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"distinguishing_features": [ "Indoor or sheltered comfort wear is the primary intended use; an open heel alone does not establish that footwear is a slipper.", "Entry and removal generally require little adjustment, but backless construction is not mandatory.", "A sandal-like upper may occur, so intended use and sole design must distinguish an open-toe slipper from an outdoor sandal.", "Softness alone is insufficient: a slipper is footwear with an identifiable underfoot wearing surface; the boundary with slipper socks requires explicit classification.", "The word 'slipper' in a specialist performance product name does not place that footwear within this domestic-use sense." ], "characteristics": [ { "name": "Intended wearing setting", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "indoor dry; indoor intermittently wet; sheltered outdoor; mixed use; unspecified", "why_it_matters": "Determines which surfaces and exposures require assessment." }, { "name": "Foot coverage", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "open or closed toe; open, partial or enclosed heel; ankle coverage present or absent", "why_it_matters": "Affects ventilation, warmth, protection and retention." }, { "name": "Entry and retention arrangement", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "unfastened opening; elastic opening; heel strap; adjustable closure; other", "why_it_matters": "Explains how the slipper goes on and stays on during movement." }, { "name": "Declared size", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "size value with sizing system, manufacturer and applicable size chart", "why_it_matters": "A size label is interpretable only within its stated sizing convention." }, { "name": "Usable internal dimensions", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "internal length and forefoot width in mm, with measurement method and loading condition", "why_it_matters": "Supports assessment of clearance when lining thickness and upper shape affect usable space." }, { "name": "Wearer fit", "kind": "relation", 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"ambiguous-slipper-forms", "name": "Ambiguous slipper forms", "description": "Record a defensible boundary for slipper socks, indoor sandals and specialist footwear called slippers.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which intended-use and construction features distinguish this form from a sandal, ordinary shoe or slipper sock?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "ambiguous-slipper-forms-q01" }, { "text": "Does 'slipper' denote domestic footwear here or a specialist performance category?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "ambiguous-slipper-forms-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "entry-fit-and-retention", "name": "Entry, fit and retention", "description": "Models how the foot enters the slipper, occupies its interior and remains retained.", "rationale": "Ease of entry can coexist with inadequate retention, while thick lining can make labelled sizing misleading.", "layers": [ { "id": "opening-and-heel", "name": "Opening and heel", "description": "Examines entry effort and the mechanisms that retain the slipper.", "findings": [ { "id": "entry-retention-balance", "name": "Entry and retention balance", "description": "Record opening geometry, heel enclosure and any strap or closure without assuming every slipper is backless.", "questions": [ { "text": "How do the opening, heel and any closure permit entry and retain the foot?", "kind": "definition", "id": "entry-retention-balance-q01" }, { "text": "During intended walking and turning, does the heel remain appropriately positioned without repeated toe gripping or readjustment?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "entry-retention-balance-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "usable-interior", "name": "Usable interior", "description": "Connects sizing evidence to the space available for the intended foot.", "findings": [ { "id": "lining-adjusted-fit", "name": "Lining-adjusted fit", "description": "Assess internal space with the actual lining, footbed and intended socks.", "questions": [ { "text": "What usable internal length and width are measured, and under what lining compression and loading conditions?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "lining-adjusted-fit-q01" }, { "text": "With intended socks, are there pressure points, excessive movement or toes extending beyond the supporting sole?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "lining-adjusted-fit-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "coverage-and-underfoot-comfort", "name": "Coverage and underfoot comfort", "description": "Describes how enclosure, lining and sole construction affect the wearing experience.", "rationale": "Warm lined slippers and ventilated open forms serve different comfort needs, and softness does not establish support performance.", "layers": [ { "id": "enclosure-and-lining", "name": "Enclosure and lining", "description": "Records covered areas and the materials in contact with the foot.", "findings": [ { "id": "warmth-and-moisture-context", "name": "Warmth and moisture context", "description": "Relate toe and heel coverage, lining and ventilation to the intended environment without inventing thermal ratings.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which parts of the foot are enclosed, and what upper and lining materials are documented?", "kind": "definition", "id": "warmth-and-moisture-context-q01" }, { "text": "What wearer observations or tests indicate excessive warmth, inadequate warmth or retained moisture in the intended setting?