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No I thinks is basically right although could be better worded maybe
/sys is virtual file structure for kernel system info
/proc is virtual file structure of kernel process info
My understanding is /proc came first but was abused/free for all and started being used for all sorts of non standard/process kernel access. So /sys was created with stricter rules to make it more standardised.