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chain | strung strand | flexible band | composite | other | unknown", "why_it_matters": "Determines which fit measurements, retention checks and handling actions apply." }, { "name": "Intended wearing location", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "wrist | multiple documented locations | uncertain", "why_it_matters": "Separates the intended bracelet sense from visually similar ornaments." }, { "name": "Usable inner circumference", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "mm, with closure position, loading condition and measurement method", "why_it_matters": "Supports fit assessment for closed or closable forms without confusing outer length with wearing space." }, { "name": "Internal opening dimensions", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "mm; internal major and minor dimensions, with orientation", "why_it_matters": "Rigid bracelets require opening geometry to assess passage over the hand." }, { "name": "Cuff gap", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "mm between open ends 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extension chain | removable links | sliding mechanism | selectable fastening positions | documented reshapeable cuff | other | unknown", "why_it_matters": "Distinguishes designed adjustment from potentially damaging alteration." }, { "name": "Component composition", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "component-to-material assertions with evidence, including coatings, thread, elastic, adhesive and inserts", "why_it_matters": "Different components can impose different contact, cleaning and repair constraints." }, { "name": "Retention and surface condition", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "observations of clasp engagement, joint gaps, strand wear, deformation, loose settings, sharp edges and coating loss; unchecked allowed", "why_it_matters": "Supports a reasoned decision about wearing or repair instead of relying on appearance alone." }, { "name": "Attached elements and inscriptions", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "bracelet-to-charm, pendant, plaque, setting or inscription, with attachment method and documented meaning", "why_it_matters": "Captures added loads, snag points and meanings that may constrain alteration." } ], "affordances": [ "Classify a wrist article by bracelet form and flag uncertain boundaries with wristbands or device straps.", "Compare bracelet geometry and adjustment range with wearer measurements and removal needs.", "Inspect closures, strands, joints, settings and contact surfaces before recommending wear.", "Identify suitable fastening, adjustment or removal procedures from the bracelet's construction and documented instructions.", "Plan cleaning, storage or specialist repair around component materials and observed condition.", "Record inscriptions, attachments and documented associations before any alteration." ] }, "sources": [], "structure": { "bundles": [ { "id": "wrist-article-identity", "name": "Wrist article identity", "description": "Establishes which bracelet form is represented and where its boundaries lie.", "rationale": "Bracelets share shapes with other ornaments and wrist devices, so intended location and role must accompany geometry.", "layers": [ { "id": "bracelet-form", "name": "Bracelet form", "description": "Distinguishes rigid, articulated, strung and flexible constructions.", "findings": [ { "id": "form-and-wearing-location", "name": "Form and wearing location", "description": "Record intended wrist use and the structural form without inferring either from a product name alone.", "questions": [ { "text": "What evidence identifies this article as intended for the wrist?", "kind": "definition", "id": "form-and-wearing-location-q01" }, { "text": "Is the retaining body a rigid loop, open cuff, chain, strand, flexible band or composite?", "kind": "definition", "id": "form-and-wearing-location-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "neighbouring-wrist-articles", "name": "Neighbouring wrist articles", "description": "Locates boundaries with watch straps, electronic bands and issued wristbands.", "findings": [ { "id": "independent-bracelet-role", "name": "Independent bracelet role", "description": "Identify whether the article functions as a bracelet independently or primarily supports another device or system.", "questions": [ { "text": "Does the wrist article have an independent bracelet role, or does its principal purpose depend on a mounted device?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "independent-bracelet-role-q01" }, { "text": "Which identification, access or electronic functions require links to neighbouring models?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "independent-bracelet-role-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "wrist-fit-and-removal", "name": "Wrist fit and removal", "description": "Relates bracelet geometry to insertion, comfortable positioning, retention and removal.", "rationale": "A bracelet must accommodate the wrist while its entry path may depend on hand size, a cuff gap or an opening mechanism.", "layers": [ { "id": "wearing-and-entry-geometry", "name": "Wearing and entry geometry", "description": "Separates dimensions relevant to wearing from those relevant to putting the bracelet on.", "findings": [ { "id": "form-specific-fit", "name": "Form-specific fit", "description": "Use internal circumference, opening dimensions or cuff gap according to construction, with measurement conditions recorded.", "questions": [ { "text": "What are the relevant internal dimensions at the intended fastening position or unloaded state?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "form-specific-fit-q01" }, { "text": "Must the bracelet pass over the hand, open at a closure or enter sideways through a cuff gap?", "kind": "action", "id": "form-specific-fit-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "adjustment-and-release", "name": "Adjustment and release", "description": "Identifies designed sizing operations and practical removal requirements.", "findings": [ { "id": "permitted-sizing-actions", "name": "Permitted sizing actions", "description": "Record supported adjustment methods and release procedures without treating apparent flexibility as permission to reshape.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which adjustment operations and size limits are supported by construction evidence or instructions?", "kind": "action", "id": "permitted-sizing-actions-q01" }, { "text": "Can the intended wearer operate the release, and what assistance or tool does the documented procedure require?", "kind": "action", "id": "permitted-sizing-actions-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "bracelet-body-and-retention", "name": "Bracelet body and retention", "description": "Models the bracelet's continuous body, connections and fastening mechanism.", "rationale": "Failure at a single clasp, link, string or setting can release the bracelet or detach one of its elements.", "layers": [ { "id": "body-continuity", "name": "Body continuity", "description": "Examines the construction that carries loads around the wrist.", "findings": [ { "id": "links-strands-and-cuff-body", "name": "Links, strands and cuff body", "description": "Identify joints, stringing media, elastic sections and rigid regions together with visible discontinuities or deformation.", "questions": [ { "text": "What carries tension or bending through the bracelet, and where are its joints or terminations?", "kind": "definition", "id": "links-strands-and-cuff-body-q01" }, { "text": "Where are gaps, fraying, stretched elastic, cracks or permanent changes in shape observable?