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equipment and manufacturing workflows beyond their effects on the beverage", "Ceremonies, hospitality practices and cultural heritage as independent social models", "Diagnosis, treatment or claimed therapeutic effects of kumis" ], "distinguishing_features": [ "Establish whether the material is a fermented milk beverage; unfermented mare milk does not meet the fermentation boundary.", "Record the milk species: mare milk anchors the traditional identity, while substitution or blending requires an explicit adaptation description.", "Seek evidence of both lactic and alcoholic fermentation rather than treating all sour milk beverages as kumis.", "Distinguish kumis from kefir using milk basis, starter provenance, production tradition and product description; acidity or carbonation alone is insufficient.", "Distinguish fermented kumis from a distilled drink derived from it by recording whether distillation occurred." ], "characteristics": [ { "name": "Milk basis", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "Mare milk; other specified species; mixed milk; unknown, with ingredient proportions where available", "why_it_matters": "Supports the traditional-versus-adapted identity boundary and interpretation of composition." }, { "name": "Formulation additions", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "Linked ingredients and amounts, including added sugars, water, milk solids or flavourings", "why_it_matters": "Separates fermentation-derived properties from formulation changes." }, { "name": "Fermentation lineage", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "Starter or backslopped batch, producer description and available microbial evidence", "why_it_matters": "Provides evidence for the fermentation identity without assuming a universal microbial recipe." }, { "name": "Alcohol concentration", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "% alcohol by volume, with method, sampling time and reference temperature", "why_it_matters": "Supports use and labelling decisions and may change during storage." }, { "name": "Acidity", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "pH and titratable acidity, with the latter's reporting basis and analytical method", "why_it_matters": "Describes fermentation condition and flavour; neither measurement alone establishes safety." }, { "name": "Residual lactose", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "g/100 mL or g/100 g, with analytical method and sampling time", "why_it_matters": "Prevents fermentation from being treated as evidence that the beverage is lactose-free." }, { "name": "Protein and fat composition", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Protein and fat in g/100 mL or g/100 g, with reporting basis", "why_it_matters": "Helps characterise milk basis, formulation and nutritional differences between batches." }, { "name": "Carbonation", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Dissolved CO2 in g/L or package pressure in kPa at a stated temperature", "why_it_matters": "Supports evaluation of effervescence and pressure-related handling." }, { "name": "Physical condition", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "Recorded fluidity, separation, sediment, foaming and other observed changes", "why_it_matters": "Enables comparison against the product's expected condition rather than a generic dairy appearance." }, { "name": "Post-fermentation treatment", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "Untreated; heat-treated; other specified stabilisation; unknown", "why_it_matters": "Affects expectations about viable microorganisms and further fermentation." }, { "name": "Storage exposure", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Temperature in °C and elapsed time in hours or days, including opening and known excursions", "why_it_matters": "Connects present condition to evidence about shelf life and handling." } ], "affordances": [ "Classify a candidate beverage as traditional kumis, an explicitly described adaptation or an unresolved neighbouring product.", "Compare batches using milk basis, formulation, alcohol, acidity and physical condition.", "Select analyses needed to resolve uncertain composition or fermentation state.", "Evaluate storage and opening actions against package condition and producer instructions.", "Assess suitability for a stated consumption or recipe requirement using measured composition and relevant restrictions.", "Trace naming and composition claims to the producer, batch records or analytical evidence." ] }, "sources": [], "structure": { "bundles": [ { "id": "kumis-identity", "name": "Kumis identity", "description": "Establishes what beverage the name denotes and how the particular product meets that identity.", "rationale": "A name alone cannot resolve traditional mare-milk kumis, adapted formulations and neighbouring fermented drinks.", "layers": [ { "id": "milk-and-formulation", "name": "Milk and formulation", "description": "Records the dairy substrate and additions that define the material being assessed.", "findings": [ { "id": "milk-basis-and-substitution", "name": "Milk basis and substitution", "description": "The draft requires explicit evidence of milk species and formulation rather than inferring them from the kumis label.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which milk species and proportions constitute this beverage, and what evidence establishes them?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "milk-basis-and-substitution-q01" }, { "text": "Does its formulation support a traditional mare-milk identity or require an adaptation description?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "milk-basis-and-substitution-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "fermented-beverage-boundary", "name": "Fermented beverage boundary", "description": "Separates kumis from raw milk, other cultured milks and downstream distilled products.", "findings": [ { "id": "identity-evidence", "name": "Identity evidence", "description": "Classification should combine substrate, fermentation and naming evidence rather than rely on a single sensory property.", "questions": [ { "text": "What definition of kumis is being applied by the producer or relevant regional tradition?", "kind": "definition", "id": "identity-evidence-q01" }, { "text": "What evidence distinguishes this product from kefir, another sour milk beverage or a distillate made from fermented milk?