{"schema":"https://ver.cy/schemas/card/1.0.0","id":"vr.tr.names-of-korea","code":"thing-q1188235","url":"https://ver.cy/models/thing/q1188235/","name":"names of Korea","alternateNames":[],"kind":"thing","status":"published","version":"0.1.0-research.1","language":"en","classifiers":{"family":"Thing Registry","category":"Information and virtual systems","entryKind":"thing","plane":"INF","domain":["INF.MED"],"industry":[],"navPath":"","tags":[],"facets":{}},"whatItIs":"Names of Korea, in this sense, concerns the etymology of historical and contemporary names for Korea, including their linguistic origins, derivations and development as designations for the geographic and cultural whole, earlier Korean polities or either present-day Korean state.","purpose":"Enable an AI agent to explain the origins and development of names of Korea from cited evidence while preserving historical, linguistic, geographic and political context and identifying uncertain derivations.","scope":{"in":["The origins of names for Korea as a peninsula, region, historical polity or contemporary state are examined with explicit referent distinctions.","Endonyms, exonyms, official designations, short forms and historical appellations are included where their origins or development are at issue.","Written forms, scripts, pronunciations and romanization relationships provide evidence for tracing name development.","Changes in names across languages, periods and communities are included where they explain linguistic transmission or derivation.","Attested forms and scholarly interpretations support assessments of proposed etymologies and their uncertainty."],"out":["The geography and territorial boundaries of Korea except where needed to resolve a name","Comprehensive political histories of Korean states and dynasties","General descriptions of Korean languages and writing systems","Names of individual Korean people, businesses and local places","Bibliographic editions or physical copies of works 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the spelling used in a quotation?","id":"representation-or-designation-q02","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"naming-through-time","name":"Naming through time","description":"Tracks attestation, continuity and reinterpretation of Korean names.","layers":[{"id":"attestation-and-continuity","name":"Attestation and continuity","description":"Anchors usage to dated evidence and avoids treating gaps in evidence as proof of absence.","findings":[{"id":"dated-name-use","name":"Dated name use","description":"Record the dates and contexts in which a Korean designation is attested, including later reuse of older forms.","questions":[{"text":"What is the earliest attestation actually examined for this form and referent?","id":"dated-name-use-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Does later use preserve the earlier referent, revive the form or assign it a new scope?","id":"dated-name-use-q02","kind":"boundary"}]}]},{"id":"etymology-and-transmission","name":"Etymology and 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or speaker uses this form, and in what communicative setting?","id":"situated-name-preference-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Does the evidence establish a stated preference, a recurring practice or only one observed use?","id":"situated-name-preference-q02","kind":"boundary"}]}]}]},{"id":"interpretation-and-name-selection","name":"Interpretation and name selection","description":"Guides translation, retrieval and editorial choices involving names of Korea.","layers":[{"id":"context-sensitive-substitution","name":"Context-sensitive substitution","description":"Evaluates whether a proposed replacement preserves referent, period and attribution.","findings":[{"id":"safe-name-choice","name":"Safe name choice","description":"Choose a name using the intended audience and task while preserving consequential distinctions in the source.","questions":[{"text":"Would replacing this designation with Korea, North Korea or South Korea change the intended referent or introduce an anachronism?","id":"safe-name-choice-q01","kind":"action"},{"text":"Should this translation retain the original name with an explanatory gloss to preserve the author's naming choice?","id":"safe-name-choice-q02","kind":"action"}]}]},{"id":"ambiguity-and-disagreement","name":"Ambiguity and disagreement","description":"Keeps unresolved reference and competing naming claims visible to downstream users.","findings":[{"id":"unresolved-korean-designations","name":"Unresolved Korean designations","description":"Retain alternative interpretations and attributed disagreements when evidence does not support one unqualified label.","questions":[{"text":"Is the disagreement about spelling, official recognition, historical continuity or the territory being named?","id":"unresolved-korean-designations-q01","kind":"boundary"},{"text":"What clarification or additional source is needed before the agent can assign a single referent or preferred 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