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"Wikipedia: Circuit (administrative division)", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circuit_%28administrative_division%29", "url_status": "live", "what_it_supports": "general description of the item", "checked_by": "wikidata-api sitelink" } ], "structure": { "bundles": [ { "id": "circuit-identity-and-topology", "name": "Circuit identity and topology", "description": "Defines which electrical network is being modelled and how its physical connections realise a circuit design.", "rationale": "Circuit boundaries can cross physical assemblies, and circuit identity cannot be inferred from an enclosure or board alone.", "layers": [ { "id": "functional-boundary", "name": "Functional boundary", "description": "Locates the circuit within a larger electrical system and separates kind, design and implementation.", "findings": [ { "id": "declared-circuit-boundary", "name": "Declared circuit boundary", "description": "Record the intended electrical role, identity level and terminals through which 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"text": "Under what supply, load, frequency and temperature conditions were the expected response and tolerances established?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "expected-response-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "transitions-and-energy-storage", "name": "Transitions and energy storage", "description": "Covers startup, shutdown, switching and energy retained in reactive elements.", "findings": [ { "id": "state-dependent-response", "name": "State-dependent response", "description": "Record transient behaviour, mode transitions and residual energy separately from steady-state performance.", "questions": [ { "text": "What startup, shutdown, switching or protection transitions occur, and what transient voltages, currents or delays characterise them?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "state-dependent-response-q01" }, { "text": "Which elements may retain energy after supply removal, and what verified procedure establishes the condition required for access?", "kind": "action", "id": 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"electrical-and-thermal-limits-q01" }, { "text": "Which design calculations, component specifications, tests or applicable standards establish those limits for the intended application?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "electrical-and-thermal-limits-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "fault-and-protection-response", "name": "Fault and protection response", "description": "Connects failure evidence to protective behaviour and recovery requirements.", "findings": [ { "id": "fault-containment", "name": "Fault containment", "description": "Record relevant open paths, shorts, leakage, overstress and component degradation alongside any detection or protective provisions.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which observable signatures distinguish an unintended open path, short, leakage path or degraded component from an intended inactive state?", "kind": "definition", "id": "fault-containment-q01" }, { "text": "For each documented fault, what protection acts, what remains energised, and what conditions permit 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and locally adopted standards.", "Mains-connected circuits must accommodate local supply voltages and frequencies.", "Conductor colours and schematic conventions can differ between jurisdictions and documentation traditions." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-regional-variation-q01", "text": "Which of these regional variation hold for the sense of circuit this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-neighbours", "name": "Neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ { "name": "Printed circuit board", "difference": "A printed circuit board is a physical substrate with patterned conductors; a circuit is the electrical arrangement, which may use a board or other construction methods." }, { "name": "Integrated circuit", "difference": "An integrated circuit implements interconnected components within a semiconductor device; the broader circuit category also includes discrete and wired assemblies." }, { "name": "Circuit diagram", "difference": "A circuit diagram represents electrical connections symbolically; it is documentation rather than the physical arrangement." }, { "name": "Electrical network", "difference": "Electrical network is a broader analytical term for interconnected elements; its distinction from circuit varies by textbook and engineering context." } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-neighbours-q01", "text": "Which of these neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart hold for the sense of circuit this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] } ] } ] } ] }, "openQuestions": [ "Does vr.tr.circuit specifically mean an electrical circuit, or does its registry provenance establish another physical meaning?", "Does an existing Vercy world model already own this concept, requiring this entry to link to it rather than form a separate model?", "Where should the registry place 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