# Vercy AI instruction - YAML 1.2 (JSON-compatible) { "vercy": "1.0-draft", "publication": { "status": "published", "adjudicationStatus": "reviewable-draft", "publishableCanonical": false, "generatedAt": "2026-10-06T20:48:13Z", "synthesisSha256": "5fa550cf66fe3b7c93781c126ea92bf077c0b076e978b9530963331826ae4b7e", "providerMode": "single-provider-waiver", "providers": [ "Codex" ], "waivedProviders": [ "Claude", "Grok" ] }, "metaModel": { "id": "WM-FLW-006", "registryId": "vr.wm-flw-006", "name": "Emission", "version": "1.0.0-reviewable-draft", "previousVersions": [], "entryKind": "entity", "family": "World Models", "category": "Physical world and living systems", "industry": [ "Cross-industry" ], "domain": [ "PHY.FLW.EMS" ], "tags": [ "emission", "phy.flw.ems" ], "status": "published" }, "canonicalUrl": "https://ver.cy/models/wm-flw-006-emission/", "sourceUrl": "https://github.com/ver-cy/world-models/tree/feat/mega-model-registry/research/runs/wm-flw-006", "model": { "registry_id": "vr.wm-flw-006", "model_id": "WM-FLW-006", "name": "Emission", "entry_kind": "entity", "purpose": "Describe an identifiable assertion about a quantified environmental release, with its source, boundary, method, evidence and revision history.", "scope_statement": "The root is a persistent emission assertion for a declared source boundary, substance or pollutant group, receiving medium and occurrence interval. Its revisions can report measured, calculated, estimated or unknown quantities. The physical release and the record describing it are distinct. This draft covers anthropogenic substance releases, including GHGs, to air, water and land; it is neither an entire inventory nor an environmental-control system.", "in_scope": [ "Release assertion identity and revision, source attribution, constituent and medium, occurrence and observation times", "Measurement and estimation evidence, quantity basis, uncertainty, completeness, review and restatement", "Profile-qualified inventory membership and disclosure references, including optional abatement evidence" ], "out_of_scope": [ "Source asset, activity, operator and land-parcel master lifecycles; operating energy, waste, freight or passenger systems", "Dispersion, deposition, ambient quality, exposure and ecological impact simulation; removals and sinks as independent physical fluxes", "Corporate inventory consolidation, product footprints, offset credits and sustainability claims as separately governed objects", "Enforcement, regulatory submission, emergency response, shutdown, instrumentation actuation or issuing assurance opinions", "Heat, noise, radiation and natural-flux profiles until separately researched and dimensionally specified" ], "boundary_notes": [ { "neighbor": "Legacy F6 Emission & Environmental Flux", "distinction": "Reconcile as an input, not authority. Preserve method and evidence concerns; replace mandatory factor and verification links with method-dependent and state-dependent links. Ambient flux and abatement operations remain external. Legacy wildcard imports and conformance labels are not inherited.", "source_refs": [ "SRC-002", "SRC-003", "SRC-004", "SRC-006" ] }, { "neighbor": "WM-FLW-001 Energy; WM-FLW-005 Waste / Circular; WM-FLW-004 Goods Movement / Logistics; WM-FLW-007 Passenger Mobility", "distinction": "Reference versioned activity evidence. Waste transfer is not automatically an environmental release. No activity scheduling, waste treatment or transport execution belongs here.", "source_refs": [ "SRC-001", "SRC-002", "SRC-003" ] }, { "neighbor": "WM-PLC-002 Land Parcel and source asset masters", "distinction": "Location or source references do not imply parcel ownership, operator liability or ownership of the physical activity.", "source_refs": [ "SRC-001", "SRC-004" ] }, { "neighbor": "WM-ECO-014 Sustainability Claim / PCF", "distinction": "An emission assertion can supply evidence to a separately governed footprint or claim; allocation, product lifecycle claims, credit issuance and marketing assertions are not owned here.", "source_refs": [ "SRC-007", "SRC-008" ] }, { "neighbor": "Ambient observations, removals and mitigation projects", "distinction": "Ambient concentration alone is not emitted mass; an inverse model needs an explicit method boundary. A removal or avoided-release claim must not be silently stored as a negative physical release.", "source_refs": [ "SRC-002", "SRC-004", "SRC-007" ] } ] }, "sources": [ { "id": "SRC-001", "title": "Content of the Protocol on Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers", "organization": "United Nations Economic Commission for Europe", "url": "https://unece.org/environment-policypublic-participation/content-protocol", "version_or_date": "Undated official overview; indexed content reviewed 2026-10-06", "source_type": "public-authority", "primary_source": true, "authority_tier": 1, "accessed_at": "2026-10-06T20:46:56Z", "relevance": "Official indexed overview supports facility and pollutant references, air/water/land media, diffuse sources and public access with confidentiality qualifications. Browser open returned 403; full text and version remain unverified." }, { "id": "SRC-002", "title": "2006 IPCC Guidelines, Volume 1, Chapter 1: Introduction", "organization": "Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change", "url": "https://www.ipcc-nggip.iges.or.jp/public/2006gl/pdf/1_Volume1/V1_1_Ch1_Introduction.pdf", "version_or_date": "2006, sections 1.1-1.5", "source_type": "scientific", "primary_source": true, "authority_tier": 1, "accessed_at": "2026-10-06T20:46:56Z", "relevance": "National GHG inventory concepts, activity-factor methods, source categories, reporting periods and distinction between emissions and removals. This is not a universal pollutant method or a current reporting mandate." }, { "id": "SRC-003", "title": "AP-42 Introduction", "organization": "United States Environmental Protection Agency", "url": "https://www.epa.gov/system/files/documents/2024-01/introduction_2024.pdf", "version_or_date": "September 2024 as printed in PDF; URL directory says 2024-01", "source_type": "public-authority", "primary_source": true, "authority_tier": 1, "accessed_at": "2026-10-06T20:46:56Z", "relevance": "Air-emission factor applicability, activity and control basis, population averages and limitations of factor use for source-specific compliance." }, { "id": "SRC-004", "title": "Semantic Sensor Network Ontology", "organization": "World Wide Web Consortium and Open Geospatial Consortium", "url": "https://www.w3.org/TR/vocab-ssn/", "version_or_date": "W3C Recommendation, 19 October 2017; selected SOSA terms", "source_type": "ontology", "primary_source": true, "authority_tier": 1, "accessed_at": "2026-10-06T20:46:56Z", "relevance": "Conceptual observation links for feature of interest, observed property, procedure, result, phenomenon time and result time. No implemented mapping or latest-edition claim." }, { "id": "SRC-005", "title": "2006 IPCC Guidelines, Volume 1, Chapter 3: Uncertainties", "organization": "Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change", "url": "https://www.ipcc-nggip.iges.or.jp/public/2006gl/pdf/1_Volume1/V1_3_Ch3_Uncertainties.pdf", "version_or_date": "2006, sections 3.2-3.3", "source_type": "scientific", "primary_source": true, "authority_tier": 1, "accessed_at": "2026-10-06T20:46:56Z", "relevance": "Uncertainty descriptions and dependence among activity data and factors; motivates explicit uncertainty and correlation assumptions rather than false precision." }, { "id": "SRC-006", "title": "2006 IPCC Guidelines, Volume 1, Chapter 6: Quality Assurance / Quality Control and Verification", "organization": "Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change", "url": "https://www.ipcc-nggip.iges.or.jp/public/2006gl/pdf/1_Volume1/V1_6_Ch6_QA_QC.pdf", "version_or_date": "2006, sections 6.1-6.3 and 6.7-6.10", "source_type": "scientific", "primary_source": true, "authority_tier": 1, "accessed_at": "2026-10-06T20:46:56Z", "relevance": "Distinguishes compilation checks, review and independent verification; supports documentation and comparison limits without asserting universal third-party certification." }, { "id": "SRC-007", "title": "GHG Protocol: A Corporate Accounting and Reporting Standard, Revised Edition", "organization": "World Resources Institute and World Business Council for Sustainable Development", "url": "https://ghgprotocol.org/sites/default/files/standards/ghg-protocol-revised.pdf", "version_or_date": "2004 revised edition; later amendments not comprehensively verified", "source_type": "standard", "primary_source": true, "authority_tier": 1, "accessed_at": "2026-10-06T20:46:56Z", "relevance": "Organizational accounting boundaries and scopes differ from physical source releases; inventory accounting does not establish project offset or credit validity. The official landing page identifies later gas and Scope 2 updates." }, { "id": "SRC-008", "title": "PROV-O: