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identity alone does not establish aviation suitability.", "Treat colour, odour and apparent clarity as supporting observations rather than decisive identity tests, especially for dyed, deodorised or contaminated products." ], "characteristics": [ { "name": "Declared product identity and grade", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "Supplier designation; specification identifier and revision; unverified or unknown", "why_it_matters": "Establishes the identity being claimed and the requirements against which evidence should be judged." }, { "name": "Batch and sample provenance", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "Supplier batch, production or receipt record, container, sample location and sampling time", "why_it_matters": "Connects observations and certificates to the material actually under consideration." }, { "name": "Production route and blend identity", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "Declared petroleum-derived, synthetic, blended or unspecified; blend components and proportions where known", "why_it_matters": "Prevents production route or blend claims from being mistaken for demonstrated product equivalence." }, { "name": "Distillation profile", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Temperature in °C at specified recovered volume percentages, with test method", "why_it_matters": "Helps assess product identity, volatility behaviour and departure from the declared grade." }, { "name": "Flash point", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "°C, with test method and sample identity", "why_it_matters": "Supports handling decisions and detection of unexpected volatile contamination." }, { "name": "Density", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "kg/m³ at a stated reference temperature", "why_it_matters": "Supports quantity conversion and comparison with expected batch or grade properties." }, { "name": "Kinematic viscosity", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "mm²/s at a stated temperature", "why_it_matters": "Helps evaluate flow, atomisation and compatibility with a specified fuel-delivery system." }, { "name": "Low-temperature behaviour", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Freezing point or other application-required cold-flow result in °C, with method", "why_it_matters": "Determines whether evidence supports use at the anticipated minimum material temperature." }, { "name": "Composition and additive profile", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Constituent or additive identity and concentration in stated units, with analytical or declaration basis", "why_it_matters": "Supports grade verification and assessment of combustion, exposure and compatibility constraints." }, { "name": "Water and particulate contamination", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Water concentration, free-water observation, particulate mass or particle count, with method and sample location", "why_it_matters": "Helps determine whether the material requires segregation, treatment or rejection." }, { "name": "Storage-related condition", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "Unassessed; no detected deterioration; suspected deterioration; confirmed deterioration, with evidence", "why_it_matters": "Separates elapsed storage time from demonstrated changes in material quality." }, { "name": "Application qualification", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "Specified application, governing requirements, supporting evidence and disposition", "why_it_matters": "Makes suitability a conclusion about a particular use rather than a universal property of kerosene." } ], "affordances": [ "Compare identity evidence and measurements with a declared kerosene grade.", "Select representative sampling and testing to resolve suspected contamination or uncertain quality.", "Release, hold or segregate a batch against explicit requirements for its intended use.", "Assess a proposed transfer, storage change or mixing operation using material properties and compatibility evidence.", "Route contaminated material for an approved treatment and require reassessment before reuse.", "Determine whether a proposed combustion or solvent use is supported by product and equipment requirements." ] }, "sources": [ { "id": "astm-d3699", "title": "ASTM D3699 Standard Specification for Kerosine - ASTM International", "url": "", "what_it_supports": "Civil kerosene grades 1-K and 2-K, flash-point and sulfur limits, indoor-heater distinction" }, { "id": "astm-d1655", "title": "ASTM D1655 Standard Specification for Aviation Turbine Fuels - ASTM International", "url": "", "what_it_supports": "Jet A / Jet A-1 as kerosene-type turbine fuels, freeze point, density and distillation windows" }, { "id": "defstan-91-091", "title": "DEF STAN 91-091 Turbine Fuel, Kerosene Type, Jet A-1 - UK Ministry of Defence", "url": "", "what_it_supports": "International Jet A-1 specification used with ASTM D1655 in civil supply" }, { "id": "bs-2869", "title": "BS 2869 Fuel oils for agricultural, domestic and industrial engines and boilers - BSI", "url": "", "what_it_supports": "UK Class