{ "model": { "rank": 4003, "code": "thing-q5314", "model_id": "vr.tr.halite", "name": "halite", "purpose": "Enable an agent to recognise halite, assess a specimen or material lot, and judge its suitability for preservation, analysis, or a proposed use.", "family": "Thing Registry", "category": "Physical world and living systems", "status": "research-draft", "kind": "thing", "plane": "PHY", "domain": "PHY.MAT", "industry": "", "version": "", "url": "/models/thing/q5314/", "tier": 2, "score": 79, "payload": { "layer": "wikidata", "aliases": [ "huantajayite" ], "aliasCount": 1, "merged": 1, "knownIn": 79, "facets": null, "markers": [], "lexicalClass": "", "senseRank": null, "alsoRegisteredAs": "vr.tr.halite", "source": { "dataset": "wikidata", "item": "Q5314", "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5314", "license": "CC0 1.0" } }, "research": { "vercy": "1.0-draft", "publication": { "status": "research-draft", "adjudicationStatus": "unreviewed", "publishableCanonical": false, "generatedAt": "2026-09-09T19:16:07Z", "providers": [ "Codex" ], "breadth": "recalled by Codex without web access - no source was read", "missingProviders": [], "pass": 2, "cost": { "grok": { "seconds": 27.2, "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: 01a08798-3078-7572-9b25-9dd895ad11a9\n--------\nuser\nDescribe what is already known about one registered thing. 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chloride, including its identification, composition, crystal fabric, geological provenance, condition, and use-relevant quality; mineral species, individual specimens, and bulk lots must remain distinguishable.", "in_scope": [ "Mineral identity and evidence distinguishing halite from similar minerals and manufactured sodium chloride", "Composition, impurities, inclusions, and halite abundance within a specimen or lot", "Crystal structure, cleavage, hardness, texture, and identification measurements", "Geological occurrence, formation evidence, and collection or extraction provenance", "Dissolution, moisture response, mechanical condition, storage, and suitability for a stated use" ], "out_of_scope": [ "Sodium chloride as a chemical substance across all natural and manufactured forms", "Brine as an aqueous mixture, including dissolved sodium and chloride after halite dissolves", "Rock salt as a rock or bulk geological material containing halite and potentially other minerals", "Finished table salt, deicing formulations, and pharmaceutical or laboratory salt products", "Salt mines, extraction operations, evaporite formations, and salt-cavern infrastructure" ], "distinguishing_features": [ "A mineral identification should establish a crystalline NaCl phase; sodium and chloride in a solution or mixed sample do not alone establish halite.", "Halite has cubic symmetry and three perfect cleavage directions meeting at right angles; external cubic shape alone is insufficient because other minerals can also form cubes.", "Approximate Mohs hardness of 2 and ready dissolution in water support identification alongside other evidence; testing must account for specimen damage.", "Sylvite can resemble halite but is a potassium chloride mineral, so chemical or phase analysis should resolve uncertain identifications without tasting.", "Colour does not determine halite identity or purity: colourless, white, or coloured material requires independent assessment of inclusions, impurities, and defects." ], "characteristics": [ { "name": "Record level", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "mineral species | specimen | sampled material lot", "why_it_matters": "Separates properties of the mineral species from observations and decisions that apply only to a particular sample." }, { "name": "Identification confidence", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "unverified | provisionally identified | analytically supported; evidence and method recorded", "why_it_matters": "Prevents visual resemblance or a supplier label from being treated as conclusive mineral identification." }, { "name": "Crystalline phase identity", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "identified phases with analytical method and reference pattern", "why_it_matters": "Distinguishes halite from similar minerals and detects associated crystalline phases." }, { "name": "Halite phase fraction", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "mass % with method, uncertainty, and dry or as-received basis", "why_it_matters": "Distinguishes a predominantly halite sample from a mixed evaporite material." }, { "name": "Chemical composition and impurities", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "NaCl assay in mass %; individual constituents in mg/kg or mass %, with method and detection limits", "why_it_matters": "Supports purity assessment without confusing total chemical assay with mineral phase abundance." }, { "name": "Crystal habit, cleavage, and aggregate texture", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "observed habit, cleavage directions, grain relationships, and descriptive images", "why_it_matters": "Provides identification evidence and indicates susceptibility to fragmentation." }, { "name": "Hardness", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Mohs scale; approximately 2 for halite, with test location and method", "why_it_matters": "Supports identification while exposing whether a tested grain or surface is representative." }, { "name": "Inclusion and associated-mineral content", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "fluid inclusions | solid inclusions | intergrown minerals | surface deposits; identified or unresolved", "why_it_matters": "Separates intrinsic mineral properties from features introduced by trapped fluids or other materials." }, { "name": "Moisture and environmental exposure", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "water content in mass %, temperature in °C, relative humidity in %, and exposure duration", "why_it_matters": "Helps interpret wetting, dissolution, recrystallisation, and caking under actual storage conditions." }, { "name": "Physical condition", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "intact | fractured | powdering | caked | visibly dissolving | recrystallised; multiple states allowed", "why_it_matters": "Determines whether handling, preservation, or resampling is needed." }, { "name": "Geological and custody provenance", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "links to locality, geological unit, occurrence, collection or extraction 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use requires further sampling, analysis, processing, or product qualification." ] }, "sources": [], "structure": { "bundles": [ { "id": "mineral-identity", "name": "Mineral identity", "description": "Establishes whether the record concerns halite and what evidence supports that identification.", "rationale": "Halite can be confused with similar evaporite minerals, synthetic NaCl crystals, and mixed salt materials.", "layers": [ { "id": "identity-boundaries", "name": "Identity boundaries", "description": "Separates the mineral species from substances, rocks, solutions, and products.", "findings": [ { "id": "halite-record-subject", "name": "Halite record subject", "description": "Record whether the subject is the mineral species, a natural specimen, or a sampled lot, and distinguish mineral identity from commercial naming.", "questions": [ { "text": "Does this record describe halite as a species, a particular specimen, or a lot containing halite?", "kind": "definition", "id": "halite-record-subject-q01" }, { "text": "What evidence distinguishes natural halite from manufactured sodium chloride or a product sold as rock salt?