{ "model": { "rank": 4845, "code": "thing-q489557", "model_id": "vr.tr.safar", "name": "Safar", "purpose": "Enable an agent to recognise Safar provisionally as the second Islamic calendar month, interpret dated references, and determine when calendar evidence permits conversion or scheduling.", "family": "Thing Registry", "category": "Information and virtual systems", "status": "research-draft", "kind": "thing", "plane": "INF", "domain": "INF.KNW", "industry": "", "version": "", "url": "/models/thing/q489557/", "tier": 2, "score": 72, "payload": { "layer": "wikidata", "aliases": [], "aliasCount": 0, "merged": 0, "knownIn": 72, "facets": null, "markers": [], "lexicalClass": "", "senseRank": null, "alsoRegisteredAs": null, "source": { "dataset": "wikidata", "item": "Q489557", "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q489557", "license": "CC0 1.0" } }, "research": { "vercy": "1.0-draft", "publication": { "status": "research-draft", "adjudicationStatus": "unreviewed", "publishableCanonical": false, "generatedAt": "2026-09-09T21:07:19Z", "providers": [ "Codex" ], "breadth": "recalled by Codex without web access - no source was read", "missingProviders": [], "pass": 2, "cost": { "grok": { "seconds": 13.1, "error": "Reading additional input from stdin...\nOpenAI Codex v0.153.4\n--------\nworkdir: R:\\02_PROJECTS\\02_Meta_Models_Platforms\\Ver.cy\\current\\thing-registry-backlog\nmodel: gpt-6-astra\nprovider: openai\napproval: never\nsandbox: read-only\nreasoning effort: none\nreasoning summaries: none\nsession id: 01a087fe-082e-70f0-9981-d7e0fc24aa4b\n--------\nuser\nDescribe what is already known about one registered thing. 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recurring named month and the evidence needed to identify its yearly occurrences; this sense is supported by [Wikidata Q489557](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q489557), but its correspondence to vr.tr.safar remains unconfirmed because the registry supplies no definition and the batch suggests a discipline.", "in_scope": [ "Identification of the calendar-month sense of Safar", "Position within the Islamic calendar", "Year-specific occurrences under explicit calendar conventions", "Evidence supporting month boundaries and date conversions", "Links to attributed observances without treating them as defining the month" ], "out_of_scope": [ "Islamic studies as an academic discipline", "The Islamic calendar's complete astronomical and computational machinery", "People, creative works, and organisations named Safar", "Travel and its religious or legal treatment", "Independent models of festivals, commemorations, and historical events" ], "distinguishing_features": [ "A calendar-month identification must place Safar second, following Muharram and preceding Rabi al-Awwal; this sequence is recorded in [Wikidata Q489557](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q489557).", "A reference to Safar alone identifies a recurring month, whereas a particular occurrence also requires a year and calendar convention.", "A matching Latin-script name alone does not establish equivalence with the month; calendar context or an authoritative identifier is needed.", "A Gregorian date attached to Safar must carry its conversion basis rather than function as a permanent defining date.", "The supplied discipline category does not establish that Safar has disciplinary methods, degrees, or learned societies." ], "characteristics": [ { "name": "Registry sense resolution", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "provisional month interpretation | confirmed month interpretation | conflicting identity", "why_it_matters": "Prevents an unverified interpretation from becoming an authoritative registry definition." }, { "name": "Calendar position", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "Month 2 in the Islamic calendar", "why_it_matters": "Provides a stronger recognition test than the name alone." }, { "name": "Occurrence year", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Integer year with explicit Hijri era and calendar convention", "why_it_matters": "Distinguishes one occurrence of Safar from another." }, { "name": "Boundary determination method", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "Observed | calculated | officially declared | source-reported | unresolved", "why_it_matters": "Identifies the basis on which the agent can interpret or compare dates." }, { "name": "Applicable calendar authority", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "Named authority or calendar implementation, with jurisdiction and version where applicable", "why_it_matters": "Keeps dates grounded in the convention relevant to the intended use." }, { "name": "Occurrence duration", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Days under the selected convention; unresolved until supported", "why_it_matters": "Supports day validation without generalising a convention-specific month length." }, { "name": "Date determination status", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "Estimated | announced | historically attested | disputed | superseded", "why_it_matters": "Controls whether a date can support a firm action or only a provisional interpretation." } ], "affordances": [ "Resolve a Safar mention against calendar context and source identifiers.", "Identify a yearly occurrence using