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flint as a geological material represented by a specimen, nodule, fragment or material lot, including identification uncertainty, geological context, material variability and constraints on handling or transformation.", "in_scope": [ "Evidence supporting identification as flint and the naming convention used", "Geological occurrence, collection context and specimen provenance", "Cortex, interior fabric, inclusions, fractures and surface alteration", "Dimensions and usable material for a stated purpose", "Suitability and constraints for sampling, knapping and spark production" ], "out_of_scope": [ "Chert varieties outside the adopted definition of flint", "The enclosing chalk, limestone or geological formation as a whole", "Stone-tool typology, archaeological interpretation and cultural attribution", "Complete ignition systems and manufactured lighter components", "Mining operations, land ownership and collection permits as independent entities" ], "distinguishing_features": [ "Against other chert: require an explicit naming convention and geological evidence; colour or fracture alone does not establish a uniquely flint identity.", "Against obsidian and manufactured glass: examine material fabric, cortex and geological context; a glassy appearance and conchoidal fracture are insufficient by themselves.", "Against coarse crystalline quartz: inspect a fresh or existing broken surface for a very fine silica fabric rather than readily visible interlocking crystals.", "Against chalk or limestone: assess the interior separately from any pale cortex or adhering host rock, using documented hardness or composition evidence where identification remains uncertain.", "Against commercial lighter 'flint': establish whether the object is geological stone or a manufactured spark-producing material; the product name alone is insufficient." ], "characteristics": [ { "name": "Identification and naming basis", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "confirmed flint under stated convention | probable flint | chert unspecified | alternative material | unresolved", "why_it_matters": "Prevents a regional name or superficial resemblance from becoming an unsupported material identification." }, { "name": "Geological source context", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "Links to locality, host formation and primary or redeposited occurrence, with evidence and uncertainty", "why_it_matters": "Supports identification and separates collection location from geological origin." }, { "name": "Physical form", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "nodule | tabular piece | cobble | angular fragment | flake | mixed lot | other", "why_it_matters": "Determines how cortex, dimensions and usable interior should be assessed." }, { "name": "Dimensions and mass", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Principal dimensions in mm; mass in g; measurement basis for lots", "why_it_matters": "Bounds possible sampling and working operations." }, { "name": "Cortex coverage and thickness", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Surface coverage in %; observed thickness range in mm; unknown where unexposed", "why_it_matters": "Helps distinguish exterior material from the interior and estimate preparation losses." }, { "name": "Interior fabric", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "Observed texture, translucency, banding, inclusions and cavities, with inspection method", "why_it_matters": "Records heterogeneity that may affect identification and fracture behaviour." }, { "name": "Fracture condition", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "Observed cracks, fissures, crushed zones and detached surfaces; uninspected interior explicitly marked", "why_it_matters": "Existing defects can limit usable volume and make breakage less predictable." }, { "name": "Surface alteration", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "Observed patina, staining, abrasion or weathering; cause and age unresolved unless supported", "why_it_matters": "Separates present appearance from interpretations of origin or exposure history." }, { "name": "Thermal history", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "documented treatment | suspected heating | no heating evidence observed | unknown", "why_it_matters": "Informs condition assessment without treating appearance as proof of treatment." }, { "name": "Task-specific suitability", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "Intended task linked to acceptance criteria, observations, trials and limitations", "why_it_matters": "Avoids assigning a universal quality grade to material whose usefulness depends on the task." } ], "affordances": [ "Identify provisionally and select further observations needed to distinguish flint from alternatives.", "Compare specimens or lots for a stated use using fabric, defects and usable dimensions.", "Choose a permitted sampling location that preserves diagnostic cortex and geological context.", "Plan controlled knapping or cutting where condition, authority and working controls permit.", "Evaluate spark production with a specified striker and controlled test conditions.", "Preserve contextual evidence and refer potentially archaeological pieces for specialist assessment." ] }, "sources": [ { "id": "src-bgs-flint", "title": "Flint", "url": "", "what_it_supports": "UK geological occurrence, chalk association, and public description of flint as a silica mineral.", "url_status": "dead" }, { "id": "src-mindat-flint", "title": "Flint", "url": "https://www.mindat.org/min-6947.html", "what_it_supports": "Mineral identity as a variety of quartz and distinction from chert in collector/mineralogical use.", "url_status": "blocked" } ], "structure": { "bundles": [ { "id": "flint-identification", "name": "Flint identification", "description": "Establish whether the material should be called flint and what evidence supports that decision.", "rationale": "Flint overlaps with broader chert terminology and can be confused with other materials that share its appearance or trade name.", "layers": [ { "id": "naming-boundary", "name": "Naming boundary", "description": "Make the adopted distinction between flint and neighbouring material names explicit.", "findings": [ { "id": "flint-chert-convention", "name": "Flint-chert convention", "description": "Record the definition used to apply the name flint without assuming that all naming traditions agree.", "questions": [ { "text": "What geological or reference convention determines whether this material is called flint rather than chert unspecified?", "kind": "definition", "id": "flint-chert-convention-q01" }, { "text": "Does the available evidence meet that convention, or should the identification remain broader or provisional?