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      "follow rules for safety and road signs",
      "get permission for advertisements",
      "report damaged or misleading signs"
    ],
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      "advertising posters and billboards",
      "protest placards"
    ],
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      {
        "relation": "is a kind of",
        "target": "communication",
        "why": "category"
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        "target": "symbol and text",
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      "Vienna Convention on Road Signs and Signals",
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      "Distracting signs near roads"
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    "out_of_scope": [],
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        "Ignore a safety sign when acting in the space it governs."
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        "Signs should be readable by people with different languages and abilities."
      ],
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        "Road users and pedestrians",
        "People with visual or reading difficulties",
        "Property owners"
      ]
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      "master_systems": []
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      "id": "wiktionary-en",
      "title": "Wiktionary: sign",
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        "description": "What it says.",
        "rationale": "Message decides design.",
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                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "id": "type",
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            "description": "Road, safety, information.",
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              {
                "id": "type-finding",
                "name": "Type",
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                    "text": "What type of sign is it?",
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                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Which standard governs it?",
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                  }
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              }
            ]
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        ]
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      {
        "id": "design",
        "name": "Design",
        "description": "Legibility.",
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            "description": "Size and contrast.",
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                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "Is the text large enough with sufficient contrast?",
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                  },
                  {
                    "text": "From what distance will it be read?",
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                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
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          {
            "id": "accessibility",
            "name": "Accessibility",
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              {
                "id": "accessibility-finding",
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                  {
                    "text": "Are tactile, braille or pictogram versions needed?",
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                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Is it at an accessible height?",
                    "kind": "boundary"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
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      {
        "id": "rules",
        "name": "Rules",
        "description": "Permissions.",
        "rationale": "Some signs need permission.",
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            "id": "consent",
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            "description": "Advertising.",
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              {
                "id": "consent-finding",
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                  {
                    "text": "Does this sign need permission from the local authority?",
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                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Which rules apply?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
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          {
            "id": "safety",
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            "description": "Required signs.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "safety-finding",
                "name": "Safety",
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                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "Which safety signs are required here?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Are they correctly placed?",
                    "kind": "boundary"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
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      {
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          {
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                "id": "other-finding",
                "name": "Senses",
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                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "Is a sign in the sense of an indicator, a gesture, sign language or a zodiac sign meant?",
                    "kind": "boundary"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Which entry fits?",
                    "kind": "action"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "id": "maintenance",
            "name": "Maintenance",
            "description": "Damage.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "maintenance-finding",
                "name": "Maintenance",
                "description": "Maintenance.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "Is the sign damaged or out of date?",
                    "kind": "boundary"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Who should be told?",
                    "kind": "action"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
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    "Should sign types be separate entries?",
    "How should standards be linked?",
    "How should other senses of sign be split off?"
  ],
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    "layers": 8,
    "findings": 8,
    "questions": 16
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}