{ "model": { "rank": 5052, "code": "thing-q179254", "model_id": "vr.tr.gelatin", "name": "gelatin", "purpose": "Enable an AI agent to recognise gelatin, assess a particular grade or lot, and determine its suitability for an intended use from its origin, composition, functional behaviour and documented constraints.", "family": "Thing Registry", "category": "Physical world and living systems", "status": "research-draft", "kind": "thing", "plane": "PHY", "domain": "PHY.MAT", "industry": "", "version": "", "url": "/models/thing/q179254/", "tier": 2, "score": 70, "payload": { "layer": "wikidata", "aliases": [ "unflavored gelatin", "isinglass", "photographic gelatin" ], "aliasCount": 3, "merged": 3, "knownIn": 70, "facets": null, "markers": [], "lexicalClass": "", "senseRank": null, "alsoRegisteredAs": "vr.tr.gelatin", "source": { "dataset": "wikidata", "item": "Q179254", "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q179254", "license": "CC0 1.0" } }, "research": { "vercy": "1.0-draft", "publication": { "status": "research-draft", "adjudicationStatus": "unreviewed", "publishableCanonical": false, "generatedAt": "2026-09-09T21:34:00Z", "providers": [ "Codex" ], "breadth": "recalled by Codex without web access - no source was read", "missingProviders": [], "pass": 2, "cost": { "grok": { "seconds": 20.5, "error": "Reading additional input from stdin...\nOpenAI Codex v0.153.4\n--------\nworkdir: R:\\02_PROJECTS\\02_Meta_Models_Platforms\\Ver.cy\\current\\thing-registry-backlog\nmodel: gpt-6-astra\nprovider: openai\napproval: never\nsandbox: read-only\nreasoning effort: none\nreasoning summaries: none\nsession id: 01a08816-9d55-7093-9c9e-cc4ce126ee07\n--------\nuser\nDescribe what is already known about one registered thing. 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gelatin as a collagen-derived protein material, including commercial grades and lots; it distinguishes the material from native collagen, extensively hydrolysed collagen products, formulated gelatin products and manufacturing processes.", "in_scope": [ "Collagen-derived identity, animal source and processing type", "Grade, composition, additives and lot variability", "Hydration, dissolution, gel formation and thermal reversibility", "Gel strength, viscosity and application-relevant performance", "Storage condition, traceability and evidence supporting permitted uses" ], "out_of_scope": [ "Native collagen as a structural tissue protein", "Collagen peptide products whose defining function is not gel formation", "Agar, carrageenan, pectin and other alternative gelling materials", "Finished foods, capsules, photographic coatings and other gelatin-containing products", "Industrial extraction equipment and complete manufacturing processes" ], "distinguishing_features": [ "Establish that the material derives from partial hydrolysis of collagen; gel formation alone cannot distinguish gelatin from plant or microbial hydrocolloids.", "Distinguish gelatin from native collagen through processing history and loss of the native collagen organisation.", "Use hydrolysis history, molecular-size distribution and standardised gel behaviour together to distinguish gelatin from extensively hydrolysed collagen peptides.", "Check whether the supplied material is gelatin itself or a formulation containing gelatin, sugars, salts, plasticisers or other gelling agents.", "Assess gelation under recorded concentration and temperature conditions; failure to gel in one uncontrolled test does not by itself exclude gelatin." ], "characteristics": [ { "name": "Biological source", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "Source species, tissue and supplier evidence; mixed or unknown where applicable", "why_it_matters": "Origin affects traceability, functional expectations and eligibility for particular uses or dietary requirements." }, { "name": "Pretreatment type", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "Type A, Type B, other documented treatment or unknown", "why_it_matters": "Processing history helps explain differences in charge behaviour and compatibility." }, { "name": "Commercial grade", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "Declared food, pharmaceutical, photographic, technical or other grade, with supporting specification", "why_it_matters": "A grade claim must be connected to evidence before an agent treats a lot as suitable for an application." }, { "name": "Composition and reporting basis", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Protein, moisture, ash and declared additives in mass %, with as-supplied or dry basis", "why_it_matters": "Composition affects dosage, comparability and whether the material is a gelatin preparation rather than unformulated gelatin." }, { "name": "Molecular-size distribution", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Distribution in kDa, 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"kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "pH at stated concentration and temperature; isoelectric range where measured", "why_it_matters": "Charge behaviour helps assess interactions with other ingredients and processing conditions." }, { "name": "Physical and hydration state", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "Dry powder, granules, sheet, swollen material, solution or gel; observed condition", "why_it_matters": "The current state determines appropriate handling and which performance measurements are meaningful." }, { "name": "Lot qualification", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "Lot-linked certificate of analysis, safety data sheet, applicable specification and relevant certifications", "why_it_matters": "Suitability and handling decisions require evidence for the actual supplied lot." } ], "affordances": [ "Identify whether a supplied