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[NParks botanical description](https://www.nparks.gov.sg/florafaunaweb/flora/1/9/1904)", "Check for two-ranked leaves with elliptic to oblong-lanceolate blades; use this as supporting evidence alongside rhizomes and flowers, not as a standalone species test. [NParks botanical description](https://www.nparks.gov.sg/florafaunaweb/flora/1/9/1904)", "When flowering, compare the terminal bracted spike on a leafy shoot, including pale-green lower bracts and white, sometimes pink-tipped upper bracts, against an authenticated description. [NParks botanical description](https://www.nparks.gov.sg/florafaunaweb/flora/1/9/1904)", "For material labelled only turmeric, explicitly test the proposed identification against related Curcuma species, including C. amada and C. aromatica; require a documented botanical determination when visible characters are inconclusive. [Kew turmeric profile](https://www.kew.org/plants/turmeric)", "Separate species identity from product naming: a label or ground yellow material alone does not establish an identifiable Curcuma longa plant; record the accepted-name determination against a taxonomic reference. [Kew taxonomic record](https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn%3Alsid%3Aipni.org%3Anames%3A796451-1)" ], "characteristics": [ { "name": "Species determination", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "confirmed by documented determination | provisional | disputed | unidentified", "why_it_matters": "Controls whether observations and interventions can be attributed specifically to Curcuma longa." }, { "name": "Accession and propagule ancestry", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "Source accession, supplier, parent clump and division event; unknown explicitly allowed", "why_it_matters": "Preserves identity and shared exposure history across rhizome divisions." }, { "name": "Observed biological unit", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "Connected clump | attached shoot | attached rhizome | detached rhizome | divided propagule", "why_it_matters": "Prevents a shoot count from being mistaken for a count of independent plants." }, { "name": "Seasonal growth state", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "Unsprouted | sprouting | leafy growth | flowering | senescing | suspected dormant | dead | uncertain", "why_it_matters": "Supports interpretation of leaf loss and the timing of inspection, propagation and harvest." }, { "name": "Rhizome morphology", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "Primary and finger arrangement, branching pattern and cut-surface colour, with photographs", "why_it_matters": "Supports identification and distinguishes organ development from damage." }, { "name": "Rhizome dimensions and mass", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Length and diameter in mm; fresh mass in g; organ and sampling date specified", "why_it_matters": "Allows growth and harvest observations to be compared on a consistent basis." }, { "name": "Bud and sprout condition", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "Observed bud count; intact | growing | damaged | decayed | indeterminate", "why_it_matters": "Informs whether a detached rhizome remains a plausible propagation candidate." }, { "name": "Foliage condition", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Leaf count and estimated affected leaf area in %, with symptom description", "why_it_matters": "Tracks decline or recovery without treating every yellow leaf as evidence of disease." }, { "name": "Rhizome tissue condition", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "Firm | shrivelled | wounded | soft | visibly decaying | unexamined", "why_it_matters": "Supports decisions about further examination and separation from propagation stock." }, { "name": "Root-zone conditions", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Temperature in °C; moisture with method and units; duration of observed saturation in hours", "why_it_matters": "Connects sprouting and tissue-condition changes to measured cultivation conditions." }, { "name": "Harvest or propagation allocation", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "Retain growing | retain as propagation stock | harvest candidate | hold for investigation", "why_it_matters": "Makes the intended next use explicit before irreversible cutting or removal." } ], "affordances": [ "Document and reassess identification using rhizome, foliage and flowering evidence.", "Monitor sprouting, canopy development and rhizome condition through a cultivation cycle.", "Adjust cultivation conditions using measured conditions and recorded plant responses.", "Select and divide suitable rhizomes for propagation while preserving parentage and inspection records.", "Separate suspect propagation material and request diagnostic examination.", "Harvest selected organs and transfer their identity and treatment history to a harvested-material record." ] }, "sources": [], "structure": { "bundles": [ { "id": "identity-and-lookalikes", "name": "Identity and lookalikes", "description": "Establish whether the observed plant or rhizome can be treated as Curcuma longa.", "rationale": "Turmeric names and partial plant material can conceal species uncertainty.", "layers": [ { "id": "taxonomic-determination", "name": "Taxonomic determination", "description": "Connect the registry identity to an evidenced botanical determination.", "findings": [ { "id": "name-and-identification-evidence", "name": "Name and identification evidence", "description": "Record the determination, its author, reference and limitations independently of a supplier label.", "questions": [ { "text": "What botanical determination connects this specimen to Curcuma longa rather than merely to the common name turmeric?", "kind": "definition", "id": "name-and-identification-evidence-q01" }, { "text": "Who identified it, when, and using which reference, voucher or accession record?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "name-and-identification-evidence-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "diagnostic-organ-combination", "name": "Diagnostic organ combination", "description": "Assess the combined rhizome, leaf and inflorescence evidence available.", "findings": [ { "id": "lookalike-exclusion", "name": "Lookalike exclusion", "description": "Make competing identifications and missing diagnostic observations explicit.", "questions": [ { "text": "What rhizome branching, cut-surface colour, leaf arrangement and inflorescence characters were actually observed?