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[British Arachnological Society](https://britishspiders.org.uk/araneus-diadematus)", "Compare the arrangement of abdominal spots with Araneus quadratus: a cross-shaped arrangement versus four spots in a square is a useful comparison, subject to image quality and specimen variation. [University of Gothenburg identification material](https://www.gu.se/sites/default/files/2022-09/Arthropods.pdf)", "Require a regional identification key to resolve ambiguous Araneus specimens; neither an orb web nor a garden location establishes this species.", "Distinguish the organism from a depiction or name record: a photograph supports an identification assertion, while the registered biological referent is the species." ], "characteristics": [ { "name": "Identification confidence", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "unassessed | provisional | supported | expert-confirmed | rejected", "why_it_matters": "Controls whether an observation can support a species occurrence or requires further examination." }, { "name": "Dorsal cross evidence", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "clearly visible | partly visible | not visible | unassessable; linked dorsal image", "why_it_matters": "Separates an observed marking from absence caused by angle, resolution or obstruction." }, { "name": "Body length", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "mm, excluding legs; 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unknown permitted", "why_it_matters": "Grounds intervention decisions in observations rather than an unsupported health diagnosis." }, { "name": "Occurrence context", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "individual or evidence item linked to location, date, coordinate uncertainty and observer", "why_it_matters": "Makes distribution and seasonal interpretations traceable." }, { "name": "Web-support setting", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "vegetation | building | other structure | mixed | unresolved; support description", "why_it_matters": "Records the physical setting relevant to web placement and potential disturbance." } ], "affordances": [ "Assess a photographed spider against species identification criteria and retain alternative identifications.", "Request additional dorsal or diagnostic views when existing evidence cannot resolve the species.", "Associate a spider with a web using observed occupancy or construction evidence.", "Compare dated observations of web repair, prey handling and developmental state.", "Prepare a traceable occurrence record with identification confidence and location uncertainty.", "Choose observation, expert referral or a justified minimal-disturbance action using recorded circumstances." ] }, "sources": [], "structure": { "bundles": [ { "id": "species-identity-and-recognition", "name": "Species identity and recognition", "description": "Establish what the registered name denotes and whether an observed spider can be assigned to it.", "rationale": "Cross markings and common names can support recognition but must not erase uncertainty or species boundaries.", "layers": [ { "id": "taxon-and-registry-boundary", "name": "Taxon and registry boundary", "description": "Separate the biological species from its name, representations and individual members.", "findings": [ { "id": "registered-species-referent", "name": "Registered species referent", "description": "Treat vr.tr.araneus-diadematus as the supplied identifier while recording the unresolved relationship between its biological referent and INF / INF.MED placement.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which authoritative taxonomic record anchors the accepted name Araneus diadematus and its synonyms?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "registered-species-referent-q01" }, { "text": "Does INF / INF.MED intentionally classify a species information record, or does the organism require a registry classification correction?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "registered-species-referent-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "diagnostic-evidence", "name": "Diagnostic evidence", "description": "Evaluate abdominal markings and the evidence needed to exclude similar orb-weavers.", "findings": [ { "id": "cross-marking-and-lookalikes", "name": "Cross marking and lookalikes", "description": "Record the dorsal cross as a recognition feature with explicit visibility and confidence. [British Arachnological Society](https://britishspiders.org.uk/araneus-diadematus)", "questions": [ { "text": "Do the available dorsal views resolve the arrangement of pale abdominal markings?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "cross-marking-and-lookalikes-q01" }, { "text": "Which locally plausible orb-weavers remain compatible with the visible features?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "cross-marking-and-lookalikes-q02" }, { "text": "What additional view or expert examination would resolve the remaining identification ambiguity?", "kind": "action", "id": "cross-marking-and-lookalikes-q03" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "individual-development-and-condition", "name": "Individual development and condition", "description": "Describe the observed spider without confusing size, maturity, sex and condition.", "rationale": "Identification reliability and permissible interpretations depend on the individual's developmental and observable state.", "layers": [ { "id": "morphology-and-maturity", "name": 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"observed-feeding-and-web-change", "name": "Observed feeding and web change", "description": "Separate prey contact, retention, wrapping and feeding, and distinguish observed repairs from changes discovered between visits.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which prey-contact, retention, wrapping or feeding steps were directly observed?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "observed-feeding-and-web-change-q01" }, { "text": "Was web repair or replacement witnessed, or inferred from differences between dated observations?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "observed-feeding-and-web-change-q02" }, { "text": "What observation interval would capture web changes while limiting disturbance?", "kind": "action", "id": "observed-feeding-and-web-change-q03" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "occurrence-habitat-and-season", "name": "Occurrence, habitat and season", "description": "Place identified observations in a spatial and temporal setting without extrapolating beyond their evidence.", "rationale": "A garden-spider name does 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[British Arachnological Society species account](https://britishspiders.org.uk/species/araneus-diadematus)", "questions": [ { "text": "What location, date and spatial uncertainty anchor this occurrence?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "supported-habitat-record-q01" }, { "text": "Which vegetation or structures support the web, and what exposure or shelter was observed?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "supported-habitat-record-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "seasonality-and-detection", "name": "Seasonality and detection", "description": "Keep local seasonal evidence separate from survey effort and assumptions imported from other regions.", "findings": [ { "id": "regional-stage-calendar", "name": "Regional stage calendar", "description": "Build local timing from dated stage observations and record search effort before interpreting missing sightings.