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five-carbon aldose substance, including stereochemical identity, interconverting molecular forms, material grade, composition, and condition; it distinguishes free ribose from ribose residues incorporated into other molecules.", "in_scope": [ "Ribose identity, including D-ribose, L-ribose, and explicitly characterized stereoisomer mixtures", "Open-chain, furanose, and pyranose forms and their condition-dependent interconversion", "Solid ribose and characterized ribose solutions, including purity, water content, and contaminants", "Properties and stability measured under stated environmental and analytical conditions", "Evidence supporting suitability, handling, storage, and regulatory identity for a specified material and use" ], "out_of_scope": [ "Deoxyribose and other pentoses as independently modeled substances", "RNA, nucleosides, nucleotides, and other molecules containing ribose residues", "Finished supplements, foods, medicines, or laboratory formulations containing ribose", "Manufacturing and purification processes as operational systems", "Whole metabolic pathways and clinical claims about ribose supplementation" ], "distinguishing_features": [ "Ribose has molecular formula C5H10O5 and an aldopentose open-chain structure; formula alone cannot distinguish it from other pentose isomers.", "Ribose differs from arabinose, xylose, and lyxose in stereochemical configuration, requiring stereochemically informative identification.", "D-ribose and L-ribose are enantiomers; a record labeled only 'ribose' does not establish which is present.", "Ribose retains the oxygen-bearing functionality at carbon 2 that distinguishes it from 2-deoxyribose.", "Free ribose can interconvert among ring and open-chain forms; a ribose residue fixed within a glycosidic structure belongs to the containing compound." ], "characteristics": [ { "name": "Stereochemical identity", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "D-ribose; L-ribose; characterized mixture; unspecified", "why_it_matters": "Enantiomers can differ in biological recognition and cannot be substituted solely because their formulas match." }, { "name": "Substance identifiers", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "Verified CAS, PubChem, EC, or other records with explicit stereochemical and material scope", "why_it_matters": "An identifier must resolve to the intended ribose identity rather than an unspecified stereoisomer or containing product." }, { "name": "Ribose assay", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Mass fraction or percentage, with method and as-received or dry basis", "why_it_matters": "Assay determines usable ribose content and supports comparison against application requirements." }, { "name": "Enantiomeric composition", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "D:L ratio or enantiomeric excess, with analytical method", "why_it_matters": "A high total sugar assay does not establish the required stereochemical purity." }, { "name": "Molecular-form distribution", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Fractions of resolved furanose, pyranose, alpha, beta, and open-chain forms under stated conditions", "why_it_matters": "Solvent, temperature, and equilibration affect the forms observed and the interpretation of analytical results." }, { "name": "Physical presentation", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "Crystalline solid; amorphous solid; dissolved material; mixed or unresolved state", "why_it_matters": "Presentation affects sampling, dissolution, handling, and interpretation of thermal measurements." }, { "name": "Water content", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Mass percentage with method and sampling conditions", "why_it_matters": "Water changes the effective ribose dose and may influence storage behavior." }, { "name": "Solution conditions", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Concentration in mol/L or g/L; temperature in °C; pH; solvent composition", "why_it_matters": "These conditions are necessary to interpret solution properties, interconversion, and stability." }, { "name": "Impurity profile", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Identified sugar impurities, residual solvents, elemental contaminants, and degradation products with concentrations and detection limits", "why_it_matters": "Different impurities constrain biochemical, analytical, and formulation uses differently." }, { "name": "Thermal behavior", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Transition or decomposition temperature in °C, with method, heating rate, and sample identity", "why_it_matters": "A thermal event must not automatically be interpreted as a transferable melting point or boiling point." }, { "name": "Use-specific grade", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "Supplier-declared grade and independently documented specification", "why_it_matters": "Suitability depends on demonstrated specifications rather than the ribose name alone." }, { "name": "Handling and regulatory status", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "Applicable safety data, classification, exposure guidance, and use requirements with jurisdiction and date", "why_it_matters": "Handling and permitted use require evidence applicable to the actual material and context." } ], "affordances": [ "Resolve an ambiguous ribose label to a verified stereochemical identity or flag it as unresolved.", "Compare a lot's assay, water content, and impurity profile against a specified use.", "Calculate the mass needed for a target ribose concentration using the reported assay basis.", "Select analytical checks that distinguish ribose from other sugars and establish required stereochemical purity.", "Assess storage or processing conditions against evidence for ribose stability and compatibility.", "Route claims about bound ribose, finished products, or health effects to the corresponding neighboring models." ] }, "sources": [], "structure": { "bundles": [ { "id": "ribose-identity", "name": "Ribose identity and boundaries", "description": "Establish which ribose substance is represented and distinguish it from related sugars and bound residues.", "rationale": "The name ribose alone leaves stereochemistry and free-versus-bound identity unresolved.", "layers": [ { "id": "pentose-and-stereochemistry", "name": "Pentose and stereochemical identity", "description": "Identify ribose within the aldopentoses and establish its enantiomeric composition.", "findings": [ { "id": "ribose-identity-evidence", "name": "Evidence for the assigned ribose identity", "description": "Record evidence that supports both the ribose configuration and the stated D, L, or mixed identity.", "questions": [ { "text": "Does this record mean D-ribose, L-ribose, a mixture, or stereochemically unspecified ribose?", "kind": "definition", "id": "ribose-identity-evidence-q01" }, { "text": "What analysis distinguishes the material from other aldopentoses and establishes its enantiomeric composition?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "ribose-identity-evidence-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "free-sugar-and-identifiers", "name": "Free sugar and identifier scope", "description": "Separate the substance from ribose-containing compounds and align external identifiers with that boundary.", "findings": [ { "id": "identifier-and-residue-boundary", "name": "Identifier and residue boundary", "description": "Require identifiers to match the actual free-sugar identity without absorbing nucleosides, nucleotides, or RNA.", "questions": [ { "text": "Is the entity free ribose, or a ribose residue chemically incorporated into another compound?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "identifier-and-residue-boundary-q01" }, { "text": "Which authoritative identifier records have been checked, and what stereochemistry does each specify?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "identifier-and-residue-boundary-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "ribose-forms-and-properties", "name": "Ribose forms and conditional properties", "description": "Represent physical presentation and molecular-form equilibria with the 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"name": "Solid and solution properties", "description": "Associate dissolution and thermal behavior with a characterized sample and measurement conditions.", "findings": [ { "id": "interpretable-property-values", "name": "Interpretable property values", "description": "Distinguish observed transitions, decomposition, and dissolution limits rather than assigning unsupported universal constants.", "questions": [ { "text": "What physical form and water content characterize the sample used for thermal or solubility measurements?