{ "model": { "rank": 6850, "code": "thing-q188475", "model_id": "vr.tr.limousine", "name": "limousine", "purpose": "Enable an AI agent to recognise a limousine, assess its passenger accommodation and operating condition, and determine suitable uses and necessary checks.", "family": "Thing Registry", "category": "Physical world and living systems", "status": "research-draft", "kind": "thing", "plane": "PHY", "domain": "PHY.OBJ", "industry": "", "version": "", "url": "/models/thing/q188475/", "tier": 2, "score": 58, "payload": { "layer": "wikidata", "aliases": [ "Miami Limo Service", "Car Service Fort Lauderdale", "Toyota Century", "American Dream", "ZIS-110", "Cadillac Presidential Limousine", "ZIS-115" ], "aliasCount": 7, "merged": 7, "knownIn": 58, "facets": null, "markers": [], "lexicalClass": "", "senseRank": null, "alsoRegisteredAs": null, "source": { "dataset": "wikidata", "item": "Q188475", "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q188475", "license": "CC0 1.0" } }, "research": { "vercy": "1.0-draft", "publication": { "status": "research-draft", "adjudicationStatus": "unreviewed", "publishableCanonical": false, "generatedAt": "2026-09-09T23:38:12Z", "providers": [ "Codex" ], "breadth": "recalled by Codex without web access - no source was read", "missingProviders": [], "pass": 2, "cost": { "grok": { "seconds": 22.5, "error": "Reading additional input from stdin...\nOpenAI Codex v0.153.4\n--------\nworkdir: R:\\02_PROJECTS\\02_Meta_Models_Platforms\\Ver.cy\\current\\thing-registry-backlog\nmodel: gpt-6-astra\nprovider: openai\napproval: never\nsandbox: read-only\nreasoning effort: none\nreasoning summaries: none\nsession id: 01a08888-57e0-7042-acb1-e545d07ce4e2\n--------\nuser\nDescribe what is already known about one registered thing. 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diplomatic and other events served by the vehicle", "Separate vehicle kinds such as party buses and executive vans, subject to boundary research" ], "distinguishing_features": [ "Examine the relationship between driver and rear passenger compartments, including any partition; establish whether this supports the applicable limousine definition rather than treating luxury trim alone as decisive.", "Check for deliberate rear-passenger accommodation associated with chauffeur use; chauffeur operation by itself does not settle whether a vehicle belongs to this kind.", "Distinguish a stretch limousine through documented or observable body and wheelbase extension; do not assume every limousine is stretched.", "Compare the underlying body configuration with buses and vans marketed as limousines, recording any conflict between commercial naming and physical classification." ], "characteristics": [ { "name": "Limousine classification basis", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "documented body 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partition | movable partition | no partition | unknown", "why_it_matters": "Describes privacy, communication and compartment arrangement without assuming a universal feature." }, { "name": "Travel seating configuration", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "Seat count, orientation and restraint provision for each designated travel position", "why_it_matters": "Distinguishes usable travel positions from lounge furniture or advertised capacity." }, { "name": "Documented passenger capacity", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Persons, excluding driver; document basis recorded separately", "why_it_matters": "Provides an evidenced occupancy limit for the completed vehicle." }, { "name": "Load allowance for proposed trip", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "kg, assessed against documented vehicle and axle limits", "why_it_matters": "Passenger numbers alone do not establish whether luggage and fitted amenities can be carried." }, { "name": "Passenger access arrangement", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "Door locations, steps, aisle arrangement and any boarding assistance equipment", "why_it_matters": "Determines who can board, reach a seat and leave the passenger compartment." }, { "name": "Conversion-sensitive inspection status", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "documented current assessment | assessment due | defect recorded | evidence missing", "why_it_matters": "Makes unresolved structural, restraint and system-integration concerns visible." } ], "affordances": [ "Classify a candidate vehicle using body configuration and documentary evidence.", "Match passenger numbers, mobility needs and luggage to the documented accommodation.", "Assess a proposed pickup point, route and parking location against vehicle dimensions.", "Identify conversion records and inspections needed before judging operating readiness.", "Check passenger-compartment access, communication and fitted amenities before a trip." ] }, "sources": [], "structure": { "bundles": [ { "id": "limousine-identity", "name": "Limousine identity", "description": "Establishes what makes the candidate vehicle a limousine and which neighbouring vehicle kind it inherits from.", "rationale": "Limousine can describe a body configuration or a marketed transport service, so recognition requires an explicit basis.", "layers": [ { "id": "classification-evidence", "name": "Classification evidence", "description": "Connects the proposed classification to observable configuration and documentation.", "findings": [ { "id": "body-versus-service-name", "name": "Body versus service name", "description": "Record whether limousine denotes the physical vehicle kind, a documented designation or only the service under which it operates.