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"name": "Working mechanism", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "direct-string limb system; cam-and-cable system; other documented mechanism; unknown", "why_it_matters": "Determines which draw observations, adjustments and inspection points apply." }, { "name": "Handedness", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "left-handed; right-handed; ambidextrous; configuration-dependent; unknown", "why_it_matters": "Constrains the usable grip, arrow position and accessory arrangement." }, { "name": "Draw force profile", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "force in N or lbf against draw length in mm or in, with measurement convention and configuration", "why_it_matters": "Distinguishes a force measured at one length from peak force and holding force." }, { "name": "Permitted draw length", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "mm or in; fixed setting or permitted range; convention and evidence required", "why_it_matters": "Bounds drawing and fit decisions without assuming all bows tolerate the same extension." }, { "name": "Brace height", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "mm or in between specified reference points in the braced condition", "why_it_matters": "Allows the observed string position to be compared with configuration-specific guidance." }, { "name": "Working assembly configuration", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "identified limbs, riser or grip, string, cables and cams where present, with settings", "why_it_matters": "Ties operating limits and condition judgments to the actual assembled bow." }, { "name": "Arrow compatibility", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "supported arrow specifications and selection evidence for the bow configuration and intended draw", "why_it_matters": "Prevents treating every arrow that can be nocked as suitable." }, { "name": "Mechanical condition", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "unassessed; no defect observed within stated inspection scope; suspected defect; confirmed defect; awaiting reassessment", "why_it_matters": "Separates limited observations from a conclusion that drawing or shooting is acceptable." }, { "name": "Action readiness", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "assessed separately for assembly, stringing, drawing, shooting, adjustment and storage, with prerequisites and evidence", "why_it_matters": "A bow may be suitable for storage or inspection while remaining unsuitable for drawing." } ], "affordances": [ "Identify the bow mechanism and match the assembly to documented configuration guidance.", "Check bow fit against a separately recorded archer's handedness and intended draw.", "Assess proposed arrows, strings and accessories for configuration-specific compatibility.", "Inspect the limb and string load path and flag defects requiring restricted handling or specialist assessment.", "Determine prerequisites for stringing, drawing, shooting, adjustment and maintenance.", "Record a suitable storage or transport configuration from applicable guidance." ] }, "sources": [ { "id": "wa-rules", "title": "Constitution and Rules (equipment provisions by division)", "url": "https://www.worldarchery.sport", "what_it_supports": "Competition classes (recurve, compound, barebow), legal sights and stabilisers, and the institutional boundary between a bow and a crossbow in sport.", "url_status": "live" }, { "id": "amo-ata", "title": "AMO measurement conventions for bow length and draw weight", "url": "https://www.archerytrade.org", "what_it_supports": "Industry identifiers: AMO length, draw weight at a stated draw length, and how commercial limbs are marked.", "url_status": "live" }, { "id": "tbb-vol1", "title": "The Traditional Bowyer's Bible, Volume 1", "url": "", "what_it_supports": "Self bow, flatbow, longbow and composite construction; tiller, chrysals, and wooden-limb failure modes." }, { "id": "hardy-longbow", "title": "Longbow: A Social and Military History", "url": "", "what_it_supports": "English longbow as a distinct historical and sporting type, draw-weight ranges of war bows, and British usage." }, { "id": "wp-bow-arrow", "title": "Bow and arrow", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bow_and_arrow", "what_it_supports": "Overview of types, regional traditions, and the distinction from crossbow and atlatl; used only as a map of the topic, not as a primary technical source.", "url_status": "live" } ], "structure": { "bundles": [ { "id": "bow-identity", "name": "Bow identity", "description": "Establishes which sense of bow and which archery mechanism the object represents.", "rationale": "The registry name alone cannot distinguish archery equipment from unrelated objects or establish how it works.", "layers": [ { "id": "meaning-and-boundaries", "name": "Meaning and boundaries", "description": "Resolves the registry term and the boundary with neighbouring implements.", "findings": [ { "id": "archery-sense", "name": "Archery sense", "description": "Records evidence that this entry denotes a functional archery bow.", "questions": [ { "text": "What registry context or identifying evidence establishes that bow means an archery implement here?", "kind": "definition", "id": "archery-sense-q01" }, { "text": "Does the object belong here, or is it a musical bow, decorative bow, replica, slingshot or crossbow?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "archery-sense-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "mechanism-and-identity", "name": "Mechanism and identity", "description": "Connects observable construction to a supported bow identification.", "findings": [ { "id": "identified-bow-variant", "name": "Identified bow variant", "description": "Records the mechanism and identifying evidence needed to select applicable guidance.", "questions": [ { "text": "Does the bow use a direct string system or a cam-and-cable system, and what construction supports that classification?", "kind": "definition", "id": "identified-bow-variant-q01" }, { "text": "Which markings, maker records or documented construction history identify this bow and its 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"limb-assembly-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "string-and-transmission", "name": "String and transmission", "description": "Identifies the tension members and any mechanisms controlling limb loading.", "findings": [ { "id": "tension-system-configuration", "name": "Tension system configuration", "description": "Records the installed string, any cables and cams, and their supported arrangement.