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "links-strands-and-cuff-body-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "fastening-and-attachments", "name": "Fastening and attachments", "description": "Covers closure engagement and the security of charms, plaques and settings.", "findings": [ { "id": "closure-and-element-security", "name": "Closure and element security", "description": "Record how fastening is confirmed and how attached elements are retained, including any uninspected connection.", "questions": [ { "text": "What observable state confirms that the clasp or other retention mechanism is engaged?", "kind": "definition", "id": "closure-and-element-security-q01" }, { "text": "Which charms, settings or connection rings are loose, open or in need of a documented inspection procedure?", "kind": "action", "id": "closure-and-element-security-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "skin-contact-and-care", "name": "Skin contact and care", "description": "Connects material evidence and surface condition to wearing, cleaning and storage decisions.", "rationale": "A bracelet maintains close wrist contact and may combine materials that respond differently to moisture, abrasion and cleaning.", "layers": [ { "id": "contact-materials", "name": "Contact materials", "description": "Distinguishes substrate, coating and exposed components at the wrist.", "findings": [ { "id": "composition-and-contact-surfaces", "name": "Composition and contact surfaces", "description": "Record material assertions with their evidence and identify worn coatings, residues or sharp contact points.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which evidence supports the composition of the body, clasp, coating and other skin-contact components?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "composition-and-contact-surfaces-q01" }, { "text": "Where are coating loss, rough edges, residues or exposed underlying materials present?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "composition-and-contact-surfaces-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "mixed-material-care", "name": "Mixed-material care", "description": "Evaluates care across metal, beads, stones, fibres, elastic and bonded components.", "findings": [ { "id": "care-and-repair-constraints", "name": "Care and repair constraints", "description": "Base cleaning and repair actions on the complete assembly, retaining uncertainty where component compatibility is unknown.", "questions": [ { "text": "What documented cleaning and storage instructions apply to every component of this bracelet?", "kind": "action", "id": "care-and-repair-constraints-q01" }, { "text": "Which worn strands, settings, coatings or joints require 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"charm-and-setting-arrangement-q01" }, { "text": "What are the mass and maximum projection of attachments that affect balance, wrist contact or snagging?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "charm-and-setting-arrangement-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "inscriptions-and-associations", "name": "Inscriptions and associations", "description": "Separates observable marks from interpretations and documented associations.", "findings": [ { "id": "evidenced-meaning-and-alteration", "name": "Evidenced meaning and alteration", "description": "Preserve exact observed inscriptions and attribute interpretations rather than inferring cultural identity or personal significance from style.", "questions": [ { "text": "What inscriptions or marks are present, and which sources support their interpretation?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "evidenced-meaning-and-alteration-q01" }, { "text": "What documented wishes or custodial requirements constrain resizing, polishing, rearranging charms or removing inscriptions?", 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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 bracelet 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 bracelet, 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 bracelet, 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 bracelet 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 bracelet 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 bracelet, 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 bracelet, 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 bracelet 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 bracelet from the things most often confused with it.", "questions": [ { "id": "distinguishing-features-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes what distinguishes a bracelet, 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 bracelet, 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 bracelet 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 bracelet 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 bracelet, 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 bracelet, 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 bracelet 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 bracelet is built from and which parts are replaceable.", "questions": [ { "id": "parts-and-materials-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the composition of a bracelet, 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 bracelet, 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 bracelet 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 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"place-and-movement", "name": "Place and movement", "description": "Where a bracelet 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 bracelet is, and what that position is measured against.", "questions": [ { "id": "position-and-frame-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the location of a bracelet, 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 bracelet, 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 bracelet 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 bracelet 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 bracelet, 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 bracelet, 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 bracelet 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 bracelet 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 bracelet between them.", "questions": [ { "id": "stages-and-transitions-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the lifecycle of a bracelet, 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 bracelet, 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 bracelet 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 bracelet, how often and by whom.", "findings": [ { "id": "observation-record", "name": "Observation record", "description": "How an observation of a bracelet 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 bracelet, 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 bracelet, 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 bracelet 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 bracelet 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 bracelet 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 bracelet, 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 bracelet 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 bracelet 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 bracelet 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 bracelet 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 bracelet 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 bracelet, 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 bracelet 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 bracelet and how confident it is.", "questions": [ { "id": "claim-provenance-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes a claim about a bracelet, 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 bracelet, 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 bracelet 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 bracelet is retired without being erased.", "questions": [ { "id": "validity-and-supersession-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the validity of a claim about a bracelet, 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 bracelet, 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 bracelet 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 } } } }