{"schema":"https://ver.cy/schemas/card/1.0.0","id":"vr.tr.nuts-statistical-regions-of-bulgaria","code":"thing-q1337565","url":"https://ver.cy/models/thing/q1337565/","name":"NUTS statistical regions of Bulgaria","alternateNames":[],"kind":"thing","status":"published","version":"0.1.0-research.1","language":"en","classifiers":{"family":"Thing Registry","category":"Physical world and living systems","entryKind":"thing","plane":"PHY","domain":["PHY.PLC"],"industry":[],"navPath":"","tags":[],"facets":{}},"whatItIs":"A Wikimedia list article presenting Bulgaria's statistical regions within the European Union's hierarchical Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics, a classification used for comparable regional statistics and regional policy.","purpose":"Enable an agent to identify, describe and assess the Wikimedia list article, distinguish its revisions from classification editions, and trace its regional listings to authoritative references.","scope":{"in":["The article's page identity, title and revision history are included.","The article's presentation of Bulgarian NUTS 1, NUTS 2 and NUTS 3 units is included.","Names, codes, transliterations and aliases reported in the article are included.","The article's descriptions of territorial coverage and administrative correspondence are included.","Citations and statements identifying the classification editions represented in the article are included."],"out":["Establishing or maintaining the official NUTS classification is outside this article model.","Bulgaria's sovereignty and national government are outside this article model.","Administrative powers and operations of provinces and municipalities are outside this article model.","Independently maintained regional datasets and authoritative boundary files are outside this article model.","EU funding eligibility decisions and programme administration are outside this article model.","Cadastral parcels, property rights and surveyed legal boundaries are outside this article model."],"boundaries":[]},"distinguishingFeatures":["The referent is a Wikimedia list article with a page identity and revision history.","The article describes a nested statistical classification rather than constituting that classification or an administrative authority.","An article revision and a NUTS classification edition are distinct references.","Regional names, codes and administrative correspondences are reported article content whose authority depends on supporting sources.","The article may summarise classification changes without itself approving or implementing them."],"structure":{"bundles":[{"id":"bulgarian-region-identity","name":"Bulgarian region identity","description":"Recognition of individual Bulgarian statistical units within the registered regional system.","layers":[{"id":"codes-and-levels","name":"Codes and levels","description":"Official membership in Bulgaria's NUTS classification.","findings":[{"id":"edition-qualified-unit","name":"Edition-qualified unit","description":"Record the official code, level and classification edition together, retaining the source entry used to establish identity.","questions":[{"text":"Which official Bulgarian NUTS entry establishes this unit's code and level in the selected edition?","id":"edition-qualified-unit-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Does the supplied identifier represent a territorial region, the country reference or a special statistical allocation?","id":"edition-qualified-unit-q02","kind":"definition"}]}]},{"id":"bulgarian-names-and-aliases","name":"Bulgarian names and aliases","description":"Recognition across Cyrillic, Latin renderings and similar place names.","findings":[{"id":"name-disambiguation","name":"Name disambiguation","description":"Retain authoritative names separately from search aliases, and require explicit territorial identification when a label such as Sofia could be ambiguous.","questions":[{"text":"What Bulgarian Cyrillic name and Latin rendering does the edition's official list provide?","id":"name-disambiguation-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Could this label refer to a settlement, an administrative territory or a different statistical unit?","id":"name-disambiguation-q02","kind":"boundary"}]}]}]},{"id":"hierarchy-and-national-correspondence","name":"Hierarchy and national correspondence","description":"The composition of Bulgaria's statistical regions and their relationship to national territorial units.","layers":[{"id":"regional-composition","name":"Regional composition","description":"Parent-child membership and edition-specific completeness.","findings":[{"id":"published-hierarchy","name":"Published hierarchy","description":"Treat regional counts and composition as edition-specific. NSI describes Bulgaria's NUTS 2027 structure as one NUTS 1 region, four NUTS 2 regions and 28 NUTS 3 regions. [NSI classification](https://www.nsi.bg/en/pages/classification-of-territorial-units-for-statistics-in-bulgaria-nuts-61)","questions":[{"text":"Which children belong to each Bulgarian parent region in the requested edition?","id":"published-hierarchy-q01","kind":"boundary"},{"text":"Does the assembled hierarchy reproduce the official membership and counts without duplicates or omissions?","id":"published-hierarchy-q02","kind":"measurement"}]}]},{"id":"administrative-unit-links","name":"Administrative unit links","description":"Connections to provinces, municipalities and national territorial identifiers.","findings":[{"id":"dated-national-crosswalk","name":"Dated national crosswalk","description":"Record the evidence for each administrative correspondence and its validity period; preserve the distinction between a statistical grouping and an administrative institution.","questions":[{"text":"Which official correspondence links this region to Bulgarian administrative units or EKATTE identifiers?","id":"dated-national-crosswalk-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Is the relationship an exact territorial match, an aggregation or a partial overlap at the relevant date?","id":"dated-national-crosswalk-q02","kind":"boundary"},{"text":"Can the requested administrative records be assigned directly, or does the correspondence require additional evidence?","id":"dated-national-crosswalk-q03","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"territorial-representation","name":"Territorial representation","description":"Geographic extent and the evidence supporting a usable representation of Bulgarian statistical boundaries.","layers":[{"id":"boundary-authority-and-release","name":"Boundary authority and