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "flint-chert-convention-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "diagnostic-evidence", "name": "Diagnostic evidence", "description": "Assess the material using observations that discriminate among plausible alternatives.", "findings": [ { "id": "material-discrimination", "name": "Material discrimination", "description": "Combine interior fabric, exterior features and context rather than relying on colour, sharpness or a single fracture surface.", "questions": [ { "text": "What do existing exposed surfaces reveal about fine silica fabric, visible crystals, cortex and fracture form?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "material-discrimination-q01" }, { "text": "Which observations distinguish this piece from other chert, obsidian, manufactured glass or commercial lighter material?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "material-discrimination-q02" }, { "text": "If uncertainty remains, what least-destructive examination could resolve the competing identifications?", "kind": "action", "id": "material-discrimination-q03" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "geological-and-collection-context", "name": "Geological and collection context", "description": "Connect the flint to its occurrence and preserve the distinction between observed context and inferred origin.", "rationale": "A flint collected from a beach, gravel or worked assemblage may have a different geological source and an important intervening history.", "layers": [ { "id": "occurrence-and-origin", "name": "Occurrence and origin", "description": "Describe where the material occurred and how securely that occurrence identifies its source.", "findings": [ { "id": "host-and-redeposition", "name": "Host and redeposition", "description": "Record primary host relationships separately from secondary deposits and unsupported source assignments.", "questions": [ { "text": "Was the flint observed within a host rock, loose in a secondary deposit, or obtained without a recorded field context?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "host-and-redeposition-q01" }, { "text": "What evidence links it to a particular formation or source rather than merely to its collection location?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "host-and-redeposition-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "collection-and-cultural-context", "name": "Collection and cultural context", "description": "Preserve associations and recognise when a geological specimen may also require archaeological interpretation.", "findings": [ { "id": "context-preservation", "name": "Context preservation", "description": "Record collection history and potentially worked features without assigning cultural meaning from fracture alone.", "questions": [ { "text": "What collection records, photographs and associated materials remain linked to this flint?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "context-preservation-q01" }, { "text": "Do its removals, edges or find context warrant assessment under an archaeological artefact model?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "context-preservation-q02" }, { "text": "What contextual evidence must be recorded or preserved before cleaning, sampling or further working?", "kind": "action", "id": "context-preservation-q03" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "cortex-interior-and-condition", "name": "Cortex, interior and condition", "description": "Assess the material available beneath the exterior and the defects or alterations that constrain its use.", "rationale": "The visible exterior may conceal a heterogeneous or fractured interior, so apparent size and appearance do not establish usable quality.", "layers": [ { "id": "cortex-and-usable-interior", "name": "Cortex and usable interior", "description": "Separate exterior coverings from the interior and bound the amount of suitable material actually observed.", "findings": [ { "id": "usable-material-envelope", "name": "Usable material envelope", "description": "Relate dimensions, cortex and internal variability to the volume needed for a proposed operation.", "questions": [ { "text": "What are the piece's dimensions, cortex coverage and observed cortex thickness, and which interior regions remain unexposed?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "usable-material-envelope-q01" }, { "text": "Where do inclusions, cavities, banding or changes in texture interrupt the interior material needed for the intended task?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "usable-material-envelope-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "fracture-and-alteration", "name": "Fracture and alteration", "description": "Distinguish observed damage and surface changes from uncertain explanations of their origin.", "findings": [ { "id": "condition-and-treatment-evidence", "name": "Condition and treatment evidence", "description": "Record cracks, weathering and possible thermal effects while retaining uncertainty about hidden damage and treatment history.", "questions": [ { "text": "What cracks, crushed areas, altered surfaces or other defects are visible, and how far can their extent be established?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "condition-and-treatment-evidence-q01" }, { "text": "Is heating or other treatment documented, inferred from specified evidence, or unknown?