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chromophore chemistry rather than by hue alone.", "scope_statement": "This model owns the material identity and present state of an individual emerald crystal, rough piece or fashioned stone, including evidence for natural or laboratory-grown origin, colour classification, treatments, fractures and constraints on further action.", "in_scope": [ "Identification as emerald rather than another green mineral, imitation or assembled stone", "Natural or laboratory-grown origin and the evidence supporting that determination", "Colour, transparency, inclusions and optical appearance", "Fractures, fracture filling and other detected or suspected treatments", "Rough or fashioned form, dimensions, mass and suitability for further working", "Stone-specific examination, handling and disclosure constraints" ], "out_of_scope": [ "The complete beryl mineral family and its other varieties", "The geology, operations and environmental performance of an emerald mine", "Jewellery construction, metal settings and the condition of an entire jewellery item", "Ownership, transaction terms, insurance and monetary valuation", "Certification laboratory operations and general gem-testing instrument models" ], "distinguishing_features": [ "Establish that the material is beryl using mutually supporting gemmological observations; green colour alone does not distinguish emerald from glass or other green gems.", "Assess whether the beryl's colour qualifies as emerald under an explicitly named classification convention; retain borderline green beryl classifications as unresolved.", "Evaluate growth structures, inclusions and laboratory evidence to distinguish natural emerald from laboratory-grown emerald; shared composition does not establish natural origin.", "Inspect for interfaces, coatings or assembled components that could make an imitation appear to be a single emerald.", "Separate evidence of emerald identity from evidence of fracture filling: a treated emerald may remain emerald while requiring different disclosure and care." ], "characteristics": [ { "name": "Material identification", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "Confirmed emerald | provisional emerald | green beryl boundary unresolved | other material | undetermined; with evidence", "why_it_matters": "Controls whether emerald-specific interpretation and actions are justified." }, { "name": "Growth origin", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "Natural | laboratory-grown | undetermined; with method and confidence", "why_it_matters": "Distinguishes geological formation from laboratory growth without confusing either with imitation." }, { "name": "Observed colour", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Hue, tone and saturation under recorded illumination, background and viewing orientation", "why_it_matters": "Supports emerald classification and comparison while accounting for viewing conditions." }, { "name": "Transparency", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "Transparent | translucent | opaque | mixed; with observation conditions", "why_it_matters": "Describes light transmission separately from colour and surface polish." }, { "name": "Fracture distribution", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "Mapped internal and surface-reaching fractures, including their relation to edges, corners and thin sections", "why_it_matters": "Locates potential failure points and sites where fillers may be present." }, { "name": "Treatment assessment", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "Detected | suspected | not detected under stated examination | not examined; treatment type and extent where supported", "why_it_matters": "Prevents absence of evidence from being represented as proof of an untreated stone." }, { "name": "Growth and inclusion observations", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "Observed inclusion types, growth zoning and diagnostic features, with images and interpretation confidence", "why_it_matters": "Supports identity and origin assessment without treating a single feature as conclusive." }, { "name": "Physical form", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "Crystal | rough fragment | preform | faceted stone | cabochon | carving; attached matrix or mounting noted", "why_it_matters": "Determines accessible examination surfaces and feasible working actions." }, { "name": "Mass and dimensions", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Mass in carats or grams; dimensions in millimetres; measured or estimated status", "why_it_matters": "Supports specimen matching, documentation and assessment of material removal." }, { "name": "Laboratory report linkage", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "Identified report linked through matching measurements, images, inscriptions or other specimen features", "why_it_matters": "Ensures a report's conclusions actually apply to the emerald being assessed." } ], "affordances": [ "Select an examination sequence to resolve emerald identity, origin or treatment uncertainty.", "Document colour, inclusions and fractures with repeatable viewing conditions and specimen-linked images.", "Refer unresolved growth origin, filler identity or geographic-origin claims for appropriate laboratory examination.", "Evaluate cutting, polishing or mounting proposals against fracture locations, colour distribution and expected material loss.", "Choose cleaning, storage and handling actions compatible with the observed fractures and known or uncertain