{ "model": { "rank": 4602, "code": "thing-q18113858", "model_id": "vr.tr.rubber", "name": "rubber", "purpose": "Enable an AI agent to identify a rubber material, assess its formulation and condition, and judge its suitability for processing, service, reuse or disposal.", "family": "Thing Registry", "category": "Physical world and living systems", "status": "research-draft", "kind": "thing", "plane": "PHY", "domain": "PHY.MAT", "industry": "", "version": "", "url": "/models/thing/q18113858/", "tier": 2, "score": 74, "payload": { "layer": "wikidata", "aliases": [ "thermoplastic elastomer", "styrene-butadiene-styrene", "natural rubber", "vulcanized rubber", "styrene-butadiene", "crumb rubber", "synthetic rubber", "Chlorinated rubber", "Heveacrumb", "gum resin", "ebonite", "foam rubber", "Diflex", "polyalkenamer", "polybutadiene", "butyl rubber", "chlorinated polyethylene rubber", "High cis polybutadiene" ], "aliasCount": 18, "merged": 18, "knownIn": 74, "facets": null, "markers": [], "lexicalClass": "", "senseRank": null, "alsoRegisteredAs": "vr.tr.rubber-substance", "source": { "dataset": "wikidata", "item": "Q18113858", "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18113858", "license": "CC0 1.0" } }, "research": { "vercy": "1.0-draft", "publication": { "status": "research-draft", "adjudicationStatus": "unreviewed", "publishableCanonical": false, "generatedAt": "2026-09-09T20:35:58Z", "providers": [ "Codex" ], "breadth": "recalled by Codex without web access - no source was read", "missingProviders": [], "pass": 2, "cost": { "grok": { "seconds": 46.2, "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: 01a087e1-6b26-7af0-ae68-a72bae90d810\n--------\nuser\nDescribe what is already known about one registered thing. 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"scope_statement": "This model owns rubber as a family of natural or synthetic elastomeric materials, including raw rubber, compounds and cured material; it records material-level identity, properties and condition without treating rubber as one pure substance or owning the design of rubber products.", "in_scope": [ "Natural, synthetic and blended rubber identities, grades and physical supply forms", "Polymer composition, fillers, plasticisers, cure ingredients and other constituents", "Uncured, partially cured and cured material states", "Elastic recovery, viscoelastic response and mechanical performance under stated conditions", "Compatibility, ageing, material-specific hazards and recovery constraints" ], "out_of_scope": [ "Design and certification of tyres, seals, gloves and other finished products", "Cultivation and biology of rubber-producing organisms", "Manufacturing equipment and production-line operation", "Standalone models of constituent chemicals", "Detailed models of 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"unit_or_values": "Named polymer family or blend; constituent mass fractions where known", "why_it_matters": "The word rubber alone cannot establish processing behaviour or suitability for an exposure." }, { "name": "Grade and batch provenance", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "Supplier, grade designation, batch and supporting specification or certificate", "why_it_matters": "Connects material claims to the actual stock being assessed." }, { "name": "Formulation", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Parts per hundred rubber (phr) or mass percentage, with an explicit basis", "why_it_matters": "Fillers, oils and cure ingredients can materially change behaviour and permissible uses." }, { "name": "Supply form", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "Raw solid, latex dispersion, uncured compound, cured solid, cellular material or recovered particulate", "why_it_matters": "Determines which handling, characterisation and processing actions are meaningful." }, { "name": "Cure 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procedure", "why_it_matters": "Indicates persistent deformation relevant to sustained compression." }, { "name": "Thermal transitions and service envelope", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Transition temperatures in °C with method; service limits tied to exposure duration and acceptance criteria", "why_it_matters": "Prevents assigning one universal melting point, boiling point or operating range to rubber." }, { "name": "Exposure response", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Mass or volume change in %, retained properties in %, and cracking observations under specified exposure", "why_it_matters": "Relates compatibility claims to an actual compound, medium and test condition." }, { "name": "Hazard and compliance evidence", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "Applicable safety data, constituent identifiers, use restrictions and dated jurisdiction-specific evidence", "why_it_matters": "Avoids transferring the identity or classification of one constituent to every 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constituents and evidence for natural, synthetic or blended identity.", "findings": [ { "id": "family-and-blend-identification", "name": "Family and blend identification", "description": "An identification should state its specificity and evidential basis rather than imply a single universal rubber composition.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which polymer family or blend does this material contain, and is its natural or synthetic origin established?", "kind": "definition", "id": "family-and-blend-identification-q01" }, { "text": "Which supplier record, formulation disclosure or analytical result supports that identification?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "family-and-blend-identification-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "material-form-and-registry-scope", "name": "Material form and registry scope", "description": "Separates the rubber material from its carrier, article and neighbouring material categories.", "findings": [ { "id": "rubber-referent", "name": "Rubber referent", "description": "The record must identify whether properties describe rubber solids, a supplied mixture or material sampled from an article.", "questions": [ { "text": "Does this record describe raw rubber, latex, an uncured compound or cured material?", "kind": "definition", "id": "rubber-referent-q01" }, { "text": "Are thermoplastic elastomers and rubber-containing composites covered here or linked to neighbouring registry entries?