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"Chemical and stereochemical identity", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "Reference structure with peptide linkage, ester position and stereochemistry specified", "why_it_matters": "Separates aspartame from related compounds and isomers." }, { "name": "Aspartame content", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "% mass fraction or mg/g, with as-received or dry basis, method and uncertainty", "why_it_matters": "Supports dose calculation and distinguishes ingredient mass from active sweetener mass." }, { "name": "Related substances profile", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "mg/kg or % for individually identified analytes, with detection and quantification limits", "why_it_matters": "Supports assessment of purity and change during processing or storage." }, { "name": "Material presentation", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "powder | granules | solution | encapsulated preparation | blend; composition stated", "why_it_matters": "Changes sampling, dosing, dissolution and interpretation of assay results." }, { "name": "Water content", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "% mass fraction by stated method", "why_it_matters": "Supports assay-basis conversion and investigation of storage-related changes." }, { "name": "Dissolution behaviour", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Solubility in g/L and dissolution time in seconds or minutes at stated temperature, pH and mixing conditions", "why_it_matters": "Determines whether the proposed process can distribute the intended dose." }, { "name": "Relative sweetness", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Ratio to a stated sucrose reference under a specified sensory protocol and matrix", "why_it_matters": "Supports formulation decisions without treating sweetness as a universal conversion factor." }, { "name": "Aspartame retention", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "% of initial measured aspartame remaining after a stated exposure history", "why_it_matters": "Connects processing and storage to remaining functional ingredient." }, { "name": "Phenylalanine contribution", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "mg per serving or intended dose, with calculation basis and uncertainty", "why_it_matters": "Supports assessment of phenylalanine-related restrictions and communication." }, { "name": "Applicable use authority", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "Jurisdiction, authoritative instrument, version or effective date, product category and conditions", "why_it_matters": "Prevents approval in one context from being assumed to cover another." }, { "name": "Use disposition", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "unassessed | suitable under stated conditions | hold pending evidence | unsuitable for stated use", "why_it_matters": "Makes the resulting action conditional on a particular material and intended use." } ], "affordances": [ "Authenticate a sample and distinguish aspartame from related sweeteners or mixtures.", "Calculate ingredient additions from measured 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classification (limited evidence of carcinogenicity) alongside JECFA's unchanged ADI of 0-40 mg/kg body weight per day.", "url_status": "live" }, { "id": "efsa-2013-e951", "title": "Scientific Opinion on the re-evaluation of aspartame (E 951) as a food additive", "url": "https://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/efsajournal/pub/3496", "what_it_supports": "Identity, metabolism to aspartate, phenylalanine and methanol, purity/specification context, and EFSA's ADI of 40 mg/kg bw/day.", "url_status": "blocked" }, { "id": "cfr-172-804", "title": "21 CFR 172.804 - Aspartame", "url": "https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/chapter-I/subchapter-B/part-172/subpart-I/section-172.804", "what_it_supports": "US food-additive identity, conditions of use, and the required 'PHENYLKETONURICS: CONTAINS PHENYLALANINE' statement.", "url_status": "live" } ], "structure": { "bundles": [ { "id": "aspartame-identity", "name": "Aspartame identity", "description": "Establish whether the material contains the intended aspartame substance and what the named material represents.", "rationale": "Sweetener names, shared chemistry and commercial preparations can obscure the substance actually being assessed.", "layers": [ { "id": "molecular-recognition", "name": "Molecular recognition", "description": "Resolve chemical identity beyond a name or formula.", "findings": [ { "id": "structure-and-isomer-confirmation", "name": "Structure and isomer confirmation", "description": "Record evidence for the intended peptide linkage, methyl ester and stereochemistry.", "questions": [ { "text": "What reference structure defines aspartame, including its peptide linkage and stereochemistry?", "kind": "definition", "id": "structure-and-isomer-confirmation-q01" }, { "text": "Which analytical results distinguish the sample from relevant linkage or stereochemical isomers?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "structure-and-isomer-confirmation-q02" }, { "text": "Which reference standard and method support the identification?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "structure-and-isomer-confirmation-q03" } ] } ] }, { "id": "substance-and-preparation-boundary", "name": "Substance and preparation boundary", "description": "Distinguish aspartame from preparations containing it.", "findings": [ { "id": "ingredient-versus-blend", "name": "Ingredient versus blend", "description": "Record whether the assessed material is an aspartame ingredient, a solution or a multicomponent preparation.", "questions": [ { "text": "Does the supplied name identify aspartame itself or a preparation containing carriers and other sweeteners?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "ingredient-versus-blend-q01" }, { "text": "What measured fraction of the preparation is aspartame?