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access to toilets is a matter of dignity.", "Bowel problems are private; discussion must protect privacy and avoid shame." ], "affected_parties": [ "Patients", "Communities without sanitation", "Carers and sanitation workers" ] }, "owners": { "steward": "Nobody owns it; sanitation and public health authorities regulate its disposal.", "master_systems": [] } }, "sources": [ { "id": "wikidata", "title": "Wikidata item Q496: feces", "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q496", "url_status": "live", "what_it_supports": "identity and sense of the item", "checked_by": "wikidata-api" }, { "id": "wikipedia-en", "title": "Wikipedia: Feces", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feces", "url_status": "live", "what_it_supports": "general description of the item", "checked_by": "wikidata-api sitelink" } ], "structure": { "bundles": [ { "id": "biology", "name": "Biology", "description": "Composition and formation.", "rationale": "Clinical description.", "layers": [ { "id": "composition", "name": "Composition", "description": "Composition.", "findings": [ { "id": "composition-finding", "name": "Composition", "description": "Composition.", "questions": [ { "text": "What are faeces made of, and how are they formed?", "kind": "definition" }, { "text": "Is the presentation neutral and clinical?", "kind": "boundary" } ] } ] }, { "id": "variation", "name": "Variation", "description": "Variation across species.", "findings": [ { "id": "variation-finding", "name": "Variation", "description": "Variation.", "questions": [ { "text": "How do faeces differ across species and diets?", "kind": "definition" }, { "text": "Which entry fits the specific animal?", "kind": "action" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "health", "name": "Health", "description": "Health and diagnosis.", "rationale": "Clinical.", "layers": [ { "id": "diagnosis", "name": "Diagnosis", "description": "Stool testing.", "findings": [ { "id": "diagnosis-finding", "name": "Diagnosis", "description": "Diagnosis.", "questions": [ { "text": "What do stool tests detect, and what do scales such as the Bristol scale describe?", "kind": "provenance" }, { "text": "Is the user describing their own symptoms, which need a clinician?", "kind": "boundary" } ] } ] }, { "id": "sanitation", "name": "Sanitation", "description": "Sanitation.", "findings": [ { "id": "sanitation-finding", "name": "Sanitation", "description": "Sanitation.", "questions": [ { "text": "How does faecal contamination spread disease, and what do sanitation programmes require?", "kind": "provenance" }, { "text": "Which entry fits sanitation?", "kind": "action" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "use", "name": "Use", "description": "Agricultural and scientific use.", "rationale": "Practice.", "layers": [ { "id": "agriculture", "name": "Agriculture", "description": "Manure and fuel.", "findings": [ { "id": "agriculture-finding", "name": "Agriculture", "description": "Agriculture.", "questions": [ { "text": "How are manure and dung used as fertiliser and fuel, and what rules apply?", "kind": "provenance" }, { "text": "Which entry fits manure management?", "kind": "action" } ] } ] }, { "id": "science", "name": "Science", "description": "Ecology and archaeology.", "findings": [ { "id": "science-finding", "name": "Science", "description": "Science.", "questions": [ { "text": "How do ecologists track animals by droppings, and what do coprolites reveal?", "kind": "provenance" }, { "text": "Which references are standard?", "kind": "provenance" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "context", "name": "Context", "description": "Research and culture.", "rationale": "Context.", "layers": [ { "id": "microbiome", "name": "Microbiome", "description": "Microbiome research.", "findings": [ { "id": "microbiome-finding", "name": "Microbiome", "description": "Microbiome.", "questions": [ { "text": "What does research on the gut microbiome and faecal transplants report, with findings attributed?", "kind": "provenance" }, { "text": "Which sources are cited?", "kind": "provenance" } ] } ] }, { "id": "culture", "name": "Culture", "description": "Culture and language.", "findings": [ { "id": "culture-finding", "name": "Culture", "description": "Culture.", "questions": [ { "text": "How do cultures and languages treat the topic, and what terms are appropriate in different registers?", "kind": "provenance" }, { "text": "Is the register appropriate?", "kind": "boundary" } ] } ] } ] } ] }, "openQuestions": [ "Should manure and coprolite be separate entries?", "How should sanitation and clinical standards be linked?", "The registry entry has merged aliases naming species-specific faeces; 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