The PROV Ontology", "organization": "World Wide Web Consortium", "url": "https://www.w3.org/TR/prov-o/", "version_or_date": "W3C Recommendation, 30 April 2013", "source_type": "ontology", "primary_source": true, "authority_tier": 1, "accessed_at": "2026-10-06T20:46:56Z", "relevance": "Conceptual derivation, attribution and revision links for emission assertions and their evidence; provenance does not prove accuracy or confer authority." } ], "structure": { "bundles": [ { "id": "release-boundary", "name": "Release boundary", "description": "Identify what the assertion describes and what remains outside it.", "rationale": "Stable subject identity and explicit source boundaries prevent duplicate or misattributed releases.", "source_refs": [ "SRC-001", "SRC-002", "SRC-008" ], "layers": [ { "id": "assertion-identity-layer", "name": "Assertion identity and state", "description": "A logical emission assertion persists across corrected quantifications. Proposed local states are draft, assessed, reviewed, superseded and withdrawn; none changes the physical release.", "source_refs": [ "SRC-002", "SRC-006", "SRC-008" ], "findings": [ { "id": "assertion-identity", "name": "Assertion identity and state", "description": "A logical emission assertion persists across corrected quantifications. Proposed local states are draft, assessed, reviewed, superseded and withdrawn; none changes the physical release.", "source_refs": [ "SRC-002", "SRC-006", "SRC-008" ], "questions": [ { "id": "assertion-identity-q01", "text": "Which master identifier and revision identify this emission assertion?", "kind": "identity", "answer_data": [ "master system", "logical assertion ID", "revision ID", "supersedes reference" ] }, { "id": "assertion-identity-q02", "text": "What source, constituent, medium and interval define its release boundary?", "kind": "classification", "answer_data": [ "source boundary reference", "constituent code and version", "medium code", "interval", "boundary rationale" ] }, { "id": "assertion-identity-q03", "text": "What evidence supports its current record state without implying that the release stopped?", "kind": "lifecycle", "answer_data": [ "state", "transition time", "authorizing role", "reason", "review reference" ] } ], "data_elements": [ { "id": "assertion-identity-data01", "name": "Assertion identifier", "description": "Stable ID independent of date, method revision or measured value.", "value_kind": "identifier", "cardinality": "1", "required": true, "source_refs": [ "SRC-002", "SRC-006", "SRC-008" ] }, { "id": "assertion-identity-data02", "name": "Boundary binding", "description": "Source, constituent, medium and interval references; changing the subject requires a new assertion or an explicit split.", "value_kind": "object", "cardinality": "1", "required": true, "source_refs": [ "SRC-002", "SRC-006", "SRC-008" ] }, { "id": "assertion-identity-data03", "name": "Revision state", "description": "Local lifecycle status, revision and predecessor; draft is not verified.", "value_kind": "object", "cardinality": "1", "required": true, "source_refs": [ "SRC-002", "SRC-006", "SRC-008" ] } ], "artifacts": [ { "id": "assertion-identity-artifact", "name": "Emission assertion record", "description": "Versioned evidence for assertion identity and state. The artifact can be absent for an unknown or unassessed assertion; absence is recorded, not fabricated.", "media_or_form": [ "Structured record", "Human-readable evidence view" ], "serial": true, "identity_strategy": "Authoritative master-system artifact ID, then governed IRI, then Dimension UUID or ULID; immutable revision ID and digest; dates are metadata, not identity.", "source_refs": [ "SRC-002", "SRC-006", "SRC-008" ] } ], "inline_only_rationale": null } ] }, { "id": "source-attribution-layer", "name": "Source attribution and responsibility", "description": "Pin the releasing source or explicitly bounded source group and distinguish operator, data steward and reviewer. Stationary, mobile and diffuse sources need different geometry.", "source_refs": [ "SRC-001", "SRC-002", "SRC-008" ], "findings": [ { "id": "source-attribution", "name": "Source attribution and responsibility", "description": "Pin the releasing source or explicitly bounded source group and distinguish operator, data steward and reviewer. Stationary, mobile and diffuse sources need different geometry.", "source_refs": [ "SRC-001", "SRC-002", "SRC-008" ], "questions": [ { "id": "source-attribution-q01", "text": "Which source master and causing activity are linked to the release?", "kind": "relationship", "answer_data": [ "source ID and revision", "activity evidence reference", "source grouping rule", "attribution confidence" ] }, { "id": "source-attribution-q02", "text": "Who is accountable for maintaining the assertion and who operated the source during the interval?", "kind": "ownership", "answer_data": [ "data steward role", "operator reference", "effective interval", "basis", "unknown status" ] }, { "id": "source-attribution-q03", "text": "What point, route or area represents the source and how precise is it?", "kind": "spatial", "answer_data": [ "geometry reference", "coordinate reference system", "spatial uncertainty", "valid time", "point route or area" ] } ], "data_elements": [ { "id": "source-attribution-data01", "name": "Source binding", "description": "External master, source class and effective version; groups must list membership or boundary rule.", "value_kind": "object", "cardinality": "1", "required": true, "source_refs": [ "SRC-001", "SRC-002", "SRC-008" ] }, { "id": "source-attribution-data02", "name": "Responsible roles", "description": "Role-qualified operator and steward references with time validity; no liability inference.", "value_kind": "collection", "cardinality": "1..n", "required": true, "source_refs": [ "SRC-001", "SRC-002", "SRC-008" ] }, { "id": "source-attribution-data03", "name": "Source geometry", "description": "Location reference and precision; restricted coordinates may have an authorized generalized view.", "value_kind": "geometry", "cardinality": "0..1", "required": false, "source_refs": [ "SRC-001", "SRC-002", "SRC-008" ] } ], "artifacts": [ { "id": "source-attribution-artifact", "name": "Source attribution record", "description": "Versioned evidence for source attribution and responsibility. The artifact can be absent for an unknown or unassessed assertion; absence is recorded, not fabricated.", "media_or_form": [ "Structured record", "Human-readable evidence view" ], "serial": true, "identity_strategy": "Authoritative master-system artifact ID, then governed IRI, then Dimension UUID or ULID; immutable revision ID and digest; dates are metadata, not identity.", "source_refs": [ "SRC-001", "SRC-002", "SRC-008" ] } ], "inline_only_rationale": null } ] } ] }, { "id": "release-description", "name": "Release description", "description": "Describe substance, receiving medium, time and dimensional quantity.", "rationale": "A release amount cannot be interpreted safely without its physical and temporal basis.", "source_refs": [ "SRC-001", "SRC-002", "SRC-003", "SRC-004" ], "layers": [ { "id": "constituent-pathway-layer", "name": "Constituent and receiving pathway", "description": "Record released substances or declared groups and the environmental boundary crossed. Transfers, treated effluent and ambient observations require explicit classification, not label-based equivalence.", "source_refs": [ "SRC-001", "SRC-003", "SRC-004" ], "findings": [ { "id": "constituent-pathway", "name": "Constituent and receiving pathway", "description": "Record released substances or declared groups and the environmental boundary crossed. Transfers, treated effluent and ambient observations require explicit classification, not label-based equivalence.", "source_refs": [ "SRC-001", "SRC-003", "SRC-004" ], "questions": [ { "id": "constituent-pathway-q01", "text": "Which substance or pollutant group and mass basis does the value describe?", "kind": "classification", "answer_data": [ "vocabulary and version", "code", "group membership", "elemental or molecular basis", "speciation limits" ] }, { "id": "constituent-pathway-q02", "text": "Which receiving medium and discharge boundary distinguish this release from a transfer?", "kind": "relationship", "answer_data": [ "air water or land", "outfall or diffuse boundary", "transfer reference if applicable", "classification basis" ] }, { "id": "constituent-pathway-q03", "text": "How are mixed media or unresolved constituents represented without inventing a single total?", "kind": "exception", "answer_data": [ "separate assertion references", "unresolved fraction", "exclusion reason", "reconciliation note" ] } ], "data_elements": [ { "id": "constituent-pathway-data01", "name": "Constituent binding", "description": "Identifier, vocabulary revision and mass basis; group and constituent totals cannot be summed blindly.", "value_kind": "object", "cardinality": "1", "required": true, "source_refs": [ "SRC-001", "SRC-003", "SRC-004" ] }, { "id": "constituent-pathway-data02", "name": "Receiving pathway", "description": "Medium and boundary reference; a discrete discharge point is optional for diffuse sources.", "value_kind": "object", "cardinality": "1", "required": true, "source_refs": [ "SRC-001", "SRC-003", "SRC-004" ] }, { "id": "constituent-pathway-data03", "name": "Classification exceptions", "description": "Unresolved media, fractions and related transfer records.", "value_kind": "collection", "cardinality": "0..n", "required": false, "source_refs": [ "SRC-001", "SRC-003", "SRC-004" ] } ], "artifacts": [ { "id": "constituent-pathway-artifact", "name": "Constituent and pathway declaration", "description": "Versioned evidence for constituent and receiving pathway. The artifact can be absent for an unknown or unassessed assertion; absence is recorded, not fabricated.", "media_or_form": [ "Structured record", "Human-readable evidence view" ], "serial": true, "identity_strategy": "Authoritative master-system artifact ID, then governed IRI, then Dimension UUID or ULID; immutable revision ID and digest; dates are metadata, not identity.", "source_refs": [ "SRC-001", "SRC-003", "SRC-004" ] } ], "inline_only_rationale": null } ] }, { "id": "quantity-time-layer", "name": "Quantity and temporal basis", "description": "Separate released mass, emission rate and concentration. A rate requires an integration interval, and conversion from concentration needs supporting flow and reference conditions. Unknown, below detection and zero differ.", "source_refs": [ "SRC-002", "SRC-003", "SRC-004" ], "findings": [ { "id": "quantity-time", "name": "Quantity and temporal basis", "description": "Separate released mass, emission rate and concentration. A rate requires an integration interval, and conversion from concentration needs supporting flow and reference conditions. Unknown, below detection and zero differ.", "source_refs": [ "SRC-002", "SRC-003", "SRC-004" ], "questions": [ { "id": "quantity-time-q01", "text": "What quantity, unit and reference conditions support the stated release amount?", "kind": "measurement", "answer_data": [ "quantity kind", "value or missing code", "unit", "dry or wet basis", "temperature and pressure if relevant", "conversion evidence" ] }, { "id": "quantity-time-q02", "text": "When did the release occur and when were its observations and results recorded?", "kind": "temporal", "answer_data": [ "occurrence start and end", "time zone", "sampling interval", "result time", "ingestion time", "time precision" ] }, { "id": "quantity-time-q03", "text": "How are zero, missing, censored and invalid values distinguished?", "kind": "quality", "answer_data": [ "status code", "detection or quantification limit", "censoring rule", "data gap", "rejection reason" ] } ], "data_elements": [ { "id": "quantity-time-data01", "name": "Release quantity", "description": "Numeric quantity with dimension and unit, or explicit unknown/censored status; never force missing to zero.", "value_kind": "object", "cardinality": "1", "required": true, "source_refs": [ "SRC-002", "SRC-003", "SRC-004" ] }, { "id": "quantity-time-data02", "name": "Occurrence interval", "description": "Interval with boundary convention and actual source precision; annual periods must not imply instantaneous knowledge.", "value_kind": "object", "cardinality": "1", "required": true, "source_refs": [ "SRC-002", "SRC-003", "SRC-004" ] }, { "id": "quantity-time-data03", "name": "Conditions and result times", "description": "Reference conditions and separate observation, result and ingestion times where available.", "value_kind": "object", "cardinality": "0..1", "required": false, "source_refs": [ "SRC-002", "SRC-003", "SRC-004" ] } ], "artifacts": [ { "id": "quantity-time-artifact", "name": "Quantified release statement", "description": "Versioned evidence for quantity and temporal basis. The artifact can be absent for an unknown or unassessed assertion; absence is recorded, not fabricated.", "media_or_form": [ "Structured record", "Human-readable evidence view" ], "serial": true, "identity_strategy": "Authoritative master-system artifact ID, then governed IRI, then Dimension UUID or ULID; immutable revision ID and digest; dates are metadata, not identity.", "source_refs": [ "SRC-002", "SRC-003", "SRC-004" ] } ], "inline_only_rationale": null } ] } ] }, { "id": "quantification-evidence", "name": "Quantification evidence", "description": "Bind observations, estimation inputs and method versions to the assertion.", "rationale": "Reproducibility requires knowing which method and inputs were actually used.", "source_refs": [ "SRC-002", "SRC-003", "SRC-004", "SRC-008" ], "layers": [ { "id": "measurement-evidence-layer", "name": "Measurement and sampling evidence", "description": "Observation references identify the feature, property, procedure and result; source monitoring and ambient sampling are not interchangeable. Calibration and gap treatment are evidence dependencies.", "source_refs": [ "SRC-003", "SRC-004", "SRC-006" ], "findings": [ { "id": "measurement-evidence", "name": "Measurement and sampling evidence", "description": "Observation references identify the feature, property, procedure and result; source monitoring and ambient sampling are not interchangeable. Calibration and gap treatment are evidence dependencies.", "source_refs": [ "SRC-003", "SRC-004", "SRC-006" ], "questions": [ { "id": "measurement-evidence-q01", "text": "Which observations and procedure produced the reported measurement?", "kind": "evidence", "answer_data": [ "observation IDs", "feature of interest", "observed property", "procedure version", "result references" ] }, { "id": "measurement-evidence-q02", "text": "What instrument checks and sampling coverage support use of those observations?", "kind": "validation", "answer_data": [ "instrument reference", "calibration evidence", "quality flags", "coverage fraction", "representativeness review" ] }, { "id": "measurement-evidence-q03", "text": "How were outages, rejected samples and substituted values handled?", "kind": "exception", "answer_data": [ "gap intervals", "rejected observation references", "substitution method", "approver", "unresolved effects" ] } ], "data_elements": [ { "id": "measurement-evidence-data01", "name": "Observation bindings", "description": "Read-only references to source-owned samples or series; calibration and device lifecycle stay external.", "value_kind": "collection", "cardinality": "0..n", "required": false, "source_refs": [ "SRC-003", "SRC-004", "SRC-006" ] }, { "id": "measurement-evidence-data02", "name": "Coverage and substitutions", "description": "Explicit interval coverage, exclusions and replacement provenance.", "value_kind": "object", "cardinality": "0..1", "required": false, "source_refs": [ "SRC-003", "SRC-004", "SRC-006" ] } ], "artifacts": [ { "id": "measurement-evidence-artifact", "name": "Measurement evidence index", "description": "Versioned evidence for measurement and sampling evidence. The artifact can be absent for an unknown or unassessed assertion; absence is recorded, not fabricated.", "media_or_form": [ "Structured record", "Human-readable evidence view" ], "serial": true, "identity_strategy": "Authoritative master-system artifact ID, then governed IRI, then Dimension UUID or ULID; immutable revision ID and digest; dates are metadata, not identity.", "source_refs": [ "SRC-003", "SRC-004", "SRC-006" ] } ], "inline_only_rationale": null } ] }, { "id": "estimation-method-layer", "name": "Method, activity and factor evidence", "description": "Pin the selected calculation and inputs. Activity times factor is one method, not a universal requirement. Control adjustment is explicit and must not be applied twice to a factor that already represents controlled emissions.", "source_refs": [ "SRC-002", "SRC-003", "SRC-008" ], "findings": [ { "id": "estimation-method", "name": "Method, activity and factor evidence", "description": "Pin the selected calculation and inputs. Activity times factor is one method, not a universal requirement. Control adjustment is explicit and must not be applied twice to a factor that already represents controlled emissions.", "source_refs": [ "SRC-002", "SRC-003", "SRC-008" ], "questions": [ { "id": "estimation-method-q01", "text": "Which versioned method and activity inputs can reproduce this estimate?", "kind": "process", "answer_data": [ "method ID and version", "formula or model reference", "input snapshots", "unit conversions", "rounding rule" ] }, { "id": "estimation-method-q02", "text": "Why is the selected emission factor applicable to this source and interval?", "kind": "provenance", "answer_data": [ "factor source and revision", "source technology", "geography", "activity denominator", "representativeness limits" ] }, { "id": "estimation-method-q03", "text": "Where are capture, control efficiency and other adjustments already