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    "registry_id": "vr.tr.fruit",
    "name": "fruit",
    "purpose": "Enable an AI agent to recognise a fruit, assess its development and condition, and decide whether it may be harvested, handled, stored, propagated or used as food.",
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    "scope_statement": "This model owns an individual fruit as a plant reproductive structure, including attached and harvested states, and records culinary usage separately from botanical identity; unresolved uses of the registry term remain explicit.",
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      "Botanical identity, cultivar where known, and evidence connecting the fruit to its source plant",
      "Fruit form, constituent tissues, seed presence and edible-part boundaries",
      "Development, harvest maturity, ripeness and senescence",
      "Physical damage, deterioration and evidence relevant to food suitability",
      "Harvest, handling, storage and preparation constraints specific to the fruit",
      "Seed-bearing and dispersal roles where relevant to intended use"
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      "Whole-plant health, cultivation and lifecycle, owned by the source-plant model",
      "Orchard, field and crop management",
      "Seed identity, viability testing and germination after separation from the fruit",
      "Processed products such as juice, jam and fermented beverages",
      "Recipes, meals and a person's nutritional or medical requirements",
      "Commercial lot inventory, packaging systems and shipment management"
    ],
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      "Check developmental origin to distinguish a botanical fruit from a root, stem, leaf or other plant organ; appearance and sweetness alone do not establish identity.",
      "Distinguish the enclosing fruit structure from a seed inside it, including cases where the enclosing tissues are dry or inconspicuous.",
      "Record botanical identity and culinary classification separately so that a culinary vegetable is not excluded solely by its food-use label.",
      "Check whether the object retains an identifiable fruit structure or is a separated portion or transformed product requiring a neighbouring model.",
      "Do not reject a candidate solely because it lacks visible seeds; establish its identity from source-plant and structural evidence."
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        "name": "Source-plant identity",
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        "unit_or_values": "Linked plant or taxon; cultivar if established; evidence and identification confidence",
        "why_it_matters": "Interpretation of ripeness, edible tissues and handling requirements depends on identity."
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        "kind": "category",
        "unit_or_values": "Botanical classification and culinary label recorded independently; unresolved allowed",
        "why_it_matters": "Prevents everyday food categories from replacing structural identity."
      },
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        "name": "Attachment and harvest state",
        "kind": "state",
        "unit_or_values": "Attached, detached, harvested, fallen or unknown; event time where known",
        "why_it_matters": "Determines which developmental and handling actions remain possible."
      },
      {
        "name": "Fruit mass and dimensions",
        "kind": "measurement",
        "unit_or_values": "g; length and diameter in mm; measurement method",
        "why_it_matters": "Supports assessment of development, portion size and handling needs against relevant references."
      },
      {
        "name": "Development and ripeness",
        "kind": "state",
        "unit_or_values": "Identity-specific maturity and ripeness assessments, with indicators and uncertainty",
        "why_it_matters": "Harvest maturity and readiness for a particular use need separate judgments."
      },
      {
        "name": "Firmness",
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        "unit_or_values": "N with probe and test method, or a defined qualitative scale",
        "why_it_matters": "Helps assess ripeness and damage susceptibility when interpreted for the identified fruit."
      },
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        "name": "Soluble solids",
        "kind": "measurement",
        "unit_or_values": "°Brix with sampling location, method and temperature where relevant",
        "why_it_matters": "May inform eating-quality or maturity assessment where a validated interpretation exists."
      },
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        "name": "Tissue and seed configuration",
        "kind": "category",
        "unit_or_values": "Identified skin, flesh, core, stone, rind or other tissues as applicable; seed presence and distribution",
        "why_it_matters": "Supports identification, preparation and separation of tissues with different permitted uses."
      },
      {
        "name": "Damage and deterioration",
        "kind": "state",
        "unit_or_values": "Observed bruising, cuts, cracking, shrivelling, lesions, leakage or decay; location and extent",
        "why_it_matters": "Condition can restrict handling or use independently of ripeness."
      },
      {
        "name": "Postharvest exposure",
        "kind": "measurement",
        "unit_or_values": "Time and temperature history in h and °C; relative humidity in % when available; gaps explicit",
        "why_it_matters": "Supports assessment of condition changes and applicability of storage guidance."
      }
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    "affordances": [
      "Identify the fruit and map its tissues before assigning food or propagation uses.",
      "Assess readiness for harvest or a specified use from fruit-specific indicators.",
      "Select handling and storage conditions using identity, condition and exposure history.",
      "Inspect, sample or measure ripeness and deterioration while recording whether the action damages the fruit.",
      "Prepare or separate tissues only where identity and use-specific guidance support the action.",
      "Retain for seed recovery, defer use or reject a proposed use when evidence is insufficient."