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "ingredient-versus-blend-q02" }, { "text": "Which formulation or supplier record identifies the other components?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "ingredient-versus-blend-q03" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "aspartame-batch-quality", "name": "Aspartame batch quality", "description": "Establish the content and quality of the specific material proposed for use.", "rationale": "Nominal identity does not establish dose strength or conformity with a relevant ingredient specification.", "layers": [ { "id": "assay-and-basis", "name": "Assay and basis", "description": "Make content results comparable and usable for dosing.", "findings": [ { "id": "interpretable-aspartame-assay", "name": "Interpretable aspartame assay", "description": "Connect measured content to its moisture basis, sampling context and analytical selectivity.", "questions": [ { "text": "What is the measured aspartame content, and is it reported on an as-received or dry basis?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "interpretable-aspartame-assay-q01" }, { "text": "Does the method resolve aspartame from co-sweeteners and relevant related substances in this material?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "interpretable-aspartame-assay-q02" }, { "text": "Which batch, sample date and sampling procedure do the results represent?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "interpretable-aspartame-assay-q03" } ] } ] }, { "id": "impurities-and-conformity", "name": "Impurities and conformity", "description": "Compare relevant analytical evidence with an identified aspartame specification.", "findings": [ { "id": "related-substances-disposition", "name": "Related substances disposition", "description": "Record measured impurities, unresolved signals and the basis for accepting or holding the material.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which related substances and contaminants require assessment under the selected aspartame specification?", "kind": "definition", "id": "related-substances-disposition-q01" }, { "text": "What concentrations, quantification limits and unresolved analytical signals are reported?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "related-substances-disposition-q02" }, { "text": "Do the results support release for the intended use, or require further testing or rejection?", "kind": "action", "id": "related-substances-disposition-q03" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "sweetening-and-incorporation", "name": "Sweetening and incorporation", "description": "Determine how the actual preparation supplies sweetness in the intended matrix.", "rationale": "Aspartame content alone cannot establish sensory equivalence or successful incorporation.", "layers": [ { "id": "matrix-specific-sweetness", "name": "Matrix-specific sweetness", "description": "Relate dose to sensory performance under defined conditions.", "findings": [ { "id": "sweetness-target-and-dose", "name": "Sweetness target and dose", "description": "Record evidence for the amount needed to achieve a specified sweetness profile.", "questions": [ { "text": "What aspartame concentration achieves the target sweetness against a stated reference in this matrix?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "sweetness-target-and-dose-q01" }, { "text": "How do other sweeteners and ingredients affect sweetness intensity, onset or persistence?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "sweetness-target-and-dose-q02" }, { "text": "What addition rate follows after accounting for the preparation's measured aspartame content?", "kind": "action", "id": "sweetness-target-and-dose-q03" } ] } ] }, { "id": "dissolution-and-distribution", "name": "Dissolution and distribution", "description": "Determine whether the physical preparation can deliver a uniform dose.", "findings": [ { "id": "incorporation-feasibility", "name": "Incorporation feasibility", "description": "Assess dissolution or distribution under the intended mixing and temperature conditions.", "questions": [ { "text": "How does the supplied particle form, carrier or encapsulation affect incorporation?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "incorporation-feasibility-q01" }, { "text": "What dissolution time or distribution uniformity is measured under the intended process conditions?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "incorporation-feasibility-q02" }, { "text": "What addition sequence and mixing conditions are supported by those results?", "kind": "action", "id": "incorporation-feasibility-q03" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "aspartame-stability", "name": "Aspartame stability", "description": "Track intact aspartame and its performance through processing and storage.", "rationale": "Aspartame can lose sweetness under heating, making exposure history relevant to suitability. [FDA](https://www.fda.gov/food/food-additives-petitions/aspartame-and-other-sweeteners-food)", "layers": [ { "id": "process-exposure", "name": "Process exposure", "description": "Relate processing conditions to measured retention.", "findings": [ { "id": "process-retention-evidence", "name": "Process retention evidence", "description": "Record the conditions experienced by aspartame and evidence of their effects.", "questions": [ { "text": "What time-temperature profile, pH and aqueous exposure will aspartame experience?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "process-retention-evidence-q01" }, { "text": "What intact-aspartame retention and sweetness change have been measured after an equivalent process?