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physical textile whose pattern is produced through wax-resist dyeing, including individual pieces and fabric lengths; it records production and cultural context as relationships without treating the craft practice itself as the object.", "in_scope": [ "Textile substrate, dimensions and finished form", "Evidence of wax application, dyeing and wax removal", "Pattern construction, colour placement and resist effects", "Attributed maker, production place and cultural context", "Condition and suitability for proposed handling, display or use" ], "out_of_scope": [ "Batik-making as a craft practice, occupation or workshop process", "Wax formulations, dyes and dyeing equipment as independent things", "Printed batik-look textiles without evidence of wax-resist production", "Garment construction beyond the properties of its batik textile", "Ownership of motifs and heritage designations as independent legal or institutional records" ], "distinguishing_features": [ "Establish whether wax resisted dye on the textile; a batik-like motif alone does not establish batik production.", "Distinguish wax-applied resist from tied, stitched, folded or paste-applied resist, while allowing documented mixed techniques.", "Separate hand-drawn wax, stamped wax and combined application from surface printing that merely reproduces their appearance.", "Compare both faces and inspect pattern boundaries for production evidence; treat penetration, irregularity and crackle as supporting observations rather than decisive tests.", "Identify the registered physical-textile sense separately from uses of 'batik' for a technique, visual style or cultural practice." ], "characteristics": [ { "name": "Batik identification status", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "documented wax-resist production | supported by examination | seller-attributed only | unresolved | imitation identified", "why_it_matters": "Prevents appearance or marketing language from becoming an unsupported production claim." }, { "name": "Textile substrate", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "Recorded fibre composition and fabric construction, with identification method or unknown", "why_it_matters": "Connects resist and dye behaviour, handling limits and deterioration to the actual textile." }, { "name": "Piece dimensions", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Length and width in cm; distinguish current dimensions from attributed original dimensions", "why_it_matters": "Supports identification of fabric lengths, cut fragments and intended textile formats." }, { "name": "Wax application method", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "hand-drawn | stamped | combined | other documented method | unknown", "why_it_matters": "Distinguishes production routes without assuming that visual regularity proves a method." }, { "name": "Resist and colour sequence", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "Observed colour regions linked to documented or hypothesised wax-and-dye stages", "why_it_matters": "Allows an agent to explain pattern formation while preserving uncertainty about production order." }, { "name": "Pattern organisation", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "Recorded field, border, panel, repeat and orientation features; named motifs only with attribution", "why_it_matters": "Supports comparison and detects cutting or assembly that changes the textile's intended arrangement." }, { "name": "Production attribution", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "Links to maker, workshop, place, date range and supporting evidence", "why_it_matters": "Separates documented origin from resemblance to a regional or workshop style." }, { "name": "Residual wax", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "not assessed | suspected | observed | analytically identified; record location", "why_it_matters": "Flags material requiring interpretation before cleaning, heating or attributing a production stage." }, { "name": "Colour stability evidence", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "untested | documented assessment with method, colour, conditions and result", "why_it_matters": "Avoids assuming that every colour in a multicolour batik responds alike to proposed treatment." }, { "name": "Condition distribution", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "Mapped fading, staining, cracking of surface residues, fibre damage, tears and repairs", "why_it_matters": "Distinguishes intentional resist effects from deterioration and connects damage to handling decisions." } ], "affordances": [ "Classify a candidate textile as documented, probable or unresolved batik using production evidence.", "Compare pieces by wax application, pattern organisation and attributed production context.", "Map motifs, borders and colour regions before cutting, mounting or assembling a textile.", "Record damage separately from intended crackle and other resist effects.", "Assess whether proposed wearing, washing, display or storage requires further textile examination.", "Identify gaps requiring maker documentation, provenance research or specialist material analysis." ] }, "sources": [], "structure": { "bundles": [ { "id": "batik-identity-and-boundaries", "name": "Batik identity and boundaries", "description": "Establishes what physical piece is being assessed and whether wax-resist production is supported.", "rationale": "Batik can name a textile, a process or a reproduced appearance; an agent must resolve that ambiguity before acting.", "layers": [ { "id": "textile-object-sense", "name": "Textile object sense", "description": "Locates the piece within the physical-textile scope of this registry entry.", "findings": [ { "id": "piece-and-production-boundary", "name": "Piece and production boundary", "description": "Record whether the subject is a fabric length, finished textile, garment component or fragment, and distinguish it from the production practice.", "questions": [ { "text": "What physical textile or textile component does this batik record identify?", "kind": "definition", "id": "piece-and-production-boundary-q01" }, { "text": "Does any part of the description refer instead to a craft process, motif style or finished garment model?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "piece-and-production-boundary-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "wax-resist-identification", "name": "Wax-resist identification", "description": "Tests the production attribution against competing explanations for the pattern.", "findings": [ { "id": "resist-versus-imitation", "name": "Resist versus imitation", "description": "Keep documented production, observed indicators and seller claims separate when distinguishing batik from printed imitations and other resist textiles.", "questions": [ { "text": "What documentation or examination supports wax-resist dyeing rather than printing or another resist method?