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "halite-record-subject-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "diagnostic-evidence", "name": "Diagnostic evidence", "description": "Combines physical observations with chemical or phase analysis.", "findings": [ { "id": "converging-identification-tests", "name": "Converging identification tests", "description": "Record the evidence needed to distinguish halite from sylvite and other lookalikes without treating colour or cubic habit as decisive.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which observed cleavage, hardness, optical, or diffraction results support identification as halite?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "converging-identification-tests-q01" }, { "text": "What additional test would resolve remaining confusion with sylvite or another associated mineral while avoiding tasting and unnecessary specimen damage?", "kind": "action", "id": "converging-identification-tests-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "composition-and-inclusions", "name": "Composition and inclusions", "description": "Describes the halite phase, chemical purity, and material accompanying it.", "rationale": "An NaCl-rich assay does not by itself describe phase abundance, trapped brine, insoluble residue, or use-relevant contaminants.", "layers": [ { "id": "phase-and-assay", "name": "Phase and assay", "description": "Keeps mineral abundance and bulk chemical composition distinct.", "findings": [ { "id": "halite-content-and-purity", "name": "Halite content and purity", "description": "Record halite phase fraction and chemical assay separately, including sampling basis and analytical uncertainty.", "questions": [ { "text": "What halite phase fraction and NaCl assay were measured, using which methods and moisture basis?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "halite-content-and-purity-q01" }, { "text": "How was the sample selected to represent variation across the specimen or lot?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "halite-content-and-purity-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "accompanying-material", "name": "Accompanying material", "description": "Distinguishes inclusions, intergrowths, coatings, and contamination.", "findings": [ { "id": "impurity-location-and-origin", "name": "Impurity location and origin", "description": "Record whether non-halite material occurs within crystals, between grains, or on exposed surfaces.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which fluid inclusions, solid inclusions, associated minerals, or insoluble residues are observed or measured?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "impurity-location-and-origin-q01" }, { "text": "Which constituents belong to the original specimen, and which may reflect processing, storage, or handling contamination?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "impurity-location-and-origin-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "crystal-fabric-and-condition", "name": "Crystal fabric and condition", "description": "Connects halite crystal 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"name": "Integrity and change", "description": "Records damage and alteration that affect preservation or interpretation.", "findings": [ { "id": "specimen-condition-history", "name": "Specimen condition history", "description": "Track fractures, powdering, caking, dissolution features, and new crystal growth against earlier observations.", "questions": [ { "text": "What evidence shows cleavage damage, dissolution, or recrystallisation, and when was it first observed?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "specimen-condition-history-q01" }, { "text": "What support, packaging, or handling changes are needed to prevent further loss of diagnostic surfaces or inclusions?", "kind": "action", "id": "specimen-condition-history-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "geological-origin", "name": "Geological origin", "description": "Records where halite came from and the evidence for its formation and subsequent history.", "rationale": "Locality labels alone cannot establish depositional conditions or distinguish original crystallisation from later dissolution and regrowth.", "layers": [ { "id": "occurrence-and-custody", "name": "Occurrence and custody", "description": "Connects the material to a documented occurrence and acquisition history.", "findings": [ { "id": "traceable-halite-occurrence", "name": "Traceable halite occurrence", "description": "Record locality precision, host material, collection position, and subsequent custody without inventing missing geological context.", "questions": [ { "text": "What locality, geological unit, host material, and collection or extraction position are documented?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "traceable-halite-occurrence-q01" }, { "text": "Which links connect this specimen or lot to those records, and where does its custody history become uncertain?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "traceable-halite-occurrence-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "formation-and-reworking", "name": "Formation and reworking", "description": "Separates observed geological evidence from 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"questions": [ { "id": "evidence-confidence-notes-q01", "text": "Which of these check these first hold for the sense of halite this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-kinds", "name": "Kinds and varieties", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "Colorless or white halite", "Blue or purple halite", "Inclusion-colored pink or red halite" ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-kinds-q01", "text": "Which of these kinds and varieties hold for the sense of halite this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-identifiers", "name": "Identifiers and schemes", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ { "scheme": "Chemical formula", "value_or_pattern": "NaCl", "note": "Ideal composition; natural specimens can contain inclusions and impurities." }, { "scheme": "CAS Registry Number", "value_or_pattern": "7647-14-5", "note": "Identifies sodium chloride as a substance, rather than halite as a mineral species or a particular natural salt mixture." }, { "scheme": "PubChem CID", "value_or_pattern": "5234", "note": "Identifies sodium chloride." } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-identifiers-q01", "text": "Which of these identifiers and schemes hold for the sense of halite this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-standards-and-regulation", "name": "Standards and regulation", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "Codex Alimentarius Commission CXS 150-1985, Standard for Food Grade Salt, applies to qualifying salt products rather than establishing that any natural halite is food grade." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-standards-and-regulation-q01", "text": "Which of these standards and regulation hold for the sense of halite this model covers, 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"Density", "typical_range": "About 2.16-2.17 near room temperature", "unit": "g/cm³" }, { "quantity": "Melting point", "typical_range": "About 801 for pure sodium chloride at atmospheric pressure", "unit": "°C" }, { "quantity": "Solubility in water", "typical_range": "About 36 at 20 °C, expressed relative to the mass of water", "unit": "g NaCl per 100 g water" }, { "quantity": "Cleavage", "typical_range": "Three perfect cleavage directions intersecting at 90°", "unit": "crystallographic description" } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-measurements-q01", "text": "Which of these typical measurements hold for the sense of halite this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards", "name": "Failure modes and hazards", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "Readily dissolves in water, causing loss of specimens or dissolution cavities in deposits.", "Brittle 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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 halite, record what state it is in, and decide what may be done with it.", "whatItIs": "Enable an agent to recognise halite, assess a specimen or material lot, and judge its suitability for preservation, analysis, or a proposed use.", "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: huantajayite.", "1 finer distinctions are held as aliases rather than separate entries, because telling them apart needs a task that asks for it.", "Described in 79 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 halite, 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": [ "huantajayite" ] } ], "standing": "Described in 79 Wikipedia languages, which measures how widely it is written about rather than how important or how common it is. 1 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 halite from another, and a halite 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 halite, 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 halite, 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 halite 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 halite, 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 halite, 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 halite 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 halite 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 halite, 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 halite, 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 halite 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 halite from the things most often confused with it.", "questions": [ { "id": "distinguishing-features-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes what distinguishes a halite, 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 halite, 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 halite 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 halite 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 halite, 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 halite, 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 halite 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 halite is built from and which parts are replaceable.", "questions": [ { "id": "parts-and-materials-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the composition of a halite, 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 halite, 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 halite 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 halite is judged and by whom.", "questions": [ { "id": "condition-assessment-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the condition of a halite, 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 halite, 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 halite 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 halite 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 halite is, and what that position is measured against.", "questions": [ { "id": "position-and-frame-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the location of a halite, 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 halite, 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 halite 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 halite 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 halite, 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 halite, 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 halite 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 halite 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 halite between them.", "questions": [ { "id": "stages-and-transitions-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the lifecycle of a halite, 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 halite, 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 halite 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 halite, how often and by whom.", "findings": [ { "id": "observation-record", "name": "Observation record", "description": "How an observation of a halite 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 halite, 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 halite, 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 halite 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 halite 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 halite is for, and what it is used for anyway.", "findings": [ { "id": "function-and-purpose", "name": "Function, purpose and misuse", "description": "The function a halite performs and the uses that fall outside it.", "questions": [ { "id": "function-and-purpose-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the use of a halite, 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 halite, 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 halite 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 halite.", "findings": [ { "id": "procedures-and-skills", "name": "Procedures, skills and required tools", "description": "What an agent needs before it can act on a halite at all.", "questions": [ { "id": "procedures-and-skills-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes handling a halite, 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 halite, 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 halite 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 halite there is and how fast it goes.", "questions": [ { "id": "consumption-and-stock-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the supply of a halite, 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 halite, 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 halite 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 halite 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 halite 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 halite 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 halite 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 halite, 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 halite 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 halite 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 halite 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 halite, 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 halite 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 halite and how confident it is.", "questions": [ { "id": "claim-provenance-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes a claim about a halite, 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 halite, 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 halite 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 halite is retired without being erased.", "questions": [ { "id": "validity-and-supersession-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the validity of a claim about a halite, 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 halite, 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 halite 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 } } } }