its Hijri year and calendar convention.", "Validate a day-of-month against the supported occurrence length.", "Convert a Safar date when the source and target calendar conventions are explicit.", "Compare conflicting dates while preserving each authority's attribution.", "Flag ambiguous references for review before scheduling or chronological ordering." ] }, "sources": [], "structure": { "bundles": [ { "id": "safar-identity", "name": "Safar identity", "description": "Establish which meaning of Safar the registry entry denotes.", "rationale": "The absent definition and apparent discipline classification make sense resolution a prerequisite.", "layers": [ { "id": "calendar-sense", "name": "Calendar sense", "description": "Test the proposed month interpretation against the originating registry evidence.", "findings": [ { "id": "month-identity-anchor", "name": "Month identity anchor", "description": "An external candidate exists for the second Islamic month, but the registry-to-source identity link remains to be established.", "questions": [ { "text": "Does the originating record for vr.tr.safar identify Wikidata Q489557 or another entity?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "month-identity-anchor-q01" }, { "text": "Does the source define Safar as a calendar month or as a different kind of thing?", "kind": "definition", "id": "month-identity-anchor-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "name-disambiguation", "name": "Name disambiguation", "description": "Distinguish calendar labels from unrelated uses of the same spelling.", "findings": [ { "id": "contextual-name-match", "name": "Contextual name match", "description": "Require language, original spelling, or calendar context before treating an encountered name as this thing.", "questions": [ { "text": "What original spelling and language accompany the Safar label?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "contextual-name-match-q01" }, { "text": "Does surrounding text identify a month, a journey, a person, or a titled work?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "contextual-name-match-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "safar-calendar-position", "name": "Safar calendar position", "description": "Describe Safar through its relationship to the surrounding calendar.", "rationale": "Its month position supplies the main identifying structure without duplicating the entire Islamic calendar model.", "layers": [ { "id": "month-sequence", "name": "Month sequence", "description": "Record the ordinal position and adjacent months.", "findings": [ { "id": "second-month-sequence", "name": "Second month sequence", "description": "Use the expected Muharram-Safar-Rabi al-Awwal sequence to check whether a source uses the intended calendar sense.", "questions": [ { "text": "Does the source place Safar immediately after Muharram and before Rabi al-Awwal?", "kind": "definition", "id": "second-month-sequence-q01" }, { "text": "If the sequence differs, does the source use a different calendar tradition or contain an error?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "second-month-sequence-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "recurrence-and-occurrence", "name": "Recurrence and occurrence", "description": "Separate the named month from one year's realisation.", "findings": [ { "id": "year-qualified-safar", "name": "Year-qualified Safar", "description": "Interpret a specific Safar interval only with its year and applicable convention.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which Hijri year identifies the occurrence being described?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "year-qualified-safar-q01" }, { "text": "Is the assertion about every Safar or only this year's occurrence?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "year-qualified-safar-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "safar-boundaries", "name": "Safar boundaries", "description": "Establish the beginning, end, and length of a particular occurrence.", "rationale": "An agent needs the applicable determination method before accepting an interval or day number.", "layers": [ { "id": "boundary-authority", "name": "Boundary authority", "description": "Connect the transition into and out of Safar to its evidence.", "findings": [ { "id": "attributed-month-start", "name": "Attributed month start", "description": "Record who or what establishes the start of Safar and where that determination applies.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which observation, calculation, publication, or declaration establishes the start of this Safar?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "attributed-month-start-q01" }, { "text": "For which locality, community, or calendar implementation does that determination apply?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "attributed-month-start-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "length-and-valid-days", "name": "Length and valid days", "description": "Validate the occurrence's duration and final day.", "findings": [ { "id": "convention-qualified-duration", "name": "Convention-qualified duration", "description": "The 29-day duration in [Wikidata Q489557](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q489557) is qualified by the tabular Islamic calendar; retain that qualification.", "questions": [ { "text": "What duration does the selected convention establish for this occurrence?