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C.31:4.4 - C.31 characteristic card

Use the full card only when the use goes beyond local repair:

ModularityCharacteristicCard:
  characteristicRef:
  subjectRef or relationSubjectTuple:
  characteristicClass:
  scaleRef:
  unitInterpretation:
  declaredBasisRef:
  comparabilityBasisRef:
  requiredEvidence:
  evidenceRelationRefs?:
  evidenceProvenanceRelationRefs?:
  sourceRelationRefs?:
  evidenceClaimAbsentBecause?:
  proxyRisk:
  auditQuestion:
  nonAdmissibleUse:
  repairAction:
  relatedClaimPatternLocators:
  relationFunctionClaimRef?:     # same rule-identity condition as MeasurementHeadMapping
  authoritySourceRef?:           # relevant non-pattern authority, when used

Each card states its own C.16 well-formedness fields: characteristic, scale, unit or unitless interpretation, declared measurement basis, comparability basis, evidence relation, evidence-provenance relation, source relation, or evidence-claim-absent reason, non-admissible use, and repair action. When source material is used as evidence, the source relation is named. A source checklist, source-discharge slice, dashboard label, or inherited score is not enough.