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "rubber-referent-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "compound-and-cure-state", "name": "Compound and cure state", "description": "Connects formulation and processing history to the material's current network and processability.", "rationale": "Polymer identity alone cannot explain the behaviour of a filled, plasticised or cured rubber compound.", "layers": [ { "id": "formulation-and-dispersed-ingredients", "name": "Formulation and dispersed ingredients", "description": "Records the rubber basis and ingredients that modify reinforcement, flow, ageing or curing.", "findings": [ { "id": "compound-composition-basis", "name": "Compound composition basis", "description": "Ingredient quantities need a clear denominator and an explicit treatment of undisclosed constituents.", "questions": [ { "text": "What quantities of rubber, fillers, plasticisers, protective additives and cure ingredients are present, expressed on what basis?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "compound-composition-basis-q01" }, { "text": "Which formulation details are measured, supplier-declared, confidential or unknown?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "compound-composition-basis-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "network-formation-and-processability", "name": "Network formation and processability", "description": "Assesses cure progress, network type and remaining processing options.", "findings": [ { "id": "cure-history-and-current-state", "name": "Cure history and current state", "description": "Current processability should be supported by material evidence and relevant time-temperature history.", "questions": [ { "text": "What cure system, processing history and test evidence establish the current cure state?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "cure-history-and-current-state-q01" }, { "text": "Can this stock still be mixed, shaped or cured within its documented processing window?", "kind": "action", "id": "cure-history-and-current-state-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "deformation-and-mechanical-performance", "name": "Deformation and mechanical performance", "description": "Characterises recovery, time-dependent response and mechanical damage under relevant loading.", "rationale": "Rubber suitability depends on how it responds over time and repeated deformation, not simply whether it feels elastic.", "layers": [ { "id": "recovery-and-time-dependence", "name": "Recovery and time dependence", "description": "Records reversible deformation alongside creep, relaxation and residual set.", "findings": [ { "id": "conditioned-elastic-response", "name": "Conditioned 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conditions?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "mechanical-test-applicability-q01" }, { "text": "Which additional tests are needed to assess the proposed strain range, contact conditions or repeated loading?", "kind": "action", "id": "mechanical-test-applicability-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "exposure-and-ageing", "name": "Exposure and ageing", "description": "Assesses changes caused by temperature, contact media and environmental exposure.", "rationale": "A rubber compound can retain its identity while losing the properties needed for service.", "layers": [ { "id": "thermal-and-fluid-compatibility", "name": "Thermal and fluid compatibility", "description": "Relates temperature and contact media to changes in dimensions, stiffness and retained performance.", "findings": [ { "id": "qualified-exposure-envelope", "name": "Qualified exposure envelope", "description": "Compatibility belongs to a specified compound and exposure scenario rather than to rubber in general.", "questions": [ { "text": "What swelling, extraction, hardening or softening occurs in the specified medium at the intended temperature and duration?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "qualified-exposure-envelope-q01" }, { "text": "What evidence supports the proposed temperature limits and the permitted loss of performance?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "qualified-exposure-envelope-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "weathering-and-current-condition", "name": "Weathering and current condition", "description": "Connects storage and exposure history with observable or measured deterioration.", "findings": [ { "id": "ageing-evidence-and-disposition", "name": "Ageing evidence and disposition", "description": "Condition assessment should distinguish visible symptoms from demonstrated changes in useful properties.", "questions": [ { "text": "What cracking, tackiness, surface bloom, permanent deformation or property loss is present after storage or service exposure?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "ageing-evidence-and-disposition-q01" }, { "text": "Do the observations justify continued use, further testing or rejection against the intended acceptance criteria?", "kind": "action", "id": "ageing-evidence-and-disposition-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "safe-use-and-material-recovery", "name": "Safe use and material recovery", "description": "Connects composition and material condition to handling, use restrictions and recovery decisions.", "rationale": "Rubber compounds differ in exposure concerns and recovery options, so neither can be assigned from the generic name.", "layers": [ { "id": "constituent-hazards-and-use-evidence", "name": "Constituent hazards and use evidence", "description": "Records applicable constituent identities and evidence for handling or contact-use decisions.", "findings": [ { "id": "compound-specific-safety-record", "name": "Compound-specific safety record", "description": "Safety and compliance claims should identify the supplied material, relevant exposure and jurisdiction.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which disclosed constituents, residuals, natural-latex proteins or processing emissions require evaluation for the proposed exposure?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "compound-specific-safety-record-q01" }, { "text": "Which current safety data and use-specific evidence apply to this exact grade and jurisdiction?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "compound-specific-safety-record-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "reuse-and-recovery-feasibility", "name": "Reuse and recovery feasibility", "description": "Evaluates recovery routes using network type, formulation knowledge and contamination.", "findings": [ { "id": "recovery-route-qualification", "name": "Recovery route qualification", "description": "A recovery route needs evidence that the input is acceptable and the resulting material can meet a defined use.", "questions": [ { "text": "What network type, mixed polymers, reinforcement and contaminants constrain recovery of this rubber?