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "convention-qualified-duration-q01" }, { "text": "Can a reference to 30 Safar be validated under its own source convention?", "kind": "action", "id": "convention-qualified-duration-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "safar-date-interpretation", "name": "Safar date interpretation", "description": "Support chronological comparison and conversion of references containing Safar.", "rationale": "A named month becomes actionable only when missing date context and conversion assumptions are addressed.", "layers": [ { "id": "conversion-context", "name": "Conversion context", "description": "Identify the inputs needed to interpret a Safar date in another calendar.", "findings": [ { "id": "qualified-date-conversion", "name": "Qualified date conversion", "description": "Preserve the original Safar date alongside any converted result and its assumptions.", "questions": [ { "text": "Are the day, year, source calendar convention, and target calendar specified?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "qualified-date-conversion-q01" }, { "text": "What day-boundary and time-zone assumptions apply if an exact time is required?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "qualified-date-conversion-q02" }, { "text": "Should the agent return a date, a candidate interval, or an unresolved result?", "kind": "action", "id": "qualified-date-conversion-q03" } ] } ] }, { "id": "conflicting-date-evidence", "name": "Conflicting date evidence", "description": "Assess disagreement without silently selecting one Safar date.", "findings": [ { "id": "date-disagreement-resolution", "name": "Date disagreement resolution", "description": "Keep alternative determinations attributed and select an operational date only under an explicit rule.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which sources disagree about the same Safar occurrence, and what conventions does each use?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "date-disagreement-resolution-q01" }, { "text": "Which authority or uncertainty tolerance governs the intended scheduling or historical task?", "kind": "action", "id": "date-disagreement-resolution-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "safar-cultural-associations", "name": "Safar cultural associations", "description": "Attach researched cultural references to Safar without making them universal month properties.", "rationale": "Agents may encounter observances or beliefs expressed through Safar dates and must preserve their specific attribution.", "layers": [ { "id": "dated-observances", "name": "Dated observances", "description": "Link independently identified observances to their reported Safar dates.", "findings": [ { "id": "observance-date-link", "name": "Observance date link", "description": "Treat an observance as a related thing with its own community, history, and rules.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which source connects the observance to a particular day or interval in Safar?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "observance-date-link-q01" }, { "text": "Is that association recurring, local, historical, or specific to one occurrence?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "observance-date-link-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "attributed-beliefs", "name": "Attributed beliefs", "description": "Represent claims about the significance of Safar as attributed claims.", "findings": [ { "id": "belief-and-calendar-separation", "name": "Belief and calendar separation", "description": "Require evidence and attribution for reported beliefs before using them to explain behaviour or constrain an action.", "questions": [ { "text": "Who reports or endorses the claimed significance of Safar, and in what historical context?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "belief-and-calendar-separation-q01" }, { "text": "Does the evidence describe a community practice, a theological position, or a claim about causal effects?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "belief-and-calendar-separation-q02" }, { "text": "Has the user requested that a documented practice influence the proposed schedule?", "kind": "action", "id": "belief-and-calendar-separation-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-confidence-notes", "name": "Check these first", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "Check the originating registry identifier and original-language label before adopting the calendar interpretation.", "The INF.KNW domain and field-of-knowledge context conflict with the familiar calendar meaning; no discipline named Safar can be confidently identified from the supplied information.", "All substantive details here concern the calendar sense and are recalled knowledge, not researched findings." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-confidence-notes-q01", "text": "Which of these check these first hold for the sense of Safar 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"evidence-regional-variation", "name": "Regional variation", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "In its calendar sense, local start dates can differ according to moon-sighting practices or calendar calculations." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-regional-variation-q01", "text": "Which of these regional variation hold for the sense of Safar this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-neighbours", "name": "Neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ { "name": "Muharram", "difference": "Muharram is the first Islamic calendar month; Safar is the second." }, { "name": "Rabi al-Awwal", "difference": "Rabi al-Awwal is the third Islamic calendar month and follows Safar." } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-neighbours-q01", "text": "Which of these neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart hold for the sense of Safar this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] } ] } ] } ] }, "openQuestions": [ "Does vr.tr.safar actually denote the Islamic month, and what originating identifier establishes that match?", "Why does the batch context suggest a discipline, and does INF / INF.KNW need review for this entry?", "Does an existing Vercy world model already own Safar or cover it sufficiently to require a link instead of a separate publication?", "Which calendar authorities and historical conventions must the intended applications support?", "Which spelling variants and cultural associations can be supported by directly read sources without merging distinct concepts?" ], "statistics": { "bundles": 6, "layers": 11, "findings": 15, "questions": 27 } }, "draft": { "generator": "vr.draft.v3", "status": "draft-generated", "researched": false, "archetype": "discipline or field of knowledge", "method": "Written from the archetype playbook - what this kind of thing needs beyond identity and provenance - and from the structure that recurred across 6,333 models already researched by two engines. 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 Safar, record what state it is in, and decide what may be done with it.", "whatItIs": "Enable an agent to recognise Safar provisionally as the second Islamic calendar month, interpret dated references, and determine when calendar evidence permits conversion or scheduling.", "characteristics": { "substance": "information", "origin": "conceptual", "agency": "inert" }, "whatYouCanDoWithIt": [ "read and interpreted" ], "distinguishingFeatures": [ "Described in 72 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 Safar, and on what evidence are they told apart?" ], "whatItIsMadeOf": "content that has to be carried by something else", "physicalCharacter": [ "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": [ "read it and act on what it says" ], "howItIsRecognised": [], "relatedModels": [], "standing": "Described in 72 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 Safar from another, and a Safar 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 Safar, 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 Safar, 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 Safar 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 Safar, 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 Safar, 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 Safar 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 Safar 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 Safar, 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 Safar, 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 Safar 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 Safar from the things most often confused with it.", "questions": [ { "id": "distinguishing-features-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes what distinguishes a Safar, 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 Safar, 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 Safar 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 Safar 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 Safar between them.", "questions": [ { "id": "stages-and-transitions-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the lifecycle of a Safar, 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 Safar, 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 Safar 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 Safar, how often and by whom.", "findings": [ { "id": "observation-record", "name": "Observation record", "description": "How an observation of a Safar 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 Safar, 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 Safar, 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 Safar is known, and what must it refuse?", "kind": "action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "content-and-access", "name": "Content, encoding and access", "description": "What a Safar says, how it is encoded and who may read it.", "rationale": "An informational thing carries content that can be copied, versioned and withheld, none of which its physical carrier explains.", "layers": [ { "id": "content-and-encoding", "name": "Content and encoding", "description": "The content itself, its format and its language.", "findings": [ { "id": "content-and-format", "name": "Content, format and language", "description": "What a Safar contains and in what form it is held.", "questions": [ { "id": "content-and-format-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the content of a Safar, and in what units or vocabulary?", "kind": "definition", "answer_data": [ "identifiers", "types and classes", "values with