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the early 20th century through the fleet carriers of the Second World War such as the Lexington and Unryu classes, the postwar Midway class, and modern nuclear-powered supercarriers and drone carriers; aircraft carriers project air power at sea and are among the largest and most expensive warships, described here at the level of public reference sources.","purpose":"Let an agent explain aircraft carriers as a ship type, relay their development, classes and general characteristics from naval history and public reference sources, describe their strategic role and debates with attribution, and decline operational, tactical or sensitive technical detail.","scope":{"in":[],"out":[],"boundaries":[]},"distinguishingFeatures":["Flight deck","Seagoing airbase","Capital ship","Very high cost"],"structure":{"bundles":[{"id":"understand","name":"Understand","description":"What an aircraft carrier is.","layers":[{"id":"definition","name":"Definition","description":"Definition and 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museum ship?","kind":"action"}]}]},{"id":"concepts","name":"Concepts","description":"Concepts and culture.","findings":[{"id":"concepts-finding","name":"Concepts","description":"Concepts.","questions":[{"text":"What were unbuilt concepts such as the Lockheed CL-1201, and how do carriers appear in film?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which entry fits aircraft carriers in fiction?","kind":"action"}]}]}]}]},"agentConduct":{"may":["Describe aircraft carriers, their history and classes from public, attributed sources.","Report publicly announced fleet changes with dates."],"mustNot":["Provide operational, targeting or sensitive technical detail about carriers or their defences.","Present unverified claims about capabilities or vulnerabilities as fact.","Glorify naval force or present one navy's account of an incident as neutral fact.","Present stale fleet lists as current."],"requiresHuman":["Any use of carrier information in a military or security decision."]},"ethics":{"considerations":["Carriers project military power and their use affects war and peace.","Information about warships can endanger crews if it reaches hostile hands."],"affectedParties":["Crews and personnel","Civilians in conflict areas","The public"]},"owners":{"steward":"The state navy that commissions it.","roles":[],"masterSystems":["Naval vessel registers of the operating state"]},"relations":[{"target":"Q106070281","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"},{"target":"Q11446","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"},{"target":"Q2031121","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"},{"target":"aviation vessel","type":"related","note":"in registry terms"},{"target":"warship","type":"related","note":"in registry terms"},{"target":"ship","type":"related","note":"in registry terms"},{"target":"carrier-based aircraft","type":"related","note":"from its deck"}],"interaction":{"identity":{"applicability":"required","items":["Vercy registry: vr.tr.aircraft-carrier","Wikidata: Q17205 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17205)"]},"properties":{"applicability":"required","items":["largest carriers: about 100000 tonnes - US Nimitz and Ford classes","first purpose-built carrier: HMS Hermes and Hosho ships - 1920s","countries operating carriers: about 13 count - mid-2020s"]},"recognition":{"applicability":"required","items":["Warship with a flight deck for aircraft","Fleet carriers, escort carriers, seaplane tenders, supercarriers, drone carriers; classes such as Lexington, Unryu and Midway","Amphibious assault ships carry helicopters and landing craft; seaplane tenders lacked full decks","A large ship with a flat flight deck and an island superstructure."]},"capabilities":{"applicability":"required","items":["explain the type","relay history and classes","describe strategic role and debates","decline operational detail"]},"hazards":{"applicability":"required","items":["Agents providing operational or sensitive technical detail","Glorification of military power","Stale fleet information"]},"interfaces":{"applicability":"required","items":["International law of the sea on warships","Arms control and export regimes","Naval safety and environmental rules"]},"context":{"applicability":"required","items":["Not applicable; a warship type.","seaplane tenders such as the Chitose class","interwar and Second World War fleet carriers such as the Lexington and Unryu classes","escort and light carriers","post-war carriers such as the Midway class","nuclear-powered supercarriers","short take-off carriers and drone carriers","unbuilt concepts such as the Lockheed CL-1201 flying carrier"]}},"sources":[{"title":"Wikidata item Q17205: aircraft carrier","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17205","note":"identity and sense of the item"},{"title":"Wikipedia: Aircraft carrier","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft_carrier","note":"general description of the item"}],"openQuestions":["Should specific carrier classes be separate entries?","How should naval history sources be linked?","The registry entry has merged aliases naming classes and a concept aircraft; should they be split off?"],"resources":{"spec":"/models/things/publications/thing-q17205/spec.json"},"provenance":{"origin":"thing registry research (pass 2)","builtFrom":["models/things/publications/thing-q17205/spec.json"],"providers":["Claude"],"researchStatus":"unreviewed","generatedAt":"2026-09-13T05:51:18Z","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 2026-10-07T10:10:26+00:00: completeness 1.00; sense: Wikidata description; 2 live sources; review by codex: pass"},"score":1.0}}