{ "model": { "rank": 4436, "code": "thing-q26354", "model_id": "vr.tr.hedera-helix", "name": "Hedera helix", "purpose": "Enable an AI agent to recognise Hedera helix, assess its growth phase and site relationships, and judge appropriate cultivation, monitoring or management actions.", "family": "Thing Registry", "category": "Physical world and living systems", "status": "research-draft", "kind": "thing", "plane": "PHY", "domain": "PHY.LIV", "industry": "", "version": "", "url": "/models/thing/q26354/", "tier": 2, "score": 75, "payload": { "layer": "wikidata", "aliases": [], "aliasCount": 0, "merged": 0, "knownIn": 75, "facets": null, "markers": [], "lexicalClass": "", "senseRank": null, "alsoRegisteredAs": null, "source": { "dataset": "wikidata", "item": "Q26354", "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26354", "license": "CC0 1.0" } }, "research": { "vercy": "1.0-draft", "publication": { "status": "research-draft", "adjudicationStatus": "unreviewed", "publishableCanonical": false, "generatedAt": "2026-09-09T20:13:12Z", "providers": [ "Codex" ], "breadth": "recalled by Codex without web access - no source was read", "missingProviders": [], "pass": 2, "cost": { "grok": { "seconds": 25.2, "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: 01a087cc-923e-72e0-b10c-8f8da088751e\n--------\nuser\nDescribe what is already known about one registered thing. 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roots and distinct juvenile and adult foliage.", "scope_statement": "This model owns the species Hedera helix, commonly called common ivy or English ivy, and the observations needed to identify and assess individual plants or connected patches, while distinguishing species identity from cultivar, growth phase and local ecological status.", "in_scope": [ "Species identification and separation from other Hedera species and unrelated plants called ivy", "Juvenile and adult shoot forms, climbing attachment and ground-cover growth", "Plant condition, establishment, vegetative spread and reproductive state", "Relationships with supporting trees, built surfaces and surrounding vegetation", "Site-specific habitat value, spread concerns and management decisions" ], "out_of_scope": [ "The genus Hedera as a whole and separate models of other ivy species", "Host-tree health or building structural integrity beyond observations of ivy interactions", "Regional ecosystem assessment and invasive-species policy as independent subjects", "Manufactured ivy extracts, medicinal products and treatment recommendations", "Unrelated plants called ivy, including poison ivy and Boston ivy" ], "distinguishing_features": [ "Check for an evergreen woody plant with alternate simple leaves and climbing shoots that attach by adventitious rootlets; tendrils or adhesive discs indicate a different climbing mechanism.", "Assess shoot phase: juvenile shoots typically carry palmately lobed leaves, whereas adult flowering shoots generally carry unlobed leaves; these forms can occur on the same plant.", "Distinguish attachment from parasitism: climbing rootlets grip a support, while the plant obtains water and nutrients through its own rooting system.", "When reproductive material is present, check for small greenish-yellow flowers in umbels and berry-like fruits that darken on ripening.", "Do not identify Hedera helix from a lobed leaf alone; closely related ivies, especially Hedera 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"why_it_matters": "Supports repeatable assessment of spread and the scale of possible intervention." }, { "name": "Rooting continuity", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "mapped rooted stems and connections; continuity confirmed, suspected or unknown", "why_it_matters": "A visible patch may contain multiple rooting points, so cutting one stem may not isolate all growth." }, { "name": "Support relationship", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "none; living tree; dead wood; masonry; fence; other identified support", "why_it_matters": "The support and its condition affect access, attachment assessment and removal choices." }, { "name": "Reproductive state", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "no reproductive structures observed; buds; flowers; immature fruit; ripe fruit; mixed", "why_it_matters": "Informs seasonal wildlife observations and assessment of potential seed dispersal." }, { "name": "Plant condition", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "vigorous; stressed; damaged; declining; apparently dead; uncertain", "why_it_matters": "Distinguishes active growth from residual cover and directs closer inspection." }, { "name": "Local establishment and status", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "planted or spontaneous establishment; native, introduced or unresolved range status; separately sourced local management designation", "why_it_matters": "Cultivation history, biogeographic status and regulatory treatment are different facts." }, { "name": "Light exposure", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "observed exposure class or measured light value with method, height and date", "why_it_matters": "Conditions may differ between shaded rooted stems and exposed adult shoots." } ], "affordances": [ "Document leaves, shoots, attachment structures and reproductive material to support identification.", "Map ground cover, climbing stems and rooting points for repeat observations.", "Assess whether observed growth is juvenile, adult-form or mixed before interpreting leaf differences.", "Monitor flowering, fruiting and wildlife use at a specified site.", "Plan planting, pruning, containment or removal using local status, support condition and observed spread.", "Check for active wildlife use and contact or ingestion exposure before physical intervention." ] }, "sources": [], "structure": { "bundles": [ { "id": "species-identity", "name": "Species identity", "description": "Establishes whether an observed ivy belongs to Hedera helix and preserves the evidence and limits of that determination.", "rationale": "Common names, cultivated variation and similar Hedera species make an unsupported species label insufficient.", "layers": [ { "id": "taxonomic-boundary", "name": "Taxonomic boundary", "description": "Connects the registry species to a documented taxonomic treatment.", "findings": [ { "id": "species-name-and-determination", "name": "Species name and determination", "description": "Keep the accepted species determination separate from nursery labels, common names and provisional observations.