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which dated regional records establish when juveniles, adults or egg sacs are observed?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "regional-stage-calendar-q01" }, { "text": "What search duration, area and method accompanied a reported non-detection?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "regional-stage-calendar-q02" }, { "text": "Does the evidence support an individual occurrence, repeated local presence or a reproducing population?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "regional-stage-calendar-q03" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "reproduction-and-disturbance-decisions", "name": "Reproduction and disturbance decisions", "description": "Assess reproductive evidence and choose proportionate responses to encounters with spiders, webs or egg sacs.", "rationale": "Misattributed egg sacs and unnecessary disturbance can undermine both biological records and decisions about a specific encounter.", "layers": [ { "id": "reproductive-evidence", "name": "Reproductive evidence", "description": "Distinguish directly observed reproductive events from appearance-based assumptions.", "findings": [ { "id": "mating-and-egg-sac-attribution", "name": "Mating and egg-sac attribution", "description": "Record courtship, mating, egg-sac production and emergence only at the level supported by observations; 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"evidence", "event time", "knowledge time" ] }, { "id": "preferred-name-and-aliases-q03", "text": "What may an agent decide or do once the name of a Araneus diadematus 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 Araneus diadematus, 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 Araneus diadematus, by which method, and when was it true?", "kind": "provenance", "answer_data": [ "authority", "method", 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asserted this about the kind of a Araneus diadematus, 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 Araneus diadematus 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 Araneus diadematus from the things most often confused with it.", "questions": [ { "id": "distinguishing-features-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes what distinguishes a Araneus diadematus, 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 Araneus diadematus, 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 Araneus diadematus 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 Araneus diadematus 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 Araneus diadematus between them.", "questions": [ { "id": "stages-and-transitions-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the lifecycle of a Araneus diadematus, 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 Araneus diadematus, 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 Araneus diadematus 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", 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"action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "content-and-access", "name": "Content, encoding and access", "description": "What a Araneus diadematus says, how it is encoded and who may read it.", "rationale": "An informational thing carries content that can be copied, versioned and withheld, none of which its physical carrier explains.", "layers": [ { "id": "content-and-encoding", "name": "Content and encoding", "description": "The content itself, its format and its language.", "findings": [ { "id": "content-and-format", "name": "Content, format and language", "description": "What a Araneus diadematus contains and in what form it is held.", "questions": [ { "id": "content-and-format-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the content of a Araneus diadematus, and in what units or vocabulary?", "kind": "definition", "answer_data": [ "identifiers", "types and classes", "values with units", "explicit unknowns" ] }, { "id": "content-and-format-q02", "text": "Who or what asserted this about the content of a Araneus diadematus, by which method, and when was it true?", "kind": "provenance", "answer_data": [ "authority", "method", "evidence", "event time", "knowledge time" ] }, { "id": "content-and-format-q03", "text": "What may an agent decide or do once the content of a Araneus diadematus is known, and what must it refuse?", "kind": "action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "access-and-rights", "name": "Access, rights and retention", "description": "Who may read, copy or change it, and for how long it is kept.", "findings": [ { "id": "access-rules", "name": "Access rules and retention", "description": "The permissions attached to a Araneus diadematus and the period it survives.", "questions": [ { "id": "access-rules-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes access to a Araneus diadematus, and in what units or vocabulary?", "kind": "definition", "answer_data": [ "identifiers", "types and classes", "values with units", "explicit unknowns" ] }, { "id": "access-rules-q02", "text": "Who or what asserted this about access to a Araneus diadematus, by which method, and when was it true?", "kind": "provenance", "answer_data": [ "authority", "method", "evidence", "event time", "knowledge time" ] }, { "id": "access-rules-q03", "text": "What may an agent decide or do once access to a Araneus diadematus is known, and what must it refuse?", "kind": "action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "work-and-manifestation", "name": "Work, version and copy", "description": "Which level of Araneus diadematus a statement is about.", "rationale": "The work, the edition, the file and the copy in hand are four things; rights and content attach to different ones.", "layers": [ { "id": "levels", "name": "Levels of the thing", "description": "Work, expression, 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"version-record-q02", "text": "Who treats which version as authoritative, and for what purpose?", "kind": "provenance" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "authorship-and-rights", "name": "Authorship, rights and permitted use", "description": "Who made Araneus diadematus and what may be done with it.", "rationale": "Rights are jurisdictional, time-limited and attached to a level, and an agent that ignores that will copy what it may not.", "layers": [ { "id": "authorship", "name": "Authorship and contribution", "description": "Who contributed what, and in what capacity.", "findings": [ { "id": "contribution-record", "name": "Contributors and roles", "description": "The people and bodies behind it, with their roles.", "questions": [ { "id": "contribution-record-q01", "text": "Who authored or contributed to Araneus diadematus, in what roles, and how is that attested?", "kind": "provenance" }, { "id": "contribution-record-q02", "text": "Where authorship is disputed or anonymous, what is recorded 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"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 Araneus diadematus is retired without being erased.", "questions": [ { "id": "validity-and-supersession-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the validity of a claim about a Araneus diadematus, 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 Araneus diadematus, 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 Araneus diadematus is known, and what must it refuse?", "kind": "action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] } ] } ] } ] }, "statistics": { "bundles": 6, "layers": 12, "findings": 14, "questions": 38 } } } }