C2 heating kerosene (paraffin) as a named product grade" }, { "id": "un-tdg", "title": "UN Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods, Model Regulations - United Nations", "url": "", "what_it_supports": "UN 1223, Class 3 identification for kerosene in transport" }, { "id": "atsdr-jet", "title": "Toxicological Profile for JP-5, JP-8, and Jet A Fuels - Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (CDC)", "url": "", "what_it_supports": "Composition of kerosene-type jet fuels, exposure routes, and health hazards" }, { "id": "iarc-45", "title": "IARC Monographs Volume 45: Occupational Exposures in Petroleum Refining; Crude Oil and Major Petroleum Fuels - IARC/WHO", "url": "", "what_it_supports": "Kerosene as a petroleum fuel evaluated as a UVCB mixture" }, { "id": "wikidata-q102403", "title": "Wikidata item Q102403 (kerosene) - Wikimedia Foundation", "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q102403", "what_it_supports": "Stable item identifier and crosswalks (CAS, UN number) for this substance class", "url_status": "live" } ], "structure": { "bundles": [ { "id": "kerosene-identity-and-grade", "name": "Kerosene identity and grade", "description": "Establishes what material is being called kerosene and how that claim is supported.", "rationale": "Overlapping fuel names and properties make identity, grade and application qualification separate questions.", "layers": [ { "id": "product-boundary", "name": "Product boundary", "description": "Distinguishes the registered material from neighbouring fuels and solvents.", "findings": [ { "id": "evidence-for-kerosene-identity", "name": "Evidence for kerosene identity", "description": "Records the documentary and analytical basis for identifying the material as kerosene.", "questions": [ { "text": "What supplier designation, specification or analytical evidence supports identifying this material as kerosene?", "kind": "definition", "id": "evidence-for-kerosene-identity-q01" }, { "text": "Which plausible alternative identity, such as diesel, gasoline-contaminated fuel or another petroleum solvent, remains unresolved?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "evidence-for-kerosene-identity-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "grade-and-batch-evidence", "name": "Grade and batch evidence", "description": "Connects grade claims to a particular batch and its history.", "findings": [ { "id": "traceable-grade-claim", "name": "Traceable grade claim", "description": "Captures the declared grade, production route and evidence linking certificates to the current material.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which grade and specification revision are claimed, and which batch-specific records support that claim?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "traceable-grade-claim-q01" }, { "text": "What production route, blending or subsequent mixing is known, and does the supplied certification still describe the material now present?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "traceable-grade-claim-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "composition-and-performance-properties", "name": "Composition and performance properties", "description": "Records the kerosene properties that govern volatility, flow and application performance.", "rationale": "A kerosene label does not establish the measured behaviour needed to judge a particular batch.", "layers": [ { "id": "volatility-and-flow", "name": "Volatility and flow", "description": "Characterises evaporation-related behaviour and delivery across expected temperatures.", "findings": [ { "id": "measured-property-envelope", "name": "Measured property envelope", "description": "Associates distillation, density, viscosity and low-temperature results with their methods and conditions.", "questions": [ { "text": "What distillation profile, density and viscosity have been measured, at which reference conditions and by which methods?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "measured-property-envelope-q01" }, { "text": "Which low-temperature property does the intended application require, and what result supports use at its minimum operating temperature?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "measured-property-envelope-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "constituents-and-additives", "name": "Constituents and additives", "description": "Captures composition evidence relevant to grade and use.", "findings": [ { "id": "composition-relevant-to-use", "name": "Composition relevant to use", "description": "Records sulfur, aromatic content and additives where applicable requirements make them relevant.", "questions": [ { "text": "What sulfur content, aromatic content or other constituent measurements are required for this grade or application, and what results are available?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "composition-relevant-to-use-q01" }, { "text": "Which additives, dyes or treatments are declared, at what concentrations, and with what evidence of acceptance for the intended use?