treatments.", "Prepare evidence-qualified descriptions that disclose laboratory growth, detected treatments and unresolved claims." ] }, "sources": [ { "id": "gia-emerald", "title": "Emerald Quality Factors / Emerald Description", "url": "https://www.gia.edu/emerald-quality-factor", "what_it_supports": "Gemmological definition of emerald as green beryl coloured by chromium and/or vanadium; quality factors (colour, clarity, cut, carat); prevalence of clarity enhancement.", "url_status": "live" }, { "id": "mindat-emerald", "title": "Emerald", "url": "https://www.mindat.org/min-1375.html", "what_it_supports": "Mineral identity as a variety of beryl; chemistry Be3Al2Si6O18 with Cr/V chromophores; hardness, density, occurrence types.", "url_status": "blocked" }, { "id": "cibjo-blue-book", "title": "CIBJO Gemstone Book (Blue Book) - Coloured Gemstones", "url": "https://www.cibjo.org/the-blue-books/", "what_it_supports": "Trade nomenclature, disclosure of treatments (oiling, resin filling), and distinction of synthetic vs natural emerald.", "url_status": "live" }, { "id": "usgs-beryl", "title": "Beryl and emerald commodity / mineral information", "url": "https://pubs.usgs.gov/periodicals/mcs2024/mcs2024-beryllium.pdf", "what_it_supports": "Industrial and gem beryl context; beryllium mineralogy; producing regions.", "url_status": "live" } ], "structure": { "bundles": [ { "id": "emerald-identity", "name": "Emerald identity and classification", "description": "Establishes whether the examined material belongs within the emerald model.", "rationale": "Green appearance can conceal a different mineral, an imitation or a classification boundary within beryl.", "layers": [ { "id": "beryl-identification", "name": "Beryl identification", "description": "Connects the material determination to observations and the limits of the available tests.", "findings": [ { "id": "material-evidence", "name": "Evidence for emerald material", "description": "Records observations supporting beryl identity and checks whether the examined item is a single material.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which optical, microscopic or analytical observations support beryl identity, and which competing identifications remain possible?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "material-evidence-q01" }, { "text": "Is the item a single stone, or are there interfaces, coatings, backing materials or assembled components affecting its appearance?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "material-evidence-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "emerald-colour-boundary", "name": "Emerald versus green beryl", "description": "Makes the colour-based variety decision explicit rather than assuming every green beryl is emerald.", "findings": [ { "id": "variety-classification", "name": "Colour classification basis", "description": "Records the convention and evidence used to apply the emerald name.", "questions": [ { "text": "Under which laboratory or reference convention does this beryl's colour qualify as emerald?", "kind": "definition", "id": "variety-classification-q01" }, { "text": "Does the available colour and colour-causing-element evidence settle the classification, or should the emerald-green beryl boundary remain unresolved?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "variety-classification-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "growth-origin-evidence", "name": "Growth origin and attribution", "description": "Separates natural or laboratory growth from geographic-source claims and report provenance.", "rationale": "Emerald material identity alone cannot establish how or where the stone formed.", "layers": [ { "id": "natural-laboratory-growth", "name": "Natural or laboratory growth", "description": "Assesses growth origin through documented internal features and laboratory findings.", "findings": [ { "id": "growth-origin-determination", "name": "Growth origin determination", "description": "Retains the observations, interpretation and uncertainty behind an origin conclusion.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which observed growth structures, inclusions or analytical results support natural or laboratory-grown origin?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "growth-origin-determination-q01" }, { "text": "What additional examination is needed when the observed features do not distinguish the two origins reliably?", "kind": "action", "id": "growth-origin-determination-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "source-attribution", "name": "Geographic attribution and specimen linkage", "description": "Distinguishes a laboratory origin opinion from a seller's claim and verifies that supporting records match the stone.", "findings": [ { "id": "attribution-support", "name": "Support for source claims", "description": "Records claimed and assessed origins separately, preserving attribution limits.", "questions": [ { "text": "Is a claimed country or mine supported by traceable records, a laboratory opinion or only an unverified statement?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "attribution-support-q01" }, { "text": "Which measurements, images or identifying features connect each report to this particular emerald?