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "process-retention-evidence-q02" }, { "text": "Does the evidence support the proposed addition stage or require a process change?", "kind": "action", "id": "process-retention-evidence-q03" } ] } ] }, { "id": "storage-and-degradation", "name": "Storage and degradation", "description": "Assess remaining quality from storage conditions and analytical change.", "findings": [ { "id": "remaining-quality-window", "name": "Remaining quality window", "description": "Distinguish measured stability from an unsupported extrapolation of a labelled shelf life.", "questions": [ { "text": "What storage duration, temperature, moisture exposure and packaging condition apply to this material?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "remaining-quality-window-q01" }, { "text": "How have intact aspartame and relevant degradation products changed relative to baseline?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "remaining-quality-window-q02" }, { "text": "What remaining use period or retesting decision is supported for these conditions?", "kind": "action", "id": "remaining-quality-window-q03" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "aspartame-use-constraints", "name": "Aspartame use constraints", "description": "Connect the intended use to exposure evidence, phenylalanine implications and applicable requirements.", "rationale": "People with phenylketonuria have particular restrictions concerning aspartame, and use decisions need an explicit population and regulatory context. [FDA](https://www.fda.gov/food/food-additives-petitions/aspartame-and-other-sweeteners-food)", "layers": [ { "id": "intake-and-phenylalanine", "name": "Intake and phenylalanine", "description": "Represent exposure calculations without substituting them for individual clinical judgment.", "findings": [ { "id": "exposure-and-population-boundary", "name": "Exposure and population boundary", "description": "Record intake assumptions and identify when phenylalanine restrictions require separate assessment.", "questions": [ { "text": "What aspartame intake in mg/kg body weight/day follows from stated serving, frequency, body-weight and other-source assumptions?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "exposure-and-population-boundary-q01" }, { "text": "What phenylalanine contribution follows from the proposed dose, and what calculation basis supports it?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "exposure-and-population-boundary-q02" }, { "text": "Does the intended population include people with phenylketonuria or another documented phenylalanine restriction?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "exposure-and-population-boundary-q03" } ] } ] }, { "id": "authorization-and-communication", "name": "Authorization and communication", "description": "Resolve the conditions governing a specific use and the evidence supporting the decision.", "findings": [ { "id": "jurisdiction-specific-use-decision", "name": "Jurisdiction-specific use decision", "description": "Keep legal permission, exposure benchmarks and hazard assessments distinct when determining suitability.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which current authority governs aspartame in the intended jurisdiction and product category?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "jurisdiction-specific-use-decision-q01" }, { "text": "Which use limits, purity conditions and labelling requirements apply, and which cited assessments address hazard or exposure rather than legal permission?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "jurisdiction-specific-use-decision-q02" }, { "text": "Does the proposed use satisfy those conditions, and what evidence or communication remains necessary?", "kind": "action", "id": "jurisdiction-specific-use-decision-q03" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "evidence-and-external-alignment", "name": "Evidence and external alignment", "description": "What the world already says about this thing, gathered so the model can be checked against it.", "rationale": "A model that cannot be lined up against existing standards, identifiers and practice cannot be adopted by anyone who already uses them.", "layers": [ { "id": "reported-evidence", "name": "Reported evidence", "description": "Findings from the breadth pass, kept separate from the structural claims.", "findings": [ { "id": "evidence-kinds", "name": "Kinds and varieties", "description": "Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.", "evidence": [ "Food-grade crystalline or powder aspartame (assay-controlled additive)", "Tabletop sweetener formulations (e.g. Equal, Canderel, NutraSweet packets and tablets)", "Aspartame-acesulfame salt (E 962 / INS 962, a discrete salt, not a simple blend)", "Encapsulated or otherwise heat-protected aspartame for bakery and other thermal processes", "Beverage-application grades used in acidic carbonated and still drinks", "Pharmaceutical/excipient grades for chewable tablets, syrups and oral powders", "Particle-size grades (fine powder versus granular) sold for dry blending" ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-kinds-q01", "text": "Which of these kinds and varieties hold for the sense of aspartame this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-identifiers", "name": "Identifiers and schemes", "description": "Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.", "evidence": [ { "scheme": "CAS Registry Number", "value_or_pattern": "22839-47-0", "note": "L-aspartyl-L-phenylalanine methyl ester" }, { "scheme": "EC number", "value_or_pattern": "245-261-3", "note": "EINECS/EC inventory" }, { "scheme": "E number / Codex INS", "value_or_pattern": "E 951 / INS 951", "note": "Food-additive code; the related salt is E 962 / INS 962" }, { "scheme": "Wikidata", "value_or_pattern": "Q182040", "note": "Item for aspartame" }, { "scheme": "FDA UNII", "value_or_pattern": "Z0H242BBR1", "note": "Unique Ingredient Identifier" }, { "scheme": "PubChem CID", "value_or_pattern": "134601", "note": "Compound record for the L,L-methyl ester" }, { "scheme": "ChEBI", "value_or_pattern": "CHEBI:2877", "note": "Chemical Entities of Biological