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which string and, where present, cables, cams and modules are installed?", "kind": "definition", "id": "tension-system-configuration-q01" }, { "text": "Which applicable instructions establish their specifications, routing and permitted settings?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "tension-system-configuration-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "draw-envelope", "name": "Draw envelope", "description": "Defines how this configuration loads through the draw and where its supported limits lie.", "rationale": "A single draw-weight label cannot establish draw-length limits, holding force or the effect of adjustments.", "layers": [ { "id": "draw-response", "name": "Draw response", "description": "Connects draw force to draw length under an explicit convention.", "findings": [ { "id": "force-through-draw", "name": "Force through draw", "description": "Distinguishes labelled ratings from documented or measured force behaviour.", "questions": [ { "text": "What draw force is documented or measured at specified draw lengths, using which reference points?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "force-through-draw-q01" }, { "text": "For a cam-operated bow, what peak and holding forces apply at the installed setting?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "force-through-draw-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "configuration-limits", "name": "Configuration limits", "description": "Records permitted geometry and adjustment boundaries.", "findings": [ { "id": "supported-draw-settings", "name": "Supported draw settings", "description": "Binds draw length, brace height and adjustable settings to applicable evidence.", "questions": [ { "text": "What draw-length and brace-height limits are supported for this exact assembly?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "supported-draw-settings-q01" }, { "text": "Which settings may be changed, by whom and with what equipment, before the bow needs reassessment?", "kind": "action", "id": "supported-draw-settings-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "archery-interfaces", "name": "Archery interfaces", "description": "Records the bow-side requirements for interaction with an archer, arrow and accessories.", "rationale": "Physical attachment or apparent fit alone does not establish a usable shooting configuration.", "layers": [ { "id": "archer-and-release", "name": "Archer and release", "description": "Describes handedness, draw fit and supported release arrangements.", "findings": [ { "id": "handling-fit", "name": "Handling fit", "description": "Records bow-side constraints without attempting to certify an archer's competence.", "questions": [ { "text": "What handedness and draw setting does the grip, arrow support and current configuration support?", "kind": "definition", "id": "handling-fit-q01" }, { "text": "Which finger or mechanical release arrangements are supported, and what bow-side fittings do they require?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "handling-fit-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "arrow-and-accessory-fit", "name": "Arrow and accessory fit", "description": "Connects proposed projectiles and fittings to the actual bow configuration.", "findings": [ { "id": "compatible-shooting-assembly", "name": "Compatible shooting assembly", "description": "Records evidence for arrow selection and accessory clearance.", "questions": [ { "text": "What evidence supports the proposed arrow's length, spine, mass and nock fit for this bow and intended draw?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "compatible-shooting-assembly-q01" }, { "text": "Which installed rests, sights or other fittings require clearance or attachment checks before use?", "kind": "action", "id": "compatible-shooting-assembly-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "condition-and-handling", "name": "Condition and handling", "description": "Connects observed condition and load history to specific handling decisions.", "rationale": "Stored elastic energy and potentially concealed damage make readiness dependent on evidence and the proposed action.", "layers": [ { "id": "load-path-condition", "name": "Load-path condition", "description": "Records inspection observations and incidents affecting the working assembly.", "findings": [ { "id": "damage-and-inspection-evidence", "name": "Damage and inspection evidence", "description": "Keeps visible observations, incident history and unresolved internal condition distinct.", "questions": [ { "text": "What cracking, separation, deformation, string wear or attachment movement was observed, and what was outside the inspection scope?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "damage-and-inspection-evidence-q01" }, { "text": "Is there a documented dry fire, 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"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": [ "recurve bow (Olympic/target and hunting takedown forms)", "compound bow (cams or eccentrics with let-off)", "English longbow (narrow D-section stave, roughly archer-height)", "flatbow / American longbow (wide rectangular limb section)", "self bow (single wooden stave, no laminated belly or back)", "Asiatic composite 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"questions": [ { "id": "evidence-standards-and-regulation-q01", "text": "Which of these standards and regulation hold for the sense of bow 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": [ "Olympic and World Archery target rounds with a sighted recurve.", "Bowhunting under seasonal licences, now dominated in North America by compounds.", "Field, 3D, indoor, and clout archery as club sport.", "Kyudo as a Japanese martial way with a standing yumi.", "Historical European martial practice and warbow shooting.", "Recreational backyard and school archery with low-poundage training bows.", "Museum, reenactment, and film objects; no longer a standard-issue military weapon." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-real-world-use-q01", "text": "Which of these real-world use hold for the sense of bow 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": "draw weight at stated draw length", "typical_range": "15-70 for modern target and hunting; historical war bows commonly reconstructed in the 80-180 band", "unit": "lbf" }, { "quantity": "draw length", "typical_range": "24-32 for adult bows", "unit": "in" }, { "quantity": "AMO bow length", "typical_range": "48-70", "unit": "in" }, { "quantity": "brace height", "typical_range": "6-9 on typical modern recurves", "unit": "in" }, { "quantity": "compound axle-to-axle length", "typical_range": "28-38 on current hunting and target compounds", "unit": "in" }, { "quantity": "compound let-off", "typical_range": "65-90", "unit": "%" }, { "quantity": "IBO-advertised arrow speed (compounds)", 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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 bow, record what state it is in, and decide what may be done with it.", "whatItIs": "Enable an AI agent to recognise an archery bow, assess its configuration and condition, and determine whether it may be fitted, drawn, maintained, stored or used to launch an arrow.", "characteristics": { "substance": "material", "origin": "manufactured", "agency": "inert", "mobility": "varies" }, "whatYouCanDoWithIt": [ "observed and measured" ], "distinguishingFeatures": [ "Names folded into this entry, which a task may need to split apart again: longbow, tong gong, horsebow, self bow, composite bow, traditional bow, recurve bow, laminated bow, yakut bow, cable-backed bow, flatbow, compound bow.", "20 finer distinctions are held as aliases rather than separate entries, because telling them apart needs a task that asks for it.", "Described in 99 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 bow, 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" ], "howItIsRecognised": [ "Recognised by form, by the arrangement of its controls, and by markings - a plate, a model number, a certification mark. Form alone rarely separates two models that do very different things." ], "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": [ "longbow", "tong gong", "horsebow", "self bow", "composite bow", "traditional bow", "recurve bow", "laminated bow", "yakut bow", "cable-backed bow", "flatbow", "compound bow" ] } ], "standing": "Described in 99 Wikipedia languages, which measures how widely it is written about rather than how important or how common it is. 20 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 bow from another, and a bow 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 bow, 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 bow, 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 bow 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 bow, 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 bow, 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 bow 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 bow 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 bow, 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 bow, 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 bow 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 bow from the things most often confused with it.", "questions": [ { "id": "distinguishing-features-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes what distinguishes a bow, 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 bow, 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 bow 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 bow 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 bow, 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 bow, 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 bow 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 bow is built from and which parts are replaceable.", "questions": [ { "id": "parts-and-materials-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the composition of a bow, 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 bow, 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 bow 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 bow is judged and by whom.", "questions": [ { "id": "condition-assessment-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the condition of a bow, 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 bow, 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 bow 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 bow 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 bow is, and what that position is measured against.", "questions": [ { "id": "position-and-frame-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the location of a bow, 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 bow, 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 bow 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 bow 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 bow, 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 bow, 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 bow 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 bow 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 bow between them.", "questions": [ { "id": "stages-and-transitions-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the lifecycle of a bow, 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 bow, 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 bow 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 bow, how