    ],
    "agent_conduct": {
      "may": [
        "Identify fruits by species and ripeness, keeping botanical and culinary categories apart.",
        "Check harvested fruit for spoilage, bruising and pests and sort it.",
        "Report allergens and pesticide residue information from labels or test records."
      ],
      "must_not": [
        "Serve or sell spoiled, mouldy or contaminated fruit.",
        "Present a wild fruit as edible without a reliable identification.",
        "Misstate a fruit's origin, variety or organic status.",
        "Pick fruit from land or plants it is not authorized to harvest."
      ],
      "requires_human": [
        "Deciding that an unknown or wild fruit is safe to eat."
      ]
    },
    "ethics": {
      "considerations": [
        "Fruit picking relies on seasonal workers who are often poorly paid and protected.",
        "Some wild fruits are poisonous, and mistakes can be fatal."
      ],
      "affected_parties": [
        "Eaters",
        "Pickers and farm workers",
        "Children"
      ]
    },
    "owners": {
      "steward": "The grower or the person who holds it; food safety authorities regulate it as food.",
      "master_systems": []
    },
    "visual_identification": [
      "A fleshy or dry structure that develops from a flower and holds seeds.",
      "Colour, skin texture and smell changing as it ripens.",
      "Bruises, soft spots or mould showing spoilage."
    ],
    "failure_modes_and_hazards": [
      "Poisoning from toxic wild fruits or seeds.",
      "Pesticide residues and microbial contamination.",
      "Allergic reactions to certain fruits."
    ],
    "what_it_is_for": [
      "Botanical fruits are encountered on flowering plants and in studies of reproduction, seed dispersal and plant identification.",
      "They develop from floral ovaries and may incorporate associated floral tissues, with forms ranging from fleshy berries to dry capsules and nuts.",
      "Botanical identification supports cultivation and ecological interpretation but does not establish whether a fruit is edible."
    ],
    "standards_and_regulation": [
      "ISPM 12 on phytosanitary certificates, adopted by the Commission on Phytosanitary Measures under the International Plant Protection Convention, applies when fruit consignments require phytosanitary certification for international movement.",
      "ISPM 23 on guidelines for inspection, adopted by the Commission on Phytosanitary Measures under the International Plant Protection Convention, applies to phytosanitary inspection of regulated fruit consignments."
    ]
  },
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      "id": "wikidata",
      "title": "Wikidata item Q1364: fruit",
      "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1364",
      "url_status": "live",
      "what_it_supports": "identity and sense of the item",
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    },
    {
      "id": "wikipedia-en",
      "title": "Wikipedia: Fruit (plant structure)",
      "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fruit_%28plant_structure%29",
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      "what_it_supports": "general description of the item",
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  ],
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    "bundles": [
      {
        "id": "fruit-identity-and-structure",
        "name": "Fruit identity and structure",
        "description": "Establish what fruit is present and which physical structures belong to it.",
        "rationale": "Fruit identity cannot be inferred reliably from sweetness, a market label or seed visibility alone.",
        "layers": [
          {
            "id": "botanical-and-use-identity",
            "name": "Botanical and use identity",
            "description": "Separate developmental identity from culinary naming.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "identity-evidence",
                "name": "Identity evidence",
                "description": "Record the proposed source taxon, cultivar and evidence supporting botanical and culinary classifications.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "Which plant taxon and, if known, cultivar produced this fruit, and what evidence supports that identification?",
                    "kind": "provenance",
                    "id": "identity-evidence-q01"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Does the available evidence establish a botanical fruit, a culinary use of the word fruit, or both?",
                    "kind": "definition",
                    "id": "identity-evidence-q02"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "id": "fruit-tissues-and-boundaries",
            "name": "Fruit tissues and boundaries",
            "description": "Identify the fruit's constituent tissues and its boundary with seeds, plant attachments and portions.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "structural-unit",
                "name": "Structural unit",
                "description": "Record what counts as the observed fruit unit and how its tissues and seeds are arranged.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "Is the observed unit one fruit, an aggregate or multiple structure, or a separated fruit portion?",
                    "kind": "boundary",
                    "id": "structural-unit-q01"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Which tissues and seeds are present, and which remain attached to the source plant?",
                    "kind": "definition",
                    "id": "structural-unit-q02"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "development-harvest-and-ripeness",
        "name": "Development, harvest and ripeness",
        "description": "Assess developmental progress and readiness for a specified use.",
        "rationale": "A fruit may be ready to harvest without being ready to eat, and relevant indicators depend on its identity.",
        "layers": [
          {
            "id": "development-and-detachment",
            "name": "Development and detachment",
            "description": "Locate the fruit in its development and establish how it became detached.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "harvest-maturity",
                "name": "Harvest maturity",
                "description": "Record attachment state and evidence supporting a harvest decision.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "Is the fruit attached, deliberately harvested or fallen, and when was detachment observed?",
                    "kind": "provenance",
                    "id": "harvest-maturity-q01"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Which maturity indicators support harvesting this fruit for the intended use?",
                    "kind": "action",
                    "id": "harvest-maturity-q02"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "id": "ripeness-and-quality-indicators",
            "name": "Ripeness and quality indicators",
            "description": "Interpret measured and observed traits against the requirements of a proposed use.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "use-specific-ripeness",