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which physical features and documents support calling this vehicle a limousine?", "kind": "definition", "id": "body-versus-service-name-q01" }, { "text": "Would the vehicle still qualify if its hire-service branding were removed?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "body-versus-service-name-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "variant-boundaries", "name": "Variant boundaries", "description": "Distinguishes stretch configurations and disputed neighbouring forms without creating unsupported registry splits.", "findings": [ { "id": "stretch-and-neighbouring-forms", "name": "Stretch and neighbouring forms", "description": "Represent extension and underlying body form as distinctions within the assessment, with unresolved classification recorded explicitly.", "questions": [ { "text": "Is the vehicle an original limousine design, an extended donor vehicle or an unstretched vehicle described as a limousine?", "kind": "definition", "id": "stretch-and-neighbouring-forms-q01" }, { "text": "Where should this model draw the boundary with luxury sedans, executive vans and party buses?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "stretch-and-neighbouring-forms-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "construction-and-conversion", "name": "Construction and conversion", "description": "Tracks the completed limousine's origin and any changes to its body, running gear and installed systems.", "rationale": "A donor vehicle's specifications may not describe the dimensions, loads or systems of the completed limousine.", "layers": [ { "id": "build-lineage", "name": "Build lineage", "description": "Identifies original construction and subsequent conversion work.", "findings": [ { "id": "completed-vehicle-record", "name": "Completed vehicle record", "description": "Connect the current configuration to its manufacturer or converter and distinguish original specifications from later changes.", "questions": [ { "text": "Who built or converted the limousine, and which records describe its completed configuration?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "completed-vehicle-record-q01" }, { "text": "Which dimensions, seating arrangements and load ratings changed from the original vehicle?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "completed-vehicle-record-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "adaptation-integrity", "name": "Adaptation integrity", "description": "Examines evidence relevant to body extension and added passenger equipment.", "findings": [ { "id": "conversion-sensitive-systems", "name": "Conversion-sensitive systems", "description": "Identify modified structural sections, seat mountings, wiring and other systems whose condition cannot be inferred from donor-vehicle documentation.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which structural and installed systems were altered, and what evidence supports their suitability in the completed vehicle?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "conversion-sensitive-systems-q01" }, { "text": "Which observed defects or missing assessments require specialist inspection before use?", "kind": "action", "id": "conversion-sensitive-systems-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "passenger-compartment", "name": "Passenger compartment", "description": "Models travel seating, boarding and the relationship between passengers and the driver.", "rationale": "Rear-passenger accommodation is central to limousine use and may differ substantially from the underlying automobile.", "layers": [ { "id": "seating-and-access", "name": "Seating and access", "description": "Relates designated travel positions to practical boarding and movement through the cabin.", "findings": [ { "id": "usable-passenger-places", "name": "Usable passenger places", "description": "Assess each travel position through its documented status, orientation, restraint and access path rather than relying on advertised occupancy.", "questions": [ { "text": "How many documented travel positions exist, and what seat orientation and restraint provision does each have?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "usable-passenger-places-q01" }, { "text": "Can the intended passengers board and reach suitable seats using the available doors, steps and assistance equipment?", "kind": "action", "id": "usable-passenger-places-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "privacy-and-communication", "name": "Privacy and 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"layers": [ { "id": "manoeuvring-and-clearance", "name": "Manoeuvring and clearance", "description": "Assesses access to streets, entrances, ramps and pickup areas.", "findings": [ { "id": "route-fit", "name": "Route fit", "description": "Use actual dimensions and supported manoeuvring information to assess turns, overhang clearance and changes in road gradient.", "questions": [ { "text": "What are the completed vehicle's dimensions, ground clearance and documented turning requirements?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "route-fit-q01" }, { "text": "Can the planned route and pickup location accommodate its turns, overhangs and ramp transitions?", "kind": "action", "id": "route-fit-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "occupancy-and-payload", "name": "Occupancy and payload", "description": "Combines passengers, luggage and fitted equipment into a trip-specific loading assessment.", "findings": [ { "id": "loaded-configuration", "name": "Loaded configuration", "description": "Assess the proposed load against the completed vehicle's documented seating, mass and axle constraints.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which completed-vehicle records establish passenger, total mass and axle limits?