often and by whom.", "findings": [ { "id": "observation-record", "name": "Observation record", "description": "How an observation of a bow 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 bow, 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 bow, 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 bow is known, and what must it refuse?", "kind": "action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "function-and-principle", "name": "Function and operating principle", "description": "What bow is for and how it achieves it.", "rationale": "Two devices with the same name can work on different principles, and the principle is what predicts failure and constrains use.", "layers": [ { "id": "intended-function", "name": "Intended function", "description": "The job it does, and the jobs it is used for anyway.", "findings": [ { "id": "function-record", "name": "Function, principle and variants", "description": "What it does, how, and which variants do it differently.", "questions": [ { "id": "function-record-q01", "text": "What function does bow perform, on what operating principle, and which variants differ in that principle?", "kind": "definition" }, { "id": "function-record-q02", "text": "What use falls outside the intended function but happens in practice?", "kind": "boundary" } ] } ] }, { "id": "capacity-and-rating", "name": "Capacity and rating", "description": "The numbers that say what it can do and where it stops.", "findings": [ { "id": "ratings", "name": "Ratings and their conditions", "description": "Rated capacity, power, throughput and the conditions each assumes.", "questions": [ { "id": "ratings-q01", "text": "What ratings characterise bow, in what units, and under what stated conditions?", "kind": "measurement" }, { "id": "ratings-q02", "text": "What happens beyond the rating - degradation, refusal, damage - and how is that detected?", "kind": "action" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "operation-and-state", "name": "Operation, controls and state", "description": "How bow is operated and what state it is in right now.", "rationale": "An agent acting on a device needs its current state and the controls that change it, not just its specification.", "layers": [ { "id": "controls-and-modes", "name": "Controls and modes", "description": "What can be set, what that changes, and what is interlocked.", "findings": [ { "id": "control-surface", "name": "Control surface and interlocks", "description": "The settings available and the conditions that block them.", "questions": [ { "id": "control-surface-q01", "text": "What controls and modes does bow have, and what does each change?", "kind": "definition" }, { "id": "control-surface-q02", "text": "Which actions are interlocked or forbidden in which state, and what must be true before acting?", "kind": "action" } ] } ] }, { "id": "condition-and-maintenance", "name": "Condition and maintenance", "description": "Wear, service intervals, consumables and the line between working and broken.", "findings": [ { "id": "service-record", "name": "Condition, service and consumables", "description": "What is consumed, what is serviced, and how condition is judged.", "questions": [ { "id": "service-record-q01", "text": "What consumables and service does bow need, at what interval, and on whose authority?", "kind": "measurement" }, { "id": "service-record-q02", "text": "What evidence separates a unit that is working from one that is out of service?", "kind": "boundary" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "kind-model-unit", "name": "Kind, model and unit", "description": "Whether a claim about bow is about the kind, a product line, or one physical unit.", "rationale": "This is the boundary most often got wrong for made things, and getting it wrong mixes a catalogue entry with the machine in the yard.", "layers": [ { "id": "level-of-reference", "name": "Level of reference", "description": "The three levels and what belongs at each.", "findings": [ { "id": "level-rules", "name": "What belongs to kind, model and unit", "description": "Which properties are shared by all of them and which are not.", "questions": [ { "id": "level-rules-q01", "text": "Which facts about bow hold for every one of them, which for a model, and which only for one unit?", "kind": "boundary" }, { "id": "level-rules-q02", "text": "What identifies an individual unit, and what should an agent do when it has only the kind?", "kind": "action" } ] } ] }, { "id": "standards-and-conformity", "name": "Standards and conformity", "description": "The standards a working example must meet and who attests it.", "findings": [ { "id": "conformity", "name": "Standards, marks and attestation", "description": "Which standard applies, who certifies, and what the mark means.", "questions": [ { "id": "conformity-q01", "text": "Which standards govern bow, issued by whom, and what does conformity actually assert?", "kind": "provenance" }, { "id": "conformity-q02", "text": "What may an agent conclude from a certification mark, and what may it not?", "kind": "boundary" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "provenance-and-evidence", "name": "Provenance, evidence and time", "description": "Where every claim about a bow 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 bow and how confident it is.", "questions": [ { "id": "claim-provenance-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes a claim about a bow, 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 bow, 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 bow 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 bow is retired without being erased.", "questions": [ { "id": "validity-and-supersession-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the validity of a claim about a bow, 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 bow, 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 bow is known, and what must it refuse?", "kind": "action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] } ] } ] } ] }, 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