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "composition-relevant-to-use-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "contamination-and-storage-condition", "name": "Contamination and storage condition", "description": "Assesses whether the current material differs materially from its supplied or certified condition.", "rationale": "Water, particles, foreign products and storage-related changes can invalidate otherwise credible grade evidence.", "layers": [ { "id": "foreign-material", "name": "Foreign material", "description": "Investigates water, sediment and unintended fuel or chemical admixture.", "findings": [ { "id": "representative-contamination-assessment", "name": "Representative contamination assessment", "description": "Distinguishes observed contamination from a sampling result that may miss separate phases or tank-bottom material.", "questions": [ { "text": "What free water, dissolved water, particles, sediment or foreign-product contamination has been detected, using which methods?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "representative-contamination-assessment-q01" }, { "text": "Where and when were samples taken, and could settled material or stratification make those samples unrepresentative?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "representative-contamination-assessment-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "change-during-storage", "name": "Change during storage", "description": "Relates storage history to evidence of deterioration or biological contamination.", "findings": [ { "id": "condition-change-and-disposition", "name": "Condition change and disposition", "description": "Captures observed changes and the evidence needed to choose continued use, treatment or rejection.", "questions": [ { "text": "What storage exposure and test evidence support or refute suspected oxidation, deposit formation or microbial contamination?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "condition-change-and-disposition-q01" }, { "text": "Which findings require holding, segregating or treating the batch, and which acceptance tests would be required afterwards?", "kind": "action", "id": "condition-change-and-disposition-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "handling-and-hazard-constraints", "name": "Handling and hazard constraints", "description": "Connects the kerosene product's hazard evidence to proposed handling conditions.", "rationale": "Safe handling depends on the actual product, temperature and operation, including ignition, exposure and compatibility concerns.", "layers": [ { "id": "ignition-and-transfer", "name": "Ignition and transfer", "description": "Assesses ignition-related constraints for storage, pumping and dispensing.", "findings": [ { "id": "operation-specific-ignition-assessment", "name": "Operation-specific ignition assessment", "description": "Keeps flash-point evidence distinct from a complete assessment of ignition conditions.", "questions": [ { "text": "What is the measured flash point, by which method, and how does it relate to the proposed material temperature?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "operation-specific-ignition-assessment-q01" }, { "text": "What controls do the applicable handling procedure and product evidence require for vapour or mist generation, static accumulation and ignition sources during this operation?", "kind": "action", "id": "operation-specific-ignition-assessment-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "exposure-and-material-contact", "name": "Exposure and material contact", "description": "Links product hazards and contact compatibility to containment and handling choices.", "findings": [ { "id": "supported-contact-conditions", "name": "Supported contact conditions", "description": "Records the current product safety information and evidence for contact with equipment materials.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which product-specific safety data sheet applies, and what exposure routes and release hazards does it identify?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "supported-contact-conditions-q01" }, { "text": "What evidence supports contact with the proposed container, seal, hose or coating materials at the intended temperature and duration?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "supported-contact-conditions-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "application-fitness-and-disposition", "name": "Application fitness and disposition", "description": "Determines whether the kerosene may be used, mixed or treated for a specified purpose.", "rationale": "Identity and acceptable general condition do not establish interchangeability across aviation, heating, lighting and solvent applications.", "layers": [ { "id": "use-specific-acceptance", "name": "Use-specific acceptance", "description": "Compares the material evidence with requirements of the intended application.", "findings": [ { "id": "qualified-use-decision", "name": "Qualified use decision", "description": "Records a use decision with its governing requirements and unresolved evidence gaps.", "questions": [ { "text": "What exact application and equipment requirements govern this batch, and which required properties or approvals remain unverified?