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Reference: [USGS kaolinite overview](https://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2017/5118/elements/Kaolinite/Klnt_txt.html).", "Resolve dickite and nacrite through diagnostic full-pattern comparisons rather than treating all kaolin-group diffraction as kaolinite. Reference: [USGS kaolinite-group identification](https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2001/of01-041/htmldocs/clays/kaogr.htm).", "Where halloysite is plausible, record a controlled formamide test: the cited procedure describes halloysite expansion to approximately 10.4 Å while kaolinite remains near 7.2 Å. Reference: [USGS intercalation procedure](https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2001/of01-041/htmldocs/methods/intercal.htm).", "Where chlorite overlaps the basal reflection, resolve the approximately 3.58 Å kaolin-group and 3.54 Å chlorite reflections; heating alone is insufficient discrimination. Reference: [USGS kaolinite-group identification](https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2001/of01-041/htmldocs/clays/kaogr.htm).", "Distinguish kaolinite mineral identity from a kaolin-labelled material by establishing the actual phase assemblage and kaolinite fraction; a commercial name is not an analytical identification." ], "characteristics": [ { "name": "Identification status", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "suspected | kaolin-group only | kaolinite supported | unresolved mixture", "why_it_matters": "Controls whether species-specific conclusions are justified." }, { "name": "Diffraction evidence", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "d-spacings in Å, intensities, reference pattern, preparation and instrument conditions", "why_it_matters": "Supports identification and exposes overlapping phases or treatment-induced changes." }, { "name": "Kaolinite abundance", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "mass %, stated whole-sample or fraction basis, uncertainty and quantification method", "why_it_matters": "Prevents a clay-fraction result from being mistaken for bulk purity." }, { "name": "Associated mineral phases", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "identified phases linked to abundance, detection limit and analytical evidence", "why_it_matters": "Separates kaolinite behaviour from effects caused by accompanying minerals." }, { "name": "Chemical compatibility", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "elemental or oxide composition, analytical basis and phase attribution", "why_it_matters": "Tests consistency with identity without assigning all bulk chemistry to kaolinite." }, { "name": "Structural order", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "named diffraction or spectroscopic metric with method and interference assessment", "why_it_matters": "Makes order comparisons interpretable rather than relying on an undefined crystallinity score." }, { "name": "Particle dimensions and morphology", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "µm or nm; thickness, lateral dimensions, aspect ratio and imaging method", "why_it_matters": "Informs separation and dispersion while distinguishing particles from aggregates." }, { "name": "Aggregation condition", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "dispersed | aggregated | mixed | uncharacterised, with medium and preparation", "why_it_matters": "Determines whether apparent size represents individual particles." }, { "name": "Specific surface area", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "m²/g with adsorbate, pretreatment and calculation method", "why_it_matters": "Supports interpretation of surface interactions and processing response." }, { "name": "Interfacial response", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "zeta potential in mV and exchange capacity in cmol(+)/kg, each with pH, electrolyte and method", "why_it_matters": "Constrains dispersion and adsorption decisions under specified solution conditions." }, { "name": "Water and hydroxyl response", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "mass-loss %, temperature in °C and supporting thermal or spectroscopic assignments", "why_it_matters": "Separates removable water from evidence of structural alteration." }, { "name": "Transformation state", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "kaolinite retained | partly transformed | kaolinite no longer demonstrated | unresolved", "why_it_matters": "Prevents inherited kaolinite properties from being assigned automatically to treated products." } ], "affordances": [ "Select complementary tests to resolve kaolinite from halloysite, dickite, nacrite or chlorite.", "Quantify kaolinite in a defined sample fraction and qualify conclusions by analytical uncertainty.", "Evaluate classification, washing or dispersion trials against particle and impurity evidence.", "Compare surface-interaction measurements only under compatible preparation and solution conditions.", "Track heating, milling or chemical-treatment trials and determine whether kaolinite identity persists.", "Refer a characterised material to an application model with explicit evidence and unresolved constraints." ] }, "sources": [], "structure": { "bundles": [ { "id": "kaolinite-identity", "name": "Kaolinite identity", "description": "Establish whether the observed phase can be named kaolinite.", "rationale": "Related minerals and overlapping reflections make a name or isolated peak insufficient.", "layers": [ { "id": "phase-identification", "name": "Phase identification", "description": "Connect the identification decision to diffraction and complementary observations.", "findings": [ { "id": "species-assignment", "name": "Species assignment", "description": "Record the strongest supported identification and the evidence that limits it.", "questions": [ { "text": "Does the evidence identify kaolinite specifically, only a kaolin-group phase, or an unresolved mixture?", "kind": "definition", "id": "species-assignment-q01" }, { "text": "Which measured reflections and complementary observations support the assignment, using which reference patterns?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "species-assignment-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "competing-identifications", "name": "Competing identifications", "description": "Resolve alternatives that could explain the apparent kaolinite signal.", "findings": [ { "id": "mineral-discrimination", "name": "Mineral discrimination", "description": "Keep unresolved halloysite, dickite, nacrite and chlorite contributions explicit.