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vr.wm-obj-010 · wm-obj-010-textile-apparel-ppe

Textiles, apparel and protective equipment with fibre content, sizing, care and certification.

World Models Physical world and living systems PHY.OBJ.TEX
Bundle → Layer → Finding → QuestionsClassifiersWhat it isWhy it existsDistinguishing featuresWhat robots and AI may and may not doMoral aspectsOwnersLinks to other meta-modelsIdentity and identifiersDirect propertiesRecognitionCapabilities and actionsHazards and failure modesStandards and interfacesContext of useSources

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3 bundles · 3 layers · 6 findings · 12 questions

Product and composition What the item is made of and how it is labelled.

Composition and labelling

Fibre content, care and origin information.

Fibre composition

The declared fibres and their shares.

  1. Which fibres does the item contain, and in which percentages by weight?
  2. Does the declared composition match test results where tested?

Care and origin labelling

Care instructions, size and origin on the label.

  1. Which care symbols and size designation does the label carry?
  2. Which country of manufacture and manufacturer are stated?
Protection and conformity For protective equipment, what it protects against and how this is proven.

Protective performance

Hazards covered and performance levels.

Protection class

The hazard and performance level the item is certified for.

  1. Against which hazard does the item protect, and at which performance level or class?
  2. Which standard was it tested to?

Conformity evidence

Certificates, declarations and markings.

  1. Is there a declaration of conformity and, where required, a certificate from a notified or accredited body?
  2. Does the marking on the item match the certificate?
Use and end of life How an item is used, maintained and disposed of.

Service life

Issue, inspection, cleaning and retirement.

Inspection and retirement

Checks and limits on the useful life of an item.

  1. When was the item issued to its wearer and last inspected?
  2. Has it reached its stated service life or the maximum number of cleaning cycles?

End-of-life route

Reuse, recycling or disposal.

  1. Is the item collected for reuse or recycling, and through which scheme?
  2. Does contamination require special disposal?

Classifiers Filled

Family
World Models
Category
Physical world and living systems
Entry kind
entity
Navigation path
NAV.PHY.OBJ.TEX
Domain
PHY.OBJ.TEX
Industry
Cross-industry
Tags
textileapparelppephy.obj.tex

What it is Filled

Textiles, apparel and personal protective equipment are products made from fibres or flexible materials that are worn or used as fabric, from clothing and household textiles to protective garments, gloves and harnesses certified to protect the wearer from a hazard. The fibre or raw material belongs to the material models; rigid equipment such as helmets with electronics overlaps with devices and is covered here only as worn protection.

In scope

  • Item identity and type/batch references, applicable textile/apparel/PPE facets, component declarations and physical descriptors
  • Label and instruction revisions, size and fit evidence, scoped protective claims and conformity references
  • Custody, condition, care history, quarantine and retirement assertions with provenance

Out of scope

  • Product catalogue, material and batch master data; manufacturing recipes and supply-chain process execution
  • Workplace hazard assessment, medical fitness, worker training and incident case masters
  • Laboratory test execution, certification issuance, recall execution, automated PPE selection or permission to use
  • Waste treatment operations, environmental or labour certification, rigid device internals and controlled-item technical instructions

Why it exists Filled

Textiles, apparel and protective equipment with fibre content, sizing, care and certification.

Distinguishing features Filled

  • Flexible fibre-based products worn or used as fabric, unlike rigid equipment or machinery.
  • Protective equipment is a regulated subclass whose protection must be certified and labelled.
  • Distinct from the fibre or material it is made of, and from the product type listed in a catalogue.
  • Fit, wear and cleaning change performance over time, so an individual item has its own service life.

What robots and AI may and may not do Filled

Must not

  • Declare a garment as protective or certified without conformity evidence.
  • Recommend using protective equipment beyond its stated service life or class.
  • Alter labels, composition or origin claims.
  • Present environmental claims about a textile without supporting evidence.
  • Advise modification of protective equipment that could reduce its protection.

Only with a human decision

  • Selecting protective equipment for high-risk work.
  • Withdrawing or recalling a product line found unsafe.

May

  • Read labels, composition and conformity data of an item.
  • Match protective equipment to the hazards and sizes of a task and a wearer.
  • Track issue, inspection and retirement dates of protective items.
  • Flag items whose certificate has expired or whose markings do not match their documents.

Moral aspects Filled

  • Faulty protective equipment can cost workers their health or life.
  • Textile supply chains carry risks of forced labour and unsafe working conditions.
  • Fast fashion creates large waste and pollution burdens borne by others.

Who is affected

  • Wearers of protective equipment
  • Garment and textile workers
  • Consumers
  • Communities near production and disposal sites

Owners Filled

Steward

The manufacturer or brand owner responsible for the product's composition, labelling and conformity.

Roles

Item steward
Resolve identity and manage item reference quality.
Evidence reviewer
Assess source applicability and document coverage without inventing certification.
Use assessment authority
Own external selection, fit and return-to-service decisions.
Records and access custodian
Apply scoped access, retention and lawful erasure.
Read-only agent
Summarize attributed evidence and flag unresolved conflicts; no safety approval.