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which taxonomic authority and identification record support assigning this plant to Hedera helix?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "species-name-and-determination-q01" }, { "text": "Does a cultivar or alternative name describe variation within this species, or does it refer to another Hedera taxon?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "species-name-and-determination-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "diagnostic-evidence", "name": "Diagnostic evidence", "description": "Collects characters that distinguish the species without relying on leaf outline alone.", "findings": [ { "id": "look-alike-exclusion", "name": "Look-alike exclusion", "description": "Use shoot phase, attachment structures and a suitable botanical key to evaluate competing identifications.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which observed characters separate this specimen from Hedera hibernica and other locally plausible ivies?", "kind": "definition", "id": "look-alike-exclusion-q01" }, { "text": "Are photographs and specimens sufficient to examine diagnostic hairs, or is expert examination still needed?", "kind": "action", "id": "look-alike-exclusion-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "shoot-phases-and-attachment", "name": "Shoot phases and attachment", "description": "Represents the contrasting juvenile and adult forms and how climbing shoots occupy supports.", "rationale": "Ivy's developmental changes explain apparently inconsistent leaves and different growth behaviours on one plant.", "layers": [ { "id": "developmental-form", "name": "Developmental form", "description": "Interprets leaf and shoot morphology in relation to developmental phase.", "findings": [ { "id": "juvenile-adult-mosaic", "name": "Juvenile and adult shoot mosaic", "description": "Record phase at shoot level because a single plant can carry both lobed juvenile foliage and unlobed adult-form foliage.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which shoots show juvenile climbing characteristics and which show adult-form characteristics?", "kind": "definition", "id": "juvenile-adult-mosaic-q01" }, { "text": "Are contrasting leaf forms connected on the same plant, or do they belong to separate plants?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "juvenile-adult-mosaic-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "attachment-and-support", "name": "Attachment and support", "description": "Separates mechanical attachment from the condition of the occupied support.", "findings": [ { "id": "rootlet-support-interface", "name": "Rootlet-support interface", "description": "Describe climbing-rootlet attachment and inspect the support independently rather than treating ivy as a parasitic plant.", "questions": [ { "text": "Where are stems attached, and what bark or surface condition is visible at those locations?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "rootlet-support-interface-q01" }, { "text": "What inspection is needed before detaching stems from a tree, wall or other support?", "kind": "action", "id": "rootlet-support-interface-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "establishment-and-spread", "name": "Establishment and spread", "description": "Tracks rooted growth, patch boundaries and sexual reproduction.", "rationale": "Horizontal rooting and fruit production create different routes of persistence and spread that require different observations.", "layers": [ { "id": "vegetative-network", "name": "Vegetative network", "description": "Maps ground-running stems and rooting points without assuming a patch is one individual.", "findings": [ { "id": "rooted-patch-continuity", "name": "Rooted patch continuity", "description": "Use visible stem connections and rooting observations to define the managed patch while leaving genetic individuality unresolved where necessary.", "questions": [ { "text": "What ground area is occupied, and where do trailing stems establish additional roots?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "rooted-patch-continuity-q01" }, { "text": "Which portions remain independently rooted if a climbing or connecting stem is cut?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "rooted-patch-continuity-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "flowering-and-fruiting", "name": "Flowering and fruiting", "description": "Records reproductive structures and evidence of recruitment beyond an existing patch.", "findings": [ { "id": "reproductive-output-and-recruitment", "name": "Reproductive output and recruitment", "description": "Distinguish flowering and fruit availability from demonstrated seed dispersal or seedling establishment.", "questions": [ { "text": "When and where are flowers, developing fruits and ripe fruits observed at this site?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "reproductive-output-and-recruitment-q01" }, { "text": "What evidence distinguishes nearby seedlings from rooted extensions of established stems?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "reproductive-output-and-recruitment-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "site-condition-and-ecology", "name": "Site condition and ecology", "description": "Relates ivy condition and extent to growing conditions, other vegetation and wildlife use.", "rationale": "The significance of ivy cover depends on its setting and observed interactions rather than species identity alone.", "layers": [ { "id": "growing-conditions", "name": "Growing conditions", "description": "Examines environmental differences between rooting zones, ground cover and elevated shoots.", "findings": [ { "id": "condition-by-position", "name": "Condition by position", "description": "Record stress and growth at defined positions instead of assigning one unexplained condition score to an entire climbing plant.", "questions": [ { "text": "How do light exposure, soil moisture and visible condition differ between the rooted base and elevated shoots?