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "resist-versus-imitation-q01" }, { "text": "Could the observed pattern, including any crackle, have been reproduced without wax-resist dyeing?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "resist-versus-imitation-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "substrate-and-resist-construction", "name": "Substrate and resist construction", "description": "Connects the physical cloth to evidence of wax application and successive colour stages.", "rationale": "Batik identification and care depend on the interaction of substrate, resist and dye rather than on motif alone.", "layers": [ { "id": "cloth-and-material-evidence", "name": "Cloth and material evidence", "description": "Records the textile support and any identified or suspected production residues.", "findings": [ { "id": "substrate-and-wax-residue", "name": "Substrate and wax residue", "description": "Describe fibre and fabric construction with their evidence, and map residues without assuming their composition or purpose.", "questions": [ { "text": "What fibre composition and fabric construction are documented or identified, and by what method?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "substrate-and-wax-residue-q01" }, { "text": "Where are wax-like residues present, and what evidence distinguishes retained resist from later coatings or contamination?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "substrate-and-wax-residue-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "wax-and-dye-stages", "name": "Wax and dye stages", "description": "Records application methods and the limits of reconstructing production from the finished textile.", "findings": [ { "id": "application-and-colour-sequence", "name": "Application and colour sequence", "description": "Record hand-drawn, stamped or combined wax application where supported, separating known production stages from visual hypotheses.", "questions": [ { "text": "What evidence supports hand-drawn wax, stamped wax or a combination on this piece?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "application-and-colour-sequence-q01" }, { "text": "Which wax-and-dye stages are documented, and which proposed colour sequences remain uncertain?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "application-and-colour-sequence-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "pattern-and-cultural-attribution", "name": "Pattern and cultural attribution", "description": "Records visible pattern structure separately from names, meanings and origin claims.", "rationale": "Similar motifs need not establish the same maker, place or cultural significance, while cutting can erase meaningful textile organisation.", "layers": [ { "id": "pattern-layout", "name": "Pattern layout", "description": "Describes the arrangement and integrity of the textile's patterned areas.", "findings": [ { "id": "fields-borders-and-repeats", "name": "Fields, borders and repeats", "description": "Map motif placement, repeat dimensions, directional features and missing or interrupted regions.", "questions": [ { "text": "How are fields, borders, panels and repeats arranged, and what are their dimensions in cm?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "fields-borders-and-repeats-q01" }, { "text": "Do cut edges, seams or incomplete motifs indicate that the surviving piece has lost part of its original layout?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "fields-borders-and-repeats-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "attributed-origin-and-meaning", "name": "Attributed origin and meaning", "description": "Connects the piece to supported production and cultural accounts.", "findings": [ { "id": "maker-place-and-motif-claims", "name": "Maker, place and motif claims", "description": "Attribute maker, origin, date and motif meanings to identifiable evidence or testimony rather than inferring them directly from appearance.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which records or attributed accounts support the maker, production place and date range?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "maker-place-and-motif-claims-q01" }, { "text": "Who supplies each motif name, meaning or use convention, and to which community, place and period does that account apply?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "maker-place-and-motif-claims-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "condition-and-permitted-use", "name": "Condition and permitted use", "description": "Relates the textile's current state to proposed handling, treatment and use.", "rationale": "An agent must distinguish production effects from damage and avoid treating all batik substrates, dyes and residues as equivalent.", "layers": [ { "id": "resist-effects-and-damage", "name": "Resist effects and damage", "description": "Separates intended pattern effects from material deterioration and later alteration.", "findings": [ { "id": "crackle-fading-and-repairs", "name": "Crackle, fading and repairs", "description": "Map dyed crackle lines, colour changes, fibre damage and repairs with evidence for their interpretation.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which apparent cracks are dyed resist effects, and which involve broken fibres or cracking surface material?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "crackle-fading-and-repairs-q01" }, { "text": "Where do exposed and protected areas, the two faces or repaired regions differ in colour and structural condition?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "crackle-fading-and-repairs-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "use-and-treatment-decisions", "name": "Use and treatment decisions", "description": "Connects a proposed action to material evidence and the textile's attributed significance.", "findings": [ { "id": "action-specific-suitability", "name": "Action-specific suitability", "description": "Assess proposed wearing, washing, heating, cutting or display against known substrate, colour stability, residues, pattern layout and condition.", "questions": [ { "text": "What evidence about this textile's fibres, individual colours and residual wax supports the proposed handling or treatment?", "kind": "action", "id": "action-specific-suitability-q01" }, { "text": "Would cutting, mounting or wearing obscure significant pattern organisation or conflict with documented use conventions?", "kind": "action", "id": "action-specific-suitability-q02" }, { "text": "What unresolved material or attribution issue requires specialist assessment before the proposed action?", "kind": "action", "id": "action-specific-suitability-q03" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "evidence-and-external-alignment", "name": "Evidence