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The model presents traditions respectfully.","purpose":"Let an agent explain Holy Week, relay its days, liturgies, date calculation and regional traditions from church and cultural sources with attribution, describe the named local celebrations as instances, and distinguish Holy Week from Lent, Easter Week or Bright Week, Passover and secular spring holidays.","scope":{"in":[],"out":[],"boundaries":[]},"distinguishingFeatures":["Moveable week","Passion commemorations","Processions and brotherhoods","Regional traditions"],"structure":{"bundles":[{"id":"understand","name":"Understand","description":"What Holy Week is.","layers":[{"id":"definition","name":"Definition","description":"Definition.","findings":[{"id":"definition-finding","name":"Definition","description":"Definition.","questions":[{"text":"What is Holy Week, and how does it differ from Lent, Easter Week, Passover and secular spring holidays?","kind":"definition"},{"text":"Is the question about dates in a given year, liturgy, travel to processions or history?","kind":"boundary"}]}]},{"id":"local","name":"Local traditions","description":"Named celebrations.","findings":[{"id":"local-finding","name":"Local traditions","description":"Local traditions.","questions":[{"text":"What are the Holy Week traditions of Alcala de Henares, Guatemala and Quetzaltenango?","kind":"definition"},{"text":"Which entry fits the specific celebration?","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"liturgy","name":"Liturgy","description":"Days and liturgy.","layers":[{"id":"days","name":"Days","description":"The days.","findings":[{"id":"days-finding","name":"Days","description":"Days.","questions":[{"text":"What does each day of Holy Week commemorate?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which references are standard?","kind":"provenance"}]}]},{"id":"dates","name":"Dates","description":"Date calculation.","findings":[{"id":"dates-finding","name":"Dates","description":"Dates.","questions":[{"text":"How is the date of Easter calculated, and why do Western and Orthodox dates differ?","kind":"measurement"},{"text":"Which sources are cited?","kind":"provenance"}]}]}]},{"id":"traditions","name":"Traditions","description":"Processions.","layers":[{"id":"spain","name":"Spain","description":"Spanish Semana Santa.","findings":[{"id":"spain-finding","name":"Spain","description":"Spain.","questions":[{"text":"How do cofradias organise processions in Spain?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which entry fits Holy Week in Seville?","kind":"action"}]}]},{"id":"americas","name":"Americas","description":"Latin America and Philippines.","findings":[{"id":"americas-finding","name":"Americas","description":"Americas.","questions":[{"text":"What are alfombras in Guatemala and Holy Week practices in the Philippines?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which entry fits Holy Week in the Philippines?","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"context","name":"Context","description":"Society.","layers":[{"id":"heritage","name":"Heritage","description":"Heritage and tourism.","findings":[{"id":"heritage-finding","name":"Heritage","description":"Heritage.","questions":[{"text":"How are Holy Week traditions protected as heritage and managed for tourism?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Is the presentation respectful?","kind":"boundary"}]}]},{"id":"history","name":"History","description":"History.","findings":[{"id":"history-finding","name":"History","description":"History.","questions":[{"text":"How did Holy Week observances develop from early Jerusalem liturgy, as Egeria described?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which entry fits Egeria?","kind":"action"}]}]}]}]},"agentConduct":{"may":["Give the dates of Holy Week for a stated year and church tradition.","Describe its days, from Palm Sunday to Holy Saturday, and their liturgies."],"mustNot":["State Holy Week dates without checking whether the Western or Eastern reckoning applies.","Mock or belittle Holy Week devotions and processions.","Treat one local celebration, such as a city's processions, as Holy Week itself.","Disrupt or record religious services against the wishes of the congregation."],"requiresHuman":["Scheduling events on Holy Week days that may conflict with religious observance."]},"ethics":{"considerations":["Holy Week is the most sacred time of the year for many Christians.","Holy Week has a history of being used to stir hostility toward Jews, which must not be repeated."],"affectedParties":["Christian believers","Religious communities","Jewish communities"]},"owners":{"steward":"Nobody owns it; the churches set its observance.","roles":[],"masterSystems":[]},"relations":[{"target":"Q10692570","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"},{"target":"thematic week","type":"related","note":"in registry terms"},{"target":"Easter","type":"related"},{"target":"Good Friday","type":"related"},{"target":"Lent","type":"related"}],"interaction":{"identity":{"applicability":"required","items":["Vercy registry: vr.tr.holy-week","Wikidata: Q131080 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131080)"]},"properties":{"applicability":"not-applicable","items":["days: Palm Sunday to Holy Saturday note","date basis: computus of Easter note - Western and Eastern dates often differ","Sevilla Holy Week: Fiesta of International Tourist Interest note"]},"recognition":{"applicability":"optional","items":["Christian week before Easter","Semana Santa confraternities of Alcala de Henares, Holy Week in Guatemala, Holy Week in Quetzaltenango, Passion Week","Lent is the 40-day season; Easter Week follows Easter; Passover is the Jewish festival; spring holidays are secular","Processions with floats, hooded penitents, palm branches and sawdust carpets; church services with stripped altars."]},"capabilities":{"applicability":"required","items":["explain days and liturgies","relay date calculation","describe regional traditions","distinguish related periods"]},"hazards":{"applicability":"required","items":["Stating wrong dates for a given year","Disrespectful framing of devotion","Treating local celebrations as kinds"]},"interfaces":{"applicability":"required","items":["Liturgical books of each church","Public holiday laws for Maundy Thursday and Good Friday by country","Intangible heritage listings for some traditions"]},"context":{"applicability":"required","items":["Commemorating the passion and death of Jesus before Easter.","Palm Sunday","Maundy Thursday","Good Friday","Holy Saturday and Easter Vigil","regional Semana Santa traditions"]}},"sources":[{"title":"Wikidata item Q131080: Holy Week","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131080","note":"identity and sense of the item"},{"title":"Wikipedia: Holy Week","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Week","note":"general description of the item"}],"openQuestions":["The registry aliases for Alcala de Henares, Guatemala and Quetzaltenango should be split off as instances","How should Easter date tables be linked?","Should Eastern Holy Week be a separate entry?"],"resources":{"spec":"/models/things/publications/thing-q131080/spec.json"},"provenance":{"origin":"thing registry research (pass 2)","builtFrom":["models/things/publications/thing-q131080/spec.json"],"providers":["Claude"],"researchStatus":"unreviewed","generatedAt":"2026-09-13T22:37:13Z","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":"not-applicable","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 2026-10-06T19:51:54+00:00: completeness 1.00; 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