{ "model": { "rank": 5030, "code": "thing-q22710", "model_id": "vr.tr.cone-q22710", "name": "cone", "purpose": "Enable an agent to recognise a botanical seed cone, assess its development and seed-retention state, and choose appropriate observation, collection or processing actions.", "family": "Thing Registry", "category": "Physical world and living systems", "status": "research-draft", "kind": "thing", "plane": "PHY", "domain": "PHY.OBJ", "industry": "", "version": "", "url": "/models/thing/q22710/", "tier": 2, "score": 70, "payload": { "layer": "wikidata", "aliases": [ "megastrobilus", "Douglas fir cone", "pine cone", "galbulus" ], "aliasCount": 4, "merged": 4, "knownIn": 70, "facets": null, "markers": [], "lexicalClass": "", "senseRank": null, "alsoRegisteredAs": "vr.tr.cone-plant", "source": { "dataset": "wikidata", "item": "Q22710", "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22710", "license": "CC0 1.0" } }, "research": { "vercy": "1.0-draft", "publication": { "status": "research-draft", "adjudicationStatus": "unreviewed", "publishableCanonical": false, "generatedAt": "2026-09-09T21:31:10Z", "providers": [ "Codex" ], "breadth": "recalled by Codex without web access - no source was read", "missingProviders": [], "pass": 2, "cost": { "grok": { "seconds": 15.7, "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: 01a08813-d62c-7bf0-a346-0e94578acfcd\n--------\nuser\nDescribe what is already known about one registered thing. 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[Wikidata Q22710](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22710). Pollen cones are treated as a neighbouring reproductive organ pending clarification of the registry boundary.", "in_scope": [ "Seed-cone identity and relation to its parent plant", "Cone axis, scales, bracts and seed-bearing structures", "Immature, mature, seed-retaining and spent cone states", "Woody, fleshy and reduced seed-cone forms", "Cone condition and suitability for collection or seed extraction" ], "out_of_scope": [ "Geometric cones, traffic cones and manufactured conical objects", "Whole conifer plants and their cultivation", "Pollen cones as independently modelled reproductive organs", "Angiosperm fruits and cone-like flower or fruit clusters", "Extracted seeds, seed lots and subsequent seedling development" ], "distinguishing_features": [ "Establish botanical origin and reproductive anatomy; a tapered silhouette alone does not identify a seed cone.", "Distinguish seed-bearing structures from pollen-bearing structures; both male and female cones occur in conifers. [Kew: monkey puzzle tree](https://www.kew.org/plants/monkey-puzzle-tree).", "Do not require woody overlapping scales: juniper's berry-like structures are fleshy female cones. [Kew: What is a seed?](https://www.kew.org/read-and-watch/what-is-a-seed).", "Allow reduced architecture: some conifers have seed cones reduced to a single seed and associated supporting structures. [Kew: Podocarpaceae](https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn%3Alsid%3Aipni.org%3Anames%3A77126768-1/general-information).", "Distinguish a retained cone from retained seed: white spruce cones can remain attached after most seeds disperse. [US Forest Service: white spruce](https://research.fs.usda.gov/silvics/white-spruce)." ], "characteristics": [ { "name": "Parent taxon", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "Taxon identifier, identification evidence and confidence", "why_it_matters": "Cone form and interpretation of maturity require a taxonomic context." }, { "name": "Parent plant association", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "Observed attachment; documented collection link; inferred association; unknown", "why_it_matters": "A fallen cone need not originate from the nearest tree." }, { "name": "Reproductive identity", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "Seed cone; suspected pollen cone; indeterminate", "why_it_matters": "Prevents applying seed assessment to a different reproductive organ." }, { "name": "Cone architecture", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "Scale and bract arrangement; woody, fleshy or reduced form; unresolved", "why_it_matters": "Supports identification without assuming every cone 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"state", "unit_or_values": "Intact; mechanically damaged; feeding damage; visible decay; mixed; unassessed", "why_it_matters": "Identifies limitations on anatomical identification and seed recovery." }, { "name": "Post-collection exposure", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "Dated drying, wetting, heating, storage and handling events", "why_it_matters": "Separates observed field condition from changes caused by handling." } ], "affordances": [ "Compare cone anatomy with taxon-specific identification evidence.", "Photograph and measure a cone while recording attachment and opening state.", "Monitor development and seed release through repeated observations.", "Select collection timing using a supported maturity criterion for the identified taxon.", "Assess and, where appropriate, extract retained seeds under a documented protocol.", "Preserve a reference cone and link it to its parent plant and any extracted seed lot." ] }, "sources": [], "structure": { "bundles": [ { "id": "botanical-identity", "name": "Botanical identity", "description": "Establish that the object is a seed cone and determine its botanical context.", "rationale": "The name cone spans unrelated objects, and seed cones must also be distinguished from neighbouring plant organs.", "layers": [ { "id": "organ-boundary", "name": "Organ boundary", "description": "Determine reproductive identity from anatomy and plant context.", "findings": [ { "id": "seed-cone-identification", "name": "Seed-cone identification", "description": "Record the evidence supporting seed-cone identity rather than classification by external shape.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which visible or dissected structures support identification as a seed cone?", "kind": "definition", "id": "seed-cone-identification-q01" }, { "text": "What excludes a pollen cone, cone-like fruit cluster or vegetative bud?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "seed-cone-identification-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "parent-association", "name": "Parent 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"description": "Capture structural organisation without requiring a conventional pinecone form.", "findings": [ { "id": "structural-components", "name": "Structural components", "description": "Record identifiable axis, scales, bracts and seed-bearing positions, including reduced or fused structures.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which axis, scale, bract and seed-bearing structures can be distinguished?", "kind": "definition", "id": "structural-components-q01" }, { "text": "Are apparently missing structures absent by architecture, obscured, or lost through damage?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "structural-components-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "dimensions-and-form", "name": "Dimensions and form", "description": "Make cone measurements comparable across specimens and observation states.", "findings": [ { "id": "state-qualified-dimensions", "name": "State-qualified dimensions", "description": "Associate measurements with scale position, completeness and hydration observations.", "questions": [ { "text": "What are axial length and maximum width in millimetres, and how were their endpoints chosen?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "state-qualified-dimensions-q01" }, { "text": "Was the cone closed, open, incomplete, fresh or dried when measured?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "state-qualified-dimensions-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "development-and-seed-status", "name": "Development and seed status", "description": "Separate cone development from seed presence and seed quality.", "rationale": "A mature-looking cone does not by itself establish that recoverable, viable seeds remain.", "layers": [ { "id": "maturity-assessment", "name": "Maturity assessment", "description": "Interpret maturity through criteria supported for the identified taxon.", "findings": [ { "id": "supported-maturity-criterion", "name": "Supported maturity criterion", "description": "Record the criterion and its applicability instead of assigning universal maturity thresholds.