and external alignment", "description": "What the world already says about this thing, gathered so the model can be checked against it.", "rationale": "A model that cannot be lined up against existing standards, identifiers and practice cannot be adopted by anyone who already uses them.", "layers": [ { "id": "reported-evidence", "name": "Reported evidence", "description": "Findings from the breadth pass, kept separate from the structural claims.", "findings": [ { "id": "evidence-confidence-notes", "name": "Check these first", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "The PHY.OBJ domain is interpreted as the finished textile; the word batik also names the technique and associated artistic traditions.", "Fibre composition, dimensions, mass per area and colourfastness vary by product, so no universal typical measurement ranges are supplied.", "Motif meanings, customary restrictions and authenticity or labelling requirements need verification for the particular region and product." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-confidence-notes-q01", "text": "Which of these check these first hold for the sense of batik 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": [ "Batik tulis: cloth decorated with hand-drawn wax, typically using a canting", "Batik cap: cloth decorated with wax applied using a stamp, commonly copper", "Combination batik: cloth combining hand-drawn and stamped wax application" ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-kinds-q01", "text": "Which of these kinds and varieties hold for the sense of batik 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": [ "Clothing, including sarongs, shirts, dresses and wraps", "Ceremonial and customary dress", "Wall hangings and textile artworks", "Household furnishings and decorative textiles" ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-real-world-use-q01", "text": "Which of these real-world use hold for the sense of batik 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": [ "Poor dye fixation can cause colour bleeding during washing or transfer during wear.", "Light exposure and unsuitable laundering can fade colours or damage the underlying fibres.", "Incomplete wax removal can leave unwanted stiffness or residue.", "During production, heated wax can cause burns and presents a fire hazard if overheated.", "During production, some dyes and auxiliary chemicals require exposure controls and appropriate wastewater treatment." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards-q01", "text": "Which of these failure modes and hazards hold for the sense of batik this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-regional-variation", "name": "Regional variation", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "Indonesian batik, particularly Javanese traditions, includes locally differentiated motifs, techniques and ceremonial associations.", "Malaysian batik includes distinctive hand-drawn and block-applied traditions, often featuring floral or other organic designs.", "Wax-resist textiles are also produced in parts of Africa and elsewhere; local practices and terminology differ, and regional batik should not automatically be equated with industrial wax print." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-regional-variation-q01", "text": "Which of these regional variation hold for the sense of batik this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-neighbours", "name": "Neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ { "name": "Batik-making", "difference": "Batik-making is the production process; this entry covers the resulting physical textile." }, { "name": "Batik-style printed fabric", "difference": "It reproduces batik-like patterns through printing without necessarily using wax as a resist on the cloth." }, { "name": "Tie-dyed textile", "difference": "Its resist is created primarily by binding, folding or compressing cloth rather than applying wax." }, { "name": "Ikat", "difference": "Its pattern is formed by resist-dyeing yarns before weaving, 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Each is a model waiting to be split out when one does.", "targets": [ "Batik Belanda", "batik kawung", "Madurese batik", "batik megamendung", "Petani Batik", "Tanah Liet Minangkabau", "batik parang", "Situbondo batik", "Bengkulu batik", "tie dyeing", "Cirebon–Indramayu Javanese batik", "Plumpungan Batik" ] } ], "standing": "Described in 68 Wikipedia languages, which measures how widely it is written about rather than how important or how common it is. 18 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 batik from another, and a batik 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 batik 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 batik, 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 batik, 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 batik 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 batik 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 batik, 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 batik, 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 batik 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 batik from the things most often confused with it.", "questions": [ { "id": "distinguishing-features-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes what distinguishes a batik, 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 batik, 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 batik 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 batik 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 batik, 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 batik, 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 batik 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 batik is built from and which parts are replaceable.", "questions": [ { "id": "parts-and-materials-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the composition of a batik, 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 batik, 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 batik 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 batik is judged and by whom.", "questions": [ { "id": "condition-assessment-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the condition of a batik, 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 batik, 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 batik 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 batik 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 batik is, and what that position is measured against.", "questions": [ { "id": "position-and-frame-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the location of a batik, 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 batik, 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 