{"schema":"https://ver.cy/schemas/card/1.0.0","id":"vr.tr.collegiate-assessor","code":"thing-q2365856","url":"https://ver.cy/models/thing/q2365856/","name":"Collegiate assessor","alternateNames":[],"kind":"thing","status":"published","version":"0.1.0-research.1","language":"en","classifiers":{"family":"Thing Registry","category":"Information and virtual systems","entryKind":"thing","plane":"INF","domain":["INF.MED"],"industry":[],"navPath":"","tags":[],"facets":{}},"whatItIs":"Collegiate assessor was a civil-service rank in class VIII of the Russian Empire's Table of Ranks, indicating an official's hierarchical standing rather than a specific job.","purpose":"Enable an agent to recognise Collegiate assessor as a historical civil rank, assess evidence of its attribution, and interpret its implications within the applicable period.","scope":{"in":["The rank's names, translations and identification within the Table of Ranks","Period-specific conditions for acquiring and holding the 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