{ "model": { "rank": 4552, "code": "thing-q186986", "model_id": "vr.tr.etching", "name": "etching", "purpose": "Enable an agent to identify an etching process, assess its material-removal state and suitability, and determine which operations require further evidence or authorization.", "family": "Thing Registry", "category": "Physical world and living systems", "status": "research-draft", "kind": "thing", "plane": "PHY", "domain": "PHY.MAT", "industry": "", "version": "", "url": "/models/thing/q186986/", "tier": 2, "score": 74, "payload": { "layer": "wikidata", "aliases": [ "soft-ground etching technique", "etching plate", "fluor-etching", "Etching on iron", "Zinkätzung", "aquatint", "Suger-lift", "Spit-bite", "lift-ground etching" ], "aliasCount": 9, "merged": 9, "knownIn": 74, "facets": null, "markers": [], "lexicalClass": "", "senseRank": null, "alsoRegisteredAs": null, "source": { "dataset": "wikidata", "item": "Q186986", "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q186986", "license": "CC0 1.0" } }, "research": { "vercy": "1.0-draft", "publication": { "status": "research-draft", "adjudicationStatus": "unreviewed", "publishableCanonical": false, "generatedAt": "2026-09-09T20:29:35Z", "providers": [ "Codex" ], "breadth": "recalled by Codex without web access - no source was read", "missingProviders": [], "pass": 2, "cost": { "grok": { "seconds": 22.1, "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: 01a087db-9ba9-75e2-a8f8-9ec688f7f246\n--------\nuser\nDescribe what is already known about one registered thing. Answer as JSON only, no prose around it.\n\nThing: etching\nSense to describe: (none recorded)\nDomain code: PHY.MAT\nAlso known as: (none)\n\n\nContext for this batch of 1001 things:\n# Batch 005: 1001 registe", "usd": 0, "recall": true }, "codex": { "seconds": 64, "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: 01a087db-9bb5-7e43-ba21-9f79e3210927\n--------\nuser\nYou are drafting a Vercy meta-model for one registered thing. Answer as JSON only, no prose around it.\n\nThing: etching\nRegistry id: vr.tr.etching\nPlane / domain: PHY / PHY.MAT\nRegistry definition: (none recorded)\nNames folded into this entry: (none)\n\n\nContext " } } }, "metaModel": { "id": "THING-Q186986", "registryId": "vr.tr.etching", "name": "etching", "version": "0.1.0-research.1", "entryKind": "thing", "family": "Thing Registry", "domain": [ "PHY.MAT" ], "status": "research-draft" }, "canonicalUrl": "https://ver.cy/models/thing/q186986/", "model": { "registry_id": "vr.tr.etching", "name": "etching", "purpose": "Enable an agent to identify an etching process, assess its material-removal state and suitability, and determine which operations require further evidence or authorization.", "definition": "Etching is the controlled removal of material from a surface by chemical reaction or plasma-based action, often through a patterned protective mask, to produce a texture, recess or pattern.", "scope_statement": "This model provisionally covers etching as controlled removal of exposed substrate material by chemical reaction or reactive or physical bombardment, including plate etching for printmaking; it owns the etching operation and its resulting surface features, rather than an etchant substance or a finished print.", "in_scope": [ "Substrate composition, surface condition and intended removal region", "Etching mechanism and compatibility between substrate, etchant and process conditions", "Pattern transfer through masks or resists, including intentional unmasked etching", "Removal depth, rate, selectivity, lateral attack and resulting feature geometry", "Endpoint evidence, post-etch residues and acceptance of the etched surface", "Process-specific containment, stopping conditions and waste-stream identification" ], "out_of_scope": [ "Etchant manufacture, substance identity and full chemical hazard dossiers", "Etching-machine design, maintenance and facility engineering", "Mechanical engraving, milling and laser ablation as separate removal processes", "Uncontrolled corrosion during service or storage", "Inking, printing, edition management and interpretation of an etching as an artwork", "Complete manufacture and performance qualification of the larger component" ], "distinguishing_features": [ "An etching operation intentionally removes substrate material from specified exposed regions; depositing a coating or merely changing surface colour does not establish etching.", "The removal mechanism must be recorded: chemical dissolution, reactive plasma and ion-assisted or physical removal need different evidence and controls.", "Etching forms recesses or removes a surface layer without using a cutting edge to trace the final feature, distinguishing it from mechanical engraving.", "A patterned etch transfers exposure boundaries into a substrate; a blanket etch intentionally exposes a whole relevant surface and need not use a mask.", "An etched printing plate is a substrate altered by the process, while an impression printed from that plate is a separate artifact." ], "characteristics": [ { "name": "Intended etching function", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "pattern transfer | blanket removal | surface texturing | printmaking plate preparation | other specified", "why_it_matters": "The intended function determines which removal and surface outcomes count as acceptable." }, { "name": "Substrate and layer stack", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "identified material or multilayer workpiece, with composition and layer thicknesses where relevant", "why_it_matters": "Etching compatibility and breakthrough consequences depend on what is exposed and what lies beneath it." }, { "name": "Removal mechanism", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "wet chemical | reactive dry | physical sputter | combined | unresolved", "why_it_matters": "Mechanism determines which chemical, transport and energy variables need to be controlled." }, { "name": "Exposure pattern", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "mask or resist pattern and revision, or declared blanket exposure", "why_it_matters": "It establishes where removal is intended and which surfaces require protection." }, { "name": "Etchant and operating-condition record", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "identified chemistry and recipe revision with applicable concentration, temperature, pressure, flow and energy settings", "why_it_matters": "A rate or outcome is interpretable only against the conditions under which it was produced." }, { "name": "Removed depth", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "nm, µm or mm, with measurement location, method and uncertainty", "why_it_matters": "It establishes progress toward the intended recess or layer removal." }, { "name": "Etch rate", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "nm/min or µm/min for a specified material and operating interval", "why_it_matters": "It supports time estimates while exposing drift and differences between materials or locations." }, { "name": "Etch selectivity", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "dimensionless removal-rate ratio, with numerator and denominator materials explicitly named", "why_it_matters": "It indicates whether the target can be removed while preserving a mask or neighbouring layer." }, { "name": "Lateral undercut", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "nm or µm of lateral removal beneath a mask edge", "why_it_matters": "Undercut can change line width, weaken features and invalidate pattern dimensions." }, { "name": "Surface and feature acceptance", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "unmeasured | within specified limits | outside specified limits | indeterminate", "why_it_matters": "Completion requires evidence about the resulting surface and geometry, not just elapsed processing time." }, { "name": "Endpoint status", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "not started | removal active | endpoint indicated | stopped | endpoint verified | indeterminate", "why_it_matters": "A signal to stop and confirmation of successful removal are distinct states." } ], "affordances": [ "Compare candidate etching routes against substrate compatibility, feature requirements and available controls.", "Identify regions requiring resist protection and assess whether the proposed mask can survive the intended removal.", "Estimate a processing interval from measured rates under matching conditions, retaining uncertainty.", "Track endpoint evidence and flag undercut, breakthrough or mask failure for review.", "Compare measured depth, geometry and surface condition with explicit acceptance limits.", "Identify missing containment, stopping, residue-removal or waste-handling information before execution." ] }, "sources": [], "structure": { "bundles": [ { "id": "substrate-removal-mechanism", "name": "Substrate and removal mechanism", "description": "Establish what material is deliberately removed and how the selected etching route removes it.", "rationale": "The word etching alone does not identify a compatible process or distinguish the operation from its products.", "layers": [ { "id": "etching-sense-and-target", "name": "Etching sense and target", "description": "Resolve the process sense and identify the removal target within the workpiece.", "findings": [ { "id": "target-material-boundary", "name": "Target material boundary", "description": "Record the workpiece, target material and intended function without treating the etchant or printed impression as the etching operation.", "questions": [ { "text": "Does this registry entry denote a material-removal process, an etched plate or a printed artwork?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "target-material-boundary-q01" }, { "text": "Which surface or layer is intended to be removed, and which underlying or adjacent materials must remain?", "kind": "definition", "id": "target-material-boundary-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "mechanism-and-compatibility", "name": "Mechanism and compatibility", "description": "Connect the proposed removal mechanism to evidence for the actual substrate.", "findings": [ { "id": "supported-material-process-pair", "name": "Supported material-process pair", "description": "Require evidence for the proposed chemistry or bombardment process on the specified material and surface condition.", "questions": [ { "text": "What reaction or physical interaction is expected to remove this substrate?", "kind": "definition", "id": "supported-material-process-pair-q01" }, { "text": "What experiment, process record or technical source supports compatibility with this composition and layer stack?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "supported-material-process-pair-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "exposure-and-pattern-transfer", "name": "Exposure and pattern transfer", "description": "Describe how intended removal regions are exposed and how protection survives the etch.", "rationale": "Etched geometry depends on both exposure boundaries and the behaviour of the mask or resist during removal.", "layers": [ { "id": "exposure-definition", "name": "Exposure definition", "description": "Specify patterned or blanket exposure and the surfaces requiring protection.", "findings": [ { "id": "exposed-and-protected-regions", "name": "Exposed and protected regions", "description": "Tie removal intent to an identifiable pattern or an explicit whole-surface treatment.