{ "model": { "rank": 3310, "code": "thing-q9386", "model_id": "vr.tr.urethra", "name": "urethra", "purpose": "Enable an AI agent to identify a urethra, describe its anatomy and functional state, and distinguish observations from evidence needed for clinical decisions.", "family": "Thing Registry", "category": "Physical world and living systems", "status": "research-draft", "kind": "thing", "plane": "PHY", "domain": "PHY.OBJ", "industry": "", "version": "", "url": "/models/thing/q9386/", "tier": 2, "score": 88, "payload": { "layer": "wikidata", "aliases": [ "male urethra", "female urethra", "human urethra", "horse urethra" ], "aliasCount": 4, "merged": 4, "knownIn": 88, "facets": null, "markers": [], "lexicalClass": "", "senseRank": null, "alsoRegisteredAs": null, "source": { "dataset": "wikidata", "item": "Q9386", "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9386", "license": "CC0 1.0" } }, "research": { "vercy": "1.0-draft", "publication": { "status": "research-draft", "adjudicationStatus": "unreviewed", "publishableCanonical": false, "generatedAt": "2026-09-07T14:25:31Z", "providers": [ "Codex" ], "breadth": "recalled by Codex without web access - no source was read", "missingProviders": [], "pass": 2, "cost": { "grok": { "seconds": 19.8, "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: 01a07c41-8256-7163-8857-e873d624adf5\n--------\nuser\nDescribe what is already known about one registered thing. 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conduit from the urinary bladder toward an external opening, including its segments, wall, outlet relationships, functional roles, and alterations; species and individual anatomy must be explicit, and the urethra is not an organism or taxon.", "in_scope": [ "Urethral course, lumen, segments, and proximal and distal boundaries", "Urethral wall, lining, and associated glands", "Relationships with sphincters, surrounding tissues, and reproductive pathways", "Urine passage and anatomy-dependent reproductive function", "Congenital variation, acquired changes, and reconstructed urethral anatomy", "Evidence about urethral condition and interventions involving it" ], "out_of_scope": [ "Kidney filtration and ureteral transport to the bladder", "Bladder storage and bladder muscle function except at the urethral interface", "Whole reproductive-organ models and gamete production", "Whole pelvic-floor and nervous-system models", "Organism taxonomy, population ecology, and conservation status", "Independent models of urethral diseases, devices, and treatment protocols" ], "distinguishing_features": [ "Trace the conduit from the bladder outlet toward an external opening; a ureter instead carries urine toward the bladder.", "Distinguish the urethral tube from the bladder reservoir and from the external urethral meatus, which is an opening rather than the whole organ.", "Identify urinary continuity rather than relying on proximity to the vagina or reproductive ducts.", "Treat sphincters and surrounding erectile or pelvic tissues as related structures whose boundaries must be recorded, rather than equating them with the urethra.", "Recognize reconstructed or abnormally positioned urethral pathways through documented continuity and operative or anatomical evidence, not an assumed typical appearance." ], "characteristics": [ { "name": "Organism and anatomical context", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "Individual organism; species; developmental stage; relevant anatomical and 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"Outlet position and continuity", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "Meatus location; bladder-to-outlet continuity; additional communications; unknown", "why_it_matters": "Distinguishes the intended urinary pathway from displacement, interruption, or abnormal connections." }, { "name": "Wall and lining condition", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "Segment-specific tissue description; observed inflammation, scarring, injury, or lesion; unassessed", "why_it_matters": "Separates localized tissue evidence from a general claim that the urethra is healthy or diseased." }, { "name": "Functional role", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "Urinary passage; reproductive passage where anatomically applicable; surgically altered role; unresolved", "why_it_matters": "Prevents urinary and reproductive functions from being generalized across different anatomies." }, { "name": "Patency and outlet function", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "Evidence of unobstructed, narrowed, interrupted, or 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}, { "id": "segments-and-neighbours", "name": "Segments and neighbours", "description": "Locates urethral regions relative to surrounding anatomy without importing a universal human segment scheme.", "findings": [ { "id": "localize-segments-by-landmarks", "name": "Localize segments by landmarks", "description": "Associate each named segment with a stated convention and anatomical landmarks.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which segment terminology is appropriate to this species and anatomy, and what reference supports it?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "localize-segments-by-landmarks-q01" }, { "text": "Which landmarks distinguish the affected segment from the bladder neck, surrounding sphincter structures, and adjacent reproductive passages?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "localize-segments-by-landmarks-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "urethral-tissues-and-variation", "name": "Urethral tissues and variation", "description": "Records segment-specific wall characteristics and the developmental or surgical context of the anatomy.", "rationale": "Expected tissue composition and geometry vary along the urethra and across individuals; these differences affect interpretation.", "layers": [ { "id": "wall-lining-and-glands", "name": "Wall, lining, and glands", "description": "Describes tissue observations at their actual sampling or examination location.", "findings": [ { "id": "resolve-local-tissue-identity", "name": "Resolve local tissue identity", "description": "Keep observed lining, wall, and gland features tied to a segment and evidence source.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which urethral segment was examined or sampled, and what lining, wall, or gland features were observed?", "kind": "definition", "id": "resolve-local-tissue-identity-q01" }, { "text": "Does the tissue description come from direct examination, histology, imaging, or an anatomical reference rather than an individual observation?