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"scope_statement": "This model owns the identity, hull and buoyancy arrangement, paddler accommodation, installed fittings, physical condition, and evidenced operating limits of an individual kayak.", "in_scope": [ "Kayak identity, intended discipline, and distinctions from neighbouring craft", "Hull geometry, construction, and buoyancy provisions", "Seating positions, cockpit or seating-well arrangement, and paddler fit", "Installed steering, propulsion interfaces, storage, and attachment fittings", "Condition, modifications, and evidence supporting readiness for a proposed use" ], "out_of_scope": [ "Paddles, personal flotation devices, helmets, and other separately managed equipment", "Paddler competence, health, and rescue qualifications", "Routes, weather, currents, water quality, and access restrictions", "Trip plans, group supervision, and rescue operations", "Vehicles, trailers, and storage facilities used to carry or house the kayak" ], "distinguishing_features": [ "Check 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or installed for the intended flotation arrangement to function." }, { "name": "Paddler fit", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "kayak station linked to a paddler and assessed seat, foot-support, contact, and exit fit", "why_it_matters": "Fit depends on the particular paddler and configuration rather than hull dimensions alone." }, { "name": "Readiness for proposed use", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "unassessed | assessment incomplete | supported within recorded conditions | restricted | withdrawn pending repair", "why_it_matters": "Connects observed condition and operating evidence to a specific proposed use without implying universal safety." } ], "affordances": [ "Identify the kayak and resolve its seating, construction, and propulsion configuration.", "Configure seats, foot supports, and compatible installed fittings for a specified paddler.", "Assess a proposed occupant and equipment load against documented limits and stowage provisions.", "Inspect the hull, flotation provisions, openings, and control systems to determine readiness.", "Select documented maintenance, repair, transport, or storage actions appropriate to its construction.", "Restrict use or request further assessment when damage, modifications, or missing operating evidence prevent a supported decision." ] }, "sources": [ { "id": "pending", "title": "Research in progress", "url": "", "what_it_supports": "" } ], "structure": { "bundles": [ { "id": "kayak-identity-and-design", "name": "Kayak identity and design", "description": "Establishes which craft is being assessed and what kayak configuration its design supports.", "rationale": "Appearance and accessories can blur boundaries between kayaks, canoes, paddleboards, and hybrid craft.", "layers": [ { "id": "craft-identification", "name": "Craft identification", "description": "Connects the physical kayak to reliable model and configuration evidence.", "findings": [ { "id": "identified-kayak-variant", "name": "Identified kayak variant", 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"kind": "definition", "id": "kayak-boundary-and-intent-q01" }, { "text": "Which intended disciplines are documented, and which are merely inferred from appearance?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "kayak-boundary-and-intent-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "hull-and-flotation", "name": "Hull and flotation", "description": "Describes the kayak's load-bearing shell, geometry, assembly, and buoyancy provisions.", "rationale": "Kayaks with similar outlines can require different inspections and interventions because their construction and flotation arrangements differ.", "layers": [ { "id": "hull-form-and-construction", "name": "Hull form and construction", "description": "Records measurable form and the construction details needed to interpret damage and assembly requirements.", "findings": [ { "id": "hull-configuration", "name": "Hull configuration", "description": "Record dimensions, material, hull form, and any joints, frame components, or inflatable elements required for the operating 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function?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "buoyancy-and-drainage-arrangement-q01" }, { "text": "Which openings should drain, seal, or remain open in this configuration, and how is their condition checked?", "kind": "action", "id": "buoyancy-and-drainage-arrangement-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "paddler-fit-and-control", "name": "Paddler fit and control", "description": "Describes how occupants sit in, contact, propel, and control the kayak.", "rationale": "A kayak's usability depends on the relationship between a particular paddler, the seating arrangement, and functioning control interfaces.", "layers": [ { "id": "seating-and-exit", "name": "Seating and exit", "description": "Records paddler stations, adjustment ranges, body-contact fittings, and access or exit constraints.", "findings": [ { "id": "station-fit", "name": "Station fit", "description": "Record seats, back supports, foot supports, thigh contact points where fitted, and cockpit or seating-well dimensions relevant to each 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"control-system-configuration-q01" }, { "text": "What checks establish that fitted controls move, secure, retract, or detach as their documented design requires?", "kind": "action", "id": "control-system-configuration-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "loading-and-use-envelope", "name": "Loading and use envelope", "description": "Connects occupant and equipment arrangements to documented limits and evidence for a proposed use.", "rationale": "Capacity labels alone do not establish acceptable trim, stowage, or suitability for particular water conditions.", "layers": [ { "id": "load-and-stowage", "name": "Load and stowage", "description": "Records load definitions, seating arrangements, storage spaces, and attachment capabilities.", "findings": [ { "id": "supported-load-arrangement", "name": "Supported load arrangement", "description": "Record the proposed load, its distribution, and evidence for the limits of seats, storage spaces, and attachment fittings.", "questions": [ { "text": "What 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kayak is built from and which parts are replaceable.", "questions": [ { "id": "parts-and-materials-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the composition of a kayak, 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 kayak, 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 kayak is known, and what must it refuse?", "kind": "action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "condition-and-integrity", "name": "Condition and integrity", "description": "Wear, damage, health and the difference between working and broken.", 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"description": "Where a kayak 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 kayak is, and