-specific-harvest-decision", "name": "Organ-specific harvest decision", "description": "Record maturity evidence and the consequences of harvesting or waiting.", "questions": [ { "text": "For the intended organ, what seed moisture and colour change, root dimensions or leaf condition have been measured?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "organ-specific-harvest-decision-q01" }, { "text": "Do those observations support harvest now, considering uneven maturity, pod opening or declining organ quality?", "kind": "action", "id": "organ-specific-harvest-decision-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "destination-evidence", "name": "Destination evidence", "description": "Separate proposed use from analytically demonstrated suitability.", "findings": [ { "id": "composition-supported-use", "name": "Composition-supported use", "description": "Link representative organ samples to composition results and the destination's acceptance criteria.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which representative assays establish relevant oil content, erucic acid, glucosinolates or other destination-specific properties?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "composition-supported-use-q01" }, { "text": "Which linked specification determines acceptance for the proposed use, and what remains untested?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "composition-supported-use-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "evidence-and-external-alignment", "name": "Evidence and external alignment", "description": "What the world already says about this thing, gathered so the model can be checked against it.", "rationale": "A model that cannot be lined up against existing standards, identifiers and practice cannot be adopted by anyone who already uses them.", "layers": [ { "id": "reported-evidence", "name": "Reported evidence", "description": "Findings from the breadth pass, kept separate from the structural claims.", "findings": [ { "id": "evidence-kinds", "name": "Kinds and varieties", "description": "Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.", "evidence": [ "Winter oilseed rape (autumn-sown, vernalisation-requiring rapeseed)", "Spring oilseed rape / spring canola", "Canola / double-low (00) types: low erucic acid in the oil and low glucosinolates in the meal", "High-erucic-acid rapeseed (HEAR) grown for industrial oils rather than food", "Swede / rutabaga (B. napus subsp. rapifera / var. napobrassica)", "Leaf rape / Siberian kale / Hanover kale (var. pabularia)", "Forage rape used for grazing, silage or cover cropping", "Specialty fatty-acid cultivars (high-oleic and related oil-profile types)" ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-kinds-q01", "text": "Which of these kinds and varieties hold for the sense of Brassica napus 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": "Q177932", "note": "Item for Brassica napus L." }, { "scheme": "NCBI Taxonomy", "value_or_pattern": "3708", "note": "taxid for Brassica napus" }, { "scheme": "ITIS TSN", "value_or_pattern": "23059", "note": "Taxonomic Serial Number for Brassica napus" }, { "scheme": "EPPO Code", "value_or_pattern": "BRSNN", "note": "Plant-protection code for Brassica napus" }, { "scheme": "USDA PLANTS", "value_or_pattern": "BRNA", "note": "PLANTS symbol for Brassica napus" }, { "scheme": "Scientific name (Linnaean)", "value_or_pattern": "Brassica napus L.", "note": "Sp. Pl. 2: 666 (1753); the botanical species, not the canola quality class" }, { "scheme": "Harmonized System", "value_or_pattern": "1205", "note": "Heading for rapeseed or colza seeds; low-erucic seed is often split as 1205.10" } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-identifiers-q01", "text": "Which of these identifiers and schemes hold for the sense of Brassica napus 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": [ "Codex Alimentarius CXS 210-1999 Standard for Named Vegetable Oils (FAO/WHO Codex Alimentarius Commission) - compositional identity of rapeseed oil and low-erucic-acid rapeseed (canola) oil", "ISO 9167 Rapeseed - Determination of glucosinolate content (International Organization for Standardization)", "UPOV TG/36 DUS Test Guidelines for rape seed (International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants)", "OECD Seed Schemes for the Varietal Certification of Crucifer and other Oil or Fibre Species Seed (OECD)", "ISTA International Rules for Seed Testing (International Seed Testing Association)", "Canola quality definition used by the Canola Council of Canada and applied in Canadian grain/seed regulation: <2% erucic acid in the oil and <30 µmol glucosinolates/g air-dried oil-free meal", "Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/1870 amending Regulation (EC) No 1881/2006 - maximum levels of erucic acid in vegetable oils, foods and infant formula (European Commission)", "USDA Agricultural Marketing Service canola grade standards (United States Department of Agriculture)" ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-standards-and-regulation-q01", "text": "Which of these standards and regulation hold for the sense of Brassica napus 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": [ "Crushed for edible oil sold as rapeseed oil in Europe and as canola oil in Canada, the United States and Australia", "High-erucic cultivars crushed for industrial oils, erucamide plastics slip agents and other oleochemicals", "Major European biodiesel feedstock as rapeseed methyl ester (RME)", "Defatted meal used as a protein feed for cattle, pigs and poultry, subject to glucosinolate limits", "Swede/rutabaga grown as a root vegetable; leaf rape grown as a leafy green", "Forage and cover-crop rape in livestock and arable rotations, and as a break crop before cereals", "Mass flowering used as a nectar and pollen source for bees, and as a landscape crop in temperate farming regions" ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-real-world-use-q01", "text": "Which of these real-world use hold for the sense of Brassica napus 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": "Seed oil content", "typical_range": "40-48", "unit": "% of seed dry mass" }, { "quantity": "Erucic acid in the oil (C22:1)", "typical_range": "canola/00: <2; traditional/HEAR: about 40-55", "unit": "% of total fatty acids" }, { "quantity": "Glucosinolates in defatted meal", "typical_range": "canola: <30; older high-glucosinolate types often 60-150", "unit": "µmol/g air-dried oil-free meal" }, { "quantity": "Thousand-seed