{ "model": { "rank": 6641, "code": "thing-q202325", "model_id": "vr.tr.jet-stream", "name": "jet stream", "purpose": "Enable an AI agent to identify an atmospheric jet stream, assess its evolving structure and forecast confidence, and support weather and aviation decisions that depend on it.", "family": "Thing Registry", "category": "Activities and processes", "status": "research-draft", "kind": "thing", "plane": "ACT", "domain": "ACT.ACT", "industry": "", "version": "", "url": "/models/thing/q202325/", "tier": 2, "score": 59, "payload": { "layer": "wikidata", "aliases": [ "jet streak", "African easterly jet", "Rear-inflow jet" ], "aliasCount": 3, "merged": 3, "knownIn": 59, "facets": null, "markers": [], "lexicalClass": "", "senseRank": null, "alsoRegisteredAs": null, "source": { "dataset": "wikidata", "item": "Q202325", "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q202325", "license": "CC0 1.0" } }, "research": { "vercy": "1.0-draft", "publication": { "status": "research-draft", "adjudicationStatus": "unreviewed", "publishableCanonical": false, "generatedAt": "2026-09-09T23:11:45Z", "providers": [ "Codex" ], "breadth": "recalled by Codex without web access - no source was read", "missingProviders": [], "pass": 2, "cost": { "grok": { "seconds": 18.6, "error": "Reading additional input from stdin...\nOpenAI Codex v0.153.4\n--------\nworkdir: R:\\02_PROJECTS\\02_Meta_Models_Platforms\\Ver.cy\\current\\thing-registry-backlog\nmodel: gpt-6-astra\nprovider: openai\napproval: never\nsandbox: read-only\nreasoning effort: none\nreasoning summaries: none\nsession id: 01a08870-1beb-7f01-8484-6ab7b45512d3\n--------\nuser\nDescribe what is already known about one registered thing. 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"scope_statement": "This model owns the identity, three-dimensional wind structure, evolution, observational support and operational significance of atmospheric jet streams, interpreting vr.tr.jet-stream as a physical atmospheric flow phenomenon while retaining its registered ACT / ACT.ACT placement.", "in_scope": [ "Identification of an elongated upper-level wind-speed maximum relative to surrounding airflow", "Polar-front, subtropical and other upper-level jet classifications with explicit classification evidence", "Jet axes, cores, embedded jet streaks, vertical extent and spatial continuity", "Migration, meandering, splitting, merging and relationships with atmospheric circulation", "Observed and forecast jet conditions relevant to weather interpretation and aviation" ], "out_of_scope": [ "Low-level jets, which require a neighbouring model with different vertical and boundary-layer criteria", "Aircraft propulsion jets, exhaust plumes and engineered fluid jets", "Ocean currents and 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"why_it_matters": "Determines which formation mechanisms, seasonal expectations and comparison criteria are appropriate." }, { "name": "Axis geometry", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "latitude and longitude along a timestamped three-dimensional axis", "why_it_matters": "Locates the flow corridor and permits comparison of its migration and forecast position." }, { "name": "Core wind velocity", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "m/s or knots, with wind-direction convention stated", "why_it_matters": "Distinguishes peak intensity from corridor-average wind and supports route-specific wind calculations." }, { "name": "Core vertical position", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "pressure in hPa and/or altitude in m with vertical datum specified", "why_it_matters": "Prevents confusion between jets at different levels and supports comparison with flight levels and tropopause structure." }, { "name": "Corridor dimensions", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "length and width in km; depth in m or pressure bounds in hPa; identification rule required", "why_it_matters": "Makes the spatial footprint reproducible rather than dependent on an unexplained map contour." }, { "name": "Wind shear", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "horizontal and vertical velocity gradients in s^-1, with direction and sampling scale", "why_it_matters": "Describes sharp changes around the jet and supplies evidence for separate dynamical and turbulence assessments." }, { "name": "Flow configuration", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "single | split | merging | discontinuous | unresolved; curvature and meander geometry recorded separately", "why_it_matters": "Supports tracking when one apparent corridor develops multiple branches or joins another jet." }, { "name": "Circulation relationships", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "links to tropopause, temperature gradients, fronts, troughs, ridges and weather systems", "why_it_matters": "Places the jet in its atmospheric context without treating associated phenomena as parts of the jet itself." }, { "name": "Evidence status", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "observation-supported | analysis-derived | forecast | mixed; valid time, lead time and uncertainty recorded", "why_it_matters": "Separates estimated present conditions from predicted conditions and limits unsupported operational conclusions." } ], "affordances": [ "Identify and map jet corridors using an explicit wind-field detection rule.", "Track jet axes, branches and embedded streaks across successive valid times.", "Compare observations, analyses and forecasts for jet position, altitude and intensity.", "Assess relationships between jet configuration and developing weather while preserving causal uncertainty.", "Estimate route-relative headwind and tailwind exposure using linked flight trajectories.", "Flag conditions that warrant consultation of dedicated turbulence forecasts or operational weather guidance." ] }, "sources": [], "structure": { "bundles": [ { "id": "jet-identity-and-boundaries", "name": "Jet identity and