Interest" } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-identifiers-q01", "text": "Which of these identifiers and schemes hold for the sense of aspartame this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-standards-and-regulation", "name": "Standards and regulation", "description": "Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.", "evidence": [ "US FDA: 21 CFR 172.804 (food additive regulation, including PKU labelling)", "European Union: Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 (authorisation/conditions of use) and Regulation (EU) No 231/2012 (purity criteria for E 951)", "EU Food Information to Consumers: Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 - 'contains a source of phenylalanine'", "JECFA: identity/purity specifications and ADI 0-40 mg/kg bw/day", "Codex Alimentarius: General Standard for Food Additives, INS 951", "EFSA: re-evaluation of E 951 (2013) and subsequent assessments, ADI 40 mg/kg bw/day", "IARC Monographs Volume 134 (2023): Group 2B, possibly carcinogenic to humans", "Food Chemicals Codex (FCC) monograph for aspartame" ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-standards-and-regulation-q01", "text": "Which of these standards and regulation hold for the sense of aspartame this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-real-world-use", "name": "Real-world use", "description": "Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.", "evidence": [ "Diet and 'zero' carbonated soft drinks and still beverages, where it supplies sweetness in an acidic matrix", "Tabletop packets, tablets and spoon-for-spoon blends in homes, cafés and food service", "Sugar-free chewing gum, mints and confectionery", "Low-sugar yogurts, desserts, drink mixes and breakfast cereals", "Oral pharmaceuticals (chewable tablets, reconstitutable powders, some syrups) as a palatability aid" ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-real-world-use-q01", "text": "Which of these real-world use hold for the sense of aspartame this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-measurements", "name": "Typical measurements", "description": "Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.", "evidence": [ { "quantity": "Relative sweetness versus sucrose", "typical_range": "180-200", "unit": "dimensionless (sucrose = 1)" }, { "quantity": "Molar mass", "typical_range": "294.30", "unit": "g/mol" }, { "quantity": "Water solubility (about 20-25 °C)", "typical_range": "about 10", "unit": "g/L" }, { "quantity": "Acceptable daily intake", "typical_range": "40 (JECFA/EFSA); 50 (US FDA)", "unit": "mg/kg body weight per day" }, { "quantity": "pH of maximum aqueous stability", "typical_range": "about 4.3", "unit": "pH" }, { "quantity": "Assay (food-additive specification)", "typical_range": "typically ≥98.0", "unit": "% w/w" }, { "quantity": "Melting with decomposition", "typical_range": "about 246-247", "unit": "°C" } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-measurements-q01", "text": "Which of these typical measurements hold for the sense of aspartame this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards", "name": "Failure modes and hazards", "description": "Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.", "evidence": [ "Hydrolysis in heat, high pH or prolonged storage, with loss of sweetness and formation of the diketopiperazine 5-benzyl-3,6-dioxo-2-piperazineacetic acid (DKP)", "Phenylalanine load is hazardous to people with phenylketonuria; labelling is mandatory in major markets", "Unsuitable for ordinary high-temperature baking unless encapsulated or otherwise protected", "Bitter or lingering off-taste at high use levels, often managed by blending with acesulfame K", "IARC Group 2B (2023) versus unchanged JECFA ADI creates conflicting public-health messaging without a change in permitted use", "Methanol is released on digestion; at authorised food uses the dose is not treated as a methanol-toxicity concern by JECFA/EFSA/FDA" ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards-q01", "text": "Which of these failure modes and hazards hold for the sense of aspartame this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-regional-variation", "name": "Regional variation", "description": "Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.", "evidence": [ "ADI differs: 50 mg/kg bw/day in the United States versus 40 mg/kg bw/day at JECFA, EFSA and Codex", "EU/UK labels use E 951 and a phenylalanine source statement; US labels use the name aspartame plus 'PHENYLKETONURICS: CONTAINS PHENYLALANINE'", "Tabletop brand names differ: Equal/NutraSweet in the US, Canderel in much of Europe, other local marks in East Asia", "Japan lists it as a designated additive (アスパルテーム) under its own specification system", "The 2023 IARC 2B / JECFA split was communicated differently by national agencies, with most food regulators retaining existing authorisations" ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-regional-variation-q01", "text": "Which of these regional variation hold for the sense of aspartame this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-neighbours", "name": "Neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart", "description": "Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.", "evidence": [ { "name": "Neotame (E 961)", "difference": "N-(3,3-dimethylbutyl) analogue of aspartame; thousands of times sweeter, far less phenylalanine released. Separated by CAS 165450-17-9 versus 22839-47-0 and by INS 961 versus 951." }, { "name": "Advantame (E 969)", "difference": "Vanillin-derived N-substituted aspartame analogue (much higher potency). Separated by identity (E 969) and by distinct JECFA/FCC specifications." }, { "name": "Acesulfame potassium (E 950)", "difference": "Oxathiazinone dioxide salt, heat-stable, no phenylalanine. Separated by potassium content, lack of a PKU warning, and stability in baking." }, { "name": "Sucralose (E 955)", "difference": "Chlorinated