{ "model": { "rank": 4524, "code": "thing-q18537", "model_id": "vr.tr.biomass", "name": "biomass", "purpose": "Enable an agent to recognise biomass as material of biological origin, assess its condition and suitability, and identify what evidence is needed before storage, processing or use.", "family": "Thing Registry", "category": "Physical world and living systems", "status": "research-draft", "kind": "thing", "plane": "PHY", "domain": "PHY.MAT", "industry": "", "version": "", "url": "/models/thing/q18537/", "tier": 2, "score": 74, "payload": { "layer": "wikidata", "aliases": [ "litter material", "Waste biomass fibre", "globster", "phytomass", "forest biomass" ], "aliasCount": 5, "merged": 5, "knownIn": 74, "facets": null, "markers": [], "lexicalClass": "", "senseRank": null, "alsoRegisteredAs": "vr.tr.biomass", "source": { "dataset": "wikidata", "item": "Q18537", "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18537", "license": "CC0 1.0" } }, "research": { "vercy": "1.0-draft", "publication": { "status": "research-draft", "adjudicationStatus": "unreviewed", "publishableCanonical": false, "generatedAt": "2026-09-09T20:25:49Z", "providers": [ "Codex" ], "breadth": "recalled by Codex without web access - no source was read", "missingProviders": [], "pass": 2, "cost": { "grok": { "seconds": 23.8, "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: 01a087d8-1f59-7220-87b8-d580622b0c66\n--------\nuser\nDescribe what is already known about one registered thing. 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"name": "Biological source", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "Source organism or group, tissue or material stream, and supporting evidence", "why_it_matters": "Origin helps distinguish biomass from other organic materials and guides composition checks." }, { "name": "Material form", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "Woody, herbaceous, algal, microbial, animal-derived, mixed or unresolved; physical preparation recorded separately", "why_it_matters": "Different source forms require different sampling, handling and suitability assessments." }, { "name": "Quantity and reporting basis", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "kg or t; as-received, dry matter or dry ash-free basis, with measurement date", "why_it_matters": "Water and mineral content can make apparently comparable quantities materially different." }, { "name": "Moisture content", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "% by mass, explicitly wet basis or dry basis, with method and sampling time", "why_it_matters": "Moisture affects transport, storage, processing and usable energy." }, { "name": "Composition profile", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Mass fractions of relevant constituents, such as cellulose, hemicellulose, lignin, proteins, lipids and ash; basis and methods specified", "why_it_matters": "A measured profile supports selection of conversion routes without assuming all biomass resembles wood." }, { "name": "Biogenic fraction", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "% with denominator specified as total mass, dry mass or carbon; method and uncertainty required", "why_it_matters": "Mixed-stream claims depend on what fraction was measured and what it represents." }, { "name": "Storage and degradation condition", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "Observed temperature, wetting, mould, odour, decomposition and treatment state, with dates", "why_it_matters": "Biomass condition can change after collection and invalidate earlier suitability assessments." }, { "name": "Contaminant profile", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Analyte-specific concentrations in mg/kg on a stated basis; foreign-material fractions in %; detection limits included", "why_it_matters": "Contamination can restrict processing, end uses and management of resulting residues." }, { "name": "Energy properties", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Higher or lower heating value in MJ/kg, with moisture basis and test method", "why_it_matters": "Energy comparisons require compatible definitions and material conditions." }, { "name": "Applicable material status", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "Product, by-product, waste or unresolved under a named jurisdiction, use and assessment date", "why_it_matters": "Permitted handling and use depend on context rather than biological origin alone." } ], "affordances": [ "Identify and segregate biomass lots by source, condition and mixed-stream composition.", "Plan representative sampling and request analyses appropriate to the source and intended use.", "Compare quantities and properties after reconciling moisture and reporting bases.", "Screen candidate material, biological and energy conversion routes against measured feedstock requirements.", "Select storage monitoring and handling controls from observed material hazards.", "Trace a lot through blending or treatment and flag evidence that no longer represents its current state." ] }, "sources": [], "structure": { "bundles": [ { "id": "biological-identity-and-boundaries", "name": "Biological identity and boundaries", "description": "Establish what biological material is being modelled and where the biomass designation applies.", "rationale": "Biomass can denote a material, a mixed-stream fraction or an ecological quantity; an agent must resolve that distinction before making decisions.", "layers": [ { "id": "source-material-identity", "name": "Source material identity", "description": "Identify the biological source and the part or 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"Does biomass here denote physical material, a fraction of a mixed stream, or an ecological mass measure?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "biomass-designation-boundary-q01" }, { "text": "Which non-biological constituents or transformed products must be represented separately?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "biomass-designation-boundary-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "lot-provenance-and-representativeness", "name": "Lot provenance and representativeness", "description": "Connect biomass properties to a bounded lot and a defensible sampling history.", "rationale": "Species, collection conditions, season and blending can change biomass properties enough that a generic source label is insufficient.", "layers": [ { "id": "collection-and-lot-history", "name": "Collection and lot history", "description": "Define the quantity under assessment and its collection, segregation and blending history.", "findings": [ { "id": "traceable-biomass-lot", "name": "Traceable biomass lot", "description": "Record lot boundaries and source events so that measurements and origin claims apply to identifiable material.", "questions": [ { "text": "What collection location, dates and physical boundaries define this lot?