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "warmth-and-moisture-context-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "footbed-and-sole", "name": "Footbed and sole", "description": "Separates cushioning, sole structure and replaceable inserts.", "findings": [ { "id": "cushioning-and-support-evidence", "name": "Cushioning and support evidence", "description": "Identify underfoot components and distinguish documented construction from unverified support claims.", "questions": [ { "text": "What provides cushioning and structure, and is the footbed integrated or removable?", "kind": "definition", "id": "cushioning-and-support-evidence-q01" }, { "text": "What evidence supports any claim about underfoot support or cushioning durability?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "cushioning-and-support-evidence-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "floor-contact-and-exposure", "name": "Floor contact and exposure", "description": "Assesses the slipper's interface with household floors and any intended outdoor surfaces.", "rationale": "A sole suitable for one floor or dry condition may lack evidence for another, and occasional outdoor capability requires separate assessment.", "layers": [ { "id": "traction-on-intended-floors", "name": "Traction on intended floors", "description": "Records surface-specific grip evidence and the condition of the contacting sole.", "findings": [ { "id": "condition-specific-grip", "name": "Condition-specific grip", "description": "Connect traction claims or observations to an identified floor, contamination state and sole condition.", "questions": [ { "text": "On which floor materials and dry, wet or contaminated conditions has traction been assessed?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "condition-specific-grip-q01" }, { "text": "What test method or observation supports the assessment, and does it describe the current sole condition?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "condition-specific-grip-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "exposure-limits", "name": "Exposure limits", "description": "Identifies what the sole and upper can reasonably encounter beyond a dry room.", "findings": [ { "id": "sheltered-outdoor-use", "name": "Sheltered outdoor use", "description": "Assess any intended use on balconies, patios or similar areas from documented construction and use limits.", "questions": [ { "text": "What evidence supports exposure to damp ground, abrasive paving or brief outdoor wear?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "sheltered-outdoor-use-q01" }, { "text": "For the proposed surface and exposure, is use supported, restricted or unresolved?", "kind": "action", "id": "sheltered-outdoor-use-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "care-and-serviceability", "name": "Care and 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"wear-and-retirement", "name": "Wear and retirement", "description": "Examines deterioration that changes retention, comfort or sole integrity.", "findings": [ { "id": "continued-use-decision", "name": "Continued-use decision", "description": "Record compressed lining, worn tread, exposed internal components and sole separation as distinct observations.", "questions": [ { "text": "Has wear changed heel retention, internal clearance, cushioning, sole integrity or floor contact?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "continued-use-decision-q01" }, { "text": "Can an identified component be repaired or replaced with supported methods, or should the slipper be retired?", "kind": "action", "id": "continued-use-decision-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 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"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 slipper 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 slipper from the things most often confused with it.", "questions": [ { "id": "distinguishing-features-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes what distinguishes a slipper, 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 slipper, 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 slipper 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 slipper 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 slipper, 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 slipper, 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 slipper 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 slipper is built from and which parts are replaceable.", "questions": [ { "id": "parts-and-materials-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the composition of a slipper, 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 slipper, 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 slipper 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 slipper is judged and by whom.", "questions": [ { "id": "condition-assessment-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the condition of a slipper, 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 slipper, 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 slipper 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 slipper 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 slipper is, and what that position is measured against.", "questions": [ { "id": "position-and-frame-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the location of a slipper, 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 slipper, 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 slipper 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 slipper 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 slipper, 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 slipper, 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 slipper 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 slipper 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 slipper between them.", "questions": [ { "id": "stages-and-transitions-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the lifecycle of a slipper, 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 slipper, 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 slipper 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 slipper, how often and by whom.", "findings": [ { "id": "observation-record", "name": "Observation record", "description": "How an observation of a slipper 