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "condition-and-treatment-evidence-q02" }, { "text": "Which proposed operations should be deferred because unresolved damage could cause uncontrolled breakage or loss of evidence?", "kind": "action", "id": "condition-and-treatment-evidence-q03" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "working-and-use-decisions", "name": "Working and use decisions", "description": "Connect flint-specific material evidence to permitted operations and observable success criteria.", "rationale": "Knapping, sampling and spark production require different evidence, consume or alter material, and cannot be authorised by identification alone.", "layers": [ { "id": "fracture-based-working", "name": "Fracture-based working", "description": "Evaluate whether the piece can support a specified flaking, cutting or sampling objective.", "findings": [ { "id": "controlled-removal-suitability", "name": "Controlled removal suitability", "description": "Assess the available material, defects and evidence-preservation constraints before removing any portion.", "questions": [ { "text": "What target flake, edge or sample is required, and does the observed usable interior provide sufficient dimensions and continuity?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "controlled-removal-suitability-q01" }, { "text": "Is material removal authorised, and what limits preserve diagnostic surfaces, source evidence or possible archaeological features?", "kind": "action", "id": "controlled-removal-suitability-q02" }, { "text": "What working method and controls address sharp fragments, flying chips and any dust generated by the proposed operation?", "kind": "action", "id": "controlled-removal-suitability-q03" } ] } ] }, { "id": "spark-production", "name": "Spark production", "description": "Treat ignition-related suitability as a property of the flint, striker and test conditions together.", "findings": [ { "id": "striker-specific-performance", "name": "Striker-specific performance", "description": "Record evidence of spark production without confusing geological flint with manufactured lighter consumables or assuming ignition success.", "questions": [ { "text": "What striker material, flint edge condition and trial method were used, and what spark production was actually observed?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "striker-specific-performance-q01" }, { "text": "Does the intended use require spark production alone or demonstrated ignition in a separately specified ignition system?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "striker-specific-performance-q02" }, { "text": "Can a trial be performed in an authorised setting with appropriate fire controls and acceptable loss of flint material?", "kind": "action", "id": "striker-specific-performance-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-kinds", "name": "Kinds and varieties", "description": "Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.", "evidence": [ "chalk-hosted nodular flint (European Cretaceous chalk)", "tabular / bedded flint", "beach-pebble flint", "gunflint (struck-steel sparking grade)", "knapping flint (toolstone)", "building flint (knapped or cobble masonry)", "calcined / burnt flint (aggregate and ceramic use)", "coloured flint (black, grey, brown, honey)" ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-kinds-q01", "text": "Which of these kinds and varieties hold for the sense of flint 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": "Q83087", "note": "flint (Q83087) as a material / rock type" }, { "scheme": "Mindat mineral ID", "value_or_pattern": "6947", "note": "Mindat entry for flint as a quartz variety" } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-identifiers-q01", "text": "Which of these identifiers and schemes hold for the sense of flint 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": [ "Knapped prehistoric and experimental stone tools (scrapers, blades, cores).", "Struck against steel as a sparking material (gunflints, firesteels).", "Building stone in flint-and-brick masonry, especially in southern England.", "Crushed or calcined aggregate in ceramics, roadstone, and some concrete mixes." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-real-world-use-q01", "text": "Which of these 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these regional variation hold for the sense of flint 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": "chert", "difference": "Chert is the broader sedimentary microcrystalline quartz rock; flint is the dark, typically chalk-hosted nodular variety distinguished by setting and colour, not by a unique mineral formula." }, { "name": "obsidian", "difference": "Obsidian is volcanic glass (amorphous, not microcrystalline quartz) and lacks the sedimentary nodule fabric of flint." }, { "name": "chalcedony / agate", "difference": "Chalcedony is fibrous microcrystalline silica, often banded or translucent; flint is opaque to weakly translucent cryptocrystalline quartz in sedimentary nodules." } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-neighbours-q01", "text": "Which of these neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart hold for the sense of flint this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] } ] } ] } ] }, "openQuestions": [ "Which geological naming convention should the registry adopt for the boundary between flint and other chert?", "What minimum evidence should support a confirmed flint identification when the source context is unknown?", "Which examination methods can distinguish natural variability, weathering and thermal alteration with useful confidence?", "What task-specific criteria should define suitability for knapping, sampling and traditional flint-and-steel use?", "How should a flint specimen link to an archaeological artefact model when human modification is suspected but unresolved?" ], "statistics": { "bundles": 5, "layers": 9, "findings": 15, "questions": 28 } }, "draft": { "generator": "vr.draft.v3", "status": "draft-generated", "researched": false, "archetype": "chemical substance or 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Applied to this entry by rule. No source was read for this thing and no claim here is researched. This entry carries no facets of its own, so they were inferred from its domain - a guess about a whole domain applied to one thing.", "facetsInferred": true, "nextPass": "A researcher replaces this draft with a sourced specification. 