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "qualified-use-decision-q01" }, { "text": "Does 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"post-intervention-qualification-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 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-kinds", "name": "Kinds and varieties", "description": "Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.", "evidence": [ "ASTM D3699 1-K (low-sulfur indoor-heater kerosene)", "ASTM D3699 2-K (higher-sulfur kerosene, not for unvented indoor heaters)", "Jet A (US civil kerosene-type aviation turbine fuel)", "Jet A-1 (international civil kerosene-type aviation turbine fuel)", "JP-8 / NATO F-34 (military kerosene-type jet fuel with additive package)", "RP-1 (highly refined rocket-grade kerosene)", "Illuminating / dual-purpose kerosene (lamp oil, DPK, SKO)", "Heating kerosene / BS 2869 Class C2 paraffin" ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-kinds-q01", "text": "Which of these kinds and varieties hold for the sense of kerosene this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-identifiers", "name": "Identifiers and schemes", "description": "Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.", "evidence": [ { "scheme": "Wikidata", "value_or_pattern": "Q102403", "note": "Item for kerosene as a fuel/substance class" }, { "scheme": "CAS Registry Number", "value_or_pattern": "8008-20-6", "note": "Kerosine (petroleum); UVCB, not a single molecule" }, { "scheme": "EC number", "value_or_pattern": "232-366-4", "note": "EINECS entry matching CAS 8008-20-6" }, { "scheme": "UN number", "value_or_pattern": "UN 1223", "note": "Dangerous-goods identification; Class 3 flammable liquid" }, { "scheme": "Harmonized System", "value_or_pattern": "2710.19*", "note": "Kerosene and related middle distillates under petroleum oils, not crude; national tails differ" }, { "scheme": "ASTM grade", "value_or_pattern": "1-K | 2-K", "note": "Product grades in ASTM D3699" }, { "scheme": "NATO fuel code", "value_or_pattern": "F-34 | F-35", "note": "F-35 is Jet A-1; F-34 is JP-8 (Jet A-1 plus military additives)" } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-identifiers-q01", "text": "Which of these identifiers and schemes hold for the sense of kerosene this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-standards-and-regulation", "name": "Standards and regulation", "description": "Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.", "evidence": [ "ASTM D3699 Standard Specification for Kerosine - ASTM International", "ASTM D1655 Standard Specification for Aviation Turbine Fuels - ASTM International", "DEF STAN 91-091 Turbine Fuel, Kerosene Type, Jet A-1 - UK Ministry of Defence", "BS 2869 Class C2 (kerosene/paraffin heating fuel) - BSI", "GOST 10227 (TS-1 and related kerosene-type jet fuels) - Rosstandart", "UN Model Regulations, UN 1223 Class 3 - UN Committee of Experts on TDG", "NFPA 30 Flammable and Combustible Liquids Code - NFPA (storage and handling)", "REACH registration as kerosine (petroleum), EC 232-366-4 - ECHA" ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-standards-and-regulation-q01", "text": "Which of these standards and regulation hold for the sense of kerosene this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-real-world-use", "name": "Real-world use", "description": "Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.", "evidence": [ "Civil jet engines burn Jet A (mainly US) or Jet A-1 as the default turbine fuel", "Military turbine aircraft and some diesel engines in theatre use JP-8 (F-34)", "RP-1 with liquid oxygen as a first-stage rocket propellant", "Unvented or flued portable kerosene heaters for domestic space heat (notably Japan and parts of North America)", "Off-grid lighting and cooking with wick or pressure stoves where LPG or electricity is scarce", "UK domestic heating boilers and cookers specified on Class C2 paraffin (heating kerosene)", "Historical and remaining lamp use; refined deodorized lamp oil in decorative lamps", "Winter blendstock to cut diesel cloud/pour point; solvent and insecticide-carrier uses" ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-real-world-use-q01", "text": "Which of these real-world use hold for the sense of kerosene this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-measurements", "name": "Typical measurements", "description": "Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.", "evidence": [ { "quantity": "Closed-cup flash point (civil kerosene and Jet A-1 min.)", "typical_range": "≥38", "unit": "°C" }, { "quantity": "Distillation range (typical kerosene cut)", "typical_range": "150-300", "unit": "°C" }, { "quantity": "Density at 15 °C (Jet A/A-1 specification window)", "typical_range": "775-840", "unit": "kg/m³" }, { "quantity": "Sulfur, ASTM 1-K", "typical_range": "≤0.04", "unit": "mass %" }, { "quantity": "Sulfur, ASTM 2-K / older jet specs", "typical_range": "≤0.30", "unit": "mass %" }, { "quantity": "Freeze point, Jet A vs Jet A-1", "typical_range": "≤ −40 (Jet A); ≤ −47 (Jet A-1)", "unit": "°C" }, { "quantity": "Net specific energy", "typical_range": "42.8-43.5", "unit": "MJ/kg" }, { "quantity": "Kinematic viscosity at 40 °C (typical liquid