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "attribution-support-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "colour-and-fashioned-appearance", "name": "Colour and fashioned appearance", "description": "Describes the emerald's visible performance in relation to its internal colour distribution and physical form.", "rationale": "The same emerald can present differently with illumination, orientation, cut and mounting.", "layers": [ { "id": "colour-transparency-distribution", "name": "Colour and transparency distribution", "description": "Records appearance under controlled conditions and locates variation within the stone.", "findings": [ { "id": "observed-colour-profile", "name": "Observed colour profile", "description": "Distinguishes repeatable colour observations from viewing effects and local zoning.", "questions": [ { "text": "What hue, tone, saturation and transparency are observed under specified illumination and viewing orientations?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "observed-colour-profile-q01" }, { "text": "Where are colour zoning, cloudy regions or inclusion concentrations located relative to the intended viewing face?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "observed-colour-profile-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "form-optical-presentation", "name": "Form and optical presentation", "description": "Relates rough or fashioned geometry to visible colour, light return and examination access.", "findings": [ { "id": "geometry-appearance-effects", "name": "Geometry-dependent appearance", "description": "Records how orientation and working choices affect the emerald's presentation.", "questions": [ { "text": "For a fashioned stone, where are windowing, dark areas, polish defects or edge damage visible under recorded viewing conditions?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "geometry-appearance-effects-q01" }, { "text": "For proposed cutting or recutting, how would the chosen orientation use colour zoning while avoiding mapped fractures and limiting material loss?", "kind": "action", "id": "geometry-appearance-effects-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "fractures-treatments-and-care", "name": "Fractures, treatments and care", "description": "Connects structural condition and treatment evidence to permissible handling and intervention.", "rationale": "Emerald care and working decisions depend on fracture geometry and treatment state, not simply on mineral identity or scratch resistance.", "layers": [ { "id": "fracture-filling-assessment", "name": "Fractures and filling assessment", "description": "Maps damage and records the evidence and limits of treatment detection.", "findings": [ { "id": "fracture-treatment-map", "name": "Fracture and treatment map", "description": "Associates surface-reaching fractures, vulnerable areas and suspected or detected filling with locations on the stone.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which fractures reach the surface or intersect corners, thin edges or proposed contact points?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "fracture-treatment-map-q01" }, { "text": "What examination supports the presence, type and extent of fracture filling or another treatment, and what could that examination fail to detect?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "fracture-treatment-map-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "intervention-and-disclosure", "name": "Intervention and disclosure", "description": "Uses the current assessment to constrain care, working and representations about the emerald.", "findings": [ { "id": "condition-dependent-actions", "name": "Condition-dependent actions", "description": "Records action-specific decisions and the uncertainties that require specialist assessment.", "questions": [ { "text": "Given mapped fractures and known or uncertain fillers, which proposed cleaning, heating, ultrasonic, solvent, polishing or setting operations require specialist assessment before proceeding?", "kind": "action", "id": "condition-dependent-actions-q01" }, { "text": "Which growth-origin and treatment statements can be disclosed from the evidence, and which claims must remain qualified or unknown?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "condition-dependent-actions-q02" }, { "text": "After an intervention, which images, measurements and treatment observations must be repeated to establish the emerald's new state?", "kind": "action", "id": "condition-dependent-actions-q03" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "evidence-and-external-alignment", "name": "Evidence and external alignment", "description": "What the world already says about this thing, gathered so the model can be checked against it.", "rationale": "A model that cannot be lined up against existing standards, identifiers and practice cannot be adopted by anyone who already uses them.", "layers": [ { "id": "reported-evidence", "name": "Reported evidence", "description": "Findings from the breadth pass, kept separate from the structural claims.", "findings": [ { "id": "evidence-kinds", "name": "Kinds and varieties", "description": "Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.", "evidence": [ "Colombian (trapiche and non-trapiche) hydrothermal-vein emerald", "Zambian (Kafubu/Kagem) schist-hosted emerald", "Brazilian (Itabira/Nova Era, Carnaíba, Socotó) schist-hosted emerald", "Afghan (Panjshir) and Pakistani (Swat) alpine-vein emerald", "Ethiopian (Shakiso) and Madagascan schist-hosted emerald", "Hydrothermal synthetic emerald (e.g. Russian, Chinese, Tairus)", "Flux-grown synthetic emerald (e.g. Chatham, Gilson, Lennix)", "Treated natural emerald (oil, resin, polymer fracture-filled)" ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-kinds-q01", "text": "Which of these kinds and varieties hold for the