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "condition-by-position-q01" }, { "text": "What evidence supports an explanation for leaf loss, discoloration or dieback?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "condition-by-position-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "ecological-interactions", "name": "Ecological interactions", "description": "Documents wildlife use and vegetation effects in their local context.", "findings": [ { "id": "observed-benefits-and-pressures", "name": "Observed benefits and pressures", "description": "Record flower visitation, fruit consumption, shelter use and neighbouring vegetation responses as separate observations.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which animals use the flowers, fruits or foliage, and on what dates was that use observed?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "observed-benefits-and-pressures-q01" }, { "text": "What evidence indicates that ivy cover is changing establishment or condition of neighbouring vegetation?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "observed-benefits-and-pressures-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "site-specific-management", "name": "Site-specific management", "description": "Connects retention, cultivation, containment and removal decisions to verified site constraints.", "rationale": "The same species can require different actions depending on regional status, rooting extent, support condition and wildlife use.", "layers": [ { "id": "management-context", "name": "Management context", "description": "Establishes the objective and locally applicable basis for intervention.", "findings": [ { "id": "status-and-intended-outcome", "name": "Status and intended outcome", "description": "Keep ecological designation, legal requirements and the site's desired outcome distinct and traceable.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which current regional source establishes native or introduced status and any applicable planting or control restrictions?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "status-and-intended-outcome-q01" }, { "text": "Is the intended outcome retained cover, restricted spread, support access or complete removal of the mapped patch?", "kind": "action", "id": "status-and-intended-outcome-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "intervention-and-follow-up", "name": "Intervention and follow-up", "description": "Plans 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These are developmental phases, not separate taxa.", "Verify regional invasive status, local restrictions, native-range boundaries and separation from Hedera hibernica; dimensions are approximate and vary with cultivar and growing conditions." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-confidence-notes-q01", "text": "Which of these check these first hold for the sense of Hedera helix this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-kinds", "name": "Kinds and varieties", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "Hedera helix 'Goldheart' - cultivar with yellow-centred leaves", "Hedera helix 'Glacier' - variegated cultivar", "Hedera helix 'Buttercup' - cultivar distinguished by yellow foliage" ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-kinds-q01", "text": "Which of these kinds and varieties hold for the sense of Hedera helix this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-identifiers", "name": "Identifiers and schemes", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; 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}, { "id": "stable-identifiers-q03", "text": "What may an agent decide or do once an identifier for a Hedera helix 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 Hedera helix 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 Hedera helix, 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 Hedera helix, 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 Hedera helix 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 Hedera helix from the things most often confused with it.", "questions": [ { "id": "distinguishing-features-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes what distinguishes a Hedera helix, 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 Hedera helix, 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 Hedera helix 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 Hedera helix 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 Hedera helix, 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 Hedera helix, 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 Hedera helix 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": "Anatomy, parts and life stage.", "findings": [ { "id": "parts-and-materials", "name": "Parts and life stages", "description": "The parts of a Hedera helix and the stages it passes through.", "questions": [ { "id": "parts-and-materials-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the composition of a Hedera helix, 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 Hedera helix, 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 Hedera helix 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 Hedera helix is judged and by whom.", "questions": [ { "id": "condition-assessment-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the condition of a Hedera helix, 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 Hedera helix, 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 Hedera helix 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 Hedera helix is, how it got there and where it may go (self-moving).", "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 Hedera helix is, and what that position is measured against.", "questions": [ { "id": "position-and-frame-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the location of a Hedera helix, 