What does this topic answer?
A sensory reference records its code, version, source, cultural or regional context, and the information that the reference actually contains.
Story relation: The story directly uses ISO-Taste, providing a concrete narrative anchor for the sensory standards. Plato's Chicken and the Tyranny of the Senses
Authority links: System overview
If you only need the worldbuilding context, you can stop here. The sections below contain formal definitions, fields, governance, and implementation details for deeper reference.
Start with Three Questions: What Is This Reference, Where Did It Come From, and Where Does It Apply?
A Reference Profile makes a sensory baseline traceable and comparable instead of leaving unexplained values. Source class describes where a reference came from without rewriting the sensory values themselves.
| Reader purpose | Machine key | Requirement |
|---|---|---|
| Reference Profile container | reference_profile | Normative machine container |
| Reference identity | reference_id | required |
| Name | name | required |
| Version | version | required |
| Source identity | source_id | required |
| Measurement status | measurement_status | required |
| Reference values | values | required |
| Provenance | provenance | required |
| Cultural / regional context | cultural_regional_context | optional |
| Tolerance profile | tolerance_profile_ref | optional |
| Machine key | Rule |
|---|---|
descriptor | Required: describes what the value represents |
value | Required: preserves the numeric or textual value |
measurement_status | Required: preserves how the data was obtained |
provenance | Required: preserves origin |
descriptor_ref | Optional: links to a controlled descriptor |
unit | Present only when value has a defined unit token recognized by the Registry |
| Value | Meaning |
|---|---|
R0 | Reference source class |
AR | Reference source class |
HR | Reference source class |
PR | Reference source class |
Structural Boundary
A Reference Profile does not let every reference invent private JSON fields. C-772 values such as MSG 0.35%, fiber elastic modulus, and fat melting point live in the versioned values array so different references can use one exchange structure.