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "recovery-route-qualification-q01" }, { "text": "Which reuse, grinding, reclaiming or other recovery route is supported, and what output testing is required?", "kind": "action", "id": "recovery-route-qualification-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": [ "The PHY.MAT context is interpreted as the broad material category; verify whether the registry intended natural rubber specifically.", "Rubber has no universal composition, purity, melting point, boiling point or hazard classification; these require a specified polymer, formulation and cure state.", "This is recalled knowledge, not source-checked research; verify standard editions and use-specific requirements before publication." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-confidence-notes-q01", "text": "Which of these check these first hold for the sense of rubber 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": [ "Natural rubber (NR)", "Styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR)", "Nitrile-butadiene rubber (NBR)", "Ethylene-propylene-diene rubber (EPDM)", "Butyl rubber (IIR)", "Silicone rubber" ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-kinds-q01", "text": "Which of these kinds and varieties hold for the sense of rubber 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": "ISO 1629 rubber nomenclature", "value_or_pattern": "NR, SBR, NBR, EPDM, IIR", "note": "These designate particular rubber families; rubber as a whole has no single chemical identity." }, { "scheme": "CAS Registry Number", "value_or_pattern": "9006-04-6", "note": "Identifies natural rubber, not all rubber families or finished rubber compounds." } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-identifiers-q01", "text": "Which of these identifiers and schemes hold for the sense of rubber this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-standards-and-regulation", "name": "Standards and regulation", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "ISO 1629, issued by ISO, specifies nomenclature for rubbers and latices.", "ISO 37, issued by ISO, specifies determination of tensile stress-strain properties of vulcanized or thermoplastic rubber.", "ASTM D412, issued by ASTM International, covers tensile testing of vulcanized rubber and thermoplastic elastomers.", "ASTM D2240, issued by ASTM International, covers durometer hardness testing.", "ASTM D2000, issued by ASTM International, provides a classification system for rubber products in automotive applications." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-standards-and-regulation-q01", "text": "Which of these standards and regulation hold for the sense of rubber this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-real-world-use", "name": "Real-world use", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "Tires and tire components", "Seals, gaskets and O-rings", "Hoses and conveyor belts", "Vibration isolators and resilient mounts", "Gloves and other flexible protective articles" ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-real-world-use-q01", "text": "Which of these real-world use hold for the sense of rubber 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": "Indentation hardness", "typical_range": "Approximately 30-90 for many conventional solid rubber compounds; formulation and test conditions matter.", "unit": "Shore A" }, { "quantity": "Elongation at break", "typical_range": "Approximately 100-700 for many cured rubber compounds; family, reinforcement and aging strongly affect results.", "unit": "%" } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-measurements-q01", "text": "Which of these typical measurements hold for the sense of rubber 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": [ "Heat, oxygen and ozone can cause cracking, hardening or loss of strength; susceptibility depends on the rubber family.", "Incompatible oils, fuels or solvents can cause swelling, softening or extraction of additives.", "Sustained compression can produce compression set and loss of sealing force.", "Repeated deformation, abrasion and cuts can initiate fatigue cracks or tearing.", "Natural-rubber latex proteins can cause allergy, while some compounding chemicals can cause contact sensitization." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards-q01", "text": "Which of these failure modes and hazards hold for the sense of rubber 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": "Elastomer", "difference": "Elastomer emphasizes elastic polymer behavior; rubber often denotes the material family or formulated compound, and the terms overlap." }, { "name": "Natural rubber", "difference": "Natural rubber is the biological-source member of the broader rubber category, composed predominantly of cis-1,4-polyisoprene." }, { "name": "Latex", "difference": "Latex is a dispersion of polymer particles in a liquid, usually water; it can contain rubber but is not synonymous with solid rubber." }, { "name": "Thermoplastic elastomer", "difference": "A thermoplastic elastomer combines rubberlike behavior with thermoplastic processing; conventional vulcanized rubber has a permanent crosslinked network." }, { "name": "Rubber product", "difference": "A tire, seal or glove is a manufactured article whose performance also depends on geometry, reinforcement and construction." } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-neighbours-q01", "text": "Which of these neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart hold for the sense of rubber this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] } ] } ] } ] }, "openQuestions": [ "Does vr.tr.rubber cover both natural and synthetic rubber, or did the originating registry intend the narrower natural-rubber sense?", "Where does the registry place thermoplastic elastomers, silicone rubber, latex dispersions and cellular rubber relative to this entry?", "Which existing Vercy material models already own shared elastomer concepts that this model should reference?", "Which recognised test methods and grade conventions should anchor comparable measurements across the rubber families in scope?", "What minimum composition disclosure and use-specific evidence are needed when proprietary formulations prevent a complete constituent record?" ], 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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 rubber, record what state it is in, and decide what may be done with it.", "whatItIs": "Enable an AI agent to identify a rubber material, assess its formulation and condition, and judge its suitability for processing, service, reuse or disposal.", "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: thermoplastic elastomer, styrene-butadiene-styrene, natural rubber, vulcanized rubber, styrene-butadiene, crumb rubber, synthetic rubber, Chlorinated rubber, Heveacrumb, gum resin, ebonite, foam rubber.", "18 finer distinctions are held