{ "model": { "rank": 6355, "code": "thing-q192757", "model_id": "vr.tr.t-90", "name": "T-90", "purpose": "Enable an AI agent to recognise a registered T-90 tank, assess its documented configuration and physical condition, and determine permitted inspection, custody, maintenance or preservation actions.", "family": "Thing Registry", "category": "Physical world and living systems", "status": "research-draft", "kind": "thing", "plane": "PHY", "domain": "PHY.OBJ", "industry": "", "version": "", "url": "/models/thing/q192757/", "tier": 2, "score": 61, "payload": { "layer": "wikidata", "aliases": [ "Bhishma tank" ], "aliasCount": 1, "merged": 1, "knownIn": 61, "facets": null, "markers": [], "lexicalClass": "", "senseRank": null, "alsoRegisteredAs": null, "source": { "dataset": "wikidata", "item": "Q192757", "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q192757", "license": "CC0 1.0" } }, "research": { "vercy": "1.0-draft", "publication": { "status": "research-draft", "adjudicationStatus": "unreviewed", "publishableCanonical": false, "generatedAt": "2026-09-07T13:58:04Z", "providers": [ "Codex", "Grok" ], "missingProviders": [], "pass": 2, "cost": { "grok": { "usd": 0.00862648, "turns": 1, "seconds": 77.2, "error": null }, "codex": { "seconds": 81.6, "error": "Reading additional input from stdin...\nOpenAI Codex v0.153.3\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: 01a07c28-091e-7260-a1d0-ae7e86e229dc\n--------\nuser\nYou are drafting a Vercy meta-model for one registered thing. 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the Shtora-1 or Kalina fire-control suite, first accepted by the Russian Army in 1992.", "scope_statement": "This draft interprets T-90 as the main battle tank family and owns the identity, configuration, condition and handling constraints of an individual vehicle; the intended registry meaning and included variants require confirmation.", "in_scope": [ "Vehicle identity and evidence supporting attribution to the T-90 family", "Variant, production configuration and subsequent modifications", "Condition of the hull, turret, mobility systems and installed equipment", "Presence and documented safety status of armament, ammunition and protective systems", "Custody, maintenance history and restrictions on movement, inspection or preservation" ], "out_of_scope": [ "Crew competence, personnel assignments and individual health", "Military unit organisation, deployment plans and combat tactics", "Target selection, weapon employment and firing procedures", "Design and manufacture of ammunition or armour", "Transporter vehicles, repair facilities and supply-chain organisations as independent things" ], "distinguishing_features": [ "Require identification plates, serial records or authoritative provenance to support T-90 attribution; a seller's label or photograph alone leaves identity provisional.", "When distinguishing a suspected T-90 from a T-72 or T-80, compare the combined hull, running gear, turret and installed equipment against a sourced reference for the candidate configuration.", "For a claimed T-90 variant, test whether its documented designation agrees with the observed turret configuration, sight housings and protection fit; record contradictions explicitly.", "Distinguish an original production configuration from a later rebuild or conversion through dated records and component evidence.", "Distinguish a complete vehicle from a display shell, training article or parts assembly by recording retained assemblies and documented demilitarisation status." ], "characteristics": [ { "name": "T-90 attribution confidence", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "confirmed | supported | provisional | disputed | unknown", "why_it_matters": "Prevents resemblance or an unsupported designation from becoming accepted identity." }, { "name": "Documented variant designation", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "verbatim designation with source; unknown permitted", "why_it_matters": "Determines which configuration references and maintenance documentation may apply." }, { "name": "Hull and turret identity relationship", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "identified hull linked to identified turret; original pairing | replacement | unknown", "why_it_matters": "A replacement turret can make appearance diverge from the vehicle's original configuration." }, { "name": "Installed configuration", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "dated, evidenced inventory of mobility, armament, sighting, communications and protection assemblies", "why_it_matters": "Family designation alone does not establish what equipment the individual vehicle carries." }, { "name": "Current mass", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "kg, with measurement date, method and loading configuration", "why_it_matters": "Movement and support decisions require the mass of the actual vehicle configuration." }, { "name": "Mobility condition", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "not assessed | immobilised | restricted | assessed serviceable, with evidence and date", "why_it_matters": "Separates visible completeness from an authorised assessment of movement capability." }, { "name": "Energetic equipment status", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "per assembly: present | absent | unknown; safety certification recorded separately", "why_it_matters": "An empty ammunition compartment does not establish the status of every energetic device." }, { "name": "Demilitarisation status", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "undocumented | claimed | documented | independently verified, with scope", "why_it_matters": "A certificate must identify the affected vehicle and assemblies before it can support handling decisions." }, { "name": "Responsible custodian", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "linked organisation or person with dated authority and custody evidence", "why_it_matters": "Establishes who can authorise access, inspection, maintenance or transfer." } ], "affordances": [ "Compare identity evidence with sourced T-90 configuration references and flag unresolved attribution.", "Record installed, removed or replaced assemblies without inferring their functionality from appearance.", "Request qualified inspections for uncertain mobility, structural or energetic-equipment conditions.", "Check whether maintenance documentation applies to the recorded variant and installed assemblies.", "Prepare an evidenced movement, storage or preservation review using actual condition and authorisation records." ] }, "sources": [ { "id": "uvz-t90", "title": "T-90 main battle tank product family", "url": "https://uralvagonzavod.com", "what_it_supports": "Manufacturer identity, Object 188 lineage from T-72, and the T-90 / T-90S / T-90M product split.", "url_status": "live" }, { "id": "janes-t90", "title": "T-90 series main battle tanks", "url": "https://www.janes.com", "what_it_supports": "Service entry 1992, variant chronology (T-90A, T-90M/MS), armament and protection packages used in specialist literature.", "url_status": "live" }, { "id": "wikidata-q192178", "title": "T-90 (Q192178)", "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q192178", "what_it_supports": "Canonical Wikidata item for the tank family and aliases.", "url_status": "live" }, { "id": "mod-india-t90", "title": "T-90S Bhishma induction and licensed production", "url": "https://www.mod.gov.in", "what_it_supports": "Indian licensed production at Heavy Vehicles Factory Avadi and the Bhishma local name.", "url_status": "unverified" } ], "structure": { "bundles": [ { "id": "t-90-identity", "name": "T-90 identity and attribution", "description": "Evidence that this individual vehicle belongs to the registry's intended T-90 concept.", "rationale": "Related tank designs, rebuilds and incomplete examples can produce misleading labels and visual identifications.", "layers": [ { "id": "vehicle-identifiers", "name": "Vehicle identifiers", "description": "Connect physical identifiers to the individual vehicle and its records.", "findings": [ { "id": "hull-identity-evidence", "name": "Hull identity evidence", "description": "Record observed identifiers, their locations, supporting documents and any inconsistencies.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which observed hull identifiers and documents support identification as a T-90?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "hull-identity-evidence-q01" }, { "text": "Do the identifiers agree across the physical vehicle, custody records and configuration documents?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "hull-identity-evidence-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "family-and-variant-attribution", "name": "Family and variant attribution", "description": "Separate T-90 family membership from a more specific variant claim.", "findings": [ { "id": "configuration-supported-designation", "name": "Configuration-supported designation", "description": "Record the claimed designation and the evidence distinguishing it from plausible alternatives.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which sourced combination of hull, running gear, turret and equipment features supports the claimed T-90 designation?", "kind": "definition", "id": "configuration-supported-designation-q01" }, { "text": "Which plausible T-72, T-80 or other T-90 configuration remains unresolved by the available evidence?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "configuration-supported-designation-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "t-90-configuration-history", "name": "T-90 configuration and rebuild history", "description": "The vehicle's production baseline, installed assemblies and subsequent changes.", "rationale": "A T-90 label cannot substitute for knowing which turret, powerpack, sights and protection assemblies are actually installed.", "layers": [ { "id": "production-baseline", "name": "Production baseline", "description": "The evidenced configuration from which the individual vehicle developed.", "findings": [ { "id": "baseline-and-document-applicability", "name": "Baseline and document applicability", "description": "Connect production evidence to configuration references and maintenance document applicability.", "questions": [ { "text": "What records establish the vehicle's manufacturer, production period and original designation?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "baseline-and-document-applicability-q01" }, { "text": "Which technical documents explicitly apply to that baseline and its recorded modifications?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "baseline-and-document-applicability-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "installed-assemblies", "name": "Installed assemblies", "description": "The current assembly inventory and evidence of replacement or retrofit.", "findings": [ { "id": "current-fit-and-substitutions", "name": "Current fit and substitutions", "description": "Track the hull-turret pairing and installed mobility, sighting, communications and protection equipment.