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "lookalike-exclusion-q01" }, { "text": "Which observations distinguish this specimen from C. amada, C. aromatica and locally traded ginger-like substitutes?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "lookalike-exclusion-q02" }, { "text": "If the specimen is sterile or consists only of a rhizome fragment, what additional examination is needed before accepting its identity?", "kind": "action", "id": "lookalike-exclusion-q03" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "rhizome-organisation-and-lineage", "name": "Rhizome organisation and lineage", "description": "Represent the connected plant and the biological relationships created by rhizome division.", "rationale": "Shoots, clumps and detached rhizomes are different observation and intervention units.", "layers": [ { "id": "clump-and-organ-boundaries", "name": "Clump and organ boundaries", "description": "Identify the unit whose growth, symptoms or removal are being assessed.", "findings": [ { "id": "connected-growth-unit", "name": "Connected growth unit", "description": "Distinguish visible shoots from connected underground growth and detached material.", "questions": [ { "text": "Does this observation concern one shoot, a connected rhizome system or a detached propagule?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "connected-growth-unit-q01" }, { "text": "Which connections between primary rhizomes, fingers and shoots were observed, and which remain unexamined?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "connected-growth-unit-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "accession-and-division-history", "name": "Accession and division history", "description": "Preserve the origin of planting material and its subsequent divisions.", "findings": [ { "id": "propagule-parentage", "name": "Propagule parentage", "description": "Connect each division to its source without assuming a named cultivar or verified genetic identity.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which source accession or parent clump supplied this rhizome, and when was it separated?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "propagule-parentage-q01" }, { "text": "Is the cultivar or landrace designation documented, supplier-reported or unknown?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "propagule-parentage-q02" }, { "text": "Which sibling propagules share the same source and potentially relevant treatment or symptom history?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "propagule-parentage-q03" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "seasonal-growth-and-cultivation", "name": "Seasonal growth and cultivation", "description": "Interpret the plant's current growth phase in its observed growing conditions.", "rationale": "Above-ground appearance alone cannot settle the condition or future growth of underground rhizomes.", "layers": [ { "id": "growth-phase-and-viability", "name": "Growth phase and viability", "description": "Separate recorded developmental changes from assumptions about dormancy or death.", "findings": [ { "id": "seasonal-state-interpretation", "name": "Seasonal state interpretation", "description": "Use dated shoot, leaf and rhizome observations to support a growth-state assessment.", "questions": [ { "text": "When were planting, first sprouting, flowering and canopy senescence observed for this accession?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "seasonal-state-interpretation-q01" }, { "text": "What bud or rhizome evidence supports dormancy, continued viability or death when leaves are absent?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "seasonal-state-interpretation-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "cultivation-response", "name": "Cultivation response", "description": "Relate water, temperature, light and growing-space observations to plant performance.", "findings": [ { "id": "conditions-and-response", "name": "Conditions and response", "description": "Record local conditions and responses without inventing universal cultivation thresholds.", "questions": [ { "text": "What root-zone temperature, moisture, drainage and light conditions accompanied sprouting or decline?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "conditions-and-response-q01" }, { "text": "Is rhizome expansion visibly constrained by container space, crowding or substrate condition?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "conditions-and-response-q02" }, { "text": "Which cultivation adjustment is justified by the observations, and what subsequent response would support keeping it?", "kind": "action", "id": "conditions-and-response-q03" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "rhizome-and-canopy-health", "name": "Rhizome and canopy health", "description": "Assess symptoms affecting foliage, underground organs and planting-stock suitability.", "rationale": "A plant may show canopy symptoms while the rhizome condition remains unknown, or retain a plausible appearance despite damaged planting material.", "layers": [ { "id": "symptom-localisation", "name": "Symptom localisation", "description": "Locate and quantify symptoms before assigning a cause.", "findings": [ { "id": "foliage-and-rhizome-condition", "name": "Foliage and rhizome condition", "description": "Keep observations of spots, yellowing, wilting and tissue deterioration separate from diagnosis.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which leaves or rhizome regions show symptoms, how extensive are they, and how have they changed?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "foliage-and-rhizome-condition-q01" }, { "text": "What evidence distinguishes expected senescence from water stress, injury or suspected disease in this plant?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "foliage-and-rhizome-condition-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "diagnosis-and-stock-disposition", "name": "Diagnosis and stock disposition", "description": "Connect uncertainty about symptoms to decisions about retention and propagation.", "findings": [ { "id": "suspect-rhizome-handling", "name": "Suspect rhizome handling", "description": "Document diagnostic evidence and the disposition of potentially affected planting material.", "questions": [ { "text": "Is the suspected cause based on appearance, expert examination or a laboratory result, and where is that evidence?