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food, including its ingredients, preparation history, coating condition and suitability for serving; it does not treat tempura as a pure chemical substance or equate the food with its recipe or cooking process.", "in_scope": [ "Identification of individual tempura pieces, mixed portions and batches", "Core ingredients, batter composition and incorporated frying oil", "Preparation history relevant to doneness and coating formation", "Crust texture, oiliness and changes after frying", "Ingredient-dependent dietary suitability, handling state and serving context" ], "out_of_scope": [ "Recipes and frying procedures as reusable instructions", "Fryers, cookware and kitchen infrastructure", "Manufacture and general properties of flour, starch and frying oil", "Accompanying sauces, rice and noodles as independent foods", "Restaurant operations and the broader history of Japanese cuisine" ], "distinguishing_features": [ "Check whether ingredients carry a batter-derived fried coating; uncoated fried ingredients do not qualify solely because they were deep-fried.", "Distinguish a batter coating from a deliberately applied breadcrumb crust when comparing tempura with breaded foods such as katsu.", "Require culinary identification or preparation evidence to distinguish tempura from other battered fried foods; crispness and pale colour alone are insufficient.", "Record whether a piece encloses an individual ingredient or binds several cut ingredients into a cluster, allowing identified kakiage variants without requiring a single intact core.", "Distinguish the finished food from dry tempura mix, wet batter and uncooked coated ingredients." ], "characteristics": [ { "name": "Culinary identification", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "identified tempura; identified variant; uncertain battered fried food", "why_it_matters": "Appearance alone may not establish the culinary identity." }, { "name": "Core ingredients", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "Ingredient identities linked to each piece or cluster", "why_it_matters": "Ingredient identity affects recognition, doneness assessment and dietary suitability." }, { "name": "Piece construction", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "single ingredient; mixed-ingredient cluster; other documented construction", "why_it_matters": "Construction changes how an agent interprets coating coverage and assesses the interior." }, { "name": "Batter formulation", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "Recorded flour or starch, liquid, egg if used, additives and proportions when known", "why_it_matters": "The coating cannot establish its own ingredients or allergen profile." }, { "name": "Coating thickness", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "mm, with measurement location and method", "why_it_matters": "Thickness helps explain the balance between crust and core and variation between pieces." }, { "name": "Frying temperature history", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "°C over time, with measurement method", "why_it_matters": "Recorded conditions support interpretation of coating development and cooking consistency." }, { "name": "Core doneness assessment", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "unassessed; meets ingredient-specific criterion; fails criterion; uncertain", "why_it_matters": "A finished-looking crust does not establish the condition of every core ingredient." }, { "name": "Crust condition", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "crisp; softened; soggy; tough; mixed, with assessment time", "why_it_matters": "Tempura quality depends strongly on the current condition of its coating." }, { "name": "Perceived oiliness", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "Assessment on a declared sensory scale", "why_it_matters": "Surface greasiness should be recorded separately from measured total fat content." }, { "name": "Time since frying", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "minutes or hours from recorded frying completion", "why_it_matters": "Elapsed time provides context for texture changes and handling decisions." }, { "name": "Allergen and cross-contact evidence", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "Declared ingredients and documented contact through batter, utensils or shared frying oil", "why_it_matters": "Suitability depends on preparation evidence as well as the visible core ingredient." }, { "name": "Serving exposure", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "dry and separate; sauce-dipped; broth-immersed; covered; other documented condition", "why_it_matters": "Moisture exposure changes how crust condition should be interpreted." } ], "affordances": [ "Identify tempura pieces and distinguish uncertain examples from neighbouring fried foods.", "Match pieces to ingredient and batter records to evaluate dietary requests.", "Assess crust condition and core doneness separately before serving.", "Choose whether to serve immediately, hold or reheat using recorded condition and applicable handling criteria.", "Arrange sauces and moist accompaniments according to the intended crust texture.", "Trace an unsuitable piece to its preparation batch and shared frying conditions." ] }, "sources": [], "structure": { "bundles": [ { "id": "tempura-identity", "name": "Tempura identity", "description": "Establishes what the identified food is and where its culinary boundaries lie.", "rationale": "Neither deep-frying nor a crisp coating alone distinguishes tempura from neighbouring foods.", "layers": [ { "id": "culinary-identification", "name": "Culinary identification", "description": "Connects the tempura designation to observable construction and preparation evidence.", "findings": [ { "id": "basis-for-tempura-designation", "name": "Basis for tempura designation", "description": "Record who identifies the food as tempura and what ingredient or preparation evidence supports that designation.", "questions": [ { "text": "What preparation description or provider record identifies this food as tempura?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "basis-for-tempura-designation-q01" }, { "text": "What distinguishes this example from a breadcrumb-coated food or another battered fritter?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "basis-for-tempura-designation-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "piece-and-portion-boundaries", "name": "Piece and portion boundaries", "description": "Distinguishes individual pieces, clusters and mixed servings.", "findings": [ { "id": "construction-and-membership", "name": "Construction and membership", "description": "Record the construction of each piece and its membership in a portion or frying batch.", "questions": [ { "text": "Does this piece contain one principal ingredient or a cluster of cut ingredients?", "kind": "definition", "id": "construction-and-membership-q01" }, { "text": "Which pieces belong to the tempura portion, and which foods are accompaniments?