Master systems

  • Product information management system
  • Conformity certificate register
  • PPE issue register

Links to other meta-models Filled

references

  • WM-OBJ-002 Product Type / Catalog Item - Candidate binding to type revision only; type lifecycle and catalog operations remain external.
  • Material and substance model - Candidate material references for component descriptions; binding to a canonical neighbor is pending.
  • Assessment, training and person records - Reference authorized fit, selection and training evidence without importing personal payloads or evaluation functions.
  • Conformity document and test report records - Preserve issuing authority, exact subject and revision; document authentication and test execution are external.
  • Waste and circular-flow model - Reference disposition evidence and policy; do not model waste treatment or infer recyclability.
  • world-m1-material-and-substance - Fibres and coatings are materials described there.
  • world-f5-waste-and-circular-flows - Textile waste and recycling flows.

aligned

  • ISO 3758:2023 - Care vocabulary alignment only, pending licensed full-text review and jurisdiction-specific mappings.
  • PROV-O - Conceptual attribution and revision mapping, without claiming executable RDF conformance.

neighbor

  • Product Type / Catalog Item - An item refers to a versioned type and batch. A change to type specifications does not silently alter the history or evidence of every item.
  • Material and substance masters - Fibre and coating references characterize the article; chemical identities and production formulations are independently mastered.
  • Risk assessment, person and certificate records - The item records applicability and evidence links. Fit, training, type certification and workplace authorization are distinct decisions with distinct subjects.
  • Device and waste-flow models - Rigid PPE is included at worn-protection interface level. Device internals and waste treatment remain external; retirement does not establish recycling.

related

  • wm-obj-002-product-type-catalog-item - Textile products are listed as product types in catalogues.

What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled

Identity and identifiers required Filled

  • Product types are identified by GTIN and the manufacturer's model or article number.
  • Individual protective items may carry serial or batch numbers for inspection and recall.
  • Certificates are identified by the issuing body's certificate number.

Direct properties required Filled

  • Fibre composition in percent by weight.
  • Fabric mass in grams per square metre and thickness in millimetres.
  • Size designations and body dimensions in centimetres.
  • Protective performance values such as tear or cut resistance, thermal resistance or visibility class, measured to the stated test standard.
  • Dimensional change in percent after the stated washing procedure.

Recognition required Filled

  • Recognised by fabric, construction, labels, size tags and for protective equipment the conformity marking and pictograms.
  • Often confused with look-alike items without protective certification, or with the fibre material itself.

Capabilities and actions required Filled

  • Covers and protects the body within its rated performance.
  • Can be cleaned, repaired, reused or recycled within stated limits.

Hazards and failure modes required Filled

  • Protection failure when the item is the wrong class, size or past its service life.
  • Flammability of some fabrics and residues of harmful substances.
  • Entanglement of loose garments in machinery.

Standards and interfaces required Filled

  • Care labelling with ISO 3758 symbols.
  • GS1 identifiers and product data for trade.
  • Declarations of conformity and test reports for protective equipment.

Context of use required Filled

  • Used in retail, workplaces, healthcare, emergency services and households.
  • Protective equipment is regulated by product safety and occupational safety law.

Sources Filled

  1. Regulation (EU) 2016/425 on personal protective equipment - European Parliament and Council
  2. Regulation (EU) No 1007/2011 on textile fibre names and labelling - European Parliament and Council
  3. Threading Your Way Through the Labeling Requirements Under the Textile and Wool Acts - Federal Trade Commission
  4. Clothes Captioning: Complying with the Care Labeling Rule - Federal Trade Commission
  5. 29 CFR 1910.132 - General requirements - Occupational Safety and Health Administration
  6. Flammable Fabrics Act business guidance - Consumer Product Safety Commission
  7. ISO 3758:2023 - Textiles - Care labelling code using symbols - International Organization for Standardization
  8. PROV-O: The PROV Ontology - World Wide Web Consortium
  9. Regulation (EU) 2016/425 on personal protective equipment, European Union
  10. Regulation (EU) No 1007/2011 on textile fibre names and related labelling, European Union
  11. ISO 3758 Textiles - Care labelling code using symbols, International Organization for Standardization

Open questions

  • Restore independent external review before canonical or publishable-draft promotion.
  • Verify current legal texts and product-specific exceptions, source content and licensed standards before adoption.
  • Implement nested schemas and pinned bindings; test split rolls, ambiguous batch identity, conflicting labels, unknown care cycles, revoked evidence and restricted wearer links.
  • Independent second-provider review is absent; local self-audit does not replace it.
  • Direct HTTP verification is not attempted under the owner-reported sandbox block; no HTTP status is measured. Selected official browser content was accessible.
  • Full current textile legislation, PPE crisis derogations, harmonized standards lists and product-specific jurisdiction profiles require qualified review.
  • Licensed full ISO text and symbol mappings, nested instance schemas, conditional fields, pinned neighbor bindings and executable conformance fixtures are incomplete.
  • Respiratory, electrical, medical-device, child-specific, specialized protective and contaminated-item profiles are not implemented. Environmental, labour, chemical restriction and recycling claims need separate verified evidence.

Machine files

Card as JSON Specification AGENTS.md Source Card backlog vercy.card/1

Provenance

world-models research · reviewable-draft

Built from: models/wm-obj-010-textile-apparel-ppe/spec.yaml, ver-cy/world-models/card-supplements/wm-obj-010-textile-apparel-ppe.json