represented?", "kind": "constraint", "answer_data": [ "controlled or uncontrolled factor basis", "adjustment references", "valid operating interval", "double-adjustment check" ] } ], "data_elements": [ { "id": "estimation-method-data01", "name": "Method binding", "description": "Versioned procedure, inputs and execution evidence; measured and unknown records need not have a factor.", "value_kind": "object", "cardinality": "0..1", "required": false, "source_refs": [ "SRC-002", "SRC-003", "SRC-008" ] }, { "id": "estimation-method-data02", "name": "Factor binding", "description": "Value, unit, source revision, quality and applicability; no default numerical factor is supplied.", "value_kind": "object", "cardinality": "0..1", "required": false, "source_refs": [ "SRC-002", "SRC-003", "SRC-008" ] }, { "id": "estimation-method-data03", "name": "Adjustment evidence", "description": "Control and conversion assumptions linked to operating evidence; external equipment is not controlled here.", "value_kind": "collection", "cardinality": "0..n", "required": false, "source_refs": [ "SRC-002", "SRC-003", "SRC-008" ] } ], "artifacts": [ { "id": "estimation-method-artifact", "name": "Reproducible estimation record", "description": "Versioned evidence for method, activity and factor evidence. The artifact can be absent for an unknown or unassessed assertion; absence is recorded, not fabricated.", "media_or_form": [ "Structured record", "Human-readable evidence view" ], "serial": true, "identity_strategy": "Authoritative master-system artifact ID, then governed IRI, then Dimension UUID or ULID; immutable revision ID and digest; dates are metadata, not identity.", "source_refs": [ "SRC-002", "SRC-003", "SRC-008" ] } ], "inline_only_rationale": null } ] } ] }, { "id": "quality-and-review", "name": "Quality and review", "description": "Expose uncertainty, incomplete evidence and the scope of review.", "rationale": "A number and a provenance link do not establish accuracy or independent assurance.", "source_refs": [ "SRC-005", "SRC-006", "SRC-008" ], "layers": [ { "id": "uncertainty-completeness-layer", "name": "Uncertainty and completeness", "description": "Describe uncertainty in method and inputs, correlations and missing coverage. The draft proposes fields for assessment evidence, not an implemented statistical engine.", "source_refs": [ "SRC-005", "SRC-006" ], "findings": [ { "id": "uncertainty-completeness", "name": "Uncertainty and completeness", "description": "Describe uncertainty in method and inputs, correlations and missing coverage. The draft proposes fields for assessment evidence, not an implemented statistical engine.", "source_refs": [ "SRC-005", "SRC-006" ], "questions": [ { "id": "uncertainty-completeness-q01", "text": "What uncertainty statement accompanies the release estimate?", "kind": "quality", "answer_data": [ "interval or distribution", "coverage probability if meaningful", "method", "input uncertainty", "unassessed reason" ] }, { "id": "uncertainty-completeness-q02", "text": "Which dependencies between inputs or assertions affect uncertainty combination?", "kind": "composition", "answer_data": [ "shared factors", "covariance or dependency assumptions", "source of assumptions", "sensitivity evidence" ] }, { "id": "uncertainty-completeness-q03", "text": "Which missing sources, periods or measurements limit completeness?", "kind": "validation", "answer_data": [ "expected boundary", "included evidence", "missing fraction", "exclusions", "materiality profile", "remediation reference" ] } ], "data_elements": [ { "id": "uncertainty-completeness-data01", "name": "Uncertainty assessment", "description": "Interval, distribution or explicit unassessed status with method and assumptions.", "value_kind": "object", "cardinality": "1", "required": true, "source_refs": [ "SRC-005", "SRC-006" ] }, { "id": "uncertainty-completeness-data02", "name": "Completeness assessment", "description": "Expected versus covered boundary and omissions; absent evidence is not zero emissions.", "value_kind": "object", "cardinality": "1", "required": true, "source_refs": [ "SRC-005", "SRC-006" ] } ], "artifacts": [ { "id": "uncertainty-completeness-artifact", "name": "Quality and completeness assessment", "description": "Versioned evidence for uncertainty and completeness. The artifact can be absent for an unknown or unassessed assertion; absence is recorded, not fabricated.", "media_or_form": [ "Structured record", "Human-readable evidence view" ], "serial": true, "identity_strategy": "Authoritative master-system artifact ID, then governed IRI, then Dimension UUID or ULID; immutable revision ID and digest; dates are metadata, not identity.", "source_refs": [ "SRC-005", "SRC-006" ] } ], "inline_only_rationale": null } ] }, { "id": "review-attestation-layer", "name": "Review and attestation scope", "description": "Keep local QC, expert review and independent assurance distinct. A review can cover only specified revisions, sources and periods, and a changed assertion can fall outside its scope.", "source_refs": [ "SRC-006", "SRC-007", "SRC-008" ], "findings": [ { "id": "review-attestation", "name": "Review and attestation scope", "description": "Keep local QC, expert review and independent assurance distinct. A review can cover only specified revisions, sources and periods, and a changed assertion can fall outside its scope.", "source_refs": [ "SRC-006", "SRC-007", "SRC-008" ], "questions": [ { "id": "review-attestation-q01", "text": "Which checks or external review statements cover this exact assertion revision?", "kind": "evidence", "answer_data": [ "review ID", "covered revision digest", "scope", "procedure", "conclusion", "limitations" ] }, { "id": "review-attestation-q02", "text": "What reviewer role and independence basis support the stated review status?", "kind": "authority", "answer_data": [ "reviewer reference", "competence evidence", "independence declaration", "issuer authority", "unverified status" ] }, { "id": "review-attestation-q03", "text": "What happens to review applicability when inputs or quantities change?", "kind": "lifecycle", "answer_data": [ "affected review references", "changed inputs", "reassessment state", "superseded statement", "notification record" ] } ], "data_elements": [ { "id": "review-attestation-data01", "name": "Review bindings", "description": "Optional references to issued statements, with covered revision and scope; not a locally issued opinion.", "value_kind": "collection", "cardinality": "0..n", "required": false, "source_refs": [ "SRC-006", "SRC-007", "SRC-008" ] }, { "id": "review-attestation-data02", "name": "Review status", "description": "Unreviewed, scoped review or disputed status with rationale; source completeness and independent assurance are separate.", "value_kind": "object", "cardinality": "1", "required": true, "source_refs": [ "SRC-006", "SRC-007", "SRC-008" ] } ], "artifacts": [ { "id": "review-attestation-artifact", "name": "Review applicability record", "description": "Versioned evidence for review and attestation scope. The artifact can be absent for an unknown or unassessed assertion; absence is recorded, not fabricated.", "media_or_form": [ "Structured record", "Human-readable evidence view" ], "serial": true, "identity_strategy": "Authoritative master-system artifact ID, then governed IRI, then Dimension UUID or ULID; immutable revision ID and digest; dates are metadata, not identity.", "source_refs": [ "SRC-006", "SRC-007", "SRC-008" ] } ], "inline_only_rationale": null } ] } ] }, { "id": "accounting-context", "name": "Accounting context", "description": "Expose how a release is used without treating accounting categories as physical events.", "rationale": "Inventory membership, environmental performance and product claims have different boundaries.", "source_refs": [ "SRC-001", "SRC-002", "SRC-007" ], "layers": [ { "id": "inventory-membership-layer", "name": "Inventory membership and comparability", "description": "Keep physical releases separate from reporting allocations. Corporate scopes and national categories are profile-specific; one release may be referenced by multiple accounts without becoming several physical releases.", "source_refs": [ "SRC-001", "SRC-002", "SRC-007" ], "findings": [ { "id": "inventory-membership", "name": "Inventory membership and comparability", "description": "Keep physical releases separate from reporting allocations. Corporate scopes and national categories are profile-specific; one release may be referenced by multiple accounts without becoming several physical releases.", "source_refs": [ "SRC-001", "SRC-002", "SRC-007" ], "questions": [ { "id": "inventory-membership-q01", "text": "Which inventory or reporting profile consumes this assertion?", "kind": "relationship", "answer_data": [ "inventory reference", "profile edition", "period", "inclusion basis", "category or scope binding" ] }, { "id": "inventory-membership-q02", "text": "What overlap rules prevent