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "construction-and-membership-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "core-and-batter-composition", "name": "Core and batter composition", "description": "Records what lies inside the coating and what the coating contains.", "rationale": "Similar-looking tempura can contain materially different ingredients and require different suitability decisions.", "layers": [ { "id": "core-ingredient-identity", "name": "Core ingredient identity", "description": "Identifies the ingredients enclosed or bound by batter.", "findings": [ { "id": "ingredient-and-cut", "name": "Ingredient and cut", "description": "Record ingredient identity, edible preparation and piece dimensions where these affect interpretation of the cooked food.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which ingredients form the core, including every constituent of a mixed cluster?", "kind": "definition", "id": "ingredient-and-cut-q01" }, { "text": "What are the thickness and dimensions of the core pieces used in this batch?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "ingredient-and-cut-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "batter-and-contact-ingredients", "name": "Batter and contact ingredients", "description": "Captures coating ingredients and preparation contacts that cannot reliably be inferred visually.", "findings": [ { "id": "formulation-and-cross-contact", "name": "Formulation and cross-contact", "description": "Keep the batter formulation, frying medium and shared-contact evidence attached to the food.", "questions": [ { "text": "What flour, starch, liquid, egg or other ingredients are documented in the batter?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "formulation-and-cross-contact-q01" }, { "text": "What evidence about shared batter, utensils and frying oil is needed to assess the requested dietary restriction?", "kind": "action", "id": "formulation-and-cross-contact-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "frying-and-core-doneness", "name": "Frying and core doneness", "description": "Links the finished portion to the conditions that produced its coating and cooked its interior.", "rationale": "Coating appearance and core doneness need separate assessment, particularly across mixed ingredients and piece sizes.", "layers": [ { "id": "frying-history", "name": "Frying history", "description": "Records the relevant execution history without owning the reusable recipe.", "findings": [ { "id": "batch-frying-conditions", "name": "Batch frying conditions", "description": "Associate pieces with observed frying duration, oil temperature and any prior cooking.", "questions": [ { "text": "What oil temperature history and immersion duration were recorded for this batch?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "batch-frying-conditions-q01" }, { "text": "Were any core ingredients cooked before battering, and where is that history recorded?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "batch-frying-conditions-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "interior-assessment", "name": "Interior assessment", "description": "Assesses the core independently of crust colour and crispness.", "findings": [ { "id": "ingredient-specific-doneness", "name": "Ingredient-specific doneness", "description": "Record the criterion used for each core ingredient, the observations obtained and any unresolved uncertainty.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which doneness criterion applies to each core ingredient, and what observation or measurement supports the assessment?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "ingredient-specific-doneness-q01" }, { "text": "What action is appropriate when the coating appears finished but core doneness remains uncertain?", "kind": "action", "id": "ingredient-specific-doneness-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "coating-quality", "name": "Coating quality", "description": "Describes the batter-derived crust and its relationship to the enclosed ingredient.", "rationale": "Tempura assessment requires more than identifying the ingredient or recording that it was fried.", "layers": [ { "id": "crust-structure", "name": "Crust structure", "description": "Records coating coverage, thickness and attachment to the core.", "findings": [ { "id": "coverage-and-attachment", "name": "Coverage and attachment", "description": "Describe exposed core, uneven coating, detached crust and loose batter fragments without assuming that uniform coverage is always required.", "questions": [ { "text": "How thick and continuous is the coating at representative locations on the piece?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "coverage-and-attachment-q01" }, { "text": "Which loose batter fragments belong to the assessed portion, and which are a separate food or by-product?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "coverage-and-attachment-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "sensory-condition", "name": "Sensory condition", "description": "Captures current eating qualities using declared assessment methods.", "findings": [ { "id": "crispness-and-oiliness", "name": "Crispness and oiliness", "description": "Assess coating texture and perceived oiliness separately, recording when and how they were judged.", "questions": [ { "text": "What method and scale were used to assess crust crispness and perceived oiliness?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "crispness-and-oiliness-q01" }, { "text": "Does the observed coating condition meet the intended serving standard, or require a different handling decision?", "kind": "action", "id": "crispness-and-oiliness-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "post-frying-handling-and-serving", "name": "Post-frying handling and serving", "description": "Tracks changes between frying, holding, reheating and consumption.", "rationale": "Tempura's serving suitability depends on both handling history and the texture intended for its meal context.", "layers": [ { "id": "holding-and-reheating-history", "name": "Holding and reheating history", "description": "Records elapsed time, storage conditions and subsequent heat treatment.", "findings": [ { "id": "post-frying-condition-history", "name": "Post-frying condition history", "description": "Maintain a time and temperature history and record covering, stacking or reheating that may affect condition.", "questions": [ { "text": "When was frying completed, and what holding, cooling or reheating conditions followed?