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plates are regulated for design, visibility and security and increasingly read by automatic recognition cameras.","purpose":"Let an agent explain vehicle registration plates and their systems, relay formats, regulation and administration by country from official sources, describe history and technology, and present plates of contested territories neutrally.","scope":{"in":[],"out":[],"boundaries":[]},"distinguishingFeatures":["Issued identifier","National formats","Security features","Automatic recognition"],"structure":{"bundles":[{"id":"understand","name":"Understand","description":"What a registration plate is.","layers":[{"id":"definition","name":"Definition","description":"Definition and function.","findings":[{"id":"definition-finding","name":"Definition","description":"Definition.","questions":[{"text":"What is a vehicle registration plate, and how does it differ from a VIN or tax disc?","kind":"definition"},{"text":"Is the question about plates in general, a specific country or a contested territory?","kind":"boundary"}]}]},{"id":"formats","name":"Formats","description":"Formats and coding.","findings":[{"id":"formats-finding","name":"Formats","description":"Formats.","questions":[{"text":"How do plate formats, colours and codes vary, for example in Iran, Tunisia, the Faroe Islands and historical Yugoslavia?","kind":"definition"},{"text":"Which entry fits the specific country?","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"administer","name":"Administer","description":"Administration.","layers":[{"id":"systems","name":"Systems","description":"Registration systems.","findings":[{"id":"systems-finding","name":"Systems","description":"Systems.","questions":[{"text":"How do registration authorities and services such as the Kentekenloket issue and manage plates?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Is the user asking about their own registration, which needs the local authority?","kind":"boundary"}]}]},{"id":"law","name":"Law","description":"Law and international rules.","findings":[{"id":"law-finding","name":"Law","description":"Law.","questions":[{"text":"What laws and conventions govern plate design, display and cross-border recognition?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which references are standard?","kind":"provenance"}]}]}]},{"id":"technology","name":"Technology","description":"Technology and security.","layers":[{"id":"security","name":"Security","description":"Security features.","findings":[{"id":"security-finding","name":"Security","description":"Security.","questions":[{"text":"What security features prevent cloning and fraud?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which sources are cited?","kind":"provenance"}]}]},{"id":"anpr","name":"ANPR","description":"Automatic recognition.","findings":[{"id":"anpr-finding","name":"ANPR","description":"ANPR.","questions":[{"text":"How does automatic number-plate recognition work, and what privacy debates surround it, with positions attributed?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which entry fits automatic number-plate recognition?","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"context","name":"Context","description":"History and contested cases.","layers":[{"id":"history","name":"History","description":"History.","findings":[{"id":"history-finding","name":"History","description":"History.","questions":[{"text":"How did plates develop from 1893 to modern systems?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which entry fits the history of vehicle registration?","kind":"action"}]}]},{"id":"contested","name":"Contested","description":"Contested territories.","findings":[{"id":"contested-finding","name":"Contested","description":"Contested.","questions":[{"text":"How are plates issued in territories such as Abkhazia treated by other states, with positions attributed?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Is the presentation neutral?","kind":"boundary"}]}]}]}]},"agentConduct":{"may":["Read a plate and check it against a vehicle register the agent is lawfully allowed to query.","Explain plate formats, colours and codes for a stated country and period.","Report a plate that appears cloned or false to the competent authority."],"mustNot":["Make, sell or help obtain false or cloned plates.","Use plate recognition to track a person's movements without a legal basis.","Publish plates linked to identifiable people in a way that exposes them to harassment.","Present plates from contested territories as proof of state recognition.","Retain plate recognition data beyond the period the law allows, even with human approval."],"requiresHuman":["Reporting a specific vehicle to police on the basis of its plate requires human review."]},"ethics":{"considerations":["A plate links a vehicle to its keeper; mass reading of plates can become surveillance.","False plates let crimes be pinned on innocent keepers."],"affectedParties":["Registered keepers","Drivers","Road users"]},"owners":{"steward":"The vehicle registration authority that issues it; the registered keeper displays it.","roles":[],"masterSystems":["National or regional vehicle register"]},"relations":[{"target":"Q105449313","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"},{"target":"Q117209209","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"},{"target":"physical sign","type":"related","note":"in registry terms"},{"target":"vehicle decor","type":"related","note":"in registry terms"},{"target":"vehicle registration authority","type":"related","note":"in each jurisdiction"},{"target":"automatic number-plate recognition","type":"related","note":"cameras"}],"interaction":{"identity":{"applicability":"required","items":["Vercy registry: vr.tr.vehicle-registration-plate","Wikidata: Q22706 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22706)"]},"properties":{"applicability":"required","items":["common European plate size: 520 by 110 mm","first plates: 1893 year - France"]},"recognition":{"applicability":"required","items":["Vehicle identification plate","National and subnational plates; historical plates; plates of Abkhazia and other contested territories; registration offices","A vehicle identification number is stamped on the vehicle; a tax disc is separate","A rectangular plate with letters and numbers on a vehicle."]},"capabilities":{"applicability":"required","items":["explain systems and formats","relay regulation by country","describe history and technology","present contested cases neutrally"]},"hazards":{"applicability":"required","items":["Cloned and false plates","Privacy concerns with mass recognition","Presenting contested territory plates as settled recognition","Stale format information"]},"interfaces":{"applicability":"required","items":["National vehicle registration laws","Vienna Convention on Road Traffic on distinguishing signs","EU common format regulation","Data protection rules on plate recognition"]},"context":{"applicability":"required","items":["Identifying registered vehicles.","plates by country such as Iran, Tunisia and the Faroe Islands","historical plates such as those of Yugoslavia","plates of contested territories such as Abkhazia","special plates for diplomats, temporary use and vanity","registration systems and offices such as the Kentekenloket"]}},"sources":[{"title":"Wikidata item Q22706: vehicle registration plate","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22706","note":"identity and sense of the item"},{"title":"Wikipedia: Vehicle registration plate","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plate","note":"general description of the item"}],"openQuestions":["Should national plate systems be separate entries?","How should official registration sources be linked?","The registry entry has merged aliases naming national systems and an administrative service; should they be split off?"],"resources":{"spec":"/models/things/publications/thing-q22706/spec.json"},"provenance":{"origin":"thing registry research (pass 2)","builtFrom":["models/things/publications/thing-q22706/spec.json"],"providers":["Claude"],"researchStatus":"unreviewed","generatedAt":"2026-09-13T04:13:24Z","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 2026-10-07T10:10:28+00:00: completeness 1.00; sense: Wikidata description; 2 live sources; review by codex: pass"},"score":1.0}}