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "resolve-local-tissue-identity-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "developmental-and-reconstructed-anatomy", "name": "Developmental and reconstructed anatomy", "description": "Distinguishes native variation, congenital differences, and changes produced by procedures.", "findings": [ { "id": "establish-anatomical-history", "name": "Establish anatomical history", "description": "Describe actual configuration and history without inferring urethral anatomy solely from demographic labels.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which developmental features or documented operations explain the current urethral course, outlet position, and tissue composition?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "establish-anatomical-history-q01" }, { "text": "Which portions are native, reconstructed, bypassed, or absent, and where do their boundaries lie?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "establish-anatomical-history-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "urinary-passage-and-outlet-control", "name": "Urinary passage and outlet control", "description": "Separates lumen geometry, urinary flow, outlet closure, and any reproductive passage role.", "rationale": "Urethral function depends on both the conduit and its interactions with bladder, sphincter, and other systems.", "layers": [ { "id": "lumen-and-flow", "name": "Lumen and flow", "description": "Relates segment geometry to evidence of urine passage while preserving uncertainty about the cause of impaired flow.", "findings": [ { "id": "characterize-passage-evidence", "name": "Characterize passage evidence", "description": "Record caliber and flow observations separately before assessing whether impairment is attributable to the urethra.", "questions": [ { "text": "What caliber, narrowing length, or continuity measurements are available, with which methods and examination conditions?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "characterize-passage-evidence-q01" }, { "text": "What evidence distinguishes a urethral contribution to impaired flow from bladder dysfunction or another outlet-related cause?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "characterize-passage-evidence-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "closure-and-shared-passage", "name": "Closure and shared passage", "description": "Records urethral participation in continence and anatomy-dependent reproductive transport.", "findings": [ { "id": "define-functional-interfaces", "name": "Define functional interfaces", "description": "Identify which functions the urethra performs and which depend on connected structures.", "questions": [ { "text": "What observations describe urethral closure and relaxation, and what contributions remain attributable to sphincter, pelvic-floor, bladder, or neural models?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "define-functional-interfaces-q01" }, { "text": "Does this urethra also convey reproductive fluid, and which documented connections establish that role?", "kind": "definition", "id": "define-functional-interfaces-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "urethral-condition-and-intervention", "name": "Urethral condition and intervention", "description": "Organizes localized abnormalities, their evidential limits, and the anatomical requirements for clinical action.", "rationale": "Symptoms alone do not establish a urethral diagnosis, and intervention decisions require explicit knowledge of the pathway and its condition.", "layers": [ { "id": "localized-abnormalities", "name": "Localized abnormalities", "description": "Links symptoms and examination findings to possible urethral changes without treating suspicion as confirmation.", "findings": [ { "id": "separate-observation-from-diagnosis", "name": "Separate observation from diagnosis", "description": "Record the location, extent, timing, and confidence of suspected inflammation, narrowing, injury, lesions, or abnormal communications.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which urethral abnormality is directly demonstrated, where is it located, and which symptoms remain unexplained?", "kind": "definition", "id": "separate-observation-from-diagnosis-q01" }, { "text": "What examination, imaging, laboratory, or pathology evidence supports the interpretation, and when was it obtained?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "separate-observation-from-diagnosis-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "instrumentation-and-repair", "name": "Instrumentation and repair", "description": "Captures information needed to assess proposed urethral access or repair and to document resulting changes.", "findings": [ { "id": "establish-procedure-relevant-anatomy", "name": "Establish procedure-relevant anatomy", "description": "Make uncertain continuity, narrowing, prior repair, and suspected injury visible before a qualified clinician determines an intervention.", "questions": [ { "text": "What must a qualified clinician establish about continuity, caliber, injury, and previous reconstruction before the proposed instrumentation or repair?", "kind": "action", "id": "establish-procedure-relevant-anatomy-q01" }, { "text": "After an intervention, which changes in urinary passage, leakage, tissue condition, and pathway anatomy should 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thresholds, and vary with individual anatomy and measurement method.", "Male and female describe typical anatomical configurations; congenital variation and surgical reconstruction can alter these configurations." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-confidence-notes-q01", "text": "Which of these check these first hold for the sense of urethra this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-kinds", "name": "Kinds and varieties", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "Female urethra", "Male urethra" ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-kinds-q01", "text": "Which of these kinds and varieties hold for the sense of urethra this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-identifiers", "name": "Identifiers and schemes", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ { "scheme": 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"description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "Conducts urine out of the bladder during urination.", "Works with sphincters and supporting tissues to maintain urinary continence.", "Conducts semen during ejaculation in typical male anatomy.", "Provides an access route for urinary catheterization and transurethral endoscopic procedures." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-real-world-use-q01", "text": "Which of these real-world use hold for the sense of urethra this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-measurements", "name": "Typical measurements", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ { "quantity": "Adult female urethral length", "typical_range": "Approximately 3-4", "unit": "cm" }, { "quantity": "Adult male urethral length", "typical_range": "Approximately 18-22", "unit": "cm" } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-measurements-q01", "text": "Which of these typical measurements hold for the sense of urethra this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards", "name": "Failure modes and hazards", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "Urethritis causes inflammation and may result from sexually transmitted infections or other causes.", "Urethral stricture narrows the passage and can obstruct urine flow.", "Trauma or instrumentation can injure the urethra, producing bleeding, false passages or later scarring.", "Failure of urethral closure mechanisms can contribute to urinary incontinence.", "Congenital anomalies, including posterior urethral valves, can obstruct urinary outflow." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards-q01", "text": "Which of these failure modes and hazards hold for the sense of urethra this model covers, and on what 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Form alone rarely separates two models that do very different things." ], "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": [ "male urethra", "female urethra", "human urethra", "horse urethra" ] } ], "standing": "Described in 88 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 urethra from another, and a urethra 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 urethra, 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 urethra, 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 urethra 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 urethra, 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 urethra, 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 urethra 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 urethra 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 urethra, 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 urethra, 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 urethra 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 urethra from the things most often confused with it.", "questions": [ { "id": "distinguishing-features-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes what distinguishes a urethra, 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 urethra, 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 urethra 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 urethra 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 urethra, 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 urethra, 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 urethra 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 urethra is built from and which parts are replaceable.", "questions": [ { "id": "parts-and-materials-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the composition of a urethra, 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 urethra, 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 urethra 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 urethra is judged and by whom.", "questions": [ { "id": "condition-assessment-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the condition of a urethra, 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 urethra, 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 urethra 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 urethra 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 urethra is, and what that position is measured against.", "questions": [ { "id": "position-and-frame-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the location of a urethra, 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 urethra, 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 urethra 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 urethra 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 urethra, 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 urethra, 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 urethra 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 urethra 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 urethra between them.", "questions": [ { "id": "stages-and-transitions-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the lifecycle of a urethra, 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 urethra, 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 urethra 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 urethra, how often and by whom.", "findings": [ { "id": "observation-record", "name": "Observation record", "description": "How an observation of a urethra 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 urethra, 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 urethra, 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 urethra 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 urethra 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 urethra 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 urethra, 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 urethra 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 urethra 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 urethra 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 urethra 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 urethra 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 urethra, 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 urethra 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 urethra and how confident it is.", "questions": [ { "id": "claim-provenance-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes a claim about a urethra, 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 urethra, 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 urethra 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 urethra is retired without being erased.", "questions": [ { "id": "validity-and-supersession-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the validity of a claim about a urethra, 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 urethra, 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 urethra 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 } } } }