Template:Infobox/technology

This page holds the JSON Schema for infobox: type: technology, used by ship systems and other technology (the stardrive) (the field list follows SCIENCE_CORPUS 3.2 Ships and technology). Every page whose frontmatter names this type is validated against it on save: a schema error blocks a save by a new account or an API client and warns a trusted editor.

Values are flexible so that writers can record what the sources allow. A field may be plain text or a number, a quantity object {value, unit, min, max, error, source, note}, or a by-status mapping {observed, model, sim} when the measured, inferred and generated values differ. Fields not listed here are allowed and shown under "Other" in the infobox. The x-pax block carries display metadata: the groups in order, each group's default provenance tag, and the label and unit for every field.

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  "title": "Technology",
  "description": "Infobox for ship systems and other technology (the stardrive). Fields follow SCIENCE_CORPUS 3.2 Ships and technology.",
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    },
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    },
    "sequence": {
      "$ref": "#/$defs/field"
    },
    "lock_acquisition_s": {
      "$ref": "#/$defs/field"
    },
    "charge_s": {
      "$ref": "#/$defs/field"
    },
    "alignment_gate_deg": {
      "$ref": "#/$defs/field"
    },
    "thrust_during_run": {
      "$ref": "#/$defs/field"
    },
    "run_to_c_from_rest_s": {
      "$ref": "#/$defs/field"
    },
    "designed_ftl_speeds": {
      "$ref": "#/$defs/field"
    },
    "cues": {
      "$ref": "#/$defs/field"
    },
    "fuel_in_fiction": {
      "$ref": "#/$defs/field"
    }
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      },
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        "index": "02",
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          "lock_acquisition_s",
          "charge_s",
          "alignment_gate_deg",
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          "run_to_c_from_rest_s",
          "designed_ftl_speeds",
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        "unit": "s"
      },
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      "alignment_gate_deg": {
        "label": "Alignment gate",
        "unit": "°"
      },
      "thrust_during_run": {
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      },
      "run_to_c_from_rest_s": {
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        "unit": "s"
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      },
      "cues": {
        "label": "Cues"
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}