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "loaded-configuration-q01" }, { "text": "Does the proposed distribution of passengers, luggage and supplies remain within those limits?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "loaded-configuration-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "passenger-service-readiness", "name": "Passenger service readiness", "description": "Assesses limousine-specific cabin systems, exit arrangements and evidence needed for a readiness decision.", "rationale": "An operable powertrain alone does not establish that an adapted passenger compartment is ready for its intended occupants.", "layers": [ { "id": "cabin-systems", "name": "Cabin systems", "description": "Covers rear-compartment climate control, lighting and installed amenities that affect passenger use.", "findings": [ { "id": "amenity-condition", "name": "Amenity condition", "description": "Record the condition and secure installation of fitted passenger equipment and distinguish essential functions from optional amenities.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which rear-compartment systems are fitted, and which are necessary for the proposed passengers and conditions?", "kind": "definition", "id": "amenity-condition-q01" }, { "text": "Do failed climate controls, unsecured fittings or faulty added electrical equipment require repair or a change of trip plan?", "kind": "action", "id": "amenity-condition-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "exit-and-readiness-evidence", "name": "Exit and readiness evidence", "description": "Connects compartment layout, exit operation and applicable inspection evidence.", "findings": [ { "id": "passenger-release-and-assessment", "name": "Passenger release and assessment", "description": "Determine how occupants can leave the configured cabin and whether relevant documentation addresses the vehicle as currently built and used.", "questions": [ { "text": "Can occupants reach and operate the available exits with the current seating and partition arrangement?", "kind": "action", "id": "passenger-release-and-assessment-q01" }, { "text": "Which jurisdiction-specific approval and inspection records apply to this completed configuration and intended use?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "passenger-release-and-assessment-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 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"Group transport for celebrations and hospitality" ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-real-world-use-q01", "text": "Which of these real-world use hold for the sense of limousine 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": [ "Lengthening conversions can compromise structural integrity if reinforcement and joining are inadequate.", "Added bodywork, equipment and occupants can overload axles, tyres, suspension or brakes.", "Long wheelbases and large rear overhangs complicate turning, clearance and manoeuvring.", "Passenger layouts and restraint arrangements can affect crash protection.", "Restricted exits and crowded interiors can impede evacuation after a collision or fire." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards-q01", "text": "Which of these failure 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"knowledge time" ] }, { "id": "preferred-name-and-aliases-q03", "text": "What may an agent decide or do once the name of a limousine 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 limousine, 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 limousine, 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 limousine 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 limousine 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 limousine, 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 limousine, by which method, and when was it 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"authority", "method", "evidence", "event time", "knowledge time" ] }, { "id": "distinguishing-features-q03", "text": "What may an agent decide or do once what distinguishes a limousine 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 limousine 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 limousine, 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 limousine, 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 limousine 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 limousine is built from and which parts are replaceable.", "questions": [ { "id": "parts-and-materials-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the composition of a limousine, 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 limousine, 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 limousine 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 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limousine, 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 limousine 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 limousine 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 limousine, 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 limousine, 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 limousine 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 limousine 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 limousine between them.", "questions": [ { "id": "stages-and-transitions-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the lifecycle of a limousine, 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 limousine, 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 limousine 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 limousine, how often and by whom.", "findings": [ { "id": "observation-record", "name": "Observation record", "description": "How an observation of a limousine 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 limousine, 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 limousine, 