{"schema":"https://ver.cy/schemas/card/1.0.0","id":"vr.tr.sword","code":"thing-q12791","url":"https://ver.cy/models/thing/q12791/","name":"sword","alternateNames":["executioner's sword","Chinese judgment sword (short hilt)","Chinese judgment sword (long hilt)","Panabas","barong","seax","cane saber","ceremonial sword","sword of state","bearing sword","SS-Ehrendegen","Saber of the Honor Guard of the Armed Forces of Ukraine"],"kind":"thing","status":"published","version":"0.2.0-wave.1","language":"en","classifiers":{"family":"Thing Registry","category":"Physical world and living systems","entryKind":"thing","plane":"PHY","domain":["PHY.OBJ"],"industry":[],"navPath":"","tags":[],"facets":{}},"whatItIs":"A bladed weapon with a long blade for cutting or thrusting and a hilt, used historically in warfare, duelling and ceremony, with many regional types such as the longsword, sabre, katana, sword-length forms of the seax, barong and panabas; the seax category also includes knives, and today swords are mostly heritage, ceremonial, sporting and collectors items.","purpose":"Let an agent handle swords at a heritage, martial arts, collecting and legal level, explain carrying and sale laws in general terms, and decline help with using swords to harm.","scope":{"in":[],"out":[],"boundaries":[]},"distinguishingFeatures":["Long bladed weapon","Many historical forms","Cultural and ceremonial meaning","Regulated in public places"],"structure":{"bundles":[{"id":"identify","name":"Identify","description":"Which sword.","layers":[{"id":"type","name":"Type","description":"Sword type.","findings":[{"id":"type-finding","name":"Type","description":"Sword type.","questions":[{"text":"What type of sword is this, and from which period and region?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which features identify it?","kind":"definition"}]}]},{"id":"authenticity","name":"Authenticity","description":"Antique or replica.","findings":[{"id":"authenticity-finding","name":"Authenticity","description":"Authenticity.","questions":[{"text":"Is this sword an antique or a modern replica, according to experts?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which marks or features help tell?","kind":"definition"}]}]}]},{"id":"heritage","name":"Heritage","description":"History and culture.","layers":[{"id":"history","name":"History","description":"History.","findings":[{"id":"history-finding","name":"History","description":"History.","questions":[{"text":"What do historians say about the use and meaning of this sword type?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which museums hold examples?","kind":"provenance"}]}]},{"id":"culture","name":"Culture","description":"Cultural significance.","findings":[{"id":"culture-finding","name":"Culture","description":"Cultural significance.","questions":[{"text":"What does this sword signify in its culture, according to sources?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"How should it be described respectfully?","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"practice","name":"Practice","description":"Martial arts and sport.","layers":[{"id":"clubs","name":"Clubs","description":"Training.","findings":[{"id":"clubs-finding","name":"Clubs","description":"Clubs.","questions":[{"text":"Which historical fencing, kendo or fencing clubs are nearby?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"What protective equipment is required?","kind":"provenance"}]}]},{"id":"care","name":"Care","description":"Maintenance.","findings":[{"id":"care-finding","name":"Care","description":"Care.","questions":[{"text":"How should a collected sword be stored and cared for safely?","kind":"action"},{"text":"How can rust be prevented?","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"law","name":"Law","description":"Legal limits.","layers":[{"id":"carry","name":"Carry","description":"Carrying laws.","findings":[{"id":"carry-finding","name":"Carry","description":"Carrying laws.","questions":[{"text":"Is it lawful to carry or transport a sword in public here, and with what reason?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Are some types banned from sale?","kind":"provenance"}]}]},{"id":"limits","name":"Limits","description":"Agent conduct.","findings":[{"id":"limits-finding","name":"Limits","description":"Agent limits.","questions":[{"text":"Does the request seek to use a sword to threaten or harm someone?","kind":"boundary"},{"text":"How should the agent decline and, if there is danger, route to emergency services?","kind":"action"}]}]}]}]},"agentConduct":{"may":["Describe swords in historical, cultural, ceremonial and heritage terms.","Catalogue swords in museum or private collections it is authorized to document.","Explain the laws on carrying and selling bladed articles in a stated jurisdiction."],"mustNot":["Assist anyone in using a sword to threaten or injure people or animals.","Help anyone carry or sell a blade in breach of the law.","Swing, wield or handle a sword as a robot near people.","Misrepresent a replica as an authentic historic sword for sale."],"requiresHuman":["Handling, moving or conserving historic swords.","Returning swords taken from communities to their place of origin."]},"ethics":{"considerations":["Many swords are sacred or ceremonial objects of particular communities and deserve respect.","Some museum swords were taken in war or colonial looting, raising questions of restitution."],"affectedParties":["People near a drawn blade","Communities to whom swords are sacred or heritage","Collectors and museums"]},"owners":{"steward":"The owner or museum that holds it; heritage authorities protect historic examples.","roles":[],"masterSystems":["Museum collection catalogues"]},"relations":[{"target":"Q11897048","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"},{"target":"Q9180322","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"},{"target":"edged weapon","type":"related","note":"category"},{"target":"arms and armour history","type":"related","note":"field"},{"target":"historical European martial arts and kendo","type":"related","note":"practice"},{"target":"offensive weapons law","type":"related","note":"law"}],"interaction":{"identity":{"applicability":"required","items":["Vercy registry: vr.tr.sword","Wikidata: Q12791 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12791)"]},"properties":{"applicability":"required","items":["Overall length:  cm - Measured from the blade tip to the end of the pommel, with substantial variation among sword types.","Total mass:  kg - Measured on a balance with the scabbard excluded and any missing components documented.","Blade thickness:  mm - Measured at specified positions along the blade because its cross section commonly varies."]},"recognition":{"applicability":"required","items":["Long blade with hilt","Regional forms such as katana or sabre","Knives and daggers are shorter blades","A long metal blade with a guard and grip, often in a scabbard."]},"capabilities":{"applicability":"required","items":["identify sword types and periods","find museums and scholarship","find historical fencing and martial arts clubs","understand carrying and sale laws in general terms"]},"hazards":{"applicability":"required","items":["Carrying blades unlawfully","Injuries in training without proper equipment","Facilitating violence"]},"interfaces":{"applicability":"required","items":["Laws on carrying bladed articles in public","Rules on sale of swords and curved swords","Sport fencing and HEMA safety rules"]},"context":{"applicability":"required","items":["Heritage, ceremony, martial arts and collecting.","European swords such as longswords and sabres","East Asian swords such as the katana","Southeast Asian swords such as the barong","early medieval swords and seaxes","ceremonial and sporting swords"]}},"sources":[{"title":"Wikidata item Q12791: sword","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12791","note":"identity and sense of the item"},{"title":"Wikipedia: Sword","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sword","note":"general description of the item"}],"openQuestions":["Should sword types be separate entries?","How should museum collections be linked?","How should laws be localised?"],"resources":{"spec":"/models/things/publications/thing-q12791/spec.json"},"provenance":{"origin":"thing registry research (pass 2)","builtFrom":["models/things/publications/thing-q12791/spec.json"],"providers":["Claude"],"researchStatus":"unreviewed","generatedAt":"2026-09-11T13:33:51Z","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 2026-10-07T12:16:28+00:00: completeness 1.00; sense: Wikidata description; 2 live sources; review by codex: pass"},"score":1.0}}