kerosene)", "typical_range": "1.0-2.5", "unit": "mm²/s" } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-measurements-q01", "text": "Which of these typical measurements hold for the sense of kerosene this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards", "name": "Failure modes and hazards", "description": "Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.", "evidence": [ "Class 3 pool fire and vapour flash fire once liquid is above flash point or is aerosolized", "Carbon monoxide and incomplete-combustion poisoning from unvented kerosene heaters in tight rooms", "Gasoline or naphtha contamination of heater kerosene, collapsing flash point and causing heater explosions", "Aspiration hydrocarbon pneumonitis after ingestion (children drinking lamp oil is a documented pattern)", "Water, ice and microbial growth in aviation fuel tanks and filters, causing flameout or gauge errors", "Skin irritation and dermatitis from repeated dermal contact; vapour irritation in poorly ventilated stores", "Leaking tanks and spills contaminating soil and groundwater with a mobile middle-distillate plume", "Soot, sulfur oxides and indoor PM from wick lamps and unflued burners" ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards-q01", "text": "Which of these failure modes and hazards hold for the sense of kerosene this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-regional-variation", "name": "Regional variation", "description": "Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.", "evidence": [ "In the UK, Ireland, South Africa and New Zealand, domestic heating kerosene is commonly called paraffin (not paraffin wax)", "US retail and heater practice distinguishes K-1 from K-2; No. 1 fuel oil overlaps kerosene in ASTM D396", "US airports typically supply Jet A (freeze −40 °C); most of the rest of the world supplies Jet A-1 (−47 °C)", "Japan treats tōyu (灯油) as a bulk winter household heating commodity delivered by tanker", "India still treats SKO (superior kerosene oil) as a distinct household/PDS product, historically subsidized and dye-marked", "CIS civil/military practice centres on TS-1 (GOST) rather than Jet A-1 freeze and additive conventions", "West and East Africa dual-purpose kerosene (DPK) is sold for both lamps/stoves and as a diesel extender" ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-regional-variation-q01", "text": "Which of these regional variation hold for the sense of kerosene this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-neighbours", "name": "Neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart", "description": "Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.", "evidence": [ { "name": "Gasoline / petrol", "difference": "Gasoline flash point is typically well below 0 °C and vapour pressure is specified (RVP); kerosene closed-cup flash point is specified ≥38 °C and it is a middle distillate, not a light naphtha blend" }, { "name": "Diesel fuel / gas oil (EN 590, No. 2 fuel oil)", "difference": "Diesel is a heavier cut with a cetane/cloud-point spec and, in EN 590, a higher minimum flash point (typically 55 °C); kerosene distils lighter and is specified on freeze/smoke/sulfur for lamps, heaters or turbines, not on cetane" }, { "name": "Wide-cut jet fuel (Jet B / JP-4)", "difference": "Jet B is a naphtha-kerosene blend with much higher volatility; kerosene-type Jet A/A-1 lacks that light front end" }, { "name": "White spirit / Stoddard solvent / mineral spirits", "difference": "Overlapping C9-C16 boiling range, but solvent grades are specified on evaporation, aromatic content and residue for coating/cleaning use, not on freeze point or turbine smoke" }, { "name": "Naphtha", "difference": "Naphtha is the lighter straight-run or cracked cut below the kerosene window, with a much lower flash point" }, { "name": "Paraffin wax", "difference": "Solid long-chain n-alkanes; English \"paraffin\" for liquid heating fuel is kerosene, separated by physical state and carbon number" }, { "name": "No. 1 fuel oil", "difference": "Functionally a heating kerosene in ASTM D396; tell them apart by the specification invoked (D396 burner fuel vs D3699 1-K/2-K) and by sulfur/indoor-heater labelling, not by chemistry" } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-neighbours-q01", "text": "Which of these neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart hold for the sense of kerosene this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] } ] } ] } ] }, "openQuestions": [ "Which existing Vercy models already own kerosene, aviation turbine fuel or overlapping petroleum-distillate concepts, and where should this entry link rather than duplicate them?", "Which regional meanings and product specifications should define the boundary of this registry entry, given its missing definition?", "How should synthetic kerosene, renewable blending components and finished blends be represented without implying qualification from production route alone?", "Which authoritative test methods and acceptance criteria apply to each supported grade and intended application?", "What evidence and sampling rules are sufficient to requalify stored, mixed or treated material for each intended use?" ], "statistics": { "bundles": 