{"schema":"https://ver.cy/schemas/card/1.0.0","id":"vr.tr.domain-location","code":"thing-domain-location","url":"https://ver.cy/models/thing/domain-location/","name":"domain","alternateNames":["demesne","land","archduchy","barony","duchy","dukedom","earldom","emirate","fiefdom","grand duchy","viscounty","khanate"],"kind":"thing","status":"published","version":"0.2.0-wave.3","language":"en","classifiers":{"family":"Thing Registry","category":"Physical world and living systems","entryKind":"noun.location","plane":"PHY","domain":["PHY.PLC"],"industry":[],"navPath":"","tags":[],"facets":{"substance":"place","origin":"natural","agency":"inert","mobility":"fixed","scale":"geographic","affordances":["observable"]}},"whatItIs":"A territory over which rule or control is exercised, in the WordNet sense that includes feudal and noble holdings such as a demesne, the land a lord kept for own use, and titled territories such as a barony, duchy, dukedom or archduchy, together with the general sense of land under someone s control; the word domain has separate senses in mathematics, computing, biology and knowledge fields.","purpose":"Let an agent explain domain as a ruled territory, relay the feudal and titled kinds from historical sources, describe how such territories were governed and inherited, and distinguish this sense from domains in mathematics, computing and other fields.","scope":{"in":[],"out":[],"boundaries":[]},"distinguishingFeatures":["Ruled territory","Feudal and titled kinds","Heritable","Multiple homonyms"],"structure":{"bundles":[{"id":"understand","name":"Understand","description":"What a domain is.","layers":[{"id":"definition","name":"Definition","description":"Definition.","findings":[{"id":"definition-finding","name":"Definition","description":"Definition.","questions":[{"text":"What is a domain in the territorial sense, and how does a demesne differ from a domain in general?","kind":"definition"},{"text":"Is the question about a ruled territory or a domain in mathematics, computing or biology?","kind":"boundary"}]}]},{"id":"kinds","name":"Kinds","description":"Kinds.","findings":[{"id":"kinds-finding","name":"Kinds","description":"Kinds.","questions":[{"text":"What are baronies, duchies, dukedoms and archduchies, and how do they rank?","kind":"definition"},{"text":"Which entry fits the specific kind?","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"history","name":"History","description":"History.","layers":[{"id":"feudal","name":"Feudal","description":"Feudal domains.","findings":[{"id":"feudal-finding","name":"Feudal","description":"Feudal.","questions":[{"text":"How were feudal domains granted, governed and inherited, as historians describe?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which references are standard?","kind":"provenance"}]}]},{"id":"crown","name":"Crown","description":"Crown domains.","findings":[{"id":"crown-finding","name":"Crown","description":"Crown.","questions":[{"text":"What were royal domains and crown lands, and what became of them?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which sources are cited?","kind":"provenance"}]}]}]},{"id":"today","name":"Today","description":"Today.","layers":[{"id":"survivals","name":"Survivals","description":"Surviving domains.","findings":[{"id":"survivals-finding","name":"Survivals","description":"Survivals.","questions":[{"text":"Which duchies and similar territories survive as states or titles today, such as Luxembourg or Cornwall?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which entry fits the specific territory?","kind":"action"}]}]},{"id":"public","name":"Public","description":"Public domain lands.","findings":[{"id":"public-finding","name":"Public","description":"Public.","questions":[{"text":"What is the public domain in the sense of state-owned land, and how does it differ from the copyright sense?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which entry fits public land?","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"context","name":"Context","description":"Homonyms.","layers":[{"id":"homonyms","name":"Homonyms","description":"Other senses.","findings":[{"id":"homonyms-finding","name":"Homonyms","description":"Homonyms.","questions":[{"text":"What are domains in mathematics, computing, biology and knowledge organisation?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which entry fits the specific sense?","kind":"action"}]}]},{"id":"language","name":"Language","description":"Language.","findings":[{"id":"language-finding","name":"Language","description":"Language.","questions":[{"text":"How did the word domain develop from Latin dominium through French?