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 slipper, 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 slipper, 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 slipper is known, and what must it refuse?", "kind": "action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "function-and-principle", "name": "Function and operating principle", "description": "What slipper is for and how it achieves it.", "rationale": "Two devices with the same name can work on different principles, and the principle is what predicts failure and constrains use.", "layers": [ { "id": "intended-function", "name": "Intended function", "description": "The job it does, and the jobs it is used for anyway.", "findings": [ { "id": "function-record", "name": "Function, principle and variants", "description": "What it does, how, and which variants do it differently.", "questions": [ { "id": "function-record-q01", "text": "What function does slipper perform, on what operating principle, and which variants differ in that principle?", "kind": "definition" }, { "id": "function-record-q02", "text": "What use falls outside the intended function but happens in practice?", "kind": "boundary" } ] } ] }, { "id": "capacity-and-rating", "name": "Capacity and rating", "description": "The numbers that say what it can do and where it stops.", "findings": [ { "id": "ratings", "name": "Ratings and their conditions", "description": "Rated capacity, power, throughput and the conditions each assumes.", "questions": [ { "id": "ratings-q01", "text": "What ratings characterise slipper, in what units, and under what stated conditions?", "kind": "measurement" }, { "id": "ratings-q02", "text": "What happens beyond the rating - degradation, refusal, damage - and how is that detected?", "kind": "action" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "operation-and-state", "name": "Operation, controls and state", "description": "How slipper is operated and what state it is in right now.", "rationale": "An agent acting on a device needs its current state and the controls that change it, not just its specification.", "layers": [ { "id": "controls-and-modes", "name": "Controls and modes", "description": "What can be set, what that changes, and what is interlocked.", "findings": [ { "id": "control-surface", "name": "Control surface and interlocks", "description": "The settings available and the conditions that block them.", "questions": [ { "id": "control-surface-q01", "text": "What controls and modes does slipper have, and what does each change?", "kind": "definition" }, { "id": "control-surface-q02", "text": "Which actions are interlocked or forbidden in which state, and what must be true before acting?", "kind": "action" } ] } ] }, { "id": "condition-and-maintenance", "name": "Condition and maintenance", "description": "Wear, service intervals, consumables and the line between working and broken.", "findings": [ { "id": "service-record", "name": "Condition, service and consumables", "description": "What is consumed, what is serviced, and how condition is judged.", "questions": [ { "id": "service-record-q01", "text": "What consumables and service does slipper need, at what interval, and on whose authority?", "kind": "measurement" }, { "id": "service-record-q02", "text": "What evidence separates a unit that is working from one that is out of service?", "kind": "boundary" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "kind-model-unit", "name": "Kind, model and unit", "description": "Whether a claim about slipper is about the kind, a product line, or one physical unit.", "rationale": "This is the boundary most often got wrong for made things, and getting it wrong mixes a catalogue entry with the machine in the yard.", "layers": [ { "id": "level-of-reference", "name": "Level of reference", "description": "The three levels and what belongs at each.", "findings": [ { "id": "level-rules", "name": "What belongs to kind, model and unit", "description": "Which properties are shared by all of them and which are not.", "questions": [ { "id": "level-rules-q01", "text": "Which facts about slipper hold for every one of them, which for a model, and which only for one unit?", "kind": "boundary" }, { "id": "level-rules-q02", "text": "What identifies an individual unit, and what should an agent do when it has only the kind?", "kind": "action" } ] } ] }, { "id": "standards-and-conformity", "name": "Standards and conformity", "description": "The standards a working example must meet and who attests it.", "findings": [ { "id": "conformity", "name": "Standards, marks and attestation", "description": "Which standard applies, who certifies, and what the mark means.", "questions": [ { "id": "conformity-q01", "text": "Which standards govern slipper, issued by whom, and what does conformity actually assert?", "kind": "provenance" }, { "id": "conformity-q02", "text": "What may an agent conclude from a certification mark, and what may it not?", "kind": "boundary" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "provenance-and-evidence", "name": "Provenance, evidence and time", "description": "Where every claim about a slipper 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 slipper and how confident it is.", "questions": [ { "id": "claim-provenance-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes a claim about a slipper, 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 slipper, 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 slipper 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 slipper is retired without being erased.", "questions": [ { "id": "validity-and-supersession-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the validity of a claim about a slipper, 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 slipper, 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 slipper is known, and what must it refuse?", "kind": "action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] } ] } ] } ] }, "statistics": { "bundles": 8, "layers": 17, "findings": 19, "questions": 51 } } } }