sense of emerald this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-identifiers", "name": "Identifiers and schemes", "description": "Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.", "evidence": [ { "scheme": "Wikidata", "value_or_pattern": "Q105623", "note": "item for emerald as mineral variety" }, { "scheme": "Mindat mineral ID", "value_or_pattern": "1375", "note": "emerald as variety of beryl" }, { "scheme": "Nickel-Strunz (beryl parent)", "value_or_pattern": "9.CJ.05", "note": "beryl class; emerald is a variety, not a separate species" }, { "scheme": "IMA status", "value_or_pattern": "variety of beryl (not an IMA-approved species name)", "note": "emerald is a gem/variety name, not a distinct mineral species" }, { "scheme": "CIBJO / trade name", "value_or_pattern": "emerald", "note": "reserved for green beryl coloured by Cr and/or V; 'green beryl' used otherwise" } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-identifiers-q01", "text": "Which of these identifiers and schemes hold for the sense of emerald this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-standards-and-regulation", "name": "Standards and regulation", "description": "Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.", "evidence": [ "CIBJO Gemstone Book (Blue Book) - nomenclature and mandatory disclosure of clarity enhancement and synthetics (CIBJO, The World Jewellery Confederation)", "LMHC (Laboratory Manual Harmonisation Committee) Information Sheets - agreed laboratory wording for emerald treatments and origin (LMHC member labs: GIA, Gübelin, SSEF, Gubelin/others as listed)", "ISO 18323:2015 - Jewellery - Consumer confidence in the diamond industry is diamond-specific; coloured-stone analogue is CIBJO rather than a dedicated ISO emerald standard", "CITES - not listed; emerald is not a protected biological taxon", "National mining/export controls in producing states (e.g. Colombian ANM mining titles; Zambian gemstone export licensing) rather than a single global commodity code unique to emerald" ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-standards-and-regulation-q01", "text": "Which of these standards and regulation hold for the sense of emerald this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-real-world-use", "name": "Real-world use", "description": "Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.", "evidence": [ "Cut as faceted gemstones and cabochons for jewellery (rings, pendants, high jewellery), typically with oil or resin in fractures", "Museum and collector specimens (crystal groups in calcite/shale or mica schist matrix)", "Origin-labelled trade parcels (Colombian, Zambian, Brazilian, Afghan, Ethiopian) sold through coloured-stone dealers and auction houses", "Synthetic hydrothermal and flux emeralds used in jewellery and as reference material in gem labs", "Not used as an industrial beryllium ore; industrial beryl/bertrandite supply is separate from gem emerald" ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-real-world-use-q01", "text": "Which of these real-world use hold for the sense of emerald this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-measurements", "name": "Typical measurements", "description": "Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.", "evidence": [ { "quantity": "Mohs hardness", "typical_range": "7.5-8", "unit": "Mohs" }, { "quantity": "Specific gravity", "typical_range": "2.67-2.78", "unit": "dimensionless (g/cm³ equivalent)" }, { "quantity": "Refractive index (ordinary / extraordinary)", "typical_range": "nω 1.577-1.583; nε 1.570-1.576 (uniaxial negative; values shift with Cr/V/Fe and water)", "unit": "dimensionless" }, { "quantity": "Birefringence", "typical_range": "0.005-0.009", "unit": "dimensionless" }, { "quantity": "Cr2O3 + V2O3 (chromophore oxides in gem-quality stones)", "typical_range": "typically ~0.1-1.5 wt% combined, highly locality-dependent", "unit": "wt%" }, { "quantity": "Typical jewellery stone mass", "typical_range": "0.5-5 (museum crystals far larger)", "unit": "ct" } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-measurements-q01", "text": "Which of these typical measurements hold for the sense of emerald this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards", "name": "Failure modes and hazards", "description": "Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.", "evidence": [ "Brittle fracture and cleavage-like breakage along existing fissures; emeralds are routinely fracture-filled because natural clarity is poor", "Clarity treatments (cedarwood oil, Canada balsam, epoxy/resin such as Opticon, polymer fillers) can sweat, dry out, or discolor; ultrasonic, steam, and some solvents damage filled stones", "Thermal shock and sudden temperature change can extend fractures", "Synthetic and treated stones misrepresented as untreated natural origin (fraud/undisclosed enhancement)", "Beryllium in the formula is locked in silicate; cutting dust is a silica/beryl particulate hazard in lapidary workshops, not a consumer jewellery hazard", "Mining hazards: informal/artisanal workings (Colombia, Zambia, Afghanistan) - slope failure, flooding, conflict-adjacent supply in some districts" ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards-q01", "text": "Which of these failure modes and hazards hold for the sense of emerald this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-regional-variation", "name": "Regional variation", "description": "Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.", "evidence": [ "Colombia (Muzo, Chivor, Coscuez, La Pita): typically