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which identified turret, powerpack, sights, communications units and protection assemblies are currently fitted?", "kind": "definition", "id": "current-fit-and-substitutions-q01" }, { "text": "Which replacements, removals or retrofits have dated evidence, and which are inferred only from appearance?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "current-fit-and-substitutions-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "t-90-physical-condition", "name": "T-90 structural and mobility condition", "description": "Observed condition of the armoured vehicle and evidence supporting movement-related decisions.", "rationale": "A complete-looking tracked vehicle may still have structural, running-gear or powertrain defects that constrain handling.", "layers": [ { "id": "hull-turret-and-running-gear", "name": "Hull, turret and running gear", "description": "Condition of major structures and the components that support tracked movement.", "findings": [ { "id": "structural-and-running-gear-assessment", "name": "Structural and running-gear assessment", "description": "Record damage, corrosion, missing components and qualified inspection conclusions.", "questions": [ { "text": "What damage or deterioration is documented on the hull, turret mounting, tracks, road wheels and suspension?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "structural-and-running-gear-assessment-q01" }, { "text": "Which observed defects require qualified assessment before movement or supported display?", "kind": "action", "id": "structural-and-running-gear-assessment-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "powertrain-and-movement-status", "name": "Powertrain and movement status", "description": "Evidence about the fitted powertrain and the vehicle's assessed mobility condition.", "findings": [ { "id": "mobility-evidence-and-limits", "name": "Mobility evidence and limits", "description": "Distinguish an installed engine from an assessed vehicle and preserve the limits of every assessment.", "questions": [ { "text": "What dated inspection or maintenance evidence establishes the condition of the engine, transmission, steering and braking systems?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "mobility-evidence-and-limits-q01" }, { "text": "What movement restrictions has the responsible assessor imposed, and what evidence would be needed to revise them?", "kind": "action", "id": "mobility-evidence-and-limits-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "t-90-armament-and-protection-status", "name": "T-90 armament and protection status", "description": "Presence, identity and documented safety status of armament and protective equipment.", "rationale": "Removed ammunition, disabled armament and inert external fittings are separate claims that require separate evidence.", "layers": [ { "id": "armament-and-ammunition-status", "name": "Armament and ammunition status", "description": "Account for installed armament, associated loading equipment and ammunition presence without providing employment procedures.", "findings": [ { "id": "armament-accountability", "name": "Armament accountability", "description": "Record retained or removed armament assemblies and the scope of any clearance or demilitarisation evidence.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which main and auxiliary armament assemblies and loading-system components remain installed?", "kind": "definition", "id": "armament-accountability-q01" }, { "text": "What qualified records establish ammunition clearance and any disabling or demilitarisation work on those assemblies?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "armament-accountability-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "protective-and-energetic-fittings", "name": "Protective and energetic fittings", "description": "Distinguish installed protection hardware, empty housings, inert substitutes and equipment of unknown status.", "findings": [ { "id": "protection-fit-safety-evidence", "name": "Protection-fit safety evidence", "description": "Record the evidenced status of fitted armour modules, obscurant equipment and other potentially energetic devices.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which fitted protection modules or devices are documented as energetic, inert, empty or of unknown status?", "kind": "definition", "id": "protection-fit-safety-evidence-q01" }, { "text": "Which inspections or handling activities require specialist clearance because a fitted device's status remains unresolved?", "kind": "action", "id": "protection-fit-safety-evidence-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "t-90-custody-and-preservation", "name": "T-90 custody, movement and preservation", "description": "Authority and physical constraints governing the vehicle's present use as an asset, stored vehicle or exhibit.", "rationale": "The same T-90 may pass through operational, storage and museum contexts with different evidence and handling requirements.", "layers": [ { "id": "custody-and-use-status", "name": "Custody and use status", "description": "Connect the identified vehicle to its custodian, declared role and applicable permissions.", "findings": [ { "id": "authorised-use-and-access", "name": "Authorised use and access", "description": "Record who controls access and which activities are permitted for this particular vehicle.", "questions": [ { "text": "Who has documented custody, and is the vehicle held for service, training, storage, restoration, display or another stated purpose?