as aliases rather than separate entries, because telling them apart needs a task that asks for it.", "Described in 74 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 rubber, 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": [ "thermoplastic elastomer", "styrene-butadiene-styrene", "natural rubber", "vulcanized rubber", "styrene-butadiene", "crumb rubber", "synthetic rubber", "Chlorinated rubber", "Heveacrumb", "gum resin", "ebonite", "foam rubber" ] } ], "standing": "Described in 74 Wikipedia languages, which measures how widely it is written about rather than how important or how common it is. 18 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 rubber from another, and a rubber 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 rubber, 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 rubber, 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 rubber 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 rubber, 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 rubber, 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 rubber 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 rubber 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 rubber, 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 rubber, 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 rubber 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 rubber from the things most often confused with it.", "questions": [ { "id": "distinguishing-features-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes what distinguishes a rubber, 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 rubber, 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 rubber 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 rubber 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 rubber, 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 rubber, 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 rubber 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 rubber is built from and which parts are replaceable.", "questions": [ { "id": "parts-and-materials-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the composition of a rubber, 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 rubber, 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 rubber 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 rubber is judged and by whom.", "questions": [ { "id": "condition-assessment-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the condition of a rubber, 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 rubber, 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 rubber 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 rubber 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 rubber is, and what that position is measured against.", "questions": [ { "id": "position-and-frame-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the location of a rubber, 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 rubber, 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 rubber 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 rubber 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 rubber, 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 rubber, 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 rubber 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 rubber 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 rubber between them.", "questions": [ { "id": "stages-and-transitions-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the lifecycle of a rubber, 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 rubber, 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 rubber 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 rubber, how often and by whom.", "findings": [ { "id": "observation-record", "name": "Observation record", "description": "How an observation of a rubber 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 rubber, 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 rubber, 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 rubber 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 rubber 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 rubber is for, and what it is used for anyway.", "findings": [ { "id": "function-and-purpose", "name": "Function, purpose and misuse", "description": "The function a rubber performs and the uses that fall outside it.", "questions": [ { "id": "function-and-purpose-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the use of a rubber, 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 rubber, 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 rubber 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 rubber.", "findings": [ { "id": "procedures-and-skills", "name": "Procedures, skills and required tools", "description": "What an agent needs before it can act on a rubber at all.", "questions": [ { "id": "procedures-and-skills-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes handling a rubber, 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 rubber, 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 rubber 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 rubber there is and how fast it goes.", "questions": [ { "id": "consumption-and-stock-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the supply of a rubber, 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 rubber, 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 rubber 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 rubber 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 rubber 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 rubber 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 rubber 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 rubber, 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 rubber 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 rubber 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 rubber 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 rubber, 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 rubber 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 rubber and how confident it is.", "questions": [ { "id": "claim-provenance-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes a claim about a rubber, 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 rubber, 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 rubber 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 rubber is retired without being erased.", "questions": [ { "id": "validity-and-supersession-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the validity of a claim about a rubber, 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 rubber, 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 rubber 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 } } } }