6, "layers": 11, "findings": 18, "questions": 28 } }, "draft": { "generator": "vr.draft.v3", "status": "draft-generated", "researched": false, "archetype": "chemical substance or material", "method": "Written from the archetype playbook - what this kind of thing needs beyond identity and provenance - and from the structure that recurred across 6,333 models already researched by two engines. Applied to this entry by rule. No source was read for this thing and no claim here is researched. This entry carries no facets of its own, so they were inferred from its domain - a guess about a whole domain applied to one thing.", "facetsInferred": true, "nextPass": "A researcher replaces this draft with a sourced specification. Treat every sentence below as a proposal to argue with.", "purpose": "Give an agent a durable, checkable way to recognise a kerosene, record what state it is in, and decide what may be done with it.", "whatItIs": "Enable an AI agent to recognise a kerosene material or batch, assess its condition and suitability, and determine which handling, storage and use actions its evidence supports.", "characteristics": { "substance": "material", "origin": "natural", "agency": "inert", "mobility": "varies" }, "whatYouCanDoWithIt": [ "observed and measured", "consumed or used up" ], "distinguishingFeatures": [ "Names folded into this entry, which a task may need to split apart again: clear kerosene, dyed kerosene, RP-1.", "3 finer distinctions are held as aliases rather than separate entries, because telling them apart needs a task that asks for it.", "Described in 98 Wikipedia languages, which is a measure of how widely the thing is known, not of how important it is." ], "openQuestionsForResearch": [ "Which of the bundles below does a real task actually need, and which are ceremony?", "What does this thing have that the facets do not capture at all?", "Which neighbouring kind is most often confused with a kerosene, and on what evidence are they told apart?" ], "whatItIsMadeOf": "matter you can touch", "physicalCharacter": [ "Mobility varies between examples.", "Does nothing on its own; everything it does, something else did to it.", "These come from the domain this entry sits in rather than from the entry itself, so treat them as a first guess about the whole domain applied to one thing." ], "whatCanBeDoneWithIt": [ "observe it, measure it, record its state", "use it up, and then need more of it" ], "howItIsRecognised": [ "Not recognisable by sight in any reliable way. Appearance varies with grade, form and additives; identification is by label, by documentation, or by assay." ], "relatedModels": [ { "relation": "covers", "note": "Finer kinds folded into this entry because telling them apart needs a task that asks for it. Each is a model waiting to be split out when one does.", "targets": [ "clear kerosene", "dyed kerosene", "RP-1" ] } ], "standing": "Described in 98 Wikipedia languages, which measures how widely it is written about rather than how important or how common it is. 3 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 kerosene from another, and a kerosene from things that resemble it.", "rationale": "Recognition comes before every other claim. Without stable identity nothing else in the model can be trusted to be about the same thing twice.", "layers": [ { "id": "naming-and-identifiers", "name": "Names and identifiers", "description": "The names this thing goes by and the identifiers that survive translation and time.", "findings": [ { "id": "preferred-name-and-aliases", "name": "Preferred name, aliases and local names", "description": "Which name to use, which names mean the same thing, and which merely sound similar.", "questions": [ { "id": "preferred-name-and-aliases-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the name of a kerosene, and in what units or vocabulary?", "kind": "definition", "answer_data": [ "identifiers", "types and classes", "values with units", "explicit unknowns" ] }, { "id": "preferred-name-and-aliases-q02", "text": "Who or what asserted this about the name of a kerosene, by which method, and when was it true?", "kind": "provenance", "answer_data": [ "authority", "method", "evidence", "event time", "knowledge time" ] }, { "id": "preferred-name-and-aliases-q03", "text": "What may an agent decide or do once the name of a kerosene 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 kerosene, 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 kerosene, 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 kerosene 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 kerosene 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 kerosene, 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 kerosene, 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 kerosene 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 kerosene from the things most often confused with it.", "questions": [ { "id": "distinguishing-features-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes what distinguishes a kerosene, 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 kerosene, 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 kerosene 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 