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "authorised-use-and-access-q01" }, { "text": "What documented permissions and restrictions govern entry, inspection, maintenance and transfer?", "kind": "action", "id": "authorised-use-and-access-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "movement-and-conservation-envelope", "name": "Movement and conservation envelope", "description": "Physical evidence needed to review transport, storage and preservation arrangements.", "findings": [ { "id": "actual-configuration-handling-requirements", "name": "Actual-configuration handling requirements", "description": "Use the individual vehicle's measured configuration and assessed condition when preparing handling or conservation reviews.", "questions": [ { "text": "What are the vehicle's measured mass and overall dimensions in its recorded transport or display configuration?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "actual-configuration-handling-requirements-q01" }, { "text": "What qualified requirements address support, securing, leakage, corrosion and retained equipment during movement or storage?", "kind": "action", "id": "actual-configuration-handling-requirements-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-kinds", "name": "Kinds and varieties", "description": "Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.", "evidence": [ "T-90 (Object 188, original production with T-72B hull and cast turret)", "T-90S / T-90SK (export and command-export variants)", "T-90A Vladimir (welded turret, V-92S2 diesel, Russian service from 2004)", "T-90M Proryv-3 (Relikt ERA, 2A46M-5 gun, Kalina FCS, Afghanit-related soft-kill suite on later lots)", "T-90MS / T-90SM (export configuration of the T-90M family)", "T-90S Bhishma / T-90S Bhishma Mk III (Indian licensed assembly at HVF Avadi)", "T-90AK / T-90AKM (command tanks with extra radios and navigation)", "BMPT Terminator and T-90-based engineering vehicles (derived hulls, not gun tanks)" ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-kinds-q01", "text": "Which of these kinds and varieties hold for the sense of T-90 this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-identifiers", "name": "Identifiers and schemes", "description": "Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.", "evidence": [ { "scheme": "Wikidata", "value_or_pattern": "Q192178", "note": "Item for the T-90 tank family." }, { "scheme": "GRAU / OKR object index", "value_or_pattern": "Object 188 (Ob'yekt 188); T-90M often cited as Object 188M", "note": "Soviet/Russian design-bureau object numbers, not a public product SKU." }, { "scheme": "Russian Army designation", "value_or_pattern": "T-90, T-90A, T-90M (Proryv)", "note": "In-service type names; export marks add S/SK/MS." }, { "scheme": "NATO equipment designation", "value_or_pattern": "T-90 (no separate reporting name)", "note": "Treated as a T-72 family descendant in NATO catalogues rather than a unique reporting name." } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-identifiers-q01", "text": "Which of these identifiers and schemes hold for the sense of T-90 this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-standards-and-regulation", "name": "Standards and regulation", "description": "Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.", "evidence": [ "Russian Federation military acceptance and GOST/GJB-style armour-vehicle specs issued via the Ministry of Defence and Rosstandart (type qualification, not a public ISO tank standard).", "UN Register of Conventional Arms and OSCE/Vienna Document reporting: counted as a main battle tank (MBT) over 75 mm gun and above 16.5 t.", "Wassenaar Arrangement Munitions List ML6 (ground vehicles) - dual-use/export-control classification for transfers of T-90S/MS.", "CFE Treaty residual definitions of \"battle tank\" (still used descriptively in arms-control literature even after CFE atrophy).", "Indian defence procurement and DGQA inspection regimes for licensed T-90S Bhishma production at HVF Avadi." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-standards-and-regulation-q01", "text": "Which of these standards and regulation hold for the sense of T-90 this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-real-world-use", "name": "Real-world use", "description": "Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.", "evidence": [ "Front-line MBT of the Russian Ground Forces (T-90A and increasing T-90M lots), used in high-intensity combined-arms assaults and defensive hull-down positions.", "Export combat service: Indian Army strike corps; Algerian, Azerbaijani, Turkmen, Ugandan and Vietnamese inventories of T-90S; Syrian Army T-90A in the civil war from 2015.", "Used as a hull donor for BREM-1M recovery, IMR engineer, and BMPT fire-support derivatives in the same industrial family.", "Encountered in OSINT, treaty reporting, and battlefield loss tallies as a distinct T-72-derived type with welded or cast turret and ERA bricks." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-real-world-use-q01", "text": "Which of these real-world use hold for the sense of T-90 this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-measurements", "name": "Typical measurements", "description": "Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.", "evidence": [ { "quantity": "Combat weight", "typical_range": "46-48 (T-90/T-90A); about 48-51 (T-90M/MS)", "unit": "t" }, { "quantity": "Main gun calibre", "typical_range": "125", "unit": "mm" }, { "quantity": "Crew", "typical_range": "3 (commander, gunner, driver; autoloader in place of a loader)", "unit": "persons" }, { "quantity": "Powerplant output", "typical_range": "840 (V-84) to 1000-1130 (V-92S2 / V-92S2F)", "unit": "hp" }, { "quantity": "Maximum road speed", "typical_range": "60-70", "unit": "km/h" }, { "quantity": "Hull length / length with gun forward", "typical_range": "hull ~6.9; gun forward ~9.5-9.8", "unit": "m" }, { "quantity": "Width / height", "typical_range": "width ~3.8; height ~2.2-2.3", "unit": "m" }, { "quantity": "Ammunition stowage (main gun)", "typical_range": "42-43 rounds, of which 22 in the carousel autoloader", "unit": "rounds" } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-measurements-q01", "text": "Which of these typical measurements hold for the sense of T-90 this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards", "name": "Failure modes and hazards", "description": "Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.", "evidence": [ "Carousel autoloader and hull ammunition cook-off if the fighting compartment is penetrated, producing turret throw and catastrophic loss (shared T-72-family hazard, reduced but not eliminated on T-90M with extra blow-off and Relikt).", "ERA and Shtora dazzlers are less effective against tandem-warhead ATGMs, top-attack munitions (Javelin, NLAW, FPV drones) and APFSDS from later 120/125 mm guns.", "High silhouette of the turret bustle and thermal signature of the exhaust make the type detectable by UAV ISR.", "Mine and IED underbelly attack; limited mine-protection compared with Western MBTs fitted with V-hull kits.", "Export and captured examples create proliferation and reverse-engineering risk; depleted-uranium or tungsten APFSDS and ATGM inventory are additional range-safety and EOD hazards." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards-q01", "text": "Which of these failure modes and hazards hold for the sense of T-90 this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-regional-variation", "name": "Regional variation", "description": "Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.", "evidence": [ "Russia uses T-90 / T-90A / T-90M (Proryv) nomenclature; export customers see T-90S and T-90MS.", "India officially designates licensed tanks T-90S Bhishma (later Mk III upgrades), assembled at HVF Avadi with local fire-control and radio fits.", "NATO and OSINT sources often gloss all marks as \"T-90\" without distinguishing A from M, which mis-states protection and FCS generation.", "Some Middle Eastern reporting conflates T-90A (welded turret, no Relikt) with T-90M after 2022 footage of both types in Ukraine." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-regional-variation-q01", "text": "Which of these regional variation hold for the sense of T-90 this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-neighbours", "name": "Neighbouring kinds and how to tell them 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earlier welded turret without Relikt tiles." }, { "name": "Type 99 / VT-4 (Chinese MBTs)", "difference": "Chinese 125 mm MBTs share the autoloader concept but are indigenous hulls; they lack Shtora TShU-1-7 dazzler boxes and Russian Relikt brick geometry." } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-neighbours-q01", "text": "Which of these neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart hold for the sense of T-90 this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] } ] } ] } ] }, "openQuestions": [ "Does registry entry vr.tr.t-90 denote the T-90 tank family, a particular variant, or a different thing sharing the name?", "Which variants, export designations and rebuilds belong within this entry, and which are already covered by neighbouring registry entries?", "Does an existing Vercy world model already own this concept, requiring a registry link instead of another publication?", "Which authoritative references can establish variant recognition criteria and technical-document 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Applied to this entry by rule. No source was read for this thing and no claim here is researched. This entry carries no facets of its own, so they were inferred from its domain - a guess about a whole domain applied to one thing.", "facetsInferred": true, "nextPass": "A researcher replaces this draft with a sourced specification. Treat every sentence below as a proposal to argue with.", "purpose": "Give an agent a durable, checkable way to recognise a T-90, record what state it is in, and decide what may be done with it.", "whatItIs": "Enable an AI agent to recognise a registered T-90 tank, assess its documented configuration and physical condition, and determine permitted inspection, custody, maintenance or preservation actions.", "characteristics": { "substance": "material", "origin": "manufactured", "agency": "inert", "mobility": "varies" }, "whatYouCanDoWithIt": [ "observed and measured" ], "distinguishingFeatures": [ "Names folded into this entry, which a task may need to split apart again: Bhishma tank.", "1 finer distinctions are held as aliases rather than separate entries, because telling them apart needs a task that asks for it.", "Described in 61 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 T-90, 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" ], "howItIsRecognised": [ "Recognised by form and material. The registry holds no appearance data, so what a T-90 looks like has to come from research." ], "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": [ "Bhishma tank" ] } ], "standing": "Described in 61 Wikipedia languages, which