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[ChEBI salicylic acid](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/chebi/CHEBI:16914)" ], "characteristics": [ { "name": "Identity evidence", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "unverified | supported | conflicting, with method and reference", "why_it_matters": "Controls whether the sample may be treated as salicylic acid." }, { "name": "Salicylic acid assay", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "% mass fraction, with as-received or dry basis and uncertainty", "why_it_matters": "Supports quantity calculations without equating nominal purity with measured content." }, { "name": "Concentration and analyte basis", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "mol/L, g/L or explicit mass fraction; neutral acid, unconjugated total or total after conversion", "why_it_matters": "Prevents chemically different analytical totals from being used interchangeably." }, { "name": "Medium conditions", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "temperature in °C; pH where meaningful; solvent composition with explicit 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solid-form evidence", "why_it_matters": "Supports investigation of changed handling or dissolution behaviour." }, { "name": "Claimed material grade", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "technical | reagent | pharmacopoeial | reference material | other | unspecified, with named specification", "why_it_matters": "Makes grade claims testable against the requirements of the intended use." }, { "name": "Batch and host linkage", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "supplier lot, certificate, sample, container and containing formulation or biological specimen", "why_it_matters": "Attaches evidence to the actual material and prevents constituent properties from being assigned to an entire mixture." }, { "name": "Operation suitability", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "supported | conditional | unsupported | undetermined, for a named operation", "why_it_matters": "Avoids interpreting a successful identity test as unrestricted permission to use the material." } ], "affordances": [ "Request and interpret identity testing against a salicylic acid reference.", "Calculate material quantities from assay and a declared acid-equivalent basis.", "Assess a proposed dissolution or dilution against evidence for the specified medium and temperature.", "Qualify a batch against the salicylic acid requirements of a linked formulation or analytical procedure.", "Record neutralization or derivatization and link resulting substances to their own identities.", "Quarantine, retest or release material for a named operation using condition history and applicable specifications." ] }, "sources": [ { "id": "pubchem-338", "title": "PubChem Compound Summary for CID 338, Salicylic Acid", "url": "https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/338", "what_it_supports": "Identity (CAS, InChIKey, molecular formula), physical constants, toxicity figures, and common identifiers", "url_status": "live" }, { "id": "ecfr-21-333", "title": "21 CFR Part 333 - Topical antimicrobial drug products for over-the-counter human use", "url": "https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/chapter-I/subchapter-D/part-333", "what_it_supports": "United States OTC acne monograph concentration band for salicylic acid", "url_status": "live" }, { "id": "ecfr-21-358", "title": "21 CFR Part 358 Subpart B - Wart remover drug products", "url": "https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/chapter-I/subchapter-D/part-358", "what_it_supports": "United States OTC wart-remover monograph concentration band", "url_status": "live" }, { "id": "eu-1223-2009", "title": "Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council on cosmetic products", "url": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32009R1223", "what_it_supports": "European cosmetic restriction and preservative listing of salicylic acid", "url_status": "live" }, { "id": "sccs-salicylic", "title": "SCCS Opinion on salicylic acid (CAS 69-72-7)", "url": "", "what_it_supports": "European scientific limits and age restrictions 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"text": "Which structural reference defines the salicylic acid identity used by this record?", "kind": "definition", "id": "ortho-hydroxybenzoic-identity-q01" }, { "text": "Which sample measurements distinguish that identity from plausible isomers and acetylsalicylic acid?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "ortho-hydroxybenzoic-identity-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "substance-and-constituent-boundaries", "name": "Substance and constituent boundaries", "description": "Separate the chemical identity from its host and related chemical forms.", "findings": [ { "id": "acid-salt-and-host-attribution", "name": "Acid, salt and host attribution", "description": "Specify whether the record concerns bulk acid, an acid constituent or a result reported as acid equivalents.", "questions": [ { "text": "Does the evidence describe neutral acid, a salicylate salt or a measurement expressed as salicylic acid equivalents?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "acid-salt-and-host-attribution-q01" }, { "text": "Which batch, 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"measurement", "id": "selective-salicylic-acid-assay-q01" }, { "text": "Is the result reported as received, on a dry basis or after a preparation step that converts other substances into the measured analyte?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "selective-salicylic-acid-assay-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "impurities-and-grade", "name": "Impurities and grade", "description": "Relate batch evidence to explicit acceptance requirements.", "findings": [ { "id": "batch-quality-evidence", "name": "Batch quality evidence", "description": "Capture relevant impurities, water, solvents and the documentary basis of grade claims.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which impurity, water and residual-solvent results are available for this lot, with what detection limits?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "batch-quality-evidence-q01" }, { "text": "Which named specification and edition support the claimed grade, and does its certificate apply to this lot?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "batch-quality-evidence-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "speciation-and-phase-behaviour", "name": "Speciation and phase behaviour", "description": "Describe the acid's chemical form and distribution between dissolved and solid material.", "rationale": "Nominal concentration cannot by itself establish neutral-acid concentration or whether the material is fully dissolved.", "layers": [ { "id": "acid-base-state", "name": "Acid-base state", "description": "Interpret neutral acid and salicylate amounts under recorded medium conditions.", "findings": [ { "id": "conditioned-speciation", "name": "Conditioned speciation", "description": "Separate measured species amounts from estimates based on equilibrium assumptions.", "questions": [ { "text": "What solvent composition, temperature and applicable pH measurement accompany the result?