summing the same release or incompatible reporting boundaries?", "kind": "constraint", "answer_data": [ "membership references", "overlap key", "allocation basis", "gross and net distinction", "excluded comparisons" ] }, { "id": "inventory-membership-q03", "text": "How are original substance quantities preserved when a consumer reports CO2 equivalent?", "kind": "interoperability", "answer_data": [ "original amount and unit", "gas code", "GWP source and version", "time horizon", "conversion record", "consumer reference" ] } ], "data_elements": [ { "id": "inventory-membership-data01", "name": "Inventory bindings", "description": "References to external inventory versions and qualified classifications; no universal scope classification.", "value_kind": "collection", "cardinality": "0..n", "required": false, "source_refs": [ "SRC-001", "SRC-002", "SRC-007" ] }, { "id": "inventory-membership-data02", "name": "Aggregation guard", "description": "Overlap, boundary and unit checks for any proposed consumer total.", "value_kind": "object", "cardinality": "0..1", "required": false, "source_refs": [ "SRC-001", "SRC-002", "SRC-007" ] }, { "id": "inventory-membership-data03", "name": "Equivalence projection", "description": "Optional derived view preserving original gas quantity and versioned metric assumptions.", "value_kind": "object", "cardinality": "0..1", "required": false, "source_refs": [ "SRC-001", "SRC-002", "SRC-007" ] } ], "artifacts": [ { "id": "inventory-membership-artifact", "name": "Inventory use and mapping record", "description": "Versioned evidence for inventory membership and comparability. The artifact can be absent for an unknown or unassessed assertion; absence is recorded, not fabricated.", "media_or_form": [ "Structured record", "Human-readable evidence view" ], "serial": true, "identity_strategy": "Authoritative master-system artifact ID, then governed IRI, then Dimension UUID or ULID; immutable revision ID and digest; dates are metadata, not identity.", "source_refs": [ "SRC-001", "SRC-002", "SRC-007" ] } ], "inline_only_rationale": null } ] }, { "id": "abatement-context-layer", "name": "Abatement and comparison context", "description": "Reference mitigation operating evidence and comparable periods. A lower reported quantity can result from changed activity or method; it does not itself prove an intervention effect or create an offset.", "source_refs": [ "SRC-003", "SRC-006", "SRC-007" ], "findings": [ { "id": "abatement-context", "name": "Abatement and comparison context", "description": "Reference mitigation operating evidence and comparable periods. A lower reported quantity can result from changed activity or method; it does not itself prove an intervention effect or create an offset.", "source_refs": [ "SRC-003", "SRC-006", "SRC-007" ], "questions": [ { "id": "abatement-context-q01", "text": "Which external abatement measure and operating evidence relate to this assertion?", "kind": "relationship", "answer_data": [ "measure reference", "operating interval", "source link", "evidence provenance", "unknown performance" ] }, { "id": "abatement-context-q02", "text": "What comparable basis supports a before-and-after release comparison?", "kind": "measurement", "answer_data": [ "baseline and current assertion revisions", "activity normalization", "boundary and method changes", "uncertainty" ] }, { "id": "abatement-context-q03", "text": "Which claims remain unsupported by the observed difference in emissions?", "kind": "decision", "answer_data": [ "causal limitations", "avoided-emission claim reference", "offset exclusion", "review status", "follow-up evidence" ] } ], "data_elements": [ { "id": "abatement-context-data01", "name": "Abatement reference", "description": "External measure identity and operating evidence, with no local commissioning or control authority.", "value_kind": "reference", "cardinality": "0..1", "required": false, "source_refs": [ "SRC-003", "SRC-006", "SRC-007" ] }, { "id": "abatement-context-data02", "name": "Comparison evidence", "description": "Comparable assertions and confounders; no automated reduction or credit claim.", "value_kind": "object", "cardinality": "0..1", "required": false, "source_refs": [ "SRC-003", "SRC-006", "SRC-007" ] } ], "artifacts": [ { "id": "abatement-context-artifact", "name": "Abatement comparison context", "description": "Versioned evidence for abatement and comparison context. The artifact can be absent for an unknown or unassessed assertion; absence is recorded, not fabricated.", "media_or_form": [ "Structured record", "Human-readable evidence view" ], "serial": true, "identity_strategy": "Authoritative master-system artifact ID, then governed IRI, then Dimension UUID or ULID; immutable revision ID and digest; dates are metadata, not identity.", "source_refs": [ "SRC-003", "SRC-006", "SRC-007" ] } ], "inline_only_rationale": null } ] } ] }, { "id": "record-continuity", "name": "Record continuity and disclosure", "description": "Preserve revisions, evidence and appropriately authorized views.", "rationale": "Corrections and reporting must remain traceable without assuming unlimited disclosure or retention.", "source_refs": [ "SRC-001", "SRC-006", "SRC-008" ], "layers": [ { "id": "revision-lineage-layer", "name": "Revision lineage and recalculation", "description": "Record derivation and changes as new revisions. Factor revisions can identify affected assertions, but cannot silently rewrite previously reported values or retroactively extend assurance.", "source_refs": [ "SRC-002", "SRC-006", "SRC-008" ], "findings": [ { "id": "revision-lineage", "name": "Revision lineage and recalculation", "description": "Record derivation and changes as new revisions. Factor revisions can identify affected assertions, but cannot silently rewrite previously reported values or retroactively extend assurance.", "source_refs": [ "SRC-002", "SRC-006", "SRC-008" ], "questions": [ { "id": "revision-lineage-q01", "text": "Which immutable inputs and prior revisions explain the current assertion?", "kind": "provenance", "answer_data": [ "input references and digests", "derivation activity", "predecessor", "author role", "change reason" ] }, { "id": "revision-lineage-q02", "text": "Which input changes trigger a reassessment or recalculation request?", "kind": "event", "answer_data": [ "changed factor or observation", "affected revisions", "impact state", "request evidence", "review dependency" ] }, { "id": "revision-lineage-q03", "text": "What retention and lawful disposition rules apply to local evidence and superseded records?", "kind": "retention", "answer_data": [ "policy reference", "retention trigger", "hold status", "authorized disposition", "minimal tombstone", "external master responsibility" ] } ], "data_elements": [ { "id": "revision-lineage-data01", "name": "Lineage graph", "description": "Version-specific derivation and supersession links; a hash is not proof of scientific validity.", "value_kind": "collection", "cardinality": "1..n", "required": true, "source_refs": [ "SRC-002", "SRC-006", "SRC-008" ] }, { "id": "revision-lineage-data02", "name": "Disposition binding", "description": "Adopting policy and hold status for local payloads; referenced masters govern their own deletion.", "value_kind": "object", "cardinality": "1", "required": true, "source_refs": [ "SRC-002", "SRC-006", "SRC-008" ] } ], "artifacts": [ { "id": "revision-lineage-artifact", "name": "Revision and disposition ledger", "description": "Versioned evidence for revision lineage and recalculation. The artifact can be absent for an unknown or unassessed assertion; absence is recorded, not fabricated.", "media_or_form": [ "Structured record", "Human-readable evidence view" ], "serial": true, "identity_strategy": "Authoritative master-system artifact ID, then governed IRI, then Dimension UUID or ULID; immutable revision ID and digest; dates are metadata, not identity.", "source_refs": [ "SRC-002", "SRC-006", "SRC-008" ] } ], "inline_only_rationale": null } ] }, { "id": "disclosure-profile-layer", "name": "Disclosure and reporting profile", "description": "Prepare audience-specific views under applicable authority. Public facility-level reporting can coexist with protected evidence; operator preference alone does not define legal disclosure obligations.", "source_refs": [ "SRC-001", "SRC-006", "SRC-008" ], "findings": [ { "id": "disclosure-profile", "name": "Disclosure and reporting profile", "description": "Prepare audience-specific views under applicable authority. Public facility-level reporting can coexist with protected evidence; operator preference alone does not define legal disclosure obligations.", "source_refs": [ "SRC-001", "SRC-006", "SRC-008" ], "questions": [ { "id": "disclosure-profile-q01", "text": "Which recipient may read this assertion and which evidence fields must be restricted or generalized?", "kind": "access", "answer_data": [ "recipient role", "purpose", "profile authority", "field