kerosene 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 kerosene, 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 kerosene, 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 kerosene 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 kerosene is built from and which parts are replaceable.", "questions": [ { "id": "parts-and-materials-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the composition of a kerosene, 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 kerosene, 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 kerosene 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 kerosene is judged and by whom.", "questions": [ { "id": "condition-assessment-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the condition of a kerosene, 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 kerosene, 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 kerosene 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 kerosene 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 kerosene is, and what that position is measured against.", "questions": [ { "id": "position-and-frame-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the location of a kerosene, 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 kerosene, 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 kerosene 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 kerosene 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 kerosene, 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 kerosene, 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 kerosene 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 kerosene 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 kerosene between them.", "questions": [ { "id": "stages-and-transitions-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the lifecycle of a kerosene, 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 kerosene, 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 kerosene 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 kerosene, how often and by whom.", "findings": [ { "id": "observation-record", "name": "Observation record", "description": "How an observation of a kerosene 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 kerosene, 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 kerosene, 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 kerosene 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 kerosene 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 kerosene is for, and what it is used for anyway.", "findings": [ { "id": "function-and-purpose", "name": "Function, purpose and misuse", "description": "The function a kerosene performs and the uses that fall outside it.", "questions": [ { "id": "function-and-purpose-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the use of a kerosene, 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 kerosene, 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 kerosene 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 kerosene.", "findings": [ { "id": "procedures-and-skills", "name": "Procedures, skills and required tools", "description": "What an agent needs before it can act on a kerosene at all.", "questions": [ { "id": "procedures-and-skills-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes handling a kerosene, 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 kerosene, 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 kerosene 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 kerosene there is and how fast it goes.", "questions": [ { "id": "consumption-and-stock-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the supply of a kerosene, 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 kerosene, 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 kerosene 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 kerosene 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 kerosene 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 kerosene 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 kerosene 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 kerosene, 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 kerosene 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 kerosene 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 kerosene 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 kerosene, 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 kerosene 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 kerosene and how confident it is.", "questions": [ { "id": "claim-provenance-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes a claim about a kerosene, 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 kerosene, 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 kerosene 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 kerosene is retired without being erased.", "questions": [ { "id": "validity-and-supersession-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the validity of a claim about a kerosene, 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 kerosene, 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 kerosene 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 } } } }