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "traceable-biomass-lot-q01" }, { "text": "Which source lots were blended, and what evidence records their proportions?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "traceable-biomass-lot-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "sampling-and-variation", "name": "Sampling and variation", "description": "Assess whether sampled material captures differences within the biomass lot.", "findings": [ { "id": "representative-property-evidence", "name": "Representative property evidence", "description": "Associate measurements with sampling locations, timing, preparation and uncertainty.", "questions": [ { "text": "How did sampling account for variation in particle size, moisture and constituent distribution?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "representative-property-evidence-q01" }, { "text": "What blending, wetting or degradation since sampling requires a new assessment?", "kind": "action", "id": "representative-property-evidence-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "composition-and-physical-properties", "name": "Composition and physical properties", "description": "Describe the water, biological constituents, minerals and physical form relevant to use.", "rationale": "Biomass is a variable material class whose useful properties cannot be represented by one chemical formula or universal set of constants.", "layers": [ { "id": "mass-basis-and-composition", "name": "Mass basis and composition", "description": "Make quantity and constituent measurements comparable.", "findings": [ { "id": "water-organics-and-minerals", "name": "Water, organics and minerals", "description": "Record moisture and relevant constituent fractions with compatible analytical bases.", "questions": [ { "text": "What are the lot mass and moisture content, and which wet or dry basis does each reported fraction use?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "water-organics-and-minerals-q01" }, { "text": "Which organic constituents and ash fractions have been measured for the proposed use, using which methods?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "water-organics-and-minerals-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "handling-and-conversion-properties", "name": "Handling and conversion properties", "description": "Characterise physical form and route-specific material behaviour.", "findings": [ { "id": "measured-feedstock-properties", "name": "Measured feedstock properties", "description": "Record properties needed by candidate processes rather than assigning default values to biomass as a whole.", "questions": [ { "text": "What particle-size distribution, bulk density or slurry solids content describes the delivered material?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "measured-feedstock-properties-q01" }, { "text": "Which heating-value, digestibility or other conversion measurements are required by the intended route, and on what basis?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "measured-feedstock-properties-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "condition-contamination-and-storage", "name": "Condition, contamination and storage", "description": "Track biological change, foreign constituents and hazards arising during handling.", "rationale": "A biomass lot can deteriorate or acquire hazards between collection and use, so its original identity does not establish its present suitability.", "layers": [ { "id": "biological-and-storage-condition", "name": "Biological and storage condition", "description": "Record the current state and evidence of change under actual storage conditions.", "findings": [ { "id": "condition-change-monitoring", "name": "Condition change monitoring", "description": "Connect observations of heating, wetting and degradation to monitoring and handling decisions.", "questions": [ { "text": "What temperature, moisture, mould or decomposition observations establish the current condition?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "condition-change-monitoring-q01" }, { "text": "What evidence indicates a need for ventilation, drying, segregation or further assessment before handling?", "kind": "action", "id": "condition-change-monitoring-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "contaminants-and-exposure", "name": "Contaminants and exposure", "description": "Identify source-dependent contamination and hazards under the proposed handling conditions.", "findings": [ { "id": "use-specific-hazard-evidence", "name": "Use-specific hazard evidence", "description": "Record relevant chemical, biological and physical hazards without assigning one universal classification to biomass.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which contaminants, pathogens or foreign objects require investigation given the source history and intended use?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "use-specific-hazard-evidence-q01" }, { "text": "Which dust, gas-release or self-heating hazards have been assessed for this material form and storage arrangement?", "kind": "action", "id": "use-specific-hazard-evidence-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "use-eligibility-and-claim-evidence", "name": "Use eligibility and claim evidence", "description": "Link intended uses and origin-related claims to explicit acceptance criteria and evidence.", "rationale": "Being biomass alone does not establish process compatibility, legal eligibility or environmental benefit.", "layers": [ { "id": "conversion-route-acceptance", "name": "Conversion route acceptance", "description": "Compare the lot with the requirements of a particular receiving process.", "findings": [ { "id": "feedstock-fit-and-conditioning", "name": "Feedstock fit and conditioning", "description": "Identify accepted properties, failed criteria and conditioning that may make a lot suitable.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which receiving-process limits for moisture, composition, particle form and contaminants does this lot meet?", "kind": "action", "id": "feedstock-fit-and-conditioning-q01" }, { "text": "What sorting, drying, size reduction or blending is needed, and which properties must be remeasured afterward?", "kind": "action", "id": "feedstock-fit-and-conditioning-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "status-and-origin-claims", "name": "Status and origin claims", "description": "Record contextual material status and evidence supporting biogenic or sourcing claims.", "findings": [ { "id": "bounded-eligibility-claims", "name": "Bounded eligibility claims", "description": "Keep material identity distinct from jurisdictional eligibility and conclusions requiring a wider lifecycle assessment.", "questions": [ { "text": "Under which jurisdiction, date and intended use is the lot treated as a product, by-product or waste?