rules", "redaction rationale", "review date" ] }, { "id": "disclosure-profile-q02", "text": "Which reporting obligations and exceptions apply to this source and period?", "kind": "requirement", "answer_data": [ "jurisdiction and profile version", "applicability decision reference", "reporting threshold basis", "confidentiality exception", "unresolved status" ] }, { "id": "disclosure-profile-q03", "text": "How is a released view linked to its authorized source revision without exposing restricted evidence?", "kind": "security", "answer_data": [ "view ID", "source revision", "release authorization", "disclosed fields", "integrity record", "access log reference" ] } ], "data_elements": [ { "id": "disclosure-profile-data01", "name": "Disclosure binding", "description": "Recipient and field-level policy references with legal applicability and exceptions; no universal publication permission.", "value_kind": "object", "cardinality": "1", "required": true, "source_refs": [ "SRC-001", "SRC-006", "SRC-008" ] }, { "id": "disclosure-profile-data02", "name": "Released view references", "description": "Authorized exports, revision bindings and redactions; submission execution stays external.", "value_kind": "collection", "cardinality": "0..n", "required": false, "source_refs": [ "SRC-001", "SRC-006", "SRC-008" ] } ], "artifacts": [ { "id": "disclosure-profile-artifact", "name": "Disclosure profile and view manifest", "description": "Versioned evidence for disclosure and reporting profile. The artifact can be absent for an unknown or unassessed assertion; absence is recorded, not fabricated.", "media_or_form": [ "Structured record", "Human-readable evidence view" ], "serial": true, "identity_strategy": "Authoritative master-system artifact ID, then governed IRI, then Dimension UUID or ULID; immutable revision ID and digest; dates are metadata, not identity.", "source_refs": [ "SRC-001", "SRC-006", "SRC-008" ] } ], "inline_only_rationale": null } ] } ] } ] }, "functions": [ { "id": "register-assertion", "name": "Register release assertion", "description": "Proposed local operation, not implemented. Create a local assertion with explicit unknowns and source boundary; this does not cause or authorize a release.", "inputs": [ "Boundary binding", "Source evidence", "Steward role" ], "outputs": [ "Draft assertion or refusal reasons" ], "preconditions": [ "Authorized role, declared purpose and current revision required.", "Resolve master identity and duplicate candidates; do not merge by source and date alone." ], "effects": [ "Assign stable local identity and retain attribution evidence; leave unknown quantity explicit." ], "source_refs": [ "SRC-001", "SRC-002", "SRC-008" ] }, { "id": "bind-observation", "name": "Bind observation evidence", "description": "Proposed local operation, not implemented. Link observation revisions without changing device or observation masters.", "inputs": [ "Assertion revision", "Observation references", "Coverage and quality flags" ], "outputs": [ "New evidence revision or unresolved-binding report" ], "preconditions": [ "Authorized role, declared purpose and current revision required.", "Verify feature, property, time and access compatibility." ], "effects": [ "Record provenance and coverage gaps; do not promote ambient concentration to release mass." ], "source_refs": [ "SRC-003", "SRC-004", "SRC-008" ] }, { "id": "prepare-estimate", "name": "Prepare reproducible estimate", "description": "Proposed local operation, not implemented. Prepare a local result through an adopting implementation with pinned inputs and method.", "inputs": [ "Method version", "Activity inputs", "Optional factor and adjustments" ], "outputs": [ "Calculation evidence and draft quantity or refusal report" ], "preconditions": [ "Authorized role, declared purpose and current revision required.", "Units, interval, source applicability and adjustment basis must pass profile checks; missing inputs block a numeric result." ], "effects": [ "Preserve original inputs and versioned output; no regulatory compliance or assurance status is conferred." ], "source_refs": [ "SRC-002", "SRC-003", "SRC-005" ] }, { "id": "assess-consistency", "name": "Assess assertion consistency", "description": "Proposed local operation, not implemented. Evaluate proposed local data checks, not legal compliance or independent assurance.", "inputs": [ "Assertion revision", "Quality profile", "Inventory membership references" ], "outputs": [ "Quality findings with pass fail or unknown status" ], "preconditions": [ "Authorized role, declared purpose and current revision required.", "Applicable check definitions and scope are pinned; unsupported checks return unknown." ], "effects": [ "Flag dimension, coverage, duplicate and review-scope issues; retain uncertainty." ], "source_refs": [ "SRC-002", "SRC-005", "SRC-006" ] }, { "id": "propose-restatement", "name": "Propose restatement", "description": "Proposed local operation, not implemented. Prepare an explicitly linked correction after changed evidence.", "inputs": [ "Prior revision", "Changed input references", "Rationale" ], "outputs": [ "Proposed new revision and affected-review list" ], "preconditions": [ "Authorized role, declared purpose and current revision required.", "Concurrency check and author authority; preserve prior published values and applicable holds." ], "effects": [ "Record supersession proposal and reassessment needs; no silent historical rewrite or automatic regulatory resubmission." ], "source_refs": [ "SRC-006", "SRC-008" ] }, { "id": "prepare-disclosure", "name": "Prepare authorized evidence view", "description": "Proposed local operation, not implemented. Build a local recipient-specific export for review; transport and formal submission are external.", "inputs": [ "Assertion revision", "Recipient policy", "Requested evidence fields" ], "outputs": [ "View manifest or access refusal" ], "preconditions": [ "Authorized role, declared purpose and current revision required.", "Resolve policy conflicts and redaction authority; unresolved permission blocks release." ], "effects": [ "Retain source revision and authorized field list; do not send, publish remotely or issue a verification opinion." ], "source_refs": [ "SRC-001", "SRC-006", "SRC-008" ] } ], "composition": [ { "target": "WM-FLW-001", "relation": "REFERENCE", "purpose": "Candidate binding requiring version resolution. Pin energy activity evidence; energy asset and flow operations stay in the target.", "required": false, "source_refs": [ "SRC-002", "SRC-003" ] }, { "target": "WM-FLW-005", "relation": "REFERENCE", "purpose": "Candidate binding requiring version resolution. Pin waste treatment activity or transfer evidence; do not treat every transfer as a release.", "required": false, "source_refs": [ "SRC-001", "SRC-002" ] }, { "target": "WM-FLW-004", "relation": "REFERENCE", "purpose": "Candidate binding requiring version resolution. Pin freight movement activity used by a selected method; transport operations stay external.", "required": false, "source_refs": [ "SRC-002", "SRC-003" ] }, { "target": "WM-FLW-007", "relation": "REFERENCE", "purpose": "Candidate binding requiring version resolution. Pin passenger activity evidence without owning travel scheduling or service operations.", "required": false, "source_refs": [ "SRC-002", "SRC-003" ] }, { "target": "WM-PLC-002", "relation": "REFERENCE", "purpose": "Candidate binding requiring version resolution. Reference a parcel for a stationary source where applicable; parcel ownership and geometry masters stay external.", "required": false, "source_refs": [ "SRC-001", "SRC-004" ] }, { "target": "WM-ECO-014", "relation": "REFERENCE", "purpose": "Candidate binding requiring version resolution. Provide emission evidence to separately governed sustainability or product footprint claims; no claim or credit issuance.", "required": false, "source_refs": [ "SRC-007", "SRC-008" ] }, { "target": "IPCC 2006 Guidelines", "relation": "ALIGN", "purpose": "National GHG method and quality concepts only; source-sector profiles and later refinements need separate verification.", "required": false, "source_refs": [ "SRC-002", "SRC-005", "SRC-006" ] }, { "target": "GHG Protocol Corporate Standard", "relation": "ALIGN", "purpose": "Qualified accounting-context references only, not physical ownership or universal compliance.", "required": false, "source_refs": [ "SRC-007" ] }, { "target": "SOSA/SSN", "relation": "ALIGN", "purpose": "Conceptual observation evidence mapping; no implemented conformance.", "required": false, "source_refs": [ "SRC-004" ] }, { "target": "PROV-O", "relation": "ALIGN", "purpose": "Conceptual lineage and attribution mapping; no certification of truth.", "required": false, "source_refs": [ "SRC-008" ] } ], "serviceLayers": { "dimension": { "owner_package_requirements": [ "Declare the adopting Dimension, data steward role and authority for local assertions.", "Pin profile editions, unit vocabularies, source