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which taxon-specific observations or tests support the assigned developmental stage?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "supported-maturity-criterion-q01" }, { "text": "What source supports using those criteria for this taxon and collection context?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "supported-maturity-criterion-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "retained-seed-assessment", "name": "Retained seed assessment", "description": "Determine what reproductive material remains and how directly it was assessed.", "findings": [ { "id": "seed-presence-and-quality", "name": "Seed presence and quality", "description": "Keep retained seed count, apparent filling and tested viability as distinct observations.", "questions": [ { "text": "How many seeds remain, and was this determined by full extraction, imaging or sampling?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "seed-presence-and-quality-q01" }, { "text": "Is any seed-quality judgment supported by a test, or only inferred from appearance?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "seed-presence-and-quality-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "opening-and-dispersal", "name": "Opening and dispersal", "description": "Track how the cone retains and releases seeds.", "rationale": "Release behaviour governs when seeds remain accessible and whether an intact cone persists.", "layers": [ { "id": "release-behaviour", "name": "Release behaviour", "description": "Document observed release processes and environmental associations.", "findings": [ { "id": "release-mechanism-evidence", "name": "Release mechanism evidence", "description": "Distinguish scale opening, structural disintegration and other observed routes of seed release.", "questions": [ { "text": "Does this cone release seeds through scale separation, disintegration or another observed process?", "kind": "definition", "id": "release-mechanism-evidence-q01" }, { "text": "Which moisture, temperature or handling changes preceded release, and was causation tested?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "release-mechanism-evidence-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "retention-monitoring", "name": "Retention monitoring", "description": "Track attachment and remaining contents separately.", "findings": [ { "id": "attachment-versus-seed-retention", "name": "Attachment versus seed retention", "description": "Record whether the cone persists on the plant independently of whether seeds remain inside.", "questions": [ { "text": "Is the cone attached, fallen intact, or represented by a persistent axis and fragments?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "attachment-versus-seed-retention-q01" }, { "text": "What observation would establish that the collection window is closing or has passed?", "kind": "action", "id": "attachment-versus-seed-retention-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "condition-and-collection", "name": "Condition and collection", "description": "Relate cone damage and handling history to collection and processing choices.", "rationale": "The same cone may be suitable as a reference specimen but unsuitable for useful seed recovery.", "layers": [ { "id": "damage-assessment", "name": "Damage assessment", "description": "Locate damage in the cone and establish its implications without assuming a cause.", "findings": [ { "id": "damage-to-reproductive-structures", "name": "Damage to reproductive structures", "description": "Record affected scales, axis and seed-bearing positions, with evidence for any attributed damage agent.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which structures show feeding, breakage, decay or abnormal development, and how extensive is it?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "damage-to-reproductive-structures-q01" }, { "text": "Does the observed damage prevent identification, reduce recoverable seeds, or require further examination?", "kind": "action", "id": "damage-to-reproductive-structures-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "collection-and-processing-choice", "name": "Collection and processing choice", "description": "Choose a treatment matched to cone identity, maturity and intended 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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 cone 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 cone, 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 cone, by which method, and when was it true?", "kind": "provenance", "answer_data": [ "authority", "method", "evidence", "event time", "knowledge time" ] }, { "id": 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"event time", "knowledge time" ] }, { "id": "distinguishing-features-q03", "text": "What may an agent decide or do once what distinguishes a cone 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 cone 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 cone, 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 cone, 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 cone 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 cone is built from and which parts are replaceable.", "questions": [ { "id": "parts-and-materials-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the composition of a cone, 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 cone, 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 cone 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 cone is judged and by whom.", "questions": [ { "id": "condition-assessment-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the condition of a cone, 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 cone, 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 cone 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 cone 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 cone is, and what that position is measured against.", "questions": [ { "id": "position-and-frame-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the location of a cone, 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 cone, 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 cone 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 cone 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 cone, 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 cone, 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 cone 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 cone 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 cone between them.", "questions": [ { "id": "stages-and-transitions-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the lifecycle of a cone, 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 cone, 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 cone 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 cone, how often and by whom.", "findings": [ { "id": "observation-record", "name": "Observation record", "description": "How an observation of a cone 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 cone, 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 cone, 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 cone 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 cone 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 cone 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 cone, 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 cone 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 cone 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 cone 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 cone 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 cone 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 cone, 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 cone 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 cone and how confident it is.", "questions": [ { "id": "claim-provenance-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes a claim about a cone, 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 cone, 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 cone 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 cone is retired without being erased.", "questions": [ { "id": "validity-and-supersession-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the validity of a claim about a cone, 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 cone, 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 cone 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 } } } }