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Appearance varies with grade, form and additives; identification is by label, by documentation, or by assay." ], "relatedModels": [ { "relation": "covers", "note": "Finer kinds folded into this entry because telling them apart needs a task that asks for it. Each is a model waiting to be split out when one does.", "targets": [ "burnt flint", "chocolate flint", "Helgoland flint", "Striped flint" ] } ], "standing": "Described in 101 Wikipedia languages, which measures how widely it is written about rather than how important or how common it is. 4 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 flint from another, and a flint 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 flint, 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 flint, 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 flint 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 flint, 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 flint, 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 flint 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 flint 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 flint, 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 flint, 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 flint 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 flint from the things most often confused with it.", "questions": [ { "id": "distinguishing-features-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes what distinguishes a flint, 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 flint, 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 flint 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 flint 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 flint, 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 flint, 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 flint 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 flint is built from and which parts are replaceable.", "questions": [ { "id": "parts-and-materials-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the composition of a flint, 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 flint, 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 flint 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 flint is judged and by whom.", "questions": [ { "id": "condition-assessment-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the condition of a flint, 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 flint, 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 flint 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 flint 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 flint is, and what that position is measured against.", "questions": [ { "id": "position-and-frame-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the location of a flint, 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 flint, 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 flint 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 flint 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 flint, 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 flint, 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 flint 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 flint 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 flint between them.", "questions": [ { "id": "stages-and-transitions-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the lifecycle of a flint, 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 flint, 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 flint 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 flint, how often and by whom.", "findings": [ { "id": "observation-record", "name": "Observation record", "description": "How an observation of a flint 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 flint, 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 flint, 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 flint 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 flint 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 flint is for, and what it is used for anyway.", "findings": [ { "id": "function-and-purpose", "name": "Function, purpose and misuse", "description": "The function a flint performs and the uses that fall outside it.", "questions": [ { "id": "function-and-purpose-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the use of a flint, 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 flint, 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 flint 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 flint.", "findings": [ { "id": "procedures-and-skills", "name": "Procedures, skills and required tools", "description": "What an agent needs before it can act on a flint at all.", "questions": [ { "id": "procedures-and-skills-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes handling a flint, 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 flint, 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 flint 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 flint there is and how fast it goes.", "questions": [ { "id": "consumption-and-stock-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the supply of a flint, 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 flint, 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 flint 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 flint 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 flint 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 flint 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 flint 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 flint, 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 flint 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 flint 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 flint 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 flint, 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 flint 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 flint and how confident it is.", "questions": [ { "id": "claim-provenance-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes a claim about a flint, 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 flint, 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 flint 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 flint is retired without being erased.", "questions": [ { "id": "validity-and-supersession-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the validity of a claim about a flint, 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 flint, 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 flint 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 } } } }