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "bounded-eligibility-claims-q01" }, { "text": "What evidence supports claimed biogenic fraction or sourcing credentials, and which environmental conclusions require a separate lifecycle model?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "bounded-eligibility-claims-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 registry provides no sense; this description selects biological material because the domain is PHY.MAT, rather than biomass as an ecological mass quantity.", "Biomass is a heterogeneous material category with no single CAS number, molecular formula, melting point, boiling point or universal hazard classification.", "Values given are recalled examples for wood, not biomass-wide specifications; researchers should verify feedstock-specific properties and applicable editions of standards and legislation." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-confidence-notes-q01", "text": "Which of these check these first hold for the sense of biomass 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": [ "Woody biomass", "Herbaceous biomass", "Algal biomass", "Agricultural crop residues", "Animal manure", "Biogenic fractions of municipal and industrial waste" ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-kinds-q01", "text": "Which of these kinds and varieties hold for the sense of biomass 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 17225 series, issued by the International Organization for Standardization: specifications and classes for solid biofuels.", "ISO 18134 series, issued by the International Organization for Standardization: determination of moisture content in solid biofuels.", "ISO 18125, issued by the International Organization for Standardization: determination of calorific value of solid biofuels.", "European Union Renewable Energy Directive: sustainability and greenhouse-gas-saving requirements for biomass energy, with applicability depending on feedstock and installation." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-standards-and-regulation-q01", "text": "Which of these standards and regulation hold for the sense of biomass 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": [ "Combustion for heat and electricity.", "Anaerobic digestion to produce biogas.", "Conversion into liquid transport fuels.", "Production of pulp, panels, chemicals and other biobased materials.", "Composting and nutrient recycling where feedstock quality permits." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-real-world-use-q01", "text": "Which of these real-world use hold for the sense of biomass 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": "Moisture content of fresh woody biomass, wet basis", "typical_range": "Approximately 30-60; species, season and storage dependent", "unit": "% by mass" }, { "quantity": "Gross calorific value of dry, untreated wood", "typical_range": "Approximately 18-21; not representative of all biomass", "unit": "MJ/kg" }, { "quantity": "Carbon content of dry, untreated wood", "typical_range": "Approximately 45-55", "unit": "% by mass" } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-measurements-q01", "text": "Which of these typical measurements hold for the sense of biomass 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": [ "Dry biomass dust can form explosive atmospheres and presents inhalation hazards.", "Stored biomass can self-heat and ignite through biological activity and oxidation.", "Enclosed storage can accumulate carbon monoxide or become oxygen deficient.", "Combustion can emit particulate matter, carbon monoxide and nitrogen oxides; contaminated feedstocks can introduce additional pollutants.", "Moisture, microbial decay and variable ash chemistry can reduce usable energy, promote mould, and cause boiler fouling, slagging or corrosion." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards-q01", "text": "Which of these failure modes and hazards hold for the sense of biomass 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": [ "Legal eligibility as renewable biomass and applicable sustainability requirements differ between jurisdictions.", "Waste-derived biomass may remain subject to waste handling and combustion rules despite its biological origin.", "Dominant feedstocks vary with local forestry, agriculture, climate and waste collection systems." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-regional-variation-q01", "text": "Which of these regional variation hold for the sense of biomass 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": "Ecological biomass", "difference": "An ecological quantity describing the mass of organisms within a specified population, area or volume, rather than a material feedstock category." }, { "name": "Biofuel", "difference": "A fuel derived from biomass; biomass also includes material that is not used or suitable as fuel." }, { "name": "Organic matter", "difference": "A broader compositional category that can include soil organic matter and fossil-derived organic material outside the intended biomass boundary." }, { "name": "Fossil fuel", "difference": "Formed through geological transformation of ancient organic matter and conventionally excluded from biomass energy classifications." }, { "name": "Biogas", "difference": "A gaseous product of biological decomposition, rather than the biomass feedstock undergoing decomposition." } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-neighbours-q01", "text": "Which of these neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart hold for the sense of biomass this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] } ] } ] } ] }, "openQuestions": [ "Does the registry intend biomass to include standing living material, or primarily harvested material and residual feedstocks?", "Where should the catalogue place boundaries between biomass and extensively transformed materials such as charcoal, bio-oil and isolated biochemicals?", "Which source-specific sampling and analytical standards should govern moisture, ash, composition and biogenic-fraction measurements?", "Which jurisdictions and intended uses should the model support first for material status, contaminant limits and handling requirements?", "Which existing Vercy models already cover ecological biomass quantities, biomass feedstocks or biofuels, and therefore require links instead of duplicated scope?" ], "statistics": { "bundles": 6, "layers": 11, "findings": 18, "questions": 28 } }, "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 biomass, record what state it is in, and decide what may be done with it.", "whatItIs": "Enable an agent to recognise biomass as material of biological origin, assess its condition