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Method.

One research method of the library: the question it settles, when it applies and when not, its inputs, the deciding number and its bar, the control, its steps, its validity threats with the answer to each, and what it leaves on the record

Figure 1Methodspecified

Method is a row at platform scope. The drawing shows its fields and the objects that they point at.

kind: row
scope: platform
key: its name and version
store: postgres
family: models

Fields#

field	type	required	note
`name`	`text`	yes	the field’s name for the method
`question`	`text`	yes
`applies_when`	`text`	yes
`not_when`	`text`	yes
`inputs`	`[text]`	yes	owning types
`deciding_number`	`text`	yes	and its bar
`control`	`text`	yes
`steps`	`[text]`	yes	each a step of the named procedure
`threats`	`[json]`	yes	threat, answer
`leaves`	`[text]`	yes	with the basis of each
`state`	Readiness	yes	not ready without a deciding number, a control or an answered threat
`version`	`count`	yes

Routes that use it#

No route takes or returns Method directly. The record holds it, and the objects that point at it reach it.