apple
Let an agent handle apples as food and as a crop, distinguishing cultivars, quality grades, storage and residue rules, and separating the fruit from the tree and the company name.
Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled
4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Cultivar Which apple.
Cultivar name
Variety and trade names.
Cultivar identity
The cultivar and trade name.
- Which cultivar is this, and under what trade name is it sold? definition
- How was the cultivar verified? provenance
Use
Dessert, cooking or cider.
Use class
The intended use.
- Is it a dessert, cooking or cider apple? definition
- What are its taste and texture? measurement
Quality Grade and condition.
Grade
Class and size.
Quality class
The class and size under the standard.
- Which quality class and size does it meet? measurement
- Which defects are allowed? boundary
Ripeness
Maturity and firmness.
Maturity
Maturity measures.
- How ripe is it, measured by firmness, starch or Brix? measurement
- How long will it keep? measurement
Production and storage From orchard to shop.
Growing
Orchard and method.
Production method
Where and how it was grown.
- Where and how was it grown, organic or conventional? provenance
- Which pesticides were used, within which limits? boundary
Storage
Cold and controlled atmosphere.
Storage history
How it was stored.
- How long and how was it stored? provenance
- Was a ripening inhibitor used? provenance
Eating Nutrition and safety.
Nutrition
Energy, fibre, sugars.
Nutrition data
Nutritional values.
- What are its energy, sugar and fibre content? measurement
- From which composition database? provenance
Safety
Choking and allergy.
Safety advice
Advice for vulnerable groups.
- How should apples be prepared for small children? action
- Who may react allergically? boundary
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Physical world and living systems
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- PHY
- Domain
- PHY.MAT
- Other names and narrower kinds
- Evelina, Red Jonaprince, Red Ellison's Orange, Royal Gala, Yellospur, Kuldzhinka Krupnoplodnaya, Barry, Reinette, Vanda, Gladstone, Goro, Ivette
What it is Filled
The fruit of the apple tree (Malus domestica), a pome eaten fresh, cooked or pressed, grown in thousands of named cultivars.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent handle apples as food and as a crop, distinguishing cultivars, quality grades, storage and residue rules, and separating the fruit from the tree and the company name.
Distinguishing features Filled
- A pome fruit of Malus domestica
- Thousands of cultivars, propagated by grafting
- Stores well, so it is sold year-round
- The tree and the company are different entries
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Give whole or hard apple pieces to small children without preparing them safely.
- Mislabel a cultivar or its origin.
- Sell or serve apples with residues above legal limits.
Only with a human decision
- Withdrawing a batch from sale over a residue or safety finding.
May
- Identify apple cultivars and report their uses, storage and origin.
- Report allergens and pesticide residue data from official sources.
Moral aspects Filled
- Fruit growing depends on seasonal labour that is often poorly protected.
Who is affected
- Consumers
- Growers and pickers
Owners Filled
Steward
The grower or seller who holds the fruit.
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q145150 - registry parent class
- Q3314483 - registry parent class
- Q41274 - registry parent class
related
- fruit - food from plants
- apple tree - the plant is a separate entry
- juice and cider - processed products
- Apple Inc. - a company name
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.apple
- Wikidata: Q89 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q89)
- PLU code: 4 or 5 digits, such as 4133 for Gala retail produce code
- cultivar name: registered variety names plant variety rights may apply
Direct properties required Filled
- diameter: 50-100 mm
- mass: 100-300 g
- sugar content: 10-16 degrees Brix
Recognition required Filled
- Round shape with a stem cavity and a calyx at the base
- Skin colour and pattern suggest but do not prove the cultivar
- PLU stickers identify cultivar and growing method in retail
- A round fruit, 5-10 cm across, with red, green or yellow skin, white flesh and a core of seeds.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- eat it, fresh or cooked
- grow and harvest it, in orchards
- store it, for months in controlled atmosphere
- grade and trade it, under marketing standards
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Choking in small children
- Pesticide residues above limits
- Allergy (oral allergy syndrome)
- Mislabelled cultivars
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- UNECE Standard FFV-50 for apples
- Maximum residue limits for pesticides
- Plant variety protection (UPOV)
Context of use required Filled
- Eating, cooking, juice, cider and trade.
- dessert cultivars such as Gala, Fuji, Braeburn
- cooking cultivars such as Bramley
- cider apples
- crab apples
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q89: apple - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Apple - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should cultivars be registered as child entries?
- How should the fruit and the tree entries be linked?
- How should quality classes be represented?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q89/spec.json