masters and reporting boundaries.", "Supply retention, access and review policies plus implementation-specific instance schemas." ], "namespace_guidance": "Use an adopting-Dimension namespace for assertion and revision IDs. Resolve external masters by issuer and version; dates and substance labels alone are not keys.", "registry_links": [ "vr.wm-flw-006", "Candidate references in composition require explicit pinned bindings." ] }, "canon_and_patch": { "canonicalization_rules": [ "Preserve original quantity, unit, medium, constituent and occurrence boundary before deriving normalized views.", "Reviewable draft under single-provider waiver; no canonical or conformance claim." ], "patch_rules": [ "Version changes to methods, factors, quantities, access and evidence; retain reason, role and predecessor.", "Subject-boundary changes require an explicit split, merge or new assertion, not only a numeric patch." ], "compatibility_rules": [ "Unit, mass basis, GWP horizon, profile or scope changes are not presumed compatible.", "Keep old consumer bindings resolvable; report lossy mappings and recheck review applicability." ] }, "artifact_rules": { "identity_priority": [ "Authoritative master-system identifier", "Governed global identifier or IRI", "UUID or ULID assigned by the adopting Dimension" ], "timestamp_rule": "Use RFC 3339 with seconds and an explicit offset or Z for event, observation, result and ingestion timestamps. Keep those times separate; record precision and interval convention rather than invent exact occurrence times for annual data.", "serial_naming_rule": "Name serial artifacts by stable assertion ID, artifact role and immutable revision; a date is metadata, never sole identity.", "integrity_rule": "Preserve versioned payload digests and provenance with scoped access; signatures and hashes do not prove the release quantity or reviewer independence." }, "policies": [ "Separate physical release, quantification, accounting allocation and compliance decision.", "No hazardous-release instructions, equipment control, enforcement or external reporting actions are authorized by this model.", "Do not convert unknown, censored, missing or unreviewed evidence into zero or verified status.", "Use applicable public-disclosure authority and confidentiality exceptions; operator ownership is not a universal veto." ], "crud": { "read": [ "Read authorized assertion and evidence views with review state and omissions visible." ], "create": [ "Create drafts only after boundary and identity checks; preserve unknowns and source attribution." ], "update": [ "Use optimistic revision checks and an explicit patch reason; never overwrite measurements or reported historical values silently." ], "delete": [ "Apply the adopting-Dimension retention and disposition policy to local records; pause payload deletion under an applicable hold.", "An authorized records custodian executes lawful deletion or redaction. Retain only a permitted minimal tombstone and reason; do not require indefinite sensitive-data retention. Referenced source, observation and reporting masters own their own deletion." ] }, "roles": [ { "name": "Assertion steward", "responsibilities": [ "Maintain identity, profile bindings and authorized local corrections." ] }, { "name": "Evidence custodian", "responsibilities": [ "Resolve source evidence and record coverage, access and retention limits." ] }, { "name": "Quantification analyst", "responsibilities": [ "Document method applicability, units, calculations and uncertainty without issuing assurance." ] }, { "name": "Review assessor", "responsibilities": [ "Record review scope and independence evidence; distinguish own checks from external assurance." ] }, { "name": "Disclosure custodian", "responsibilities": [ "Apply recipient policy, legal reporting references and approved redactions." ] } ], "access": { "default_rule": "Restrict drafts and detailed evidence to authorized roles; grant public views where a verified reporting profile requires or permits them. Resolve conflicts before disclosure.", "scopes": [ "bundle", "layer", "finding", "artifact" ], "exceptions": [ "A documented applicable reporting obligation may require source-level disclosure; record authority and confidentiality exceptions.", "Emergency and regulator access follow separately authorized policy; this record does not trigger operational response." ], "audit_requirements": [ "Record actor role, purpose, assertion revision, changed fields, result and policy basis for mutations and disclosures.", "Link to the adopting audit service; do not reproduce its lifecycle or execution machinery here." ] }, "agents_bootstrap": { "filename": "AGENTS.md", "required_fields": [ "Name", "Type", "Specification URL", "Storage type URL", "Interface URL", "Processes URL" ], "read_order": [ "AGENTS.md", "spec.yaml and publication holds", "Adopting Dimension policies and pinned external bindings", "Assertion evidence and review applicability" ] } }, "coverage": { "claim": "Source-grounded proposed structure for persistent assertions about anthropogenic substance releases, with method-dependent evidence, uncertainty and qualified reporting context. Separate frozen local no-tools self-audit completed. Source/version verification, independent external review, profile adoption and executable conformance remain holds; this is a noncanonical reviewable draft.", "confidence": "medium", "checklist": [ { "dimension": "identity", "status": "covered", "notes": "Persistent assertion ID and version-specific evidence." }, { "dimension": "lifecycle", "status": "covered", "notes": "Local record states differ from physical release occurrence." }, { "dimension": "relationships", "status": "covered", "notes": "Source, activity, inventory and claim masters remain external." }, { "dimension": "temporal", "status": "covered", "notes": "Occurrence, sampling, result and ingestion times remain distinct." }, { "dimension": "provenance", "status": "covered", "notes": "Input, factor and method revisions with derivation evidence." }, { "dimension": "ownership", "status": "covered", "notes": "Generic steward, operator and review roles with authority basis." }, { "dimension": "validation", "status": "covered", "notes": "Proposed quality gates; scientific and legal validation require profiles." }, { "dimension": "access", "status": "covered", "notes": "Recipient and field policies with qualified public-reporting exceptions." }, { "dimension": "retention and deletion", "status": "covered", "notes": "Policy-governed local disposition and minimal lawful tombstones." }, { "dimension": "interoperability", "status": "gap", "notes": "Conceptual alignments only; nested schemas and mappings not executable." }, { "dimension": "physical quantities", "status": "covered", "notes": "Units, conditions, censoring and uncertainty separated." }, { "dimension": "energy and natural flux", "status": "gap", "notes": "Heat, noise, radiation and natural-flux extensions not researched." }, { "dimension": "independent review", "status": "gap", "notes": "Codex sole active provider; separate local audit is not independent review." }, { "dimension": "source verification", "status": "gap", "notes": "Seven admitted documents accessible through browser; UNECE overview indexed only. Direct HTTP unmeasured." } ], "known_omissions": [ "Heat, noise, radiation, natural flux, inverse dispersion and sink/removal profiles need separate research.", "Sector-specific methods, current legal reporting thresholds, current editions, licenses and jurisdiction applicability are not fully verified.", "Nested instance schemas, unit conversions, calculation implementations, acceptance fixtures and pinned neighbor bindings remain incomplete.", "Independent external provider review absent; live source/version verification remains open." ], "conflicts": [], "regional_assumptions": [ "IPCC evidence concerns national GHG inventories; it is not a universal multi-pollutant reporting rule.", "EPA factor guidance is United States air-emission guidance; UNECE overview gives PRTR concepts, not a complete jurisdiction profile.", "The 2004 corporate standard is used for accounting distinctions; later amendments and Scope 2 rules need independent current-version review." ], "adversarial_checks": [ "Reject mandatory factor links for measured or unknown records.", "Reject treating review status as the physical release state or a legal compliance decision.", "Reject blind sums across scopes, gases, media, overlapping periods or group and constituent totals.", "Reject negative physical releases as unqualified offsets or removals.", "Reject claims that provenance digests establish accuracy or external reviewer independence." ] }, "researchAdjudication": { "providerMode": "single-provider-waiver", "activeProviders": [ "codex" ], "waivedProviders": [ "claude", "grok" ], "providerPolicy": { "contract_version": "1.0.0", "mode": "single-provider-waiver", "effective_at": "2026-09-06T00:00:00Z", "scope": "Canonical