boundaries", "description": "Establish what qualifies as a jet stream and which atmospheric flow the record represents.", "rationale": "A wind maximum becomes a modelled jet only through explicit spatial, vertical and classification criteria.", "layers": [ { "id": "recognition-criteria", "name": "Recognition criteria", "description": "Define the evidence needed to distinguish a jet corridor from generally strong upper-level winds.", "findings": [ { "id": "elongated-upper-level-maximum", "name": "Elongated upper-level maximum", "description": "Record the detection rule and evidence for an elongated upper-level wind maximum, including cross-axis contrast and continuity.", "questions": [ { "text": "What combination of wind speed, cross-axis contrast, elongation and vertical position qualifies this feature as a jet stream?", "kind": "definition", "id": "elongated-upper-level-maximum-q01" }, { "text": "Where does the detection rule place its edges, and how sensitive are those edges to resolution and threshold choice?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "elongated-upper-level-maximum-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "classification-and-record-identity", "name": "Classification and record identity", "description": "Separate jet type from the identity of a particular tracked atmospheric feature.", "findings": [ { "id": "type-and-tracked-instance", "name": "Type and tracked instance", "description": "Record the proposed jet class and distinguish a time-specific corridor from a climatological jet belt or named circulation feature.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which altitude, latitude, direction and circulation evidence supports the assigned jet class?", "kind": "definition", "id": "type-and-tracked-instance-q01" }, { "text": "Does this record identify a tracked corridor, a regional segment or a climatological distribution of jet occurrence?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "type-and-tracked-instance-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "three-dimensional-wind-structure", "name": "Three-dimensional wind structure", "description": "Represent the jet's axis, cross-section and internal speed variations.", "rationale": "A line on a pressure-level map cannot by itself represent the volume or internal structure needed for recognition and use.", "layers": [ { "id": "axis-core-and-cross-section", "name": "Axis, core and cross-section", "description": "Locate the main flow path and describe how wind varies around it.", "findings": [ { "id": "resolved-jet-volume", "name": "Resolved jet volume", "description": "Record axis coordinates, core levels, wind vectors and corridor dimensions using compatible times and vertical coordinates.", "questions": [ { "text": "Where are the jet axis and core in latitude, longitude and pressure or altitude at the stated valid time?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "resolved-jet-volume-q01" }, { "text": "What cross-sections establish the corridor's width, depth and horizontal and vertical wind shear?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "resolved-jet-volume-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "embedded-speed-maxima", "name": "Embedded speed maxima", "description": "Represent localized jet streaks without treating each as a separate jet stream.", "findings": [ { "id": "streak-extent-and-motion", "name": "Streak extent and motion", "description": "Record local speed maxima, their boundaries and movement relative to the enclosing jet corridor.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which along-axis maxima qualify as distinct jet streaks under the adopted prominence and separation criteria?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "streak-extent-and-motion-q01" }, { "text": "How do streak position, peak speed and propagation change between successive fields?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "streak-extent-and-motion-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "circulation-and-evolution", "name": "Circulation and evolution", "description": "Connect the jet's changing geometry to its surrounding atmospheric state.", "rationale": "Jet evolution must distinguish measured change from explanations inferred from circulation diagnostics.", "layers": [ { "id": "dynamical-context", "name": "Dynamical context", "description": "Record environmental fields used to interpret jet formation, maintenance and displacement.", "findings": [ { "id": "thermal-and-circulation-support", "name": "Thermal and circulation support", "description": "Link the jet to temperature structure, tropopause geometry and circulation diagnostics, retaining the limits of each explanation.", "questions": [ { "text": "What temperature gradients, tropopause structure and circulation features accompany this jet at the relevant levels?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "thermal-and-circulation-support-q01" }, { "text": "Which observations or diagnostic analyses support the proposed mechanism for its strengthening, weakening or displacement?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "thermal-and-circulation-support-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "meanders-and-branch-transitions", "name": "Meanders and branch transitions", "description": "Track changes in curvature, position and branching through time.", "findings": [ { "id": "continuity-through-reconfiguration", "name": "Continuity through reconfiguration", "description": "Record axis migration, meander development, splitting and merging with explicit tracking decisions.", "questions": [ { "text": "What continuity rule determines whether a displaced or split corridor remains the same tracked jet?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "continuity-through-reconfiguration-q01" }, { "text": "How rapidly are the axis, curvature and branch arrangement changing, separately from the velocity of air within the jet?