material is gelatin, a gelatin formulation or a neighbouring collagen-derived material.", "Compare lots against an application's gel-strength, viscosity, origin and composition requirements.", "Select and document hydration, dissolution and cooling conditions for a specified gelatin grade.", "Evaluate compatibility with a proposed medium, including its pH, salts and other ingredients.", "Accept, quarantine or reject a lot against documented quality and use requirements.", "Track storage and processing history to decide whether re-testing is needed before use." ] }, "sources": [], "structure": { "bundles": [ { "id": "identity-and-origin", "name": "Identity and origin", "description": "Establishes what counts as gelatin and which biological and processing history belongs to the material.", "rationale": "Gelatin identity cannot be established from appearance or gelling behaviour alone.", "layers": [ { "id": "collagen-derived-boundary", "name": "Collagen-derived boundary", "description": "Separates gelatin from native collagen, collagen peptides and unrelated hydrocolloids.", "findings": [ { "id": "material-identity-evidence", "name": "Material identity evidence", "description": "Record evidence that the material is gelatin and identify any uncertainty at neighbouring material boundaries.", "questions": [ { "text": "What processing or analytical evidence identifies this material as partially hydrolysed collagen?", "kind": "definition", "id": "material-identity-evidence-q01" }, { "text": "What evidence distinguishes it from native collagen, extensively hydrolysed collagen peptides or a non-collagen gelling agent?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "material-identity-evidence-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "source-and-pretreatment", "name": "Source and pretreatment", "description": "Connects gelatin to its source tissues and documented pretreatment.", "findings": [ { "id": "origin-and-process-type", "name": "Origin and process type", "description": "Record species, tissue, mixed-source status and pretreatment without inferring one from another.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which species and tissues supplied the collagen, and which records substantiate that origin for this lot?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "origin-and-process-type-q01" }, { "text": "Is the gelatin declared Type A, Type B or another treatment type, and what processing evidence supports that designation?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "origin-and-process-type-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "grade-and-composition", "name": "Grade and composition", "description": "Describes the supplied gelatin grade, its heterogeneous protein composition and other constituents.", "rationale": "Gelatin is not adequately represented as a pure compound with one formula and one molecular mass.", "layers": [ { "id": "protein-and-constituents", "name": "Protein and constituents", "description": "Captures compositional evidence and separates inherent constituents from formulation additions.", "findings": [ { "id": "composition-profile", "name": "Composition profile", "description": "Record protein-size distribution, moisture, ash and additives with analytical methods and reporting bases.", "questions": [ { "text": "What are the measured protein, moisture and ash contents, and are they reported on an as-supplied or dry basis?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "composition-profile-q01" }, { "text": "Which molecular-size data and declared additives are available, and do the additions make this a formulated gelatin preparation?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "composition-profile-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "grade-and-lot-specification", "name": "Grade and lot specification", "description": "Connects commercial grade designations to measurable acceptance criteria.", "findings": [ { "id": "declared-grade-evidence", "name": "Declared grade evidence", "description": "Keep the supplier's grade claim separate from demonstrated conformance of the supplied lot.", "questions": [ { "text": "What specification defines this grade, including its gel-strength and viscosity ranges?", "kind": "definition", "id": "declared-grade-evidence-q01" }, { "text": "Which lot-specific results establish conformance, and which required results remain unavailable?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "declared-grade-evidence-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "hydration-and-gel-performance", "name": "Hydration and gel performance", "description": "Models how gelatin moves between dry, hydrated, dissolved and gelled states under specified conditions.", "rationale": "Gelatin performance depends on preparation and thermal history as well as material identity.", "layers": [ { "id": "hydration-and-dissolution", "name": "Hydration and dissolution", "description": "Records conditions needed to prepare a usable gelatin solution.", "findings": [ { "id": "solution-preparation-window", "name": "Solution preparation window", "description": "Capture preparation conditions and observed dissolution quality for the particular grade and medium.", "questions": [ { "text": "What concentration, hydration time, temperature and mixing sequence produce a uniform solution for this grade?", "kind": "action", "id": "solution-preparation-window-q01" }, { "text": "What undissolved material, clumping or viscosity change is observed under that preparation protocol?