low-iron, vivid green, three-phase brine inclusions; trapiche habit unique in commercial volume to Colombian black-shale hosted deposits", "Zambia (Kafubu/Kagem): schist-hosted, often slightly bluish-green from higher Fe; generally better natural clarity than Colombian material", "Brazil: historically Bahia/Carnaíba and Minas Gerais (Itabira/Nova Era); often included, variable saturation", "Afghanistan (Panjshir) and Pakistan (Swat): alpine-type veins; trade often labelled by valley rather than country alone", "Ethiopia (Shakiso) and Madagascar: relatively new commercial sources; origin opinions still lab-dependent", "Trade practice: some markets (historically parts of the trade) used 'emerald' for any green beryl; CIBJO/major labs now restrict emerald to Cr- and/or V-coloured green beryl and call Fe-only green stones 'green beryl'" ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-regional-variation-q01", "text": "Which of these regional variation hold for the sense of emerald this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-neighbours", "name": "Neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart", "description": "Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.", "evidence": [ { "name": "Green beryl (iron-coloured, no significant Cr/V)", "difference": "UV-Vis / EDXRF or LA-ICP-MS: emerald requires Cr and/or V as the cause of green; Fe-only green beryl is not emerald under CIBJO/lab usage" }, { "name": "Tsavorite (grossular garnet) and green tourmaline (verdelite)", "difference": "RI and SG: tsavorite RI ~1.74, SG ~3.6; tourmaline RI ~1.62-1.64, SG ~3.06; emerald RI ~1.57-1.58, SG ~2.7; also optic character (beryl uniaxial negative)" }, { "name": "Chrome chalcedony / chrysoprase / dyed quartz", "difference": "Aggregate vs single-crystal: polariscope and RI (quartz ~1.54-1.55); dyed material shows colour in fractures under magnification" }, { "name": "Synthetic hydrothermal or flux emerald", "difference": "Inclusions and growth features: phenakite/gold/flux veils (flux); spiky/chevron growth and irregular two-phase inclusions (hydrothermal); chemistry (e.g. Mo, Ni, Cl, or flux residues) vs natural Cr-V-Fe-V patterns and water in channels" }, { "name": "Glass, YAG, or composite (emerald triplet) imitations", "difference": "RI, SG, UV fluorescence, and magnification: glued junctions, bubbles in glass, isotropic optics vs beryl's uniaxial character" }, { "name": "Hiddenite (green spodumene) and peridot", "difference": "Spodumene: RI ~1.66-1.68, SG ~3.18, strong pleochroism; peridot: RI ~1.65-1.69, SG ~3.34, olive colour from Fe2+ not Cr" } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-neighbours-q01", "text": "Which of these neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart hold for the sense 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Treat every sentence below as a proposal to argue with.", "purpose": "Give an agent a durable, checkable way to recognise a emerald, record what state it is in, and decide what may be done with it.", "whatItIs": "Enable an AI agent to recognise an emerald, assess its identity, condition and treatment evidence, and decide how it may be examined, handled, worked or represented.", "characteristics": { "substance": "material", "origin": "natural", "agency": "inert", "mobility": "varies" }, "whatYouCanDoWithIt": [ "observed and measured", "consumed or used up" ], "distinguishingFeatures": [ "Names folded into this entry, which a task may need to split apart again: trapiche emerald, synthetic emerald, Colombian emerald.", "3 finer distinctions are held as aliases rather than separate entries, because telling them apart needs a task that asks for it.", "Described in 109 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 emerald, and on what evidence are they told apart?" ], "whatItIsMadeOf": "matter you can touch", "physicalCharacter": [ "Mobility varies between examples.", "Does nothing on its own; everything it does, something else did to it.", "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", "use it up, and then need more of it" ], "howItIsRecognised": [ "Not recognisable by sight in any reliable way. Appearance varies with grade, form and additives; identification is by label, by documentation, or by assay." ], "relatedModels": [ { "relation": "covers", "note": "Finer kinds folded into this entry because telling them apart needs a task that asks for it. Each is a model waiting to be split out when one does.", "targets": [ "trapiche emerald", "synthetic emerald", "Colombian emerald" ] } ], "standing": "Described in 109 Wikipedia languages, which measures how widely it is written about rather than how important or how common it is. 3 finer distinctions are held inside this entry as names rather than as separate models.", "structure": { "bundles": [ { "id": "identity-and-classification", "name": "Identity, naming and classification", "description": "How an agent tells one emerald from another, and a emerald 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 emerald, 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 emerald, 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 emerald 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 emerald, 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 emerald, 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 emerald 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 emerald 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 emerald, 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 emerald, 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 