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "continuity-through-reconfiguration-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "observation-and-forecast-confidence", "name": "Observation and forecast confidence", "description": "Make jet identification and predictions traceable to atmospheric data and processing choices.", "rationale": "Sparse observations, model resolution and forecast spread can materially alter the apparent position and strength of a jet.", "layers": [ { "id": "wind-field-evidence", "name": "Wind-field evidence", "description": "Document the observations and derived fields used to identify the jet.", "findings": [ { "id": "sampling-and-derivation", "name": "Sampling and derivation", "description": "Record data origin, sampling coverage, valid time, vertical resolution and processing steps behind the wind field.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which radiosonde, aircraft, satellite-derived or other wind observations constrain this corridor, and where are the sampling gaps?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "sampling-and-derivation-q01" }, { "text": "How were observations assimilated, interpolated or otherwise transformed into the field used for jet detection?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "sampling-and-derivation-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "forecast-spread-and-verification", "name": "Forecast spread and verification", "description": "Assess uncertainty in predicted jet geometry and intensity.", "findings": [ { "id": "position-and-intensity-confidence", "name": "Position and intensity confidence", "description": "Represent disagreement and verified errors in axis location, core level, speed and branch configuration.", "questions": [ { "text": "What spread exists across forecast members or systems in jet position, core altitude, peak speed and branching at the required lead time?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "position-and-intensity-confidence-q01" }, { "text": "What independent observations and verification method support the stated confidence in this forecast?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "position-and-intensity-confidence-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "weather-and-aviation-use", "name": "Weather and aviation use", "description": "Translate jet information into bounded assessments for linked weather and flight-planning models.", "rationale": "Jet 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"flight-winds-and-hazard-referral", "name": "Flight winds and hazard referral", "description": "Support trajectory-specific wind assessment and referral to dedicated hazard information.", "findings": [ { "id": "route-relative-exposure", "name": "Route-relative exposure", "description": "Evaluate forecast winds along a proposed trajectory and identify where shear or uncertainty warrants further operational assessment.", "questions": [ { "text": "What headwind, tailwind and crosswind components does the forecast produce along the route at its planned times and flight levels?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "route-relative-exposure-q01" }, { "text": "Where do forecast shear, turbulence guidance or uncertainty warrant route or altitude review by the responsible flight-planning process?", "kind": "action", "id": "route-relative-exposure-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "evidence-and-external-alignment", "name": "Evidence and external alignment", "description": "What the world already says about 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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 jet stream, 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 jet stream, 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 jet stream 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 jet stream, 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 jet stream, 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 jet stream 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 jet stream 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 jet stream, 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 jet stream, 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 jet stream 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 jet stream from the things most often confused with it.", "questions": [ { "id": "distinguishing-features-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes what distinguishes a jet stream, 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 jet stream, 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 jet stream 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 jet stream 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 jet stream between them.", "questions": [ { "id": "stages-and-transitions-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the lifecycle of a jet stream, 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 jet stream, 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 jet stream 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 jet stream, how often and by whom.", "findings": [ { "id": "observation-record", "name": "Observation record", "description": "How an observation of a jet stream 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 jet stream, 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 jet stream, 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 jet stream is known, and what must it refuse?", "kind": "action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "process-and-outcome", "name": "Process, inputs and outcome", "description": "How a jet stream proceeds, what it needs and what it leaves behind.", "rationale": "An activity is known by its steps and its results, and both have to be recordable while it is still running.", "layers": [ { "id": "steps-and-sequence", "name": "Steps and sequence", "description": "The steps of a jet stream, their order and what may run in parallel.", "findings": [ { "id": "steps-and-preconditions", "name": "Steps, preconditions and completion", "description": "What has to be true before each step of a jet stream and what marks it done.", "questions": [ { "id": "steps-and-preconditions-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes a step of a jet stream, and in what units or vocabulary?", "kind": "definition", "answer_data": [ "identifiers", "types and classes", "values with units", "explicit unknowns" ] }, { "id": "steps-and-preconditions-q02", "text": "Who or what asserted this about a step of a jet stream, by which method, and when was it true?", "kind": "provenance", "answer_data": [ "authority", "method", "evidence", "event time", "knowledge time" ] }, { "id": "steps-and-preconditions-q03", "text": "What may an agent decide or do once a step of a jet stream is known, and what must it refuse?", "kind": "action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "inputs-and-results", "name": "Inputs, resources and results", "description": "What a jet stream consumes and what it produces.", "findings": [ { "id": "inputs-and-outputs", "name": "Inputs, outputs and side effects", "description": "The resources a jet stream takes and the results it leaves, wanted or not.", "questions": [ { "id": "inputs-and-outputs-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the inputs and results of a jet stream, and in what units or vocabulary?", "kind": "definition", "answer_data": [ "identifiers", "types and classes", "values with units", "explicit unknowns" ] }, { "id": "inputs-and-outputs-q02", "text": "Who or what asserted this about the inputs and results of a jet stream, by which method, and when was it true?", "kind": "provenance", "answer_data": [ "authority", "method", "evidence", "event time", "knowledge time" ] }, { "id": "inputs-and-outputs-q03", "text": "What may an agent decide or do once the inputs and results of a jet stream is known, and what must it refuse?", "kind": "action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "definitions-in-contest", "name": "Definitions and who holds them", "description": "What jet stream is taken to mean, and by whom.", "rationale": "When a field disagrees about a concept, the disagreement is the content. A model that picks one definition silently destroys the information.", "layers": [ { "id": "competing-definitions", "name": "Competing definitions", "description": "The main readings and the traditions behind them.", "findings": [ { "id": "definition-map", "name": "Definitions and their holders", "description": "Each definition with the school or body that holds it.", "questions": [ { "id": "definition-map-q01", "text": "Which definitions of jet stream are in use, and which tradition or body holds each?", "kind": "definition" }, { "id": "definition-map-q02", "text": "What turns on the difference between them in practice?", "kind": "boundary" } ] } ] }, { "id": "operationalisation", "name": "Operationalisation", "description": "How it is measured or applied when it has to be.", "findings": [ { "id": "operational-record", "name": "Measures and proxies", "description": "Instruments and indicators used to stand in for it.", "questions": [ { "id": "operational-record-q01", "text": "How is jet stream operationalised or measured in practice, and by what instrument?", "kind": "measurement" }, { "id": "operational-record-q02", "text": "What does that operationalisation leave out, and when does that matter?", "kind": "boundary" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "instances-and-use", "name": "Instances, use and consequence", "description": "What counts as an instance of jet stream and what follows from calling something that.", "rationale": "Applying a concept is an act with consequences, so a model must say what the label licenses and what it does not.", "layers": [ { "id": "instances", "name": "What counts as an instance", "description": "Clear cases, borderline cases and non-cases.", "findings": [ { "id": "instance-tests", "name": "Tests for an instance", "description": "What would settle whether something falls under it.", "questions": [ { "id": "instance-tests-q01", "text": "What would settle whether something is an instance of jet stream?", "kind": "boundary" }, { "id": "instance-tests-q02", "text": "Which borderline cases are argued about, and on what grounds?", "kind": "definition" } ] } ] }, { "id": "consequence", "name": "Consequence of application", "description": "Rights, duties or decisions that follow from the label.", "findings": [ { "id": "consequence-record", "name": "What the label licenses", "description": "What an agent may do once something is classified this way.", "questions": [ { "id": "consequence-record-q01", "text": "What follows practically once something is treated as jet stream?", "kind": "action" }, { "id": "consequence-record-q02", "text": "What must an agent not infer from the label alone?", "kind": "action" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "provenance-and-evidence", "name": "Provenance, evidence and time", "description": "Where every claim about a jet stream 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 jet stream and how confident it is.", "questions": [ { "id": "claim-provenance-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes a claim about a jet stream, 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 jet stream, 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 jet stream 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 jet stream is retired without being erased.", "questions": [ { "id": "validity-and-supersession-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the validity of a claim about a jet stream, 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 jet stream, 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 jet stream is known, and what must it refuse?", "kind": "action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] } ] } ] } ] }, "statistics": { "bundles": 6, "layers": 12, "findings": 14, "questions": 38 } } } }