mass", "typical_range": "3.5-6.5", "unit": "g" }, { "quantity": "Farm seed yield (temperate oilseed crops)", "typical_range": "2-4.5", "unit": "t/ha" }, { "quantity": "Somatic chromosome number", "typical_range": "38", "unit": "2n count" }, { "quantity": "Crude protein in defatted meal", "typical_range": "35-40", "unit": "% of meal mass" } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-measurements-q01", "text": "Which of these typical measurements hold for the sense of Brassica napus 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": [ "Clubroot (Plasmodiophora brassicae) can make infested fields uneconomic for brassicas for years", "Blackleg (Leptosphaeria maculans) and Sclerotinia stem rot are major yield-reducing diseases of oilseed crops", "Pod shatter before or at harvest spills seed and creates volunteer populations in following crops", "High-erucic oil was withdrawn from food use after animal studies linked it to myocardial lipidosis; food oils are therefore held to low-erucic limits", "High-glucosinolate meal is goitrogenic and unpalatable in livestock, which is why double-low canola/00 types dominate feed markets", "Insect damage from flea beetles, pollen beetles and cabbage seedpod weevil", "Frost or heat at flowering reduces seed set", "Pollen can cause seasonal allergic rhinitis in people living next to large flowering fields", "Feral and volunteer plants, and hybridisation with Brassica rapa, complicate identity preservation and transgenic confinement" ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards-q01", "text": "Which of these failure modes and hazards hold for the sense of Brassica napus 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": [ "Canada, the United States and Australia market double-low B. napus as canola; industrial or high-erucic seed is still called rapeseed", "United Kingdom and Ireland call the oilseed crop oilseed rape (OSR) and the vegetable a swede", "North America calls the same vegetable a rutabaga", "France uses colza; Germany uses Raps or Winterraps for the dominant winter oilseed crop", "India often names B. napus gobhi sarson, while toria and many sarson types are Brassica rapa", "In Chinese farming, 油菜 (youcai) covers B. napus, B. rapa and B. juncea oilseeds; winter B. napus dominates the Yangtze basin", "Northern Europe is dominated by winter types; the Canadian Prairies are almost entirely spring canola" ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-regional-variation-q01", "text": "Which of these regional variation hold for the sense of Brassica napus 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": "Brassica rapa (turnip rape, Polish canola, many Asian oilseeds and vegetables)", "difference": "Diploid AA, 2n=20 rather than 38; generally smaller seed and earlier maturity; no C genome. Chromosome count or genome-specific markers separate them; field plants also differ in leaf clasping, beak and silique proportions used in DUS keys." }, { "name": "Brassica oleracea (cabbage, kale, broccoli and related vegetables)", "difference": "Diploid CC, 2n=18; usually a vegetable biennial rather than an oilseed. Lacks the A genome and does not form the napus swollen hypocotyl of swede." }, { "name": "Brassica juncea (brown/oriental mustard)", "difference": "Allotetraploid AABB, 2n=36; seed is pungent (allyl glucosinolate) and the plant has a mustard rather than rapeseed flavour and silique shape. Chromosome number and glucosinolate profile separate it from napus." }, { "name": "Brassica carinata (Ethiopian mustard)", "difference": "Allotetraploid BBCC, 2n=34; typically more heat-tolerant and often higher in erucic acid. Chromosome number and B-genome markers separate it from napus." }, { "name": "Sinapis alba (white/yellow mustard)", "difference": "Pale seeds and short, hairy siliques unlike the long dehiscent Brassica silique; different glucosinolate chemistry (sinalbin). Fruit morphology is the field test." }, { "name": "Raphanus raphanistrum (wild radish)", "difference": "Fruit is a constricted lomentaceous pod that breaks into bead-like segments, not a two-valved Brassica silique." }, { "name": "Camelina sativa (false flax / gold-of-pleasure)", "difference": "Much smaller seed and pear-shaped siliculae rather than long siliques; not a Brassica and has a different oil and glucosinolate profile." } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-neighbours-q01", "text": "Which of these neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart hold for the sense of Brassica napus this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] } ] } ] } ] }, "openQuestions": [ "Which taxonomic authority and diagnostic protocol should govern difficult specimens, introgressed material and cultivated forms within this registry entry?", "Which cultivar-specific cold-exposure and flowering criteria are validated for the regions where this model will be used?", "Which sampling methods and action thresholds are supported separately for oilseed, swollen-root, leafy and forage forms?", "What local evidence establishes compatible neighbouring populations, appropriate reproductive isolation and the required duration of volunteer monitoring?", "Which destination-specific composition standards and analytical methods should govern use suitability, especially when canola terminology varies between authorities?" ], "statistics": { "bundles": 6, "layers": 11, "findings": 18, "questions": 28 } }, "draft": { "generator": "vr.draft.v3", "status": "draft-generated", "researched": false, "archetype": "unclassified", "method": "Written from the archetype playbook - what this kind of thing needs beyond identity and provenance - and from the structure that recurred across 6,333 models already researched by two engines. Applied to this entry by rule. No source was read for this thing and no claim here is researched. This entry carries no facets of its own, so they were inferred from its domain - a guess about a whole domain applied to one thing.", "facetsInferred": true, "nextPass": "A researcher replaces this draft with a sourced specification. Treat every sentence below as a proposal to argue with.", "purpose": "Give an agent a durable, checkable way to recognise a Brassica napus, record what state it is in, and decide what may be done with it.", "whatItIs": "Enable an AI agent to recognise Brassica napus, assess its development and condition, and determine evidence-supported options for cultivation, propagation, harvest or containment.", "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: Rapeweed.", "1 finer distinctions are held as aliases rather than separate entries, because telling them apart needs a task that asks for it.", "Described in 93 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 Brassica napus, 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 Brassica napus 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": [ "Rapeweed" ] } ], "standing": "Described in 93 Wikipedia languages, which measures how widely it is written about rather than how important or how common it is. 1 finer distinctions are held inside this entry as names rather than as separate models.", "structure": { "bundles": [ { "id": "identity-and-classification", "name": "Identity, naming and classification", "description": "How an agent tells one Brassica napus from another, and a Brassica napus 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 Brassica napus, 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 Brassica napus, 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 Brassica napus 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 Brassica napus, 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 Brassica napus, 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 Brassica napus 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 Brassica napus 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 Brassica napus, 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 Brassica napus, 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 Brassica napus 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 Brassica napus from the things most often confused with it.", "questions": [ { "id": "distinguishing-features-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes what distinguishes a Brassica napus, 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 Brassica napus, 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 Brassica napus 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 Brassica napus 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 Brassica napus, 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 Brassica napus, 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 Brassica napus 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 Brassica napus is built from and which parts are replaceable.", "questions": [ { "id": "parts-and-materials-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the composition of a Brassica napus, 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 Brassica napus, 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 Brassica napus 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 Brassica napus is judged and by whom.", "questions": [ { "id": "condition-assessment-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the condition of a Brassica napus, 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 Brassica napus, 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 Brassica napus 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 Brassica napus 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 Brassica napus is, and what that position is measured against.", "questions": [ { "id": "position-and-frame-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the location of a Brassica napus, 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 Brassica napus, 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 Brassica napus 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 Brassica napus 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 Brassica napus, 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 Brassica napus, 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 Brassica napus 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 Brassica napus 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 Brassica napus between them.", "questions": [ { "id": "stages-and-transitions-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the lifecycle of a Brassica napus, 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 Brassica napus, 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 Brassica napus 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 Brassica napus, how often and by whom.", "findings": [ { "id": "observation-record", "name": "Observation record", "description": "How an observation of a Brassica napus 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 Brassica napus, 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 Brassica napus, 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 Brassica napus 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 Brassica napus 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 Brassica napus is for, and what it is used for anyway.", "findings": [ { "id": "function-and-purpose", "name": "Function, purpose and misuse", "description": "The function a Brassica napus performs and the uses that fall outside it.", "questions": [ { "id": "function-and-purpose-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the use of a Brassica napus, 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 Brassica napus, 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 Brassica napus 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 Brassica napus.", "findings": [ { "id": "procedures-and-skills", "name": "Procedures, skills and required tools", "description": "What an agent needs before it can act on a Brassica napus at all.", "questions": [ { "id": "procedures-and-skills-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes handling a Brassica napus, 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 Brassica napus, 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 Brassica napus 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 Brassica napus 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 Brassica napus and how confident it is.", "questions": [ { "id": "claim-provenance-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes a claim about a Brassica napus, 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 Brassica napus, 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 Brassica napus 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 Brassica napus is retired without being erased.", "questions": [ { "id": "validity-and-supersession-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the validity of a claim about a Brassica napus, 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 Brassica napus, 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 Brassica napus 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 } } } }