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "identity-evidence-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "fermentation-character", "name": "Fermentation character", "description": "Captures the fermentation history and current activity relevant to kumis.", "rationale": "Lactic and alcoholic fermentation explain important properties, but their balance and continuation must be established for the actual batch.", "layers": [ { "id": "starter-and-fermentation-evidence", "name": "Starter and fermentation evidence", "description": "Connects the beverage to its inoculum and evidence of fermentation.", "findings": [ { "id": "lactic-and-alcoholic-contributions", "name": "Lactic and alcoholic contributions", "description": "The model asks how acid-producing and alcohol-producing fermentation are evidenced without prescribing a fixed species list.", "questions": [ { "text": "Was the batch inoculated with a defined starter, a previous kumis batch or another documented source?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "lactic-and-alcoholic-contributions-q01" }, { "text": "What production records or analyses support lactic and alcoholic fermentation in this batch?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "lactic-and-alcoholic-contributions-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "activity-after-production", "name": "Activity after production", "description": "Determines whether fermentation-related changes remain possible after packaging.", "findings": [ { "id": "viability-and-stabilisation", "name": "Viability and stabilisation", "description": "Post-fermentation treatment and activity evidence govern expectations about further acidification, alcohol formation and gas production.", "questions": [ { "text": "What treatment followed fermentation, and what evidence exists for viable or metabolically active microorganisms afterward?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "viability-and-stabilisation-q01" }, { "text": "How have acidity, alcohol or package pressure changed between production and the present assessment?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "viability-and-stabilisation-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "composition-and-sensory-condition", "name": "Composition and sensory condition", "description": "Describes the measurable and observable properties of a specific kumis batch.", "rationale": "Generic descriptions cannot substitute for the composition needed to compare products or judge a particular use.", "layers": [ { "id": "fermentation-composition", "name": "Fermentation composition", "description": "Records alcohol, acidity and remaining milk sugar on explicit analytical bases.", "findings": [ { "id": "alcohol-acid-and-lactose-profile", "name": "Alcohol, acid and lactose profile", "description": "Composition records must be tied to the sampled batch and time because fermentation state can affect the result.", "questions": [ { "text": "What are the measured alcohol concentration, pH, titratable acidity and residual lactose, with methods and units?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "alcohol-acid-and-lactose-profile-q01" }, { "text": "When was the sample taken relative to fermentation, packaging and storage, and is it representative of the beverage now?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "alcohol-acid-and-lactose-profile-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "texture-and-effervescence", "name": "Texture and effervescence", "description": "Interprets fluidity, separation and gas against expectations for the particular product.", "findings": [ { "id": "expected-versus-unexplained-change", "name": "Expected versus unexplained change", "description": "Physical observations require a product-specific baseline and cannot independently establish microbiological acceptability.", "questions": [ { "text": "What texture, separation, aroma and effervescence does the producer describe as expected for this kumis?", "kind": "definition", "id": "expected-versus-unexplained-change-q01" }, { "text": "Which observed changes depart from that baseline and require further assessment before use?", "kind": "action", "id": "expected-versus-unexplained-change-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "preservation-and-package-condition", "name": "Preservation and package condition", "description": "Relates milk treatment, storage and packaging to the beverage's current condition.", "rationale": "Fermentation, temperature exposure and gas retention make batch history and container condition necessary for handling decisions.", "layers": [ { "id": "treatment-and-storage-history", "name": "Treatment and storage history", "description": "Connects the batch to its milk treatment and documented preservation conditions.", "findings": [ { "id": "shelf-life-evidence", "name": "Shelf-life evidence", "description": "Suitability should be evaluated against applicable product evidence rather than an assumed universal kumis shelf life.", "questions": [ { "text": "What milk treatment, packaging date, storage instructions and shelf-life evidence apply to this batch?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "shelf-life-evidence-q01" }, { "text": "What temperature excursions or elapsed time after opening fall outside those documented conditions?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "shelf-life-evidence-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "container-and-release-condition", "name": "Container and release condition", "description": "Assesses containment of an effervescent beverage and evidence needed before consumption.", "findings": [ { "id": "package-integrity-and-batch-disposition", "name": "Package integrity and batch disposition", "description": "Opening or serving decisions should account for package integrity, possible pressure and relevant batch acceptability evidence.", "questions": [ { "text": "Is the container intact, and are its pressure, swelling, leakage or foaming consistent with documented product expectations?