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "solution-preparation-window-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "gelation-and-thermal-response", "name": "Gelation and thermal response", "description": "Describes gel strength, setting and melting using comparable test conditions.", "findings": [ { "id": "conditioned-gel-performance", "name": "Conditioned gel performance", "description": "Treat gel strength and thermal transitions as results tied to concentration, medium and conditioning history.", "questions": [ { "text": "What Bloom value is measured, and under which test method and conditioning conditions?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "conditioned-gel-performance-q01" }, { "text": "At the intended concentration and in the intended medium, when does the material set, melt and recover after a heating-cooling cycle?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "conditioned-gel-performance-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "application-compatibility", "name": "Application compatibility", "description": "Connects gelatin properties to a required material function and its surrounding formulation.", "rationale": "A gelatin lot may meet its specification yet fail in a particular mixture or processing environment.", "layers": [ { "id": "functional-fit", "name": "Functional fit", "description": "Identifies the required gelatin function and the evidence needed to select a grade.", "findings": [ { "id": "use-specific-performance", "name": "Use-specific performance", "description": "Translate intended gelling, film-forming, binding or stabilising use into observable acceptance criteria.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which gelatin function is required, and what performance threshold defines success in this application?", "kind": "definition", "id": "use-specific-performance-q01" }, { "text": "Which trial or measurement supports selecting this grade at the proposed concentration?", "kind": "action", "id": "use-specific-performance-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "medium-and-process-interactions", "name": "Medium and process interactions", "description": "Examines interactions with formulation ingredients and processing exposure.", "findings": [ { "id": "compatibility-window", "name": "Compatibility window", "description": "Record observed effects of pH, salts, solvents, enzymes and heating on the intended gelatin function.", "questions": [ { "text": "How do the actual medium's pH, salts and other ingredients affect solubility, viscosity and gel formation?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "compatibility-window-q01" }, { "text": "What limits on heating, holding time or exposure to proteolytic enzymes are supported for this application?", "kind": "action", "id": "compatibility-window-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "condition-and-use-eligibility", "name": "Condition and use eligibility", "description": "Combines current material condition with lot-specific evidence for handling and intended use.", "rationale": "Functional performance alone does not establish that gelatin is acceptable for food, pharmaceutical or other controlled applications.", "layers": [ { "id": "storage-and-deterioration", "name": "Storage and deterioration", "description": "Tracks condition changes in dry gelatin and in hydrated preparations.", "findings": [ { "id": "state-dependent-acceptance", "name": "State-dependent acceptance", "description": "Assess storage and holding history against documented quality criteria for the current physical state.", "questions": [ { "text": "What packaging, moisture exposure, temperature and elapsed storage or holding time are documented for this material?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "state-dependent-acceptance-q01" }, { "text": "Which observations or test failures require re-testing, quarantine or rejection of this dry lot or hydrated preparation?", "kind": "action", "id": "state-dependent-acceptance-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "identity-safety-and-certification", "name": "Identity, safety and certification", "description": "Links chemical identifiers, safety information and use requirements to the supplied grade and jurisdiction.", "findings": [ { "id": "documented-use-eligibility", "name": "Documented use eligibility", "description": "Record verified identifiers and applicable evidence without assuming that all gelatin grades share the same approvals or certifications.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which chemical identifiers, hazard classifications and handling requirements are documented for the supplied material and relevant jurisdiction?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "documented-use-eligibility-q01" }, { "text": "Which origin, contaminant, microbiological, compendial or dietary-certification requirements apply to the intended use, and does this lot satisfy them?", "kind": "action", "id": "documented-use-eligibility-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 is recalled knowledge without source consultation; current pharmacopoeial editions and applicable regulatory requirements should be checked.", "Gelatin has no single molecular formula, molecular weight, or universal melting or boiling point; distinguish aqueous gel transitions from dry-material thermal behavior.", "The measurement ranges are indicative, not acceptance specifications; confirm source, grade, concentration, and test method." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-confidence-notes-q01", "text": "Which of these check these first hold for the sense of gelatin 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": [ "Type A gelatin, produced using acid pretreatment", "Type B gelatin, produced using alkaline pretreatment", "Porcine gelatin", "Bovine gelatin", "Fish gelatin" ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-kinds-q01", "text": "Which of these kinds and varieties hold for the sense of gelatin this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-identifiers", "name": "Identifiers and schemes", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ { "scheme": "CAS 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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": [ "Gelling, stabilizing, and texturizing foods such as confectionery and desserts.", "Manufacturing hard and soft pharmaceutical capsule shells.", "Binding and coating photographic emulsions.", "Producing animal glues and specialist binders.", "Preparing laboratory gels, coatings, and biomaterial scaffolds." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-real-world-use-q01", "text": "Which of these real-world use hold for the sense of gelatin 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": "Bloom gel strength", "typical_range": "Approximately 50-300 for many commercial gelling grades; measured under a specified gel preparation and indentation protocol.", "unit": "g, conventionally reported as Bloom strength" }, { "quantity": "Isoelectric point of Type A gelatin", "typical_range": "Approximately 7-9", "unit": "pH" }, { "quantity": "Isoelectric point of Type B gelatin", "typical_range": "Approximately 4.7-5.3", "unit": "pH" } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-measurements-q01", "text": "Which of these typical measurements hold for the sense of gelatin 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": [ "Warm conditions can soften or melt aqueous gelatin gels; behavior depends on concentration, source, and grade.", "Proteolytic enzymes can degrade gelatin and prevent gel setting.", "Prolonged heating or extreme pH can cleave protein chains and reduce gel strength.", "Hydrated gelatin preparations can support microbial growth unless appropriately processed and stored.", "Gelatin can cause allergic reactions in susceptible individuals." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards-q01", "text": "Which of these failure modes and hazards hold for the sense of gelatin 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": [ "Halal and kosher acceptability depends on animal source, processing, and the certifying authority.", "Food and pharmaceutical requirements for animal-source traceability and transmissible-disease controls vary by jurisdiction." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-regional-variation-q01", "text": "Which of these regional variation hold for the sense of gelatin 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": "Collagen", "difference": "Collagen retains the characteristic native triple-helical protein structure; gelatin results from its denaturation and partial hydrolysis." }, { "name": "Hydrolyzed collagen", "difference": "Commercial hydrolyzed collagen generally contains smaller peptides and does not form the characteristic gels of gelling gelatin grades." }, { "name": "Agar", "difference": "Agar is an algal polysaccharide gelling material; gelatin is an animal-derived protein material." }, { "name": "Gelatin dessert", "difference": "A gelatin dessert is a formulated food containing gelatin, water, and other ingredients; gelatin itself is the functional protein material." } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-neighbours-q01", "text": "Which of these neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart hold for the sense of gelatin this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] } ] } ] } ] }, "openQuestions": [ "Which authoritative definition and chemical identifier records should anchor vr.tr.gelatin, and how do those records delimit gelatin hydrolysates and modified gelatins?", "Does the registry intend chemically modified, crosslinked or deliberately non-gelling gelatin grades to remain within this entry?", "Which test standards and conditions should be required for comparable Bloom, viscosity and thermal-transition measurements?", "Which jurisdiction-specific specifications, hazard records and origin certifications must be supported for the intended applications?", "What evidence establishes storage life, hydrated holding limits and acceptable functional deterioration for each relevant grade?" ], "statistics": { "bundles": 6, "layers": 11, "findings": 19, "questions": 29 } }, "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 gelatin, record what state it is in, and decide what may be done with it.", "whatItIs": "Enable an AI agent to recognise gelatin, assess a particular grade or lot, and determine its suitability for an intended use from its origin, composition, functional behaviour and documented constraints.", "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: unflavored gelatin, isinglass, photographic gelatin.", "3 finer distinctions are held as aliases rather than separate entries, because telling them apart needs a task that asks for it.", "Described in 70 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 gelatin, 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": [ "unflavored gelatin", "isinglass", "photographic gelatin" ] } ], "standing": "Described in 70 Wikipedia languages, which measures how widely it is written about rather than how important or how common it is. 3 finer distinctions are held inside this entry as names rather than as separate models.", "structure": { "bundles": [ { "id": "identity-and-classification", "name": "Identity, naming and classification", "description": "How an agent tells one gelatin from another, and a gelatin 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 gelatin, 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 gelatin, 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 gelatin 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 gelatin, 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 gelatin, 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 gelatin 