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "post-frying-condition-history-q01" }, { "text": "Under the applicable ingredient-specific handling guidance, can this portion be served, reheated or retained?", "kind": "action", "id": "post-frying-condition-history-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "meal-integration", "name": "Meal integration", "description": "Records contact with sauce, broth and other foods and the texture intended at consumption.", "findings": [ { "id": "moisture-contact-and-serving-intent", "name": "Moisture contact and serving intent", "description": "Distinguish unintended softening from a coating condition expected after dipping or immersion.", "questions": [ { "text": "Is the portion intended to be eaten dry, dipped immediately before eating, or served in contact with sauce or broth?", "kind": "definition", "id": "moisture-contact-and-serving-intent-q01" }, { "text": "How should the portion and its accompaniments be arranged to achieve 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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 tempura 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 tempura, 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 tempura, 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 tempura 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 tempura 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 tempura, 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 tempura, 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 tempura 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 tempura from the things most often confused with it.", "questions": [ { "id": "distinguishing-features-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes what distinguishes a tempura, 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 tempura, 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 tempura 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 tempura 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 tempura, 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 tempura, 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 tempura 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 tempura is built from and which parts are replaceable.", "questions": [ { "id": "parts-and-materials-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the composition of a tempura, 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 tempura, 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 tempura 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 tempura is judged and by whom.", "questions": [ { "id": "condition-assessment-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the condition of a tempura, 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 tempura, 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 tempura 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 tempura 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 tempura is, and what that position is measured against.", "questions": [ { "id": "position-and-frame-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the location of a tempura, 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 tempura, 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 tempura 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 tempura 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 tempura, 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 tempura, 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 tempura 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 tempura 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 tempura between them.", "questions": [ { "id": "stages-and-transitions-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the lifecycle of a tempura, 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 tempura, 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 tempura 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 tempura, how often and by whom.", "findings": [ { "id": "observation-record", "name": "Observation record", "description": "How an observation of a tempura 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 tempura, 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 tempura, 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 tempura 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 tempura 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 tempura is for, and what it is used for anyway.", "findings": [ { "id": "function-and-purpose", "name": "Function, purpose and misuse", "description": "The function a tempura performs and the uses that fall outside it.", "questions": [ { "id": "function-and-purpose-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the use of a tempura, 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 tempura, 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 tempura 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 tempura.", "findings": [ { "id": "procedures-and-skills", "name": "Procedures, skills and required tools", "description": "What an agent needs before it can act on a tempura at all.", "questions": [ { "id": "procedures-and-skills-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes handling a tempura, 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 tempura, 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 tempura 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 tempura there is and how fast it goes.", "questions": [ { "id": "consumption-and-stock-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the supply of a tempura, 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 tempura, 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 tempura 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 tempura 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 tempura 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 tempura 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 tempura 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 tempura, 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 tempura 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 tempura 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 tempura 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 tempura, 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 tempura 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 tempura and how confident it is.", "questions": [ { "id": "claim-provenance-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes a claim about a tempura, 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 tempura, 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 tempura 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 tempura is retired without being erased.", "questions": [ { "id": "validity-and-supersession-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the validity of a claim about a tempura, 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 tempura, 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 tempura 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 } } } }