{ "model": { "rank": 6424, "code": "thing-q932214", "model_id": "vr.tr.emmental", "name": "Emmental", "purpose": "Enable an AI agent to recognise Emmental, assess the identity and condition of a particular lot or portion, and decide whether it is suitable for a proposed culinary or handling action.", "family": "Thing Registry", "category": "Physical world and living systems", "status": "research-draft", "kind": "thing", "plane": "PHY", "domain": "PHY.MAT", "industry": "", "version": "", "url": "/models/thing/q932214/", "tier": 2, "score": 60, "payload": { "layer": "wikidata", "aliases": [ "Emmental de Savoie", "Emmental français est-central", "Emmentaler Switzerland", "Allgäuer Emmentaler" ], "aliasCount": 4, "merged": 4, "knownIn": 60, "facets": null, "markers": [], "lexicalClass": "", "senseRank": null, "alsoRegisteredAs": null, "source": { "dataset": "wikidata", "item": "Q932214", "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q932214", "license": "CC0 1.0" } }, "research": { "vercy": "1.0-draft", "publication": { "status": "research-draft", "adjudicationStatus": "unreviewed", "publishableCanonical": false, "generatedAt": "2026-09-07T14:26:31Z", "providers": [ "Codex" ], "missingProviders": [ "Grok" ], "pass": 2, "cost": { "grok": { "usd": 0.03697382, "turns": 1, "seconds": 114.2, "error": "model output was not valid JSON: trailing characters at line 1 column 219", "retried": true }, "codex": { "seconds": 75.9, "error": "Reading additional input from stdin...\nOpenAI Codex v0.153.3\n--------\nworkdir: R:\\02_PROJECTS\\02_Meta_Models_Platforms\\Ver.cy\\current\\thing-registry-backlog\nmodel: gpt-6-astra\nprovider: openai\napproval: never\nsandbox: read-only\nreasoning effort: none\nreasoning summaries: none\nsession id: 01a07c40-dcd7-7873-acce-8c43b34fecfa\n--------\nuser\nYou are drafting a Vercy meta-model for one registered thing. 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it distinguishes the general name from specific protected designations.", "in_scope": [ "Declared Emmental identity, origin and any protected designation", "Milk treatment, cheesemaking and maturation evidence relevant to the particular product", "Eye formation, paste structure, rind and sensory profile", "Condition and handling history of wheels, cut portions and processed forms", "Suitability for slicing, grating, melting and serving" ], "out_of_scope": [ "Dairy herd management and animal health", "Milk production before its use in the cheese lot", "Generic cheese taxonomy and the full definitions of neighbouring cheese types", "Recipes, dishes and complete nutritional plans containing Emmental", "Retail operations and cold-chain infrastructure", "Legal administration and enforcement of protected designations" ], "distinguishing_features": [ "Check whether the product is explicitly identified as Emmental or Emmentaler; a generic Swiss-style label or visible holes alone does not settle identity.", "Inspect a representative cut face for eye size, shape and distribution, and distinguish rounded cavities from cracks, slits or irregular openings; interpret the result against the declared variant.", "Compare paste firmness, elasticity and cut behaviour with the claimed maturation stage rather than classifying every pale, firm cheese with holes as Emmental.", "Use documented production identity and comparative sensory evidence to distinguish Emmental from lookalikes such as Maasdam or other Swiss-style cheeses.", "Verify any Swiss or protected-origin claim separately from the general Emmental name using the applicable designation and lot evidence." ], "characteristics": [ { "name": "Declared product identity", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "Exact label name; claimed variant; designation present, absent or unverified", "why_it_matters": "Determines which identity requirements can legitimately be applied." }, { "name": "Origin and producer linkage", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "Links to producer, production location, lot and supporting records", "why_it_matters": "Supports traceability and assessment of geographically specific claims." }, { "name": "Milk species and treatment", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "Declared milk species; raw, thermised, pasteurised, other declared treatment or unknown", "why_it_matters": "Helps assess product identity and select applicable handling guidance without assuming one production rule covers every variant." }, { "name": "Maturation duration", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Days or months, with start event and evidence", "why_it_matters": "Provides context for expected flavour, texture and use performance." }, { "name": "Eye morphology", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Eye diameters in mm, count per observed cut area, shape and distribution; sampling location recorded", "why_it_matters": "Supports recognition and investigation of atypical internal structure." }, { "name": "Paste mechanical behaviour", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "Elastic, firm, brittle, crumbly, rubbery or other observed behaviour, with sample temperature", "why_it_matters": "Connects maturation and condition to slicing and grating suitability." }, { "name": "Sensory profile", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "Observed aroma and flavour descriptors, intensity, deviations and assessment date", "why_it_matters": "Supports comparison with the declared product and detection of changes requiring investigation." }, { "name": "Rind and exposed-face condition", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "Rind present or removed; coating declared; observed drying, cracking, wetness, growth or discoloration", "why_it_matters": "Separates observations on the original exterior from changes on newly exposed cheese." }, { "name": "Product form", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "Whole wheel, wedge, block, slices, grated cheese or other declared form", "why_it_matters": "Changes which identity features remain observable and how handling history should be interpreted." }, { "name": "Post-cut exposure history", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "Links to cutting, opening, repacking and time-temperature records", "why_it_matters": "Supports condition assessment after the original wheel or package is opened." }, { "name": "Melting performance", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Observed flow, stretch and oil separation under a recorded temperature, duration and sample preparation", "why_it_matters": "Tests suitability for a proposed cooking use without assuming all Emmental behaves identically." } ], "affordances": [ "Assess whether a labelled or unlabelled sample is consistent with Emmental while recording identification uncertainty.", "Verify a declared variant or origin claim against product and lot evidence.", "Inspect a cut face and flag eye or paste abnormalities for further assessment.", "Select a wheel or portion for slicing, grating, melting or serving using observed properties.", "Choose storage, repacking or disposition actions using product instructions, exposure history and condition evidence.", "Trace portions back to their source wheel or lot when investigating inconsistent quality." ] }, "sources": [], "structure": { "bundles": [ { "id": "emmental-identity", "name": "Emmental identity and claim boundaries", "description": "Establishes what Emmental identity is claimed and which evidence supports it.", "rationale": "A general cheese name, a Swiss-origin claim and a protected designation must not be treated as interchangeable.", "layers": [ { "id": "declared-identity", "name": "Declared identity", "description": "Captures the exact name and identity claims attached to the cheese.", "findings": [ { "id": "name-and-variant", "name": "Name and variant", "description": "Records the product's stated identity without inferring certification from spelling or appearance.", "questions": [ { "text": "What exact Emmental or Emmentaler name, variant and designation are declared on the product?", "kind": "definition", "id": "name-and-variant-q01" }, { "text": "Which label, producer record or certification evidence supports each identity claim?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "name-and-variant-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "identity-discrimination", "name": "Discrimination from neighbouring cheeses", "description": "Tests whether the available evidence distinguishes Emmental from visually similar cheeses.", "findings": [ { "id": "lookalike-boundary", "name": "Lookalike boundary", "description": "Combines documentary and physical evidence while preserving unresolved identification.", "questions": [ { "text": "What evidence distinguishes this cheese from Maasdam or a generically labelled Swiss-style cheese?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "lookalike-boundary-q01" }, { "text": "If only a cut or grated sample is available, which identity claims remain untestable?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "lookalike-boundary-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "production-and-maturation", "name": "Production and maturation identity", "description": "Connects the particular cheese to its milk, production process and maturation history.", "rationale": "These records help explain differences between Emmental variants and prevent assumed production rules from replacing evidence.", "layers": [ { "id": "milk-and-make", "name": "Milk and cheesemaking", "description": "Records production details that bear on the claimed variant and observed cheese.", "findings": [ { "id": "production-evidence", "name": "Production evidence", "description": "Identifies the documented milk treatment and processes relevant to the cheese's paste and eye development.", "questions": [ { "text": "What milk species and heat treatment are documented for this lot?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "production-evidence-q01" }, { "text": "What producer evidence describes the cultures and production stages used to develop this Emmental's paste and eyes?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "production-evidence-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "maturation-history", "name": "Maturation history", "description": "Relates declared age to the timing and conditions of maturation.", "findings": [ { "id": "age-and-development", "name": "Age and development", "description": "Keeps elapsed age distinct from a demonstrated sensory or mechanical state.", "questions": [ { "text": "How long was the cheese matured, and from which production event is that duration counted?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "age-and-development-q01" }, { "text": "What maturation records support the declared age or maturity grade?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "age-and-development-q02" }, { "text": "Are the observed paste and flavour consistent with the producer's description of that maturity grade?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "age-and-development-q03" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "eyes-paste-and-flavour", "name": "Eyes, paste and flavour", "description": "Describes the internal and sensory features used to recognise and assess the cheese.", "rationale": "Emmental assessment needs more than a statement that holes are present; their morphology and the surrounding paste must be interpreted together.", "layers": [ { "id": "internal-architecture", "name": "Internal architecture", "description": "Examines a documented cut surface for eye formation and paste integrity.", "findings": [ { "id": "eyes-and-openings", "name": "Eyes and other openings", "description": "Separates measured eye characteristics from cracks or other cavities whose cause is unresolved.", "questions": [ { "text": "What eye sizes, shapes and distribution are visible, and where in the wheel was the sample cut?