what that position is measured against.", "questions": [ { "id": "position-and-frame-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the location of a kayak, 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 kayak, 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 kayak 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 kayak 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 kayak, 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 kayak, 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 kayak 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 kayak 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 kayak between them.", "questions": [ { "id": "stages-and-transitions-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the lifecycle of a kayak, 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 kayak, 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 kayak 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 kayak, how often and by whom.", "findings": [ { "id": "observation-record", "name": "Observation record", "description": "How an observation of a kayak 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 kayak, 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 kayak, 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 kayak is known, and what must it refuse?", "kind": "action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "function-and-principle", "name": "Function and operating principle", "description": "What kayak is for and how it achieves it.", "rationale": "Two devices with the same name can work on different principles, and the principle is what predicts failure and constrains use.", "layers": [ { "id": "intended-function", "name": "Intended function", "description": "The job it does, and the jobs it is used for anyway.", "findings": [ { "id": "function-record", "name": "Function, principle and variants", "description": "What it does, how, and which variants do it differently.", "questions": [ { "id": "function-record-q01", "text": "What function does kayak perform, on what operating principle, and which variants differ in that principle?", "kind": "definition" }, { "id": "function-record-q02", "text": "What use falls outside the intended function but happens in practice?", "kind": "boundary" } ] } ] }, { "id": "capacity-and-rating", "name": "Capacity and rating", "description": "The numbers that say what it can do and where it stops.", "findings": [ { "id": "ratings", "name": "Ratings and their conditions", "description": "Rated capacity, power, throughput and the conditions each assumes.", "questions": [ { "id": "ratings-q01", "text": "What ratings characterise kayak, in what units, and under what stated conditions?", "kind": "measurement" }, { "id": "ratings-q02", "text": "What happens beyond the rating - degradation, refusal, damage - and how is that detected?", "kind": "action" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "operation-and-state", "name": "Operation, controls and state", "description": "How kayak is operated and what state it is in right now.", "rationale": "An agent acting on a device needs its current state and the controls that change it, not just its specification.", "layers": [ { "id": "controls-and-modes", "name": "Controls and modes", "description": "What can be set, what that changes, and what is interlocked.", "findings": [ { "id": "control-surface", "name": "Control surface and interlocks", "description": "The settings available and the conditions that block them.", "questions": [ { "id": "control-surface-q01", "text": "What controls and modes does kayak have, and what does each change?", "kind": "definition" }, { "id": "control-surface-q02", "text": "Which actions are interlocked or forbidden in which state, and what must be true before acting?", "kind": "action" } ] } ] }, { "id": "condition-and-maintenance", "name": "Condition and maintenance", "description": "Wear, service intervals, consumables and the line between working and broken.", "findings": [ { "id": "service-record", "name": "Condition, service and consumables", "description": "What is consumed, what is serviced, and how condition is judged.", "questions": [ { "id": "service-record-q01", "text": "What consumables and service does kayak need, at what interval, and on whose authority?", "kind": "measurement" }, { "id": "service-record-q02", "text": "What evidence separates a unit that is working from one that is out of service?", "kind": "boundary" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "kind-model-unit", "name": "Kind, model and unit", "description": "Whether a claim about kayak is about the kind, a product line, or one physical unit.", "rationale": "This is the boundary most often got wrong for made things, and getting it wrong mixes a catalogue entry with the machine in the yard.", "layers": [ { "id": "level-of-reference", "name": "Level of reference", "description": "The three levels and what belongs at each.", "findings": [ { "id": "level-rules", "name": "What belongs to kind, model and unit", "description": "Which properties are shared by all of them and which are not.", "questions": [ { "id": "level-rules-q01", "text": "Which facts about kayak hold for every one of them, which for a model, and which only for one unit?", "kind": "boundary" }, { "id": "level-rules-q02", "text": "What identifies an individual unit, and what should an agent do when it has only the kind?", "kind": "action" } ] } ] }, { "id": "standards-and-conformity", "name": "Standards and conformity", "description": "The standards a working example must meet and who attests it.", "findings": [ { "id": "conformity", "name": "Standards, marks and attestation", "description": "Which standard applies, who certifies, and what the mark means.", "questions": [ { "id": "conformity-q01", "text": "Which standards govern kayak, issued by whom, and what does conformity actually assert?", "kind": "provenance" }, { "id": "conformity-q02", "text": "What may an agent conclude from a certification mark, and what may it not?", "kind": "boundary" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "provenance-and-evidence", "name": "Provenance, evidence and time", "description": "Where every claim about a kayak 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 kayak and how confident it is.", "questions": [ { "id": "claim-provenance-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes a claim about a kayak, 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 kayak, 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 kayak 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 kayak is retired without being erased.", "questions": [ { "id": "validity-and-supersession-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the validity of a claim about a kayak, 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 kayak, 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 kayak is known, and what must it refuse?", "kind": "action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] } ] } ] } ] }, "statistics": { "bundles": 8, "layers": 17, "findings": 19, "questions": 51 } } } }