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "suspect-rhizome-handling-q01" }, { "text": "Should this rhizome be held apart from propagation stock pending examination, and which related divisions need inspection?", "kind": "action", "id": "suspect-rhizome-handling-q02" }, { "text": "What observed recovery or diagnostic result would justify reconsidering its propagation suitability?", "kind": "action", "id": "suspect-rhizome-handling-q03" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "propagation-harvest-and-handoff", "name": "Propagation, harvest and handoff", "description": "Support the choice between continued growth, rhizome propagation and organ harvest.", "rationale": "Cutting and harvest change the biological unit and may transfer responsibility to planting-stock or material models.", "layers": [ { "id": "rhizome-propagation-readiness", "name": "Rhizome propagation readiness", "description": "Evaluate candidate divisions and preserve evidence of their establishment.", "findings": [ { "id": "division-selection-and-establishment", "name": "Division selection and establishment", "description": "Base propagation decisions on observed buds, tissue condition and a documented local method.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which candidate rhizome sections have observable intact buds and acceptable tissue condition under the chosen propagation protocol?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "division-selection-and-establishment-q01" }, { "text": "What division, handling and planting procedure applies to this accession and growing environment?", "kind": "action", "id": "division-selection-and-establishment-q02" }, { "text": "What dated sprouting and subsequent growth observations will establish that the division succeeded?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "division-selection-and-establishment-q03" } ] } ] }, { "id": "harvest-decision-and-material-boundary", "name": "Harvest decision and material boundary", "description": "Record why an organ is harvested and what identity and history accompany it.", "findings": [ { "id": "harvest-allocation-and-traceability", "name": "Harvest allocation and traceability", "description": "Separate plant readiness from downstream claims about food, extract or medicinal quality.", "questions": [ { "text": "What intended use and observed growth or rhizome condition justify harvesting now rather than retaining the plant?", "kind": "action", "id": "harvest-allocation-and-traceability-q01" }, { "text": "Which rhizomes remain as propagation stock, and which harvested organs become separately tracked material?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "harvest-allocation-and-traceability-q02" }, { "text": "Which accession, harvest date, organ identity and treatment records must accompany the harvested material?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "harvest-allocation-and-traceability-q03" } ] } ] } ] } ] }, "openQuestions": [ "Which validated identification key and, where necessary, laboratory methods reliably distinguish sterile Curcuma longa material from the Curcuma species encountered in the intended region?", "Which cultivar or landrace distinctions are sufficiently documented to alter expected growth, rhizome morphology or intervention decisions?", "What locally validated observations distinguish normal dormancy from loss of viability, and what observation periods are appropriate?", "Which propagation, cultivation and harvest criteria are supported for the intended accession, climate and growing system?", "Where should responsibility pass from this biological model to harvested turmeric or planting-stock models, particularly for detached rhizomes that could serve either purpose?" ], "statistics": { "bundles": 5, "layers": 10, "findings": 10, "questions": 26 } }, "draft": { "generator": "vr.draft.v3", "status": 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Applied to this entry by rule. No source was read for this thing and no claim here is researched. This entry carries no facets of its own, so they were inferred from its domain - a guess about a whole domain applied to one thing.", "facetsInferred": true, "nextPass": "A researcher replaces this draft with a sourced specification. Treat every sentence below as a proposal to argue with.", "purpose": "Give an agent a durable, checkable way to recognise a Curcuma longa, record what state it is in, and decide what may be done with it.", "whatItIs": "Enable an AI agent to recognise Curcuma longa, assess the condition of its plants and propagating rhizomes, and decide whether to cultivate, propagate, investigate or harvest them.", "characteristics": { "substance": "living", "origin": "natural", "agency": "autonomous", "mobility": "self-moving" }, "whatYouCanDoWithIt": [ "observed and measured" ], "distinguishingFeatures": [ "Described in 127 Wikipedia languages, which is a measure of how widely the thing is known, not of how important it is." ], "openQuestionsForResearch": [ "Which of the bundles below does a real task actually need, and which are ceremony?", "What does this thing have that the facets do not capture at all?", "Which neighbouring kind is most often confused with a Curcuma longa, and on what evidence are they told apart?" ], "whatItIsMadeOf": "a living thing", "physicalCharacter": [ "Moves under its own power or of its own accord.", "Acts on its own behalf.", "These come from the domain this entry sits in rather than from the entry itself, so treat them as a first guess about the whole domain applied to one thing." ], "whatCanBeDoneWithIt": [ "observe it, measure it, record its state" ], "howItIsRecognised": [ "Recognised by diagnostic characters, and those differ by life stage - the young of many kinds are mistaken for other kinds entirely. A sighting is settled by characters, a photograph and a place, not by a name alone." ], "relatedModels": [], "standing": "Described in 127 Wikipedia languages, which measures how widely it is written about rather than how important or how common it is.", "structure": { "bundles": [ { "id": "identity-and-classification", "name": "Identity, naming and classification", "description": "How an agent tells one Curcuma longa from another, and a Curcuma longa from things that resemble it.", "rationale": "Recognition comes before every other claim. Without stable identity nothing else in the model can be trusted to be about the same thing twice.", "layers": [ { "id": "naming-and-identifiers", "name": "Names and identifiers", "description": "The names this thing goes by and the identifiers that survive translation and time.", "findings": [ { "id": "preferred-name-and-aliases", "name": "Preferred name, aliases and local names", "description": "Which name to use, which names mean the same