release","description":"Traceability from a Bulgarian region to a specific geographic dataset.","findings":[{"id":"traceable-region-geometry","name":"Traceable region geometry","description":"Associate each geometry with its classification edition and publisher's release metadata. GISCO distributes NUTS datasets by edition with metadata and release notes. [GISCO NUTS distribution](https://gisco-services.ec.europa.eu/distribution/v2/nuts/)","questions":[{"text":"Which NSI or GISCO release supplies the polygon, and which NUTS edition does it represent?","id":"traceable-region-geometry-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Does the polygon express the publisher's statistical boundary representation or a separately established legal boundary?","id":"traceable-region-geometry-q02","kind":"boundary"}]}]},{"id":"spatial-fitness","name":"Spatial fitness","description":"Suitability of regional geometry for mapping, assignment and area calculations.","findings":[{"id":"scale-aware-spatial-use","name":"Scale-aware spatial use","description":"Evaluate the coordinate reference system, generalisation, topology and area convention before using Bulgarian regional polygons for spatial decisions.","questions":[{"text":"What coordinate reference system and generalisation scale govern this boundary representation?","id":"scale-aware-spatial-use-q01","kind":"measurement"},{"text":"Do gaps, overlaps or coastline conventions affect the requested location assignment or area calculation?","id":"scale-aware-spatial-use-q02","kind":"boundary"},{"text":"Should a location near a regional boundary be resolved through a finer authoritative dataset or an administrative crosswalk?","id":"scale-aware-spatial-use-q03","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"classification-transition","name":"Classification transition","description":"Authority, timing and territorial continuity across Bulgarian NUTS editions.","layers":[{"id":"approval-and-application","name":"Approval and application","description":"Separate legal adoption, national implementation and statistical application dates.","findings":[{"id":"use-specific-effective-date","name":"Use-specific effective date","description":"Record which date controls each use. NSI reports national approval of NUTS 2027 in February 2026, while Eurostat gives 1 January 2027 as the classification's validity start. [NSI classification](https://www.nsi.bg/en/pages/classification-of-territorial-units-for-statistics-in-bulgaria-nuts-61) [Eurostat overview](https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/nuts)","questions":[{"text":"Which regulation, national order and statistical guidance establish the relevant transition dates?","id":"use-specific-effective-date-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which edition does the intended statistical release or mapping task require on its reference date?","id":"use-specific-effective-date-q02","kind":"action"}]}]},{"id":"territorial-lineage","name":"Territorial lineage","description":"Changes in codes, names and constituent territories between editions.","findings":[{"id":"change-specific-correspondence","name":"Change-specific correspondence","description":"Represent predecessor-successor relationships through documented membership changes, distinguishing recoding from actual changes in territorial extent.","questions":[{"text":"Which official correspondence establishes the predecessor and successor units for each affected Bulgarian region?","id":"change-specific-correspondence-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Did the change alter only the name or code, or did constituent territories move between regions?","id":"change-specific-correspondence-q02","kind":"boundary"},{"text":"Can observations be transferred exactly, or must the agent obtain finer data or an explicitly estimated allocation?","id":"change-specific-correspondence-q03","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"regional-statistical-use","name":"Regional statistical use","description":"Conditions under which Bulgarian NUTS units support defensible data joins, aggregation and policy references.","layers":[{"id":"observation-compatibility","name":"Observation compatibility","description":"Alignment of geographic editions, reference periods and coverage before analysis.","findings":[{"id":"geography-qualified-observations","name":"Geography-qualified observations","description":"Require each linked statistical series to declare its territorial edition independently of its observation year, including any retrospective recalculation.","questions":[{"text":"Which NUTS edition underlies the series, including historical observations republished on newer boundaries?","id":"geography-qualified-observations-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Are special allocations, missing values or coverage differences excluded from the regional totals?","id":"geography-qualified-observations-q02","kind":"boundary"},{"text":"Can the observations be aggregated directly, or do rates and averages require compatible denominators?","id":"geography-qualified-observations-q03","kind":"action"}]}]},{"id":"comparison-and-policy-reference","name":"Comparison and policy reference","description":"Limits on interpreting regional comparisons and policy classifications.","findings":[{"id":"supported-regional-conclusions","name":"Supported regional conclusions","description":"Keep territorial comparability separate from substantive regional performance and programme decisions; 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every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these check these first hold for the sense of NUTS statistical regions of Bulgaria this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-confidence-notes-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-kinds","name":"Kinds and varieties","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these kinds and varieties hold for the sense of NUTS statistical regions of Bulgaria this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-kinds-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-identifiers","name":"Identifiers and schemes","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these identifiers and schemes hold for the sense of NUTS statistical regions of Bulgaria this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-identifiers-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-standards-and-regulation","name":"Standards and regulation","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; 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