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which alternative phases remain compatible with the diffraction pattern and sample history?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "mineral-discrimination-q01" }, { "text": "Would controlled intercalation, higher-resolution diffraction or complementary spectroscopy resolve the remaining ambiguity?", "kind": "action", "id": "mineral-discrimination-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "kaolinite-in-sample", "name": "Kaolinite in the sample", "description": "Locate the kaolinite evidence within a defined specimen and phase assemblage.", "rationale": "An enriched fraction and a bulk kaolin material can yield different conclusions about abundance and behaviour.", "layers": [ { "id": "sample-basis", "name": "Sample basis", "description": "Preserve the relationship between original material and analysed fraction.", "findings": [ { "id": "fraction-representativeness", "name": "Fraction representativeness", "description": "Record preparation steps that concentrate, remove or modify the kaolinite-bearing fraction.", "questions": [ { "text": "Was the analysis performed on bulk material, a size-separated clay fraction or an enriched mineral separate?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "fraction-representativeness-q01" }, { "text": "Which washing, dispersion, separation or drying steps could have changed the measured phase proportions?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "fraction-representativeness-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "phase-and-chemical-balance", "name": "Phase and chemical balance", "description": "Distinguish kaolinite abundance from bulk chemical composition.", "findings": [ { "id": "abundance-and-associates", "name": "Abundance and associates", "description": "Account for accompanying phases and uncertainty before attributing properties to kaolinite.", "questions": [ { "text": "What kaolinite mass fraction is supported, on what basis, and with what uncertainty and treatment of poorly crystalline material?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "abundance-and-associates-q01" }, { "text": "Which chemical components belong to separate minerals or coatings rather than demonstrated kaolinite composition?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "abundance-and-associates-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "crystals-and-particles", "name": "Crystals and particles", "description": "Describe kaolinite structural order and the physical units encountered during handling.", "rationale": "Crystal disorder, particle dimensions and aggregation require different evidence and support different processing decisions.", "layers": [ { "id": "structural-order", "name": "Structural order", "description": "Assess ordering without confusing preparation or mixture effects with intrinsic structure.", "findings": [ { "id": "order-evidence", "name": "Order evidence", "description": "Record a method-qualified assessment of kaolinite order.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which named order metric or spectral interpretation was used, and is it applicable to this sample?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "order-evidence-q01" }, { "text": "Could preferred orientation, overlapping phases or particle-size effects explain the apparent disorder?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "order-evidence-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "particle-architecture", "name": "Particle architecture", "description": "Separate individual kaolinite particles from stacks and aggregates.", "findings": [ { "id": "dimensions-and-aggregation", "name": "Dimensions and aggregation", "description": "Relate observed morphology and size distributions to preparation and dispersion.", "questions": [ { "text": "What lateral dimensions, thicknesses and particle associations are actually observed, and by which imaging or sizing method?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "dimensions-and-aggregation-q01" }, { "text": "Does dispersion change the measured size distribution enough to require separate particle and aggregate descriptions?", "kind": "action", "id": "dimensions-and-aggregation-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "water-and-surfaces", "name": "Water and surfaces", "description": "Characterise kaolinite interactions with water, dissolved species and neighbouring particles.", "rationale": "Surface behaviour must be tied to measured conditions before it can guide dispersion or adsorption decisions.", "layers": [ { "id": "water-association", "name": "Water association", "description": "Distinguish moisture-related observations from structural hydroxyl changes.", "findings": [ { "id": "water-assignment", "name": "Water assignment", "description": "Record the evidence used to interpret water uptake or mass loss.", "questions": [ { "text": "Under which humidity, drying and storage conditions was the water content measured?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "water-assignment-q01" }, { "text": "Which observations distinguish removable water from structural hydroxyl loss or water associated with another phase?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "water-assignment-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "interfacial-behaviour", "name": "Interfacial behaviour", "description": "Connect surface measurements to the medium in which kaolinite will be used.", "findings": [ { "id": "conditional-surface-response", "name": "Conditional surface response", "description": "Record charge, exchange, adsorption or dispersion results as conditional observations.", "questions": [ { "text": "What surface area, charge or exchange measurements exist, with which pretreatment, pH and electrolyte conditions?