measures how widely it is written about rather than how important or how common it is. 1 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 T-90 from another, and a T-90 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 T-90, 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 T-90, 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 T-90 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 T-90, 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 T-90, 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 T-90 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 T-90 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 T-90, 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 T-90, 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 T-90 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 T-90 from the things most often confused with it.", "questions": [ { "id": "distinguishing-features-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes what distinguishes a T-90, 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 T-90, 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 T-90 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 T-90 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 T-90, 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 T-90, 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 T-90 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 T-90 is built from and which parts are replaceable.", "questions": [ { "id": "parts-and-materials-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the composition of a T-90, 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 T-90, 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 T-90 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 T-90 is judged and by whom.", "questions": [ { "id": "condition-assessment-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the condition of a T-90, 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 T-90, 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 T-90 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 T-90 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 T-90 is, and what that position is measured against.", "questions": [ { "id": "position-and-frame-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the location of a T-90, 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 T-90, 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 T-90 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 T-90 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 T-90, 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 T-90, 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 T-90 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 T-90 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 T-90 between them.", "questions": [ { "id": "stages-and-transitions-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the lifecycle of a T-90, 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 T-90, 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 T-90 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 T-90, how often and by whom.", "findings": [ { "id": "observation-record", "name": "Observation record", "description": "How an observation of a T-90 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 T-90, 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 T-90, 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 T-90 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 T-90 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 T-90 is for, and what it is used for anyway.", "findings": [ { "id": "function-and-purpose", "name": "Function, purpose and misuse", "description": "The function a T-90 performs and the uses that fall outside it.", "questions": [ { "id": "function-and-purpose-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the use of a T-90, 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 T-90, 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 T-90 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 T-90.", "findings": [ { "id": "procedures-and-skills", "name": "Procedures, skills and required tools", "description": "What an agent needs before it can act on a T-90 at all.", "questions": [ { "id": "procedures-and-skills-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes handling a T-90, 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 T-90, 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 T-90 is known, and what must it refuse?", "kind": "action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "provenance-and-evidence", "name": "Provenance, evidence and time", "description": "Where every claim about a T-90 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 T-90 and how confident it is.", "questions": [ { "id": "claim-provenance-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes a claim about a T-90, 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 T-90, 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 T-90 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 T-90 is retired without being erased.", "questions": [ { "id": "validity-and-supersession-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the validity of a claim about a T-90, 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 T-90, 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 T-90 is known, and what must it refuse?", "kind": "action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] } ] } ] } ] }, "statistics": { "bundles": 6, "layers": 13, "findings": 15, "questions": 45 } } } }