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 gelatin 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 gelatin, 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 gelatin, 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 gelatin 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 gelatin from the things most often confused with it.", "questions": [ { "id": "distinguishing-features-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes what distinguishes a gelatin, 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 gelatin, 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 gelatin 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 gelatin 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 gelatin, 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 gelatin, 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 gelatin 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 gelatin is built from and which parts are replaceable.", "questions": [ { "id": "parts-and-materials-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the composition of a gelatin, 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 gelatin, 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 gelatin 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 gelatin is judged and by whom.", "questions": [ { "id": "condition-assessment-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the condition of a gelatin, 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 gelatin, 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 gelatin 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 gelatin 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 gelatin is, and what that position is measured against.", "questions": [ { "id": "position-and-frame-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the location of a gelatin, 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 gelatin, 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 gelatin 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 gelatin 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 gelatin, 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 gelatin, 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 gelatin 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 gelatin 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 gelatin between them.", "questions": [ { "id": "stages-and-transitions-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the lifecycle of a gelatin, 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 gelatin, 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 gelatin 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 gelatin, how often and by whom.", "findings": [ { "id": "observation-record", "name": "Observation record", "description": "How an observation of a gelatin 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 gelatin, 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 gelatin, 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 gelatin 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 gelatin 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 gelatin is for, and what it is used for anyway.", "findings": [ { "id": "function-and-purpose", "name": "Function, purpose and misuse", "description": "The function a gelatin performs and the uses that fall outside it.", "questions": [ { "id": "function-and-purpose-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the use of a gelatin, 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 gelatin, 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 gelatin 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 gelatin.", "findings": [ { "id": "procedures-and-skills", "name": "Procedures, skills and required tools", "description": "What an agent needs before it can act on a gelatin at all.", "questions": [ { "id": "procedures-and-skills-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes handling a gelatin, 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 gelatin, 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 gelatin 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 gelatin there is and how fast it goes.", "questions": [ { "id": "consumption-and-stock-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the supply of a gelatin, 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 gelatin, 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 gelatin 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 gelatin 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 gelatin 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 gelatin 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 gelatin 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 gelatin, 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 gelatin 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 gelatin 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 gelatin 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 gelatin, 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 gelatin 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 gelatin and how confident it is.", "questions": [ { "id": "claim-provenance-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes a claim about a gelatin, 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 gelatin, 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 gelatin 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 gelatin is retired without being erased.", "questions": [ { "id": "validity-and-supersession-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the validity of a claim about a gelatin, 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 gelatin, 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 gelatin 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 } } } }