sucrose, heat-stable, not a peptide. Separated by organochlorine identity and by remaining sweet after typical bake/retort." }, { "name": "Aspartame-acesulfame salt (E 962)", "difference": "A definite 2:1 molar salt, not a physical blend of E 951 and E 950; labelled as E 962 / INS 962 with its own specification." }, { "name": "L-phenylalanine or L-aspartic acid", "difference": "Free amino acids, not sweet at food-use levels and not methyl esters. Separated by CAS, by the absence of the methyl-ester function, and by lack of intense sweetness." } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-neighbours-q01", "text": "Which of these neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart hold for the sense of aspartame this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] } ] } ] } ] }, "openQuestions": [ "Which authoritative aspartame specification and validated analytical methods should govern identity, assay and impurity assessment for the intended grade?", "Which related substances, including possible diketopiperazine and hydrolysis products, require routine measurement in the actual process and storage context?", "What matrix-specific data establish sweetness, dissolution and aspartame retention over the intended processing and shelf-life conditions?", "Which current jurisdictional permissions, intake benchmarks and phenylalanine-related labelling requirements apply to the proposed use and population?", "Does an existing Vercy world model already own this substance concept, requiring this registry entry to link to that publication?" ], "statistics": { "bundles": 6, "layers": 11, "findings": 18, "questions": 38 } }, "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 aspartame, record what state it is in, and decide what may be done with it.", "whatItIs": "Enable an AI agent to recognise aspartame, assess the identity and condition of a specific material, and determine its suitability for a proposed sweetening use.", "characteristics": { "substance": "material", "origin": "natural", "agency": "inert", "mobility": "varies" }, "whatYouCanDoWithIt": [ "observed and measured", "consumed or used up" ], "distinguishingFeatures": [ "Described in 60 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 aspartame, 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": [], "standing": "Described in 60 Wikipedia languages, which measures how widely it is written about rather than how important or how common it is.", "structure": { "bundles": [ { "id": "identity-and-classification", "name": "Identity, naming and classification", "description": "How an agent tells one aspartame from another, and a aspartame 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 aspartame, 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 aspartame, 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 aspartame 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 aspartame, 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 aspartame, 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 aspartame 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 aspartame 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 aspartame, 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 aspartame, 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 aspartame 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 aspartame from the things most often confused with it.", "questions": [ { "id": "distinguishing-features-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes what distinguishes a aspartame, 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 aspartame, 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 aspartame 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 aspartame 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 aspartame, 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 aspartame, 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 aspartame 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 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aspartame, 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 aspartame 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 aspartame 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 aspartame, 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 aspartame, 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 aspartame 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 aspartame 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 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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 aspartame 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 aspartame.", "findings": [ { "id": "procedures-and-skills", "name": "Procedures, skills and required tools", "description": "What an agent needs before it can act on a aspartame at all.", "questions": [ { "id": "procedures-and-skills-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes handling a aspartame, 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 aspartame, 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 aspartame 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 aspartame there is and how fast it goes.", "questions": [ { "id": "consumption-and-stock-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the supply of a aspartame, 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 aspartame, 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 aspartame 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 aspartame 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 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"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 aspartame 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 aspartame, 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 aspartame 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 aspartame 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 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