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "conditional-surface-response-q01" }, { "text": "Do the intended liquid conditions require a new dispersion or adsorption trial before transferring these results?", "kind": "action", "id": "conditional-surface-response-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "treatment-and-identity-retention", "name": "Treatment and identity retention", "description": "Track how processing changes kaolinite and when another material model becomes necessary.", "rationale": "Treatment history can invalidate the assumption that the material still has the measured properties of kaolinite.", "layers": [ { "id": "thermal-change", "name": "Thermal change", "description": "Relate thermal exposure to measured structural change.", "findings": [ { "id": "dehydroxylation-evidence", "name": "Dehydroxylation evidence", "description": "Assess transformation from a recorded heating programme and post-treatment evidence.", "questions": [ { "text": "What temperature, duration, heating rate and atmosphere did the sample experience?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "dehydroxylation-evidence-q01" }, { "text": "What thermal, diffraction or spectroscopic evidence establishes retained kaolinite, partial transformation or loss of identifiable kaolinite?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "dehydroxylation-evidence-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "mechanical-and-chemical-change", "name": "Mechanical and chemical change", "description": "Assess milling, washing and chemical exposure before reusing prior characterisation.", "findings": [ { "id": "post-treatment-boundary", "name": "Post-treatment boundary", "description": "Separate particle or surface modification from destruction or replacement of the kaolinite phase.", "questions": [ { "text": "After treatment, which changes are demonstrated in particle size, surfaces, composition and phase identity?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "post-treatment-boundary-q01" }, { "text": "Should the result remain a treated kaolinite record, become a mixed-state record, or link to a separately characterised transformation product?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "post-treatment-boundary-q02" } ] } ] } ] } ] }, "openQuestions": [ "What minimum combination of measurements should qualify a species-level kaolinite identification in poorly ordered or mixed samples?", "Which quantification methods and uncertainty limits are adequate for the intended sample types, especially where poorly crystalline material is present?", "Which structural-order metrics remain comparable across instruments, preparation methods and associated mineral assemblages?", "What application-specific measurements and acceptance criteria are required before recommending a kaolinite sample for a particular use?", "What evidence threshold should trigger a transition from treated kaolinite to a linked transformation-product model when conversion is partial?" ], "statistics": { "bundles": 5, "layers": 10, "findings": 10, "questions": 20 } }, "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. 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 kaolinite, record what state it is in, and decide what may be done with it.", "whatItIs": "Enable an AI agent to recognise kaolinite, assess its condition in a characterised sample, and decide which tests, separations or treatments its evidence supports.", "characteristics": { "substance": "material", "origin": "natural", "agency": "inert", "mobility": "varies" }, "whatYouCanDoWithIt": [ "observed and measured", "consumed or used up" ], "distinguishingFeatures": [ "Described in 65 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 kaolinite, 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": [], "standing": "Described in 65 Wikipedia languages, which measures how widely it is written about rather than how important or how common it is.", "structure": { "bundles": [ { "id": "identity-and-classification", "name": "Identity, naming and classification", "description": "How an agent tells one kaolinite from another, and a kaolinite 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 kaolinite, 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 kaolinite, 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 kaolinite 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 kaolinite, 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 kaolinite, 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 kaolinite 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 kaolinite 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 kaolinite, 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 kaolinite, 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 kaolinite 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 kaolinite from the things most often confused with it.", "questions": [ { "id": "distinguishing-features-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes what distinguishes a kaolinite, 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 kaolinite, 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 kaolinite 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 kaolinite 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 kaolinite, 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 kaolinite, 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 kaolinite 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 kaolinite is built from and which parts are replaceable.", "questions": [ { "id": "parts-and-materials-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the composition of a kaolinite, 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 kaolinite, 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 kaolinite 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 kaolinite is judged and by whom.", "questions": [ { "id": "condition-assessment-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the condition of a kaolinite, 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 kaolinite, 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 kaolinite 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 kaolinite 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 kaolinite is, and what that position is measured against.", "questions": [ { "id": "position-and-frame-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the location of a kaolinite, 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 kaolinite, 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 kaolinite 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 kaolinite 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 kaolinite, 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 kaolinite, 