emerald 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 emerald from the things most often confused with it.", "questions": [ { "id": "distinguishing-features-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes what distinguishes a emerald, 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 emerald, 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 emerald 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 emerald 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 emerald, 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 emerald, 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 emerald 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 emerald is built from and which parts are replaceable.", "questions": [ { "id": "parts-and-materials-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the composition of a emerald, 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 emerald, 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 emerald 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 emerald is judged and by whom.", "questions": [ { "id": "condition-assessment-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the condition of a emerald, 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 emerald, 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 emerald 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 emerald 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 emerald is, and what that position is measured against.", "questions": [ { "id": "position-and-frame-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the location of a emerald, 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 emerald, 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 emerald 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 emerald 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 emerald, 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 emerald, 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 emerald 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 emerald 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 emerald between them.", "questions": [ { "id": "stages-and-transitions-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the lifecycle of a emerald, 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 emerald, 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 emerald 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 emerald, how often and by whom.", "findings": [ { "id": "observation-record", "name": "Observation record", "description": "How an observation of a emerald 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 emerald, 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 emerald, 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 emerald 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 emerald 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 emerald is for, and what it is used for anyway.", "findings": [ { "id": "function-and-purpose", "name": "Function, purpose and misuse", "description": "The function a emerald performs and the uses that fall outside it.", "questions": [ { "id": "function-and-purpose-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the use of a emerald, 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 emerald, 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 emerald 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 emerald.", "findings": [ { "id": "procedures-and-skills", "name": "Procedures, skills and required tools", "description": "What an agent needs before it can act on a emerald at all.", "questions": [ { "id": "procedures-and-skills-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes handling a emerald, 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 emerald, 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 emerald 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 emerald there is and how fast it goes.", "questions": [ { "id": "consumption-and-stock-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the supply of a emerald, 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 emerald, 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 emerald 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 emerald 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 emerald 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 emerald 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 emerald 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 emerald, 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 emerald 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 emerald 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 emerald 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 emerald, 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 emerald 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 emerald and how confident it is.", "questions": [ { "id": "claim-provenance-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes a claim about a emerald, 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 emerald, 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 emerald 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 emerald is retired without being erased.", "questions": [ { "id": "validity-and-supersession-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the validity of a claim about a emerald, 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 emerald, 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 emerald 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 } } } }