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which entry fits etymology?","kind":"action"}]}]}]}]},"agentConduct":{"may":["Describe historical domains such as demesnes, baronies and duchies from historical sources.","Distinguish a territorial domain from an internet domain or a field of knowledge."],"mustNot":["Use historical titles over a domain to support present-day claims to land or authority.","Present noble titles to a territory as legally valid where they are not.","Help sell fake titles tied to a territory."],"requiresHuman":["Publishing research that links living people to historical estates."]},"ethics":{"considerations":["Feudal domains rested on control over people who worked the land.","Title selling schemes exploit people with false claims of status."],"affectedParties":["Buyers of titles","Descendants of tenants and lords","Historians"]},"owners":{"steward":"The state that governs the territory today; historical records are held by archives.","roles":[],"masterSystems":[]},"relations":[{"target":"oewn-08648560-n","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"},{"target":"territory","type":"related","note":"in general terms"},{"target":"duchy","type":"related","note":"as a titled territory"},{"target":"feudalism","type":"related","note":"as a system of land holding"},{"target":"domain name","type":"related","note":"a computing homonym"}],"interaction":{"identity":{"applicability":"required","items":["Vercy registry: vr.tr.domain-location","Open English WordNet: oewn-08574028-n","WordNet: oewn-08648560-n territory over which rule or control is exercised"]},"properties":{"applicability":"required","items":["Territorial area:  km2 - Calculate area from mapped boundaries for a stated date, recording uncertainty where jurisdiction or boundaries are disputed.","Boundary length:  km - Calculate boundary length from mapped geometry at a stated scale, including separate territorial components where relevant.","Elevation:  m - Determine terrain elevations from surveys or elevation models relative to a stated vertical datum."]},"recognition":{"applicability":"required","items":["Territory under rule or control","Demesne, land, barony, duchy, dukedom, archduchy","A domain name is in computing; a function domain is in mathematics; a biological domain is a taxon","Not a visible object; territory under control."]},"capabilities":{"applicability":"required","items":["explain the sense","relay kinds of domains","describe governance and inheritance","distinguish other senses"]},"hazards":{"applicability":"required","items":["Confusing senses of domain","Treating historical titles as current sovereignty","Mixing demesne with domain in general"]},"interfaces":{"applicability":"required","items":["Historical feudal and property law","No current regulation of the concept"]},"context":{"applicability":"required","items":["Not applicable; a territorial concept.","demesne as land retained by a lord","baronies","duchies and dukedoms","archduchies","royal domains and crown lands","colonial and imperial domains"]}},"sources":[{"title":"Open English WordNet 2024, synset oewn-08574028-n","url":"https://en-word.net/id/oewn-08574028-n","note":"sense and gloss of the concept"},{"title":"Wiktionary: domain","url":"https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/domain","note":"word senses and usage"}],"openQuestions":["Should demesne and duchy be the primary linked entries?","How should historical sources be linked?","How should the homonyms be linked?"],"resources":{"spec":"/models/things/publications/thing-domain-location/spec.json"},"provenance":{"origin":"thing registry research (pass 2)","builtFrom":["models/things/publications/thing-domain-location/spec.json"],"providers":["Claude"],"researchStatus":"unreviewed","generatedAt":"2026-09-13T04:55:41Z","builder":"tools/build_cards.py@1.0.0"},"completeness":{"sections":{"classifiers":"filled","whatItIs":"filled","purpose":"filled","distinguishingFeatures":"filled","structure":"filled","agentConduct":"filled","ethics":"filled","owners":"filled","relations":"filled","interaction.identity":"filled","interaction.properties":"filled","interaction.recognition":"filled","interaction.capabilities":"filled","interaction.hazards":"filled","interaction.interfaces":"filled","interaction.context":"filled","sources":"filled"},"notes":{"_gate":"Published through the thing publication gate 1.0 on 2026-10-07T12:16:27+00:00: completeness 1.00; sense: WordNet gloss; 2 live sources; review by codex: pass"},"score":1.0}}