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 limousine is known, and what must it refuse?", "kind": "action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "function-and-principle", "name": "Function and operating principle", "description": "What limousine is for and how it achieves it.", "rationale": "Two devices with the same name can work on different principles, and the principle is what predicts failure and constrains use.", "layers": [ { "id": "intended-function", "name": "Intended function", "description": "The job it does, and the jobs it is used for anyway.", "findings": [ { "id": "function-record", "name": "Function, principle and variants", "description": "What it does, how, and which variants do it differently.", "questions": [ { "id": "function-record-q01", "text": "What function does limousine perform, on what operating principle, and which variants differ in that principle?", "kind": "definition" }, { "id": "function-record-q02", "text": "What use falls outside the intended function but happens in practice?", "kind": "boundary" } ] } ] }, { "id": "capacity-and-rating", "name": "Capacity and rating", "description": "The numbers that say what it can do and where it stops.", "findings": [ { "id": "ratings", "name": "Ratings and their conditions", "description": "Rated capacity, power, throughput and the conditions each assumes.", "questions": [ { "id": "ratings-q01", "text": "What ratings characterise limousine, in what units, and under what stated conditions?", "kind": "measurement" }, { "id": "ratings-q02", "text": "What happens beyond the rating - degradation, refusal, damage - and how is that detected?", "kind": "action" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "operation-and-state", "name": "Operation, controls and state", "description": "How limousine is operated and what state it is in right now.", "rationale": "An agent acting on a device needs its current state and the controls that change it, not just its specification.", "layers": [ { "id": "controls-and-modes", "name": "Controls and modes", "description": "What can be set, what that changes, and what is interlocked.", "findings": [ { "id": "control-surface", "name": "Control surface and interlocks", "description": "The settings available and the conditions that block them.", "questions": [ { "id": "control-surface-q01", "text": "What controls and modes does limousine have, and what does each change?", "kind": "definition" }, { "id": "control-surface-q02", "text": "Which actions are interlocked or forbidden in which state, and what must be true before acting?", "kind": "action" } ] } ] }, { "id": "condition-and-maintenance", "name": "Condition and maintenance", "description": "Wear, service intervals, consumables and the line between working and broken.", "findings": [ { "id": "service-record", "name": "Condition, service and consumables", "description": "What is consumed, what is serviced, and how condition is judged.", "questions": [ { "id": "service-record-q01", "text": "What consumables and service does limousine need, at what interval, and on whose authority?", "kind": "measurement" }, { "id": "service-record-q02", "text": "What evidence separates a unit that is working from one that is out of service?", "kind": "boundary" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "kind-model-unit", "name": "Kind, model and unit", "description": "Whether a claim about limousine is about the kind, a product line, or one physical unit.", "rationale": "This is the boundary most often got wrong for made things, and getting it wrong mixes a catalogue entry with the machine in the yard.", "layers": [ { "id": "level-of-reference", "name": "Level of reference", "description": "The three levels and what belongs at each.", "findings": [ { "id": "level-rules", "name": "What belongs to kind, model and unit", "description": "Which properties are shared by all of them and which are not.", "questions": [ { "id": "level-rules-q01", "text": "Which facts about limousine hold for every one of them, which for a model, and which only for one unit?", "kind": "boundary" }, { "id": "level-rules-q02", "text": "What identifies an individual unit, and what should an agent do when it has only the kind?", "kind": "action" } ] } ] }, { "id": "standards-and-conformity", "name": "Standards and conformity", "description": "The standards a working example must meet and who attests it.", "findings": [ { "id": "conformity", "name": "Standards, marks and attestation", "description": "Which standard applies, who certifies, and what the mark means.", "questions": [ { "id": "conformity-q01", "text": "Which standards govern limousine, issued by whom, and what does conformity actually assert?", "kind": "provenance" }, { "id": "conformity-q02", "text": "What may an agent conclude from a certification mark, and what may it not?", "kind": "boundary" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "provenance-and-evidence", "name": "Provenance, evidence and time", "description": "Where every claim about a limousine came from and when it held.", "rationale": "A claim without a source and a time cannot be superseded, only overwritten, 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a limousine 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 limousine is retired without being erased.", "questions": [ { "id": "validity-and-supersession-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the validity of a claim about a limousine, 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 limousine, 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 limousine is known, and what must it refuse?", "kind": "action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] } ] } ] } ] }, "statistics": { "bundles": 8, "layers": 17, "findings": 19, "questions": 51 } } } }