thing, and which merely sound similar.", "questions": [ { "id": "preferred-name-and-aliases-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the name of a Curcuma longa, and in what units or vocabulary?", "kind": "definition", "answer_data": [ "identifiers", "types and classes", "values with units", "explicit unknowns" ] }, { "id": "preferred-name-and-aliases-q02", "text": "Who or what asserted this about the name of a Curcuma longa, by which method, and when was it true?", "kind": "provenance", "answer_data": [ "authority", "method", "evidence", "event time", "knowledge time" ] }, { "id": "preferred-name-and-aliases-q03", "text": "What may an agent decide or do once the name of a Curcuma longa 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 Curcuma longa, 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 Curcuma longa, 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 Curcuma longa 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 Curcuma longa 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 Curcuma longa, 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 Curcuma longa, 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 Curcuma longa 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 Curcuma longa from the things most often confused with it.", "questions": [ { "id": "distinguishing-features-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes what distinguishes a Curcuma longa, 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 Curcuma longa, 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 Curcuma longa 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 Curcuma longa 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 Curcuma longa, 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 Curcuma longa, 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 Curcuma longa 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 Curcuma longa and the stages it passes through.", "questions": [ { "id": "parts-and-materials-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the composition of a Curcuma longa, 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 Curcuma longa, 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 Curcuma longa 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 Curcuma longa is judged and by whom.", "questions": [ { "id": "condition-assessment-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the condition of a Curcuma longa, 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 Curcuma longa, 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 Curcuma longa 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 Curcuma longa 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 Curcuma longa is, and what that position is measured against.", "questions": [ { "id": "position-and-frame-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the location of a Curcuma longa, 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 Curcuma longa, 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 Curcuma longa 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 Curcuma longa 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 Curcuma longa, 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 Curcuma longa, 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 Curcuma longa 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 Curcuma longa 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 Curcuma longa between them.", "questions": [ { "id": "stages-and-transitions-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the lifecycle of a Curcuma longa, 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 Curcuma longa, 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 Curcuma longa 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 Curcuma longa, how often and by whom.", "findings": [ { "id": "observation-record", "name": "Observation record", "description": "How an observation of a Curcuma longa 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 Curcuma longa, 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 Curcuma longa, 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 Curcuma longa 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 Curcuma longa 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 Curcuma longa, 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 Curcuma longa 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 Curcuma longa 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, condition and behaviour", "description": "What Curcuma longa does over its life and how its state is judged.", "rationale": "Stage and condition change what may be done - handled, treated, harvested, left alone - and both are observations with a time.", "layers": [ { "id": "stages-and-reproduction", "name": "Stages and reproduction", "description": "Development from origin to death, including forms that look like different animals.", "findings": [ { "id": "life-stages", "name": "Life stages and their marks", "description": "The stages worth recording and what tells them apart.", "questions": [ { "id": "life-stages-q01", "text": "What stages does Curcuma longa pass through, and what observable change marks each transition?", "kind": "definition" }, { "id": "life-stages-q02", "text": "Which stages are so unlike the adult that they are mistaken for another kind?", "kind": "boundary" } ] } ] }, { "id": "health-and-condition", "name": "Health and condition", "description": "How condition is 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 Curcuma longa 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 Curcuma longa 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 Curcuma longa, 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 Curcuma longa 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 Curcuma longa 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 Curcuma longa and how confident it is.", "questions": [ { "id": "claim-provenance-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes a claim about a Curcuma longa, 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 Curcuma longa, 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 Curcuma longa 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 Curcuma longa is retired without being erased.", "questions": [ { "id": "validity-and-supersession-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the validity of a claim about a Curcuma longa, 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 Curcuma longa, 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 Curcuma longa 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 } } } }