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "eyes-and-openings-q01" }, { "text": "Which openings are rounded eyes, and which are slits, cracks or irregular cavities needing investigation?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "eyes-and-openings-q02" }, { "text": "What variant-specific evidence establishes whether the observed eye pattern is acceptable?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "eyes-and-openings-q03" } ] } ] }, { "id": "paste-and-sensory-expression", "name": "Paste and sensory expression", "description": "Assesses texture, aroma and flavour under recorded observation conditions.", "findings": [ { "id": "sensory-and-textural-fit", "name": "Sensory and textural fit", "description": "Connects the sample's behaviour and sensory profile to its declared identity and maturity.", "questions": [ { "text": "At the recorded sample temperature, how does the paste bend, cut and crumble?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "sensory-and-textural-fit-q01" }, { "text": "Which aroma or flavour observations fit the declared Emmental variant, and which depart from its documented reference profile?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "sensory-and-textural-fit-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "portion-condition-and-use", "name": "Portion condition and culinary use", "description": "Assesses the actual wheel or portion and supports the next handling or culinary decision.", "rationale": "An intact wheel, an exposed wedge and grated Emmental preserve different evidence and can behave differently in storage and cooking.", "layers": [ { "id": "surface-and-exposure", "name": "Surface and exposure", "description": "Distinguishes original rind condition from the condition and history of cut surfaces.", "findings": [ { "id": "portion-condition", "name": "Portion condition", "description": "Records changes at the rind, cut face and package without treating appearance alone as proof of safety.", "questions": [ { "text": "Is the observed surface original rind, a coating or exposed paste, and what drying, cracking, wetness or growth is present?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "portion-condition-q01" }, { "text": "When was this portion cut or opened, and what storage and repacking history is known?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "portion-condition-q02" }, { "text": "Given the product instructions and condition evidence, should this portion be used, repacked, held for assessment or discarded?", "kind": "action", "id": "portion-condition-q03" } ] } ] }, { "id": "culinary-performance", "name": "Culinary performance", "description": "Tests whether this Emmental portion suits the intended preparation.", "findings": [ { "id": "preparation-fit", "name": "Preparation fit", "description": "Uses observed slicing, grating and heating behaviour to choose a preparation.", "questions": [ { "text": "Do paste firmness and eye placement allow the required slice thickness or grating result?", "kind": "action", "id": "preparation-fit-q01" }, { "text": "Under the intended heating conditions, what flow, stretch and oil separation does a sample show?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "preparation-fit-q02" }, { "text": "What preparation adjustment is justified by this portion's maturity, texture and tested melting behaviour?", "kind": "action", "id": "preparation-fit-q03" } ] } ] } ] } ] }, "openQuestions": [ "Which authoritative definitions and designation rules should govern the general Emmental identity and its named regional variants in the intended jurisdiction?", "Which eye morphology, composition and sensory criteria are supported for each variant, and how should representative wheel sampling be performed?", "What evidence reliably distinguishes Emmental from close lookalikes when packaging and production records are missing?", "Which validated condition and handling criteria apply to whole wheels, cut portions and grated Emmental, including decisions about atypical surface growth?", "Does an existing Vercy world model already own this concept, and which neighbouring models should supply shared cheese, food-handling and provenance concepts?" ], "statistics": { "bundles": 4, "layers": 8, "findings": 8, "questions": 20 } }, "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 Emmental, record what state it is in, and decide what may be done with it.", "whatItIs": "Enable an AI agent to recognise Emmental, assess the identity and condition of a particular lot or portion, and decide whether it is suitable for a proposed culinary or handling action.", "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: Emmental de Savoie, Emmental français est-central, Emmentaler Switzerland, Allgäuer Emmentaler.", "4 finer distinctions are held as aliases rather than separate entries, because telling them apart needs a task that asks for it.", "Described in 60 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 Emmental, 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": [ "Emmental de Savoie", "Emmental français est-central", "Emmentaler Switzerland", "Allgäuer Emmentaler" ] } ], "standing": "Described in 60 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 Emmental from another, and a Emmental 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 Emmental, 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 Emmental, 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 Emmental 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 Emmental, 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 Emmental, 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 Emmental 