                "name": "Use-specific ripeness",
                "description": "Keep observed colour, firmness, aroma and composition distinct from the inferred ripeness judgment.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "What colour, firmness, aroma or composition observations were obtained, and by which methods?",
                    "kind": "measurement",
                    "id": "use-specific-ripeness-q01"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "What identity-specific evidence supports using the fruit now or expecting further ripening after harvest?",
                    "kind": "action",
                    "id": "use-specific-ripeness-q02"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "fruit-condition-and-use-suitability",
        "name": "Fruit condition and use suitability",
        "description": "Assess tissue integrity, deterioration and evidence needed for a proposed food use.",
        "rationale": "Ripeness does not establish freedom from damage, contamination or tissue-specific hazards.",
        "layers": [
          {
            "id": "tissue-integrity-and-deterioration",
            "name": "Tissue integrity and deterioration",
            "description": "Locate physical defects and distinguish observations from explanations.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "damage-and-decay-evidence",
                "name": "Damage and decay evidence",
                "description": "Record damage type, distribution and progression without assigning an unsupported cause.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "Where are bruises, cracks, punctures, lesions, shrivelling or leakage, and how much tissue is affected?",
                    "kind": "measurement",
                    "id": "damage-and-decay-evidence-q01"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "What evidence distinguishes normal ripening changes from injury or deterioration in this fruit?",
                    "kind": "definition",
                    "id": "damage-and-decay-evidence-q02"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "id": "edible-tissues-and-exposure-evidence",
            "name": "Edible tissues and exposure evidence",
            "description": "Establish the evidence required before authorising a particular food use.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "food-use-constraints",
                "name": "Food-use constraints",
                "description": "Record tissue-specific use guidance and relevant exposure history, preserving unknowns.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "Which tissues are supported for the intended food use, at this developmental stage and with what preparation?",
                    "kind": "boundary",
                    "id": "food-use-constraints-q01"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "What is known about treatments, ground contact, contamination events and handling, and where are the evidence gaps?",
                    "kind": "provenance",
                    "id": "food-use-constraints-q02"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Does the available evidence support the proposed use, require further assessment or justify rejecting it?",
                    "kind": "action",
                    "id": "food-use-constraints-q03"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
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        "name": "Postharvest handling and destination",
        "description": "Choose conditions and interventions suited to the fruit's state and intended destination.",
        "rationale": "Storage, preparation and seed recovery impose different requirements on the same fruit.",
        "layers": [
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            "id": "storage-and-ripening-management",
            "name": "Storage and ripening management",
            "description": "Connect exposure history and fruit-specific guidance to practical storage decisions.",
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              {
                "id": "postharvest-condition-control",
                "name": "Postharvest condition control",
                "description": "Record relevant environmental exposures and the basis for changing storage conditions.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "What temperature, humidity, duration and nearby ripening-fruit exposures are known since harvest?",
                    "kind": "measurement",
                    "id": "postharvest-condition-control-q01"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Which storage or ripening conditions are supported for this identity and maturity, including any chilling or ethylene sensitivity?",
                    "kind": "action",
                    "id": "postharvest-condition-control-q02"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "id": "preparation-and-seed-recovery",
            "name": "Preparation and seed recovery",
            "description": "Select interventions and identify when responsibility passes to a portion, product or seed model.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "destination-specific-intervention",
                "name": "Destination-specific intervention",
                "description": "Relate washing, peeling, cutting, processing or seed extraction to the intended outcome.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "Which handling or preparation actions are justified for the intended use and current tissue condition?",
                    "kind": "action",
                    "id": "destination-specific-intervention-q01"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "At what intervention does the tracked thing become a fruit portion, processed product or separated seed requiring another model?",
                    "kind": "boundary",
                    "id": "destination-specific-intervention-q02"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "If seed recovery is intended, what fruit maturity and extraction evidence is needed before transferring assessment to the seed model?",
                    "kind": "action",
                    "id": "destination-specific-intervention-q03"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
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    "Does vr.tr.fruit encompass all botanical fruits, including dry fruits, or primarily culinary fruits, and how should overlap with registered nuts, grains and vegetables be resolved?",
    "What is the authoritative individual unit for aggregate fruits, multiple fruits and detached portions within the registry?",
    "Which validated taxon- and cultivar-specific references should govern maturity, postharvest ripening and storage assessments?",
    "Which authoritative sources establish edible tissues, preparation requirements and rejection criteria for each covered fruit identity?",
    "Does an existing Vercy world model already own any of this scope, requiring a registry link or narrower boundaries?"
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