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 Hedera helix, 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 Hedera helix 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 Hedera helix moves on its own.", "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 Hedera helix, 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 Hedera helix, 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 Hedera helix 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 Hedera helix 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 Hedera helix between them.", "questions": [ { "id": "stages-and-transitions-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the lifecycle of a Hedera helix, 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 Hedera helix, 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 Hedera helix 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 Hedera helix, how often and by whom.", "findings": [ { "id": "observation-record", "name": "Observation record", "description": "How an observation of a Hedera helix 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 Hedera helix, 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 Hedera helix, 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 Hedera helix is known, and what must it refuse?", "kind": "action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "taxonomic-placement", "name": "Taxonomic placement and identification", "description": "What Hedera helix is called scientifically, by whose authority, and how a specimen is recognised.", "rationale": "Names change with revisions while the organism does not, so a name without its authority and date cannot be reconciled later.", "layers": [ { "id": "accepted-name", "name": "Accepted name and synonymy", "description": "The current binomial, its author and date, and the names it replaced.", "findings": [ { "id": "name-and-authority", "name": "Accepted name, authority and synonyms", "description": "What to record so a later revision can be applied without losing the old data.", "questions": [ { "id": "name-and-authority-q01", "text": "What is the accepted scientific name of Hedera helix, with its author and year, and which synonyms does it absorb?", "kind": "definition" }, { "id": "name-and-authority-q02", "text": "Which taxonomic authority is being followed, and what would a competing authority say?", "kind": "provenance" } ] } ] }, { "id": "field-identification", "name": "Field identification", "description": "The characters that separate Hedera helix from what it is confused with.", "findings": [ { "id": "diagnostic-characters", "name": "Diagnostic characters and confusable kinds", "description": "Features that settle an identification, and those that only suggest it.", "questions": [ { "id": "diagnostic-characters-q01", "text": "Which observable characters distinguish Hedera helix from its closest look-alikes, and at which life stage are they visible?", "kind": "boundary" }, { "id": "diagnostic-characters-q02", "text": "What evidence is enough to record an identification as confirmed rather than provisional?", "kind": "provenance" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "life-cycle-and-condition", "name": "Life stages, 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assessed and by whom.", "findings": [ { "id": "condition-assessment", "name": "Condition assessment", "description": "Signs of health, injury and stress, and who is competent to judge them.", "questions": [ { "id": "condition-assessment-q01", "text": "How is the condition of Hedera helix judged, on what scale, and by whom?", "kind": "measurement" }, { "id": "condition-assessment-q02", "text": "What condition obliges an agent to act, and what act is permitted to whom?", "kind": "action" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "range-and-status", "name": "Habitat, range and conservation status", "description": "Where Hedera helix lives and how threatened it is.", "rationale": "Range and status govern what is lawful, and both are assessments with an assessor and a year rather than facts of nature.", "layers": [ { "id": "habitat-and-range", "name": "Habitat and range", "description": "Native range, introductions and the habitat it needs.", "findings": [ { "id": "range-record", "name": "Range, introductions and habitat", "description": "What to record about where it is found and how it got there.", "questions": [ { "id": "range-record-q01", "text": "What is the native range of Hedera helix, where has it been introduced, and what habitat does it require?", "kind": "definition" }, { "id": "range-record-q02", "text": "What distinguishes a native record from an introduced or vagrant one?", "kind": "boundary" } ] } ] }, { "id": "protection-status", "name": "Protection and legal status", "description": "Conservation assessments and the rules that follow from them.", "findings": [ { "id": "status-and-rules", "name": "Conservation status and legal consequence", "description": "The assessment, its date, and what it forbids or requires where.", "questions": [ { "id": "status-and-rules-q01", "text": "What conservation status does Hedera helix hold, under which assessment and year?", "kind": "provenance" }, { "id": "status-and-rules-q02", "text": "What does that status forbid or require of an agent, and in which jurisdiction?", "kind": "action" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "provenance-and-evidence", "name": "Provenance, evidence and time", "description": "Where every claim about a Hedera helix 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 Hedera helix and how confident it is.", "questions": [ { "id": "claim-provenance-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes a claim about a Hedera helix, 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 Hedera helix, 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 Hedera helix 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 Hedera helix is retired without being erased.", "questions": [ { "id": "validity-and-supersession-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the validity of a claim about a Hedera helix, and in what units or 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