and suitability, and identify what evidence is needed before storage, processing or use.", "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: litter material, Waste biomass fibre, globster, phytomass, forest biomass.", "5 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 biomass, 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": [ "litter material", "Waste biomass fibre", "globster", "phytomass", "forest biomass" ] } ], "standing": "Described in 74 Wikipedia languages, which measures how widely it is written about rather than how important or how common it is. 5 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 biomass from another, and a biomass 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 biomass, 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 biomass, 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 biomass 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 biomass, 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 biomass, 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 biomass 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 biomass 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 biomass, 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 biomass, 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 biomass 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 biomass from the things most often confused with it.", "questions": [ { "id": "distinguishing-features-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes what distinguishes a biomass, 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 biomass, 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 biomass 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 biomass 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 biomass, 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 biomass, 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 biomass 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 biomass is built from and which parts are replaceable.", "questions": [ { "id": "parts-and-materials-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the composition of a biomass, 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 biomass, 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 biomass 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 biomass is judged and by whom.", "questions": [ { "id": "condition-assessment-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the condition of a biomass, 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 biomass, 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 biomass 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 biomass 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 biomass is, and what that position is measured against.", "questions": [ { "id": "position-and-frame-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the location of a biomass, 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 biomass, 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 biomass 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 biomass 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 biomass, 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 biomass, 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 biomass 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 biomass 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 biomass between them.", "questions": [ { "id": "stages-and-transitions-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the lifecycle of a biomass, 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 biomass, 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 biomass 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 biomass, how often and by whom.", "findings": [ { "id": "observation-record", "name": "Observation record", "description": "How an observation of a biomass 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 biomass, 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 biomass, 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 biomass 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 biomass 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 biomass is for, and what it is used for anyway.", "findings": [ { "id": "function-and-purpose", "name": "Function, purpose and misuse", "description": "The function a biomass performs and the uses that fall outside it.", "questions": [ { "id": "function-and-purpose-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the use of a biomass, 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 biomass, 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 biomass 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 biomass.", "findings": [ { "id": "procedures-and-skills", "name": "Procedures, skills and required tools", "description": "What an agent needs before it can act on a biomass at all.", "questions": [ { "id": "procedures-and-skills-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes handling a biomass, 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 biomass, 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 biomass 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 biomass there is and how fast it goes.", "questions": [ { "id": "consumption-and-stock-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the supply of a biomass, 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 biomass, 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 biomass 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 biomass 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 biomass 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 biomass 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 biomass 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 biomass, 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 biomass 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 biomass 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 biomass 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 biomass, 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 biomass 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 biomass and how confident it is.", "questions": [ { "id": "claim-provenance-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes a claim about a biomass, 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 biomass, 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 biomass 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 biomass is retired without being erased.", "questions": [ { "id": "validity-and-supersession-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the validity of a claim about a biomass, 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 biomass, 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 biomass 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 } } } }