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which regions, edges and reverse surfaces are exposed, and is that exposure intentional?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "exposed-and-protected-regions-q01" }, { "text": "Which pattern revision or blanket-removal specification defines the intended exposure?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "exposed-and-protected-regions-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "mask-survival", "name": "Mask survival", "description": "Assess resist erosion, adhesion and unintended openings when masking is used.", "findings": [ { "id": "protection-margin", "name": "Protection margin", "description": "Record whether mask thickness and integrity are adequate for the intended substrate removal.", "questions": [ { "text": "What mask thickness and target-to-mask selectivity support the required etch depth?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "protection-margin-q01" }, { "text": "What evidence of pinholes, lifting or mask erosion requires stopping or rejecting the operation?", "kind": "action", "id": "protection-margin-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "removal-control-and-geometry", "name": "Removal control and geometry", "description": "Relate operating conditions and endpoint evidence to depth, profile and dimensional fidelity.", "rationale": "Elapsed time alone cannot establish acceptable removal, especially where rates vary or lateral attack matters.", "layers": [ { "id": "kinetics-and-endpoint", "name": "Kinetics and endpoint", "description": "Capture condition-dependent removal rates and the evidence used to stop etching.", "findings": [ { "id": "rate-and-stop-evidence", "name": "Rate and stop evidence", "description": "Connect processing duration to measured rates and a defined endpoint criterion.", "questions": [ { "text": "What removal rate and spatial variation were measured under conditions representative of this operation?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "rate-and-stop-evidence-q01" }, { "text": "What observation or measurement triggers stopping, and how is the endpoint subsequently verified?", "kind": "action", "id": "rate-and-stop-evidence-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "profile-and-dimensional-fidelity", "name": "Profile and dimensional fidelity", "description": "Evaluate vertical removal, lateral attack and variation across features.", "findings": [ { "id": "etched-feature-envelope", "name": "Etched feature envelope", "description": "Describe the achieved recess and its deviations from the intended geometry.", "questions": [ { "text": "What depth, width, undercut and sidewall profile were measured, and at which locations?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "etched-feature-envelope-q01" }, { "text": "Which dimensional limits distinguish acceptable features from excessive lateral removal, incomplete clearing or breakthrough?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "etched-feature-envelope-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "post-etch-condition-and-handling", "name": "Post-etch condition and handling", "description": "Establish whether removal has ceased and whether the resulting surface and process outputs can be handled appropriately.", "rationale": "Reaching the intended depth does not establish a usable surface or resolve remaining reactive material and waste.", "layers": [ { "id": "surface-release", "name": "Surface release", "description": "Assess residues, retained mask and surface damage against the intended next use.", "findings": [ { "id": "post-etch-surface-evidence", "name": "Post-etch surface evidence", "description": "Record the final surface state and distinguish intended texture from defects or contamination.", "questions": [ { "text": "What measurements or inspections establish residual mask, reaction products, roughness and unintended surface damage?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "post-etch-surface-evidence-q01" }, { "text": "What verified post-etch treatment and acceptance evidence are required before printing, coating or further fabrication?", "kind": "action", "id": "post-etch-surface-evidence-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "reactive-process-boundaries", "name": "Reactive process boundaries", "description": "Connect the actual etching route to validated containment, cessation and waste-handling requirements.", "findings": [ { "id": "controlled-cessation-and-outputs", "name": "Controlled cessation and outputs", "description": "Identify how removal is safely stopped and how spent chemistry, removed substrate and other outputs are classified.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which validated procedure defines containment, stopping and abnormal-condition responses for this exact process?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "controlled-cessation-and-outputs-q01" }, { "text": "Which outputs contain etchant, dissolved substrate, particles or reaction products, and what approved handling route applies to each?", "kind": "action", "id": "controlled-cessation-and-outputs-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 supplies no sense. This description covers the material-removal process; the word also denotes an intaglio printmaking technique and a resulting print.", "The supplied material-domain classification should be checked: etching is a process, not a chemical substance, and has no single CAS number, composition or set of physical constants.", "Specific standards, exposure limits and operating ranges require a defined substrate, etchant, application and jurisdiction; none are asserted here." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-confidence-notes-q01", "text": "Which of these check these first hold for the sense of etching 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": [ "Wet chemical etching", "Plasma etching", "Reactive-ion etching", "Electrochemical etching", "Photochemical etching", "Acid etching for intaglio printmaking" ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-kinds-q01", "text": "Which of these kinds and varieties hold for the sense of etching 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": [ "Patterning semiconductor materials during microelectronic fabrication", "Removing unwanted copper when manufacturing printed circuit boards", "Producing recessed lines in metal plates for intaglio printing", "Revealing grain boundaries and phases during metallographic examination", "Texturing or frosting glass surfaces" ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-real-world-use-q01", "text": "Which of these real-world use hold for the sense of etching 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": "Etch depth", "typical_range": "Application-dependent; no single representative range", "unit": "nm or µm" }, { "quantity": "Etch rate", "typical_range": "Depends on substrate, etchant and process conditions", "unit": "nm/min or µm/min" }, { "quantity": "Etch selectivity", "typical_range": "Ratio of the removal rates of two specified materials", "unit": "dimensionless" }, { "quantity": "Lateral undercut", "typical_range": "Depends on directional behaviour, mask geometry and etch duration", "unit": "nm or µm" } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-measurements-q01", "text": "Which of these typical measurements hold for the sense of etching 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": [ "Overetching or underetching causes incorrect dimensions or incomplete material removal.", "Lateral undercut removes material beneath a mask and compromises feature geometry.", "Mask defects, poor adhesion or contamination cause unintended attack and nonuniform patterns.", "Depending on the chemistry, etchants can cause severe chemical burns or toxic exposure; hydrofluoric acid presents particularly serious systemic toxicity.", "Plasma processing can damage sensitive surfaces, while spent etchants can contain hazardous dissolved materials." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards-q01", "text": "Which of these failure modes and hazards hold for the sense of etching 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": "Engraving", "difference": "Engraving typically cuts grooves directly with a tool; etching removes material through chemical or plasma-based action." }, { "name": "Corrosion", "difference": "Corrosion describes material degradation through interaction with its environment; etching deliberately controls such removal to obtain a desired surface or geometry." }, { "name": "Lithography", "difference": "In microfabrication, lithography defines a pattern in a sensitive layer; etching can subsequently transfer that pattern into underlying material." }, { "name": "Etchant", "difference": "An etchant is the substance or mixture used to remove material; etching is the process." }, { "name": "Etching print", "difference": "An etching print is an artwork printed from an etched plate; it is an output of the process rather than the process itself." } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-neighbours-q01", "text": "Which of these neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart hold for the sense of etching this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] } ] } ] } ] }, "openQuestions": [ "Does vr.tr.etching intend the manufacturing process, the printmaking technique or a physical print, given its PHY / PHY.MAT placement and missing definition?", "Does an existing Vercy world model already cover the intended sense, requiring a registry link instead of a separate model?", "Should physical sputter etching fall within this entry, or should the local registry reserve etching for chemically mediated removal?", "Which substrate families and applications are actually represented, and which require additional layers for crystallographic effects, feature-dependent rates or plasma damage?", "Which authoritative process records and measurement methods will establish application-specific acceptance limits and handling requirements?" ], "statistics": { "bundles": 5, "layers": 9, "findings": 14, "questions": 22 } }, "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 etching, record what state it is in, and decide what may be done with it.", "whatItIs": "Enable an agent to identify an etching process, assess its material-removal state and suitability, and determine which operations require further evidence or authorization.", "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: soft-ground etching technique, etching plate, fluor-etching, Etching on iron, Zinkätzung, aquatint, Suger-lift, Spit-bite, lift-ground etching.", "9 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 etching, 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": [ "soft-ground etching technique", "etching plate", "fluor-etching", "Etching on iron", "Zinkätzung", "aquatint", "Suger-lift", "Spit-bite", "lift-ground etching" ] } ], "standing": "Described in 74 Wikipedia languages, which measures how widely it is written about rather than how important or how common it is. 9 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 etching from another, and a etching 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 etching, 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 etching, 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 etching 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 etching, 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 etching, 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 etching 