single-stream subject-model research after the six-workstream consolidation", "active_providers": [ "codex" ], "waived_providers": [ { "provider": "claude", "authorized_by": "repository owner", "authorized_at": "2026-09-06T00:00:00Z", "reason": "Claude produced no result on prior 1800-second and 900-second attempts and again timed out on bounded 600-second Sonnet and 300-second Haiku passes. The owner prioritized completion over provider availability." }, { "provider": "grok", "authorized_by": "repository owner", "authorized_at": "2026-09-06T00:00:00Z", "reason": "The repository owner authorized completion without Grok when Grok is unavailable, slow or schema-invalid. Grok may still be attempted as a bounded supplemental reviewer, but its failure never blocks a valid Claude plus no-tools result." } ], "review_rule": "Codex may complete source-grounded fallback research after bounded Claude and Grok attempts fail. It requires a separate no-tools adversarial audit and remains reviewable-draft with a visible absence-of-external-review hold.", "supplemental_provider_attempts": [ { "provider": "claude", "required": false, "maximum_attempts": 1, "failure_policy": "record-and-continue", "admission_rule": "Use only a locally schema-valid result whose sources and boundaries survive adjudication." }, { "provider": "grok", "required": false, "maximum_attempts": 1, "failure_policy": "record-and-continue", "admission_rule": "Use only a locally schema-valid result whose sources and boundaries survive adjudication." } ] }, "boundaryDecision": { "entry_kind": "entity", "status": "accepted", "rationale": "The root is an identifiable release assertion that persists across corrected quantifications, not the instantaneous physical event or a whole inventory. Occurrence intervals allow continuous releases. The registry standalone-mm value describes the record plane and does not determine subject kind. Source groups require an explicit boundary; they do not turn the root into an unrestricted inventory aggregate." }, "decisions": [ { "concept": "Release assertion identity", "disposition": "accepted", "rationale": "Logical identity survives numeric and method revisions while a change of subject boundary requires explicit split, merge or new assertion. Record withdrawal cannot undo a physical release." }, { "concept": "Source attribution and geography", "disposition": "qualified", "rationale": "A source, operator, steward and parcel link have different roles. Point, route and area geometry supports diffuse and mobile sources without making parcel ownership proof of operator liability." }, { "concept": "Constituent and receiving medium", "disposition": "accepted", "rationale": "The finding distinguishes pollutant groups, constituent mass basis, environmental releases and transfer references. Mixed media and unresolved fractions cannot be collapsed into an unexplained total." }, { "concept": "Quantity and time semantics", "disposition": "accepted", "rationale": "Mass, rate and concentration retain dimensional and temporal context. Missing, censored, invalid and zero values are distinct; annual periods do not imply precise instantaneous occurrence knowledge." }, { "concept": "Mandatory factor relation", "disposition": "rejected", "rationale": "The legacy relation would exclude direct measurement and unknown quantities. The admitted method and factor fields are conditional, with explicit control basis and protection against duplicate adjustments." }, { "concept": "Monitoring evidence and uncertainty", "disposition": "accepted", "rationale": "Observation identity, sampling coverage, gap treatment, input uncertainty and correlation assumptions are exposed. Source or ambient measurements are not silently promoted into fully certain emission quantities." }, { "concept": "Mandatory independent attestation", "disposition": "rejected", "rationale": "Unreviewed assertions remain representable. Local QC, scoped review and independent assurance are different states; review applies to named revisions and is reassessed after material changes." }, { "concept": "Inventory and equivalent quantities", "disposition": "qualified", "rationale": "External inventory membership does not multiply a physical release. Aggregation needs compatible boundaries and units; CO2-equivalent views retain original gas amounts and versioned metric assumptions." }, { "concept": "Abatement and sustainability claims", "disposition": "separated", "rationale": "The model can reference operating evidence and comparable releases but does not commission controls, infer causality from a lower number, or issue credits and product claims. The separate claim model is only a candidate evidence consumer." }, { "concept": "Legacy ambient and energy flux scope", "disposition": "deferred", "rationale": "The draft explicitly narrows its researched core to anthropogenic substance releases. Heat, noise, radiation, natural fluxes, sink/removal and dispersion profiles remain named gaps rather than unsupported inherited coverage." }, { "concept": "Record continuity and deletion", "disposition": "accepted with policy dependency", "rationale": "Corrections preserve lineage without requiring indefinite payload retention. Local disposition follows a named policy and holds; external masters retain their own deletion responsibility and minimal tombstones remain qualified." }, { "concept": "Public disclosure and owner authority", "disposition": "qualified", "rationale": "The supplement's ownership-only restriction and aggregate-only public view are not universal. Applicable disclosure authority and confidentiality exceptions govern recipient views; unresolved authority blocks release." }, { "concept": "Functions and composition boundaries", "disposition": "accepted as proposals", "rationale": "All six functions operate on local assertions, evidence or views and return refusals for unmet preconditions. They do not execute source operations, send reports, issue opinions or enforce limits. Optional target bindings require version resolution." }, { "concept": "Evidence strength and source currency", "disposition": "limited", "rationale": "Seven admitted documents were accessible through browser extraction with selected passages read; the UNECE overview was indexed only and its open returned 403. No direct HTTP attempt or measured success exists. Historical editions and conceptual mappings cannot establish current compliance." }, { "concept": "Independent review and executable assurance", "disposition": "held", "rationale": "Codex authored and separately self-audited this frozen result. Neither provider agreement nor independent review can be claimed. Candidate field groups and proposed functions still require nested schemas, pinned profiles and adversarial fixtures." } ], "publicationHolds": [ "Independent external review is absent under the owner-authorized single-provider waiver. Claude and Grok were skipped with zero attempts; the separate local Codex no-tools self-audit is not an independent second-provider review.", "Live source and version verification remains incomplete. Direct HTTP was not attempted under the owner-reported sandbox block; response statuses and byte hashes are unmeasured. Seven admitted documents were browser-accessible with selected passages reviewed; the UNECE overview was indexed only and its browser open returned 403. The coordinator must run check_sources.py outside the sandbox and review edition and claim support separately.", "Jurisdiction, sector, reporting thresholds, legal disclosure and retention, licensing, factor applicability and current standard editions require qualified adoption-profile review. Heat, noise, radiation, natural fluxes, removals and dispersion remain outside the researched core.", "Nested instance schemas, pinned neighbor bindings, dimensional conversion and calculation implementations, ontology mappings and adversarial acceptance fixtures are incomplete. No runtime, scientific assurance, legal compliance, offset validity or canonical conformance certification is claimed.", "Independent external review was explicitly waived by the repository owner; this codex-only result remains a reviewable draft." ], "deferredResearch": [ "Verify source responses, current editions and applicable sector or jurisdiction rules, including UNECE full context and subsequent IPCC and corporate-accounting updates.", "Develop tested instance schemas and mappings with fixtures for overlapping intervals, group totals, censored data, control adjustments, changed factors, incompatible gas metrics and review-scope changes.", "Research separate dimensional profiles for energy releases, natural fluxes and removals before extending the core boundary.", "Restore independent external review before canonical or publishable-draft promotion." ] }, "statistics": { "sources": 8, "bundles": 6, "layers": 12, "findings": 12, "questions": 36, "artifacts": 12, "functions": 6 } }