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 Emmental 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 Emmental, 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 Emmental, 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 Emmental 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 Emmental from the things most often confused with it.", "questions": [ { "id": "distinguishing-features-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes what distinguishes a Emmental, 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 Emmental, 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 Emmental 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 Emmental 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 Emmental, 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 Emmental, 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 Emmental 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 Emmental is built from and which parts are replaceable.", "questions": [ { "id": "parts-and-materials-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the composition of a Emmental, 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 Emmental, 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 Emmental 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 Emmental is judged and by whom.", "questions": [ { "id": "condition-assessment-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the condition of a Emmental, 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 Emmental, 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 Emmental 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 Emmental 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 Emmental is, and what that position is measured against.", "questions": [ { "id": "position-and-frame-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the location of a Emmental, 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 Emmental, 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 Emmental 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 Emmental 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 Emmental, 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 Emmental, 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 Emmental 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 Emmental 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 Emmental between them.", "questions": [ { "id": "stages-and-transitions-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the lifecycle of a Emmental, 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 Emmental, 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 Emmental 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 Emmental, how often and by whom.", "findings": [ { "id": "observation-record", "name": "Observation record", "description": "How an observation of a Emmental 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 Emmental, 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 Emmental, 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 Emmental 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 Emmental 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 Emmental is for, and what it is used for anyway.", "findings": [ { "id": "function-and-purpose", "name": "Function, purpose and misuse", "description": "The function a Emmental performs and the uses that fall outside it.", "questions": [ { "id": "function-and-purpose-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the use of a Emmental, 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 Emmental, 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 Emmental 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 Emmental.", "findings": [ { "id": "procedures-and-skills", "name": "Procedures, skills and required tools", "description": "What an agent needs before it can act on a Emmental at all.", "questions": [ { "id": "procedures-and-skills-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes handling a Emmental, 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 Emmental, 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 Emmental 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 Emmental there is and how fast it goes.", "questions": [ { "id": "consumption-and-stock-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the supply of a Emmental, 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 Emmental, 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 Emmental 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 Emmental 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 Emmental 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 Emmental 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 Emmental 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 Emmental, 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 Emmental 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 Emmental 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 Emmental 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 Emmental, 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 Emmental 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 Emmental and how confident it is.", "questions": [ { "id": "claim-provenance-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes a claim about a Emmental, 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 Emmental, 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 Emmental 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 Emmental is retired without being erased.", "questions": [ { "id": "validity-and-supersession-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the validity of a claim about a Emmental, 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 Emmental, 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 Emmental 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 } } } }