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 etching 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 etching, 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 etching, 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 etching 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 etching from the things most often confused with it.", "questions": [ { "id": "distinguishing-features-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes what distinguishes a etching, 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 etching, 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 etching 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 etching 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 etching, 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 etching, 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 etching 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 etching is built from and which parts are replaceable.", "questions": [ { "id": "parts-and-materials-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the composition of a etching, 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 etching, 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 etching 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 etching is judged and by whom.", "questions": [ { "id": "condition-assessment-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the condition of a etching, 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 etching, 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 etching 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 etching 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 etching is, and what that position is measured against.", "questions": [ { "id": "position-and-frame-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the location of a etching, 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 etching, 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 etching 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 etching 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 etching, 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 etching, 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 etching 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 etching 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 etching between them.", "questions": [ { "id": "stages-and-transitions-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the lifecycle of a etching, 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 etching, 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 etching 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 etching, how often and by whom.", "findings": [ { "id": "observation-record", "name": "Observation record", "description": "How an observation of a etching 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 etching, 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 etching, 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 etching 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 etching 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 etching is for, and what it is used for anyway.", "findings": [ { "id": "function-and-purpose", "name": "Function, purpose and misuse", "description": "The function a etching performs and the uses that fall outside it.", "questions": [ { "id": "function-and-purpose-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the use of a etching, 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 etching, 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 etching 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 etching.", "findings": [ { "id": "procedures-and-skills", "name": "Procedures, skills and required tools", "description": "What an agent needs before it can act on a etching at all.", "questions": [ { "id": "procedures-and-skills-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes handling a etching, 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 etching, 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 etching 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 etching there is and how fast it goes.", "questions": [ { "id": "consumption-and-stock-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the supply of a etching, 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 etching, 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 etching 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 etching 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 etching 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 etching 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 etching 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 etching, 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 etching 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 etching 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 etching 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 etching, 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 etching 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 etching and how confident it is.", "questions": [ { "id": "claim-provenance-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes a claim about a etching, 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 etching, 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 etching 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 etching is retired without being erased.", "questions": [ { "id": "validity-and-supersession-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the validity of a claim about a etching, 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 etching, 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 etching 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 } } } }