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "interpretable-property-values-q01" }, { "text": "Does the thermal evidence establish melting, another transition, or decomposition, and under which test conditions?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "interpretable-property-values-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "ribose-lot-quality", "name": "Ribose lot quality and preparation", "description": "Connect the amount and composition of a particular ribose lot to preparation and acceptance 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"name": "Handling and use evidence", "description": "Apply safety and regulatory information to the identified ribose material and intended activity.", "findings": [ { "id": "applicable-use-constraints", "name": "Applicable handling and use constraints", "description": "Distinguish documented handling requirements and use permissions from assumptions based on ribose's biological occurrence.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which current safety data and jurisdiction-specific classifications apply to this ribose identity and supplied form?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "applicable-use-constraints-q01" }, { "text": "What documented requirements govern the proposed laboratory, food, or other use, and does this lot satisfy them?", "kind": "action", "id": "applicable-use-constraints-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "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 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"questions": [ { "id": "evidence-identifiers-q01", "text": "Which of these identifiers and schemes hold for the sense of ribose this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-real-world-use", "name": "Real-world use", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "D-ribose residues form part of the sugar-phosphate backbone of RNA.", "D-ribose residues occur in ATP and other ribonucleotides.", "Ribose residues occur in cofactors including NAD and FAD.", "D-ribose is used as a reagent and starting material in biochemical research and chemical synthesis." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-real-world-use-q01", "text": "Which of these real-world use hold for the sense of ribose this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-measurements", "name": "Typical measurements", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a 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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": [ "ribofuranose", "D-ribose", "L-ribose", "D-ribofuranose", "L-ribofuranose", "D-(1-~13~C)Ribofuranose" ] } ], "standing": "Described in 68 Wikipedia languages, which measures how widely it is written about rather than how important or how common it is. 6 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 ribose from another, and a ribose from things that resemble it.", "rationale": "Recognition comes before every other claim. 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"knowledge time" ] }, { "id": "preferred-name-and-aliases-q03", "text": "What may an agent decide or do once the name of a ribose 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 ribose, 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 ribose, by which method, and when was it true?", "kind": "provenance", "answer_data": [ "authority", "method", "evidence", "event time", "knowledge time" ] }, { "id": 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"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 ribose 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 ribose from the things most often confused with it.", "questions": [ { "id": "distinguishing-features-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes what distinguishes a ribose, 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 ribose, 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 ribose 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 ribose 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 ribose, 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 ribose, 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 ribose 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 ribose is built from and which parts are replaceable.", "questions": [ { "id": "parts-and-materials-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the composition of a ribose, 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 ribose, 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 ribose 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 ribose is judged and by whom.", "questions": [ { "id": "condition-assessment-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the condition of a ribose, 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 ribose, 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 ribose 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 ribose 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 ribose is, and what that position is measured against.", "questions": [ { "id": "position-and-frame-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the location of a ribose, 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 ribose, 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 ribose 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 ribose 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 ribose, 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 ribose, 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 ribose 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 ribose 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 ribose between them.", "questions": [ { "id": "stages-and-transitions-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the lifecycle of a ribose, 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 ribose, 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 ribose 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 ribose, how often and by whom.", "findings": [ { "id": "observation-record", "name": "Observation record", "description": "How an observation of a ribose 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 ribose, 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 ribose, 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 ribose 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 ribose 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 ribose is for, and what it is used for anyway.", "findings": [ { "id": "function-and-purpose", "name": "Function, purpose and misuse", "description": "The function a ribose performs and the uses that fall outside it.", "questions": [ { "id": "function-and-purpose-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the use of a ribose, 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 ribose, 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 ribose 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 ribose.", "findings": [ { "id": "procedures-and-skills", "name": "Procedures, skills and required tools", "description": "What an agent needs before it can act on a ribose at all.", "questions": [ { "id": "procedures-and-skills-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes handling a ribose, 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 ribose, 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 ribose 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 ribose there is and how fast it goes.", "questions": [ { "id": "consumption-and-stock-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the supply of a ribose, 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 ribose, 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 ribose 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 ribose 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 ribose 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 ribose 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 ribose 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 ribose, 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 ribose 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 ribose 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 ribose 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 ribose, 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 ribose 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 ribose and how confident it is.", "questions": [ { "id": "claim-provenance-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes a claim about a ribose, 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 ribose, 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 ribose 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 ribose is retired without being erased.", "questions": [ { "id": "validity-and-supersession-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the validity of a claim about a ribose, 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 ribose, 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 ribose 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 } } } }