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 kaolinite 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 kaolinite 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 kaolinite between them.", "questions": [ { "id": "stages-and-transitions-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the lifecycle of a kaolinite, 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 kaolinite, 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 kaolinite 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 kaolinite, how often and by whom.", "findings": [ { "id": "observation-record", "name": "Observation record", "description": "How an observation of a kaolinite 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 kaolinite, 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 kaolinite, 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 kaolinite 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 kaolinite 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 kaolinite is for, and what it is used for anyway.", "findings": [ { "id": "function-and-purpose", "name": "Function, purpose and misuse", "description": "The function a kaolinite performs and the uses that fall outside it.", "questions": [ { "id": "function-and-purpose-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the use of a kaolinite, 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 kaolinite, 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 kaolinite 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 kaolinite.", "findings": [ { "id": "procedures-and-skills", "name": "Procedures, skills and required tools", "description": "What an agent needs before it can act on a kaolinite at all.", "questions": [ { "id": "procedures-and-skills-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes handling a kaolinite, 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 kaolinite, 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 kaolinite 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 kaolinite there is and how fast it goes.", "questions": [ { "id": "consumption-and-stock-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the supply of a kaolinite, 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 kaolinite, 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 kaolinite 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 kaolinite is made of and how pure the thing in hand is.", "rationale": "Grade decides what a substance may be used for, so a model that records only the name cannot support any decision about use.", "layers": [ { "id": "chemical-identity", "name": "Chemical identity", "description": "Formula, structure and the registry numbers that name it unambiguously.", "findings": [ { "id": "identity-record", "name": "Identity and registry numbers", "description": "What identifies this substance across suppliers and regulators.", "questions": [ { "id": "identity-record-q01", "text": "What formula, structure and registry identifiers name kaolinite unambiguously?", "kind": "definition" }, { "id": "identity-record-q02", "text": "Which related substances share a name in common use but not an identifier?", "kind": "boundary" } ] } ] }, { "id": "grade-and-impurities", "name": "Grade, purity and impurities", "description": "The specification a batch meets and what else is in it.", "findings": [ { "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 kaolinite 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 kaolinite 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 and conditions", "description": "The quantities worth recording and the state they apply in.", "questions": [ { "id": "constants-record-q01", "text": "What are the defining physical constants of kaolinite, in what units and under what conditions?", "kind": "measurement" }, { "id": "constants-record-q02", "text": "Which of these values change with grade or form rather than being fixed?", "kind": "boundary" } ] } ] }, { "id": "stability-and-reactivity", "name": "Stability and reactivity", "description": "What it reacts with, degrades into, and how it is stored.", "findings": [ { "id": "incompatibilities", "name": "Incompatibilities and degradation", "description": "What must not meet it, and what it becomes over time.", "questions": [ { "id": "incompatibilities-q01", "text": "What is kaolinite incompatible with, and what does it degrade into under storage?", "kind": "definition" }, { "id": "incompatibilities-q02", "text": "What storage and handling does that require, and who is competent to do it?", "kind": "action" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "hazard-and-regulation", "name": "Hazard classification and regulation", "description": "How kaolinite can harm, and what the law says about holding and moving it.", "rationale": "A substance model without its hazard class and its regulatory identity is unusable in exactly the situations that matter.", "layers": [ { "id": "hazard-class", "name": "Hazard classification", "description": "Classified hazards, exposure limits and protective measures.", "findings": [ { "id": "classified-hazards", "name": "Classified hazards and limits", "description": "The classification, the scheme it belongs to, and the limits set.", "questions": [ { "id": "classified-hazards-q01", "text": "How is kaolinite classified for hazard, under which scheme, and what exposure limits apply?", "kind": "definition" }, { "id": "classified-hazards-q02", "text": "What protection does handling require, and what must an agent refuse to do without it?", "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 kaolinite, 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 kaolinite 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 kaolinite and how confident it is.", "questions": [ { "id": "claim-provenance-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes a claim about a kaolinite, 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 kaolinite, 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 kaolinite 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 kaolinite is retired without being erased.", "questions": [ { "id": "validity-and-supersession-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the validity of a claim about a kaolinite, 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 kaolinite, 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 kaolinite 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 } } } }