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "package-integrity-and-batch-disposition-q01" }, { "text": "Do package observations, storage records and applicable test results support use, or require the batch to be held for assessment?", "kind": "action", "id": "package-integrity-and-batch-disposition-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "use-and-naming-context", "name": "Use and naming context", "description": "Connects the beverage's evidenced properties to intended use and the context in which it is described.", "rationale": "Milk allergens, variable alcohol and lactose, and regional naming practices affect whether kumis meets a particular request.", "layers": [ { "id": "composition-sensitive-use", "name": "Composition-sensitive use", "description": "Evaluates consumption or culinary requirements against the actual product.", "findings": [ { "id": "intended-use-compatibility", "name": "Intended-use compatibility", "description": "Use decisions require explicit requirements 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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 kumis 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 kumis, 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 kumis, 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 kumis 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 kumis 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 kumis, 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 kumis, 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 kumis 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 kumis from the things most often confused with it.", "questions": [ { "id": "distinguishing-features-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes what distinguishes a kumis, 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 kumis, 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 kumis 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 kumis 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 kumis, 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 kumis, 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 kumis 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 kumis is built from and which parts are replaceable.", "questions": [ { "id": "parts-and-materials-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the composition of a kumis, 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 kumis, 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 kumis 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 kumis is judged and by whom.", "questions": [ { "id": "condition-assessment-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the condition of a kumis, 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 kumis, 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 kumis 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 kumis 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 kumis is, and what that position is measured against.", "questions": [ { "id": "position-and-frame-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the location of a kumis, 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 kumis, 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 kumis 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 kumis 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 kumis, 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 kumis, 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 kumis 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 kumis 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 kumis between them.", "questions": [ { "id": "stages-and-transitions-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the lifecycle of a kumis, 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 kumis, 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 kumis 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 kumis, how often and by whom.", "findings": [ { "id": "observation-record", "name": "Observation record", "description": "How an observation of a kumis 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 kumis, 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 kumis, 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 kumis 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 kumis 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 kumis is for, and what it is used for anyway.", "findings": [ { "id": "function-and-purpose", "name": "Function, purpose and misuse", "description": "The function a kumis performs and the uses that fall outside it.", "questions": [ { "id": "function-and-purpose-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the use of a kumis, 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 kumis, 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 kumis 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 kumis.", "findings": [ { "id": "procedures-and-skills", "name": "Procedures, skills and required tools", "description": "What an agent needs before it can act on a kumis at all.", "questions": [ { "id": "procedures-and-skills-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes handling a kumis, 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 kumis, 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 kumis 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 kumis there is and how fast it goes.", "questions": [ { "id": "consumption-and-stock-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the supply of a kumis, 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 kumis, 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 kumis 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 kumis 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 kumis 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 kumis 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 kumis 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 kumis, 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 kumis 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 kumis 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 kumis 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 kumis, 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 kumis 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 kumis and how confident it is.", "questions": [ { "id": "claim-provenance-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes a claim about a kumis, 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 kumis, 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 kumis 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 kumis is retired without being erased.", "questions": [ { "id": "validity-and-supersession-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the validity of a claim about a kumis, 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 kumis, 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 kumis 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 } } } }