batik 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 batik 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 batik, 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 batik, 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 batik 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 batik 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 batik between them.", "questions": [ { "id": "stages-and-transitions-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the lifecycle of a batik, 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 batik, 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 batik 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 batik, how often and by whom.", "findings": [ { "id": "observation-record", "name": "Observation record", "description": "How an observation of a batik 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 batik, 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 batik, 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 batik is known, and what must it refuse?", "kind": "action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "function-and-principle", "name": "Function and operating principle", "description": "What batik is for and how it achieves it.", "rationale": "Two devices with the same name can work on different principles, and the principle is what predicts failure and constrains use.", "layers": [ { "id": "intended-function", "name": "Intended function", "description": "The job it does, and the jobs it is used for anyway.", "findings": [ { "id": "function-record", "name": "Function, principle and variants", "description": "What it does, how, and which variants do it differently.", "questions": [ { "id": "function-record-q01", "text": "What function does batik perform, on what operating principle, and which variants differ in that principle?", "kind": "definition" }, { "id": "function-record-q02", "text": "What use falls outside the intended function but happens in practice?", "kind": "boundary" } ] } ] }, { "id": "capacity-and-rating", "name": "Capacity and rating", "description": "The numbers that say what it can do and where it stops.", "findings": [ { "id": "ratings", "name": "Ratings and their conditions", "description": "Rated capacity, power, throughput and the conditions each assumes.", "questions": [ { "id": "ratings-q01", "text": "What ratings characterise batik, in what units, and under what stated conditions?", "kind": "measurement" }, { "id": "ratings-q02", "text": "What happens beyond the rating - degradation, refusal, damage - and how is that detected?", "kind": "action" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "operation-and-state", "name": "Operation, controls and state", "description": "How batik is operated and what state it is in right now.", "rationale": "An agent acting on a device needs its current state and the controls that change it, not just its specification.", "layers": [ { "id": "controls-and-modes", "name": "Controls and modes", "description": "What can be set, what that changes, and what is interlocked.", "findings": [ { "id": "control-surface", "name": "Control surface and interlocks", "description": "The settings available and the conditions that block them.", "questions": [ { "id": "control-surface-q01", "text": "What controls and modes does batik have, and what does each change?", "kind": "definition" }, { "id": "control-surface-q02", "text": "Which actions are interlocked or forbidden in which state, and what must be true before acting?", "kind": "action" } ] } ] }, { "id": "condition-and-maintenance", "name": "Condition and maintenance", "description": "Wear, service intervals, consumables and the line between working and broken.", "findings": [ { "id": "service-record", "name": "Condition, service and consumables", "description": "What is consumed, what is serviced, and how condition is judged.", "questions": [ { "id": "service-record-q01", "text": "What consumables and service does batik need, at what interval, and on whose authority?", "kind": "measurement" }, { "id": "service-record-q02", "text": "What evidence separates a unit that is working from one that is out of service?", "kind": "boundary" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "kind-model-unit", "name": "Kind, model and unit", "description": "Whether a claim about batik is about the kind, a product line, or one physical unit.", "rationale": "This is the boundary most often got wrong for made things, and getting it wrong mixes a catalogue entry with the machine in the yard.", "layers": [ { "id": "level-of-reference", "name": "Level of reference", "description": "The three levels and what belongs at each.", "findings": [ { "id": "level-rules", "name": "What belongs to kind, model and unit", "description": "Which properties are shared by all of them and which are not.", "questions": [ { "id": "level-rules-q01", "text": "Which facts about batik hold for every one of them, which for a model, and which only for one unit?", "kind": "boundary" }, { "id": "level-rules-q02", "text": "What identifies an individual unit, and what should an agent do when it has only the kind?", "kind": "action" } ] } ] }, { "id": "standards-and-conformity", "name": "Standards and conformity", "description": "The standards a working example must meet and who attests it.", "findings": [ { "id": "conformity", "name": "Standards, marks and attestation", "description": "Which standard applies, who certifies, and what the mark means.", "questions": [ { "id": "conformity-q01", "text": "Which standards govern batik, issued by whom, and what does conformity actually assert?", "kind": "provenance" }, { "id": "conformity-q02", "text": "What may an agent conclude from a certification mark, and what may it not?", "kind": "boundary" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "provenance-and-evidence", "name": "Provenance, evidence and time", "description": "Where every claim about a batik 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 batik and how confident it is.", "questions": [ { "id": "claim-provenance-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes a claim about a batik, 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 batik, 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 batik 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 batik is retired without being erased.", "questions": [ { "id": "validity-and-supersession-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the validity of a claim about a batik, 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 batik, 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 batik is known, and what must it refuse?", "kind": "action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] } ] } ] } ] }, "statistics": { "bundles": 8, "layers": 17, "findings": 19, "questions": 51 } } } }