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "conditioned-speciation-q01" }, { "text": "What evidence supports the neutral-acid fraction, and are any equilibrium constants valid for this medium?", "kind": 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pKa, log P and the absence of an aromatic UV chromophore separate them" }, { "name": "Benzoyl peroxide", "difference": "A peroxide oxidant used for acne, not a phenolic acid; peroxide test strips and the absence of a carboxylic acid titration distinguish it" }, { "name": "Benzoic acid", "difference": "Lacks the ortho-phenolic OH; mixed melting point and 1H NMR (no downfield phenolic proton next to COOH) separate it" } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-neighbours-q01", "text": "Which of these neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart hold for the sense of salicylic acid this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] } ] } ] } ] }, "openQuestions": [ "Which validated identity and assay methods provide adequate discrimination from hydroxybenzoic acid isomers, acetylsalicylic acid and relevant matrix components?", "Which solubility and acid-base equilibrium data are reliable for the solvents, temperatures and concentrations the model must support?", "Which current grade specifications define acceptable assay, impurities, water and residual solvents for the intended applications?", "Which documented storage excursions or condition changes justify retesting, and what evidence supports the applicable retest interval?", "Which current jurisdiction-specific requirements and exposure assessments govern each proposed formulation or handling use?" ], "statistics": { "bundles": 6, "layers": 11, "findings": 18, "questions": 28 } }, "draft": { "generator": "vr.draft.v3", "status": "draft-generated", "researched": false, "archetype": "chemical substance or material", "method": "Written from the archetype playbook - what this kind of thing needs beyond identity and provenance - and from the structure that recurred across 6,333 models already researched by two engines. 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Treat every sentence below as a proposal to argue with.", "purpose": "Give an agent a durable, checkable way to recognise a salicylic acid, record what state it is in, and decide what may be done with it.", "whatItIs": "Enable an AI agent to identify salicylic acid, assess its amount and material condition, and determine whether a proposed handling, analytical or formulation operation is supported by evidence.", "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: 2-Hydroxy(¹³C₆)benzoic acid, 2-Hydroxy(1-¹⁴C)benzoic acid.", "2 finer distinctions are held as aliases rather than separate entries, because telling them apart needs a task that asks for it.", "Described in 64 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 salicylic acid, 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": [ "2-Hydroxy(¹³C₆)benzoic acid", "2-Hydroxy(1-¹⁴C)benzoic acid" ] } ], "standing": "Described in 64 Wikipedia languages, which measures how widely it is written about rather than how important or how common it is. 2 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 salicylic acid from another, and a salicylic acid 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 salicylic acid, 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 salicylic acid, 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 salicylic acid 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 salicylic acid, 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 salicylic acid, 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 salicylic acid 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 salicylic acid 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 salicylic acid, 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 salicylic acid, 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 salicylic acid 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 salicylic acid from the things most often confused with it.", "questions": [ { "id": "distinguishing-features-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes what distinguishes a salicylic acid, 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 salicylic acid, 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 salicylic acid 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 salicylic acid 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 salicylic acid, 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 salicylic acid, 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 salicylic acid 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, 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} ] } ] }, { "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 salicylic acid is judged and by whom.", "questions": [ { "id": "condition-assessment-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the condition of a salicylic acid, 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 salicylic acid, 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 salicylic acid 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 salicylic acid 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 salicylic acid is, and what that position is measured against.", "questions": [ { "id": "position-and-frame-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the location of a salicylic acid, 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 salicylic acid, 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 salicylic acid 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 salicylic acid 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 salicylic acid, 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 salicylic acid, 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 salicylic acid 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 salicylic acid 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 salicylic acid between them.", "questions": [ { "id": "stages-and-transitions-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the lifecycle of a salicylic acid, 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 salicylic acid, 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 salicylic acid 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 salicylic acid, how often and by whom.", "findings": [ { "id": "observation-record", "name": "Observation record", "description": "How an observation of a salicylic acid 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 salicylic acid, 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 salicylic acid, 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 salicylic acid 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 salicylic acid 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 salicylic acid is for, and what it is used for anyway.", "findings": [ { "id": "function-and-purpose", "name": "Function, purpose and misuse", "description": "The function a salicylic acid performs and the uses that fall outside it.", "questions": [ { "id": "function-and-purpose-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the use of a salicylic acid, 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 salicylic acid, 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 salicylic acid 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 salicylic acid.", "findings": [ { "id": "procedures-and-skills", "name": "Procedures, skills and required tools", "description": "What an agent needs before it can act on a salicylic acid at all.", "questions": [ { "id": "procedures-and-skills-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes handling a salicylic acid, 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 salicylic acid, 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 salicylic acid 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 salicylic acid there is and how fast it goes.", "questions": [ { "id": "consumption-and-stock-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the supply of a salicylic acid, 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 salicylic acid, 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 salicylic acid 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 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{ "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 salicylic acid 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 salicylic acid 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 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"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 salicylic acid, 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 salicylic acid 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": 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"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 salicylic acid is retired without being erased.", "questions": [ { "id": "validity-and-supersession-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the validity of a claim about a salicylic acid, 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 salicylic acid, 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 salicylic acid 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 } } } }