units", "explicit unknowns" ] }, { "id": "content-and-format-q02", "text": "Who or what asserted this about the content of a Safar, by which method, and when was it true?", "kind": "provenance", "answer_data": [ "authority", "method", "evidence", "event time", "knowledge time" ] }, { "id": "content-and-format-q03", "text": "What may an agent decide or do once the content of a Safar is known, and what must it refuse?", "kind": "action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "access-and-rights", "name": "Access, rights and retention", "description": "Who may read, copy or change it, and for how long it is kept.", "findings": [ { "id": "access-rules", "name": "Access rules and retention", "description": "The permissions attached to a Safar and the period it survives.", "questions": [ { "id": "access-rules-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes access to a Safar, and in what units or vocabulary?", "kind": "definition", "answer_data": [ "identifiers", "types and classes", "values with units", "explicit unknowns" ] }, { "id": "access-rules-q02", "text": "Who or what asserted this about access to a Safar, by which method, and when was it true?", "kind": "provenance", "answer_data": [ "authority", "method", "evidence", "event time", "knowledge time" ] }, { "id": "access-rules-q03", "text": "What may an agent decide or do once access to a Safar is known, and what must it refuse?", "kind": "action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "subject-and-method", "name": "Subject matter and method", "description": "What Safar studies and how it establishes anything.", "rationale": "A field is identified by its questions and its methods, and those are what distinguish it from the fields next to it.", "layers": [ { "id": "subject", "name": "Subject matter", "description": "The questions it takes as its own.", "findings": [ { "id": "subject-record", "name": "Questions and objects of study", "description": "What it is about, stated so a neighbouring field can be told apart.", "questions": [ { "id": "subject-record-q01", "text": "What questions and objects does Safar take as its own?", "kind": "definition" }, { "id": "subject-record-q02", "text": "Which questions does it share with a neighbouring field, and who claims them?", "kind": "boundary" } ] } ] }, { "id": "method", "name": "Method and evidence", "description": "How claims are established and what counts as evidence.", "findings": [ { "id": "method-record", "name": "Methods and standards of evidence", "description": "The methods used and what they are taken to establish.", "questions": [ { "id": "method-record-q01", "text": "By what methods does Safar establish claims, and what counts as sufficient evidence?", "kind": "provenance" }, { "id": "method-record-q02", "text": "What kind of claim can this field not settle, and where should an agent look instead?", "kind": "action" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "institutions-and-classification", "name": "Institutions and classification", "description": "Where Safar is practised and how catalogues place it.", "rationale": "The institutional footprint is the evidence that a field exists as a field rather than as a topic.", "layers": [ { "id": "institutions", "name": "Institutional markers", "description": "Societies, journals, degrees and departments.", "findings": [ { "id": "institution-record", "name": "Bodies and venues", "description": "Where the field organises itself.", "questions": [ { "id": "institution-record-q01", "text": "Which societies, journals or degrees mark Safar as an established field?", "kind": "provenance" }, { "id": "institution-record-q02", "text": "What would show that it is emerging or dissolving rather than established?", "kind": "boundary" } ] } ] }, { "id": "classification", "name": "Classification schemes", "description": "Where library and research classifications put it.", "findings": [ { "id": "classification-record", "name": "Codes and their disagreements", "description": "The classification codes that place it, and where they differ.", "questions": [ { "id": "classification-record-q01", "text": "Which classification schemes place Safar, under what codes?", "kind": "definition" }, { "id": "classification-record-q02", "text": "Where do those schemes disagree about its scope?", "kind": "boundary" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "provenance-and-evidence", "name": "Provenance, evidence and time", "description": "Where every claim about a Safar 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 Safar and how confident it is.", "questions": [ { "id": "claim-provenance-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes a claim about a Safar, 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 Safar, 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 Safar 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 Safar is retired without being erased.", "questions": [ { "id": "validity-and-supersession-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the validity of a claim about a Safar, 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 Safar, 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 Safar is known, and what must it refuse?", "kind": "action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] } ] } ] } ] }, "statistics": { "bundles": 6, "layers": 12, "findings": 14, "questions": 38 } } } }