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the category is a geographic grouping rather than a single people, and the term American alone is ambiguous between the continents and the United States.","purpose":"Let an agent explain the population of the Americas as a geographic category, relay demographics and national groups from official sources, describe diversity and terminology, and distinguish the continental sense from the United States sense of American.","scope":{"in":[],"out":[],"boundaries":[]},"distinguishingFeatures":["Two continents and Caribbean","Indigenous and immigrant heritage","Linguistic diversity","Ambiguous terminology"],"structure":{"bundles":[{"id":"understand","name":"Understand","description":"Who residents of the Americas are.","layers":[{"id":"definition","name":"Definition","description":"Definition and terminology.","findings":[{"id":"definition-finding","name":"Definition","description":"Definition.","questions":[{"text":"Who counts as a resident of the Americas, and why is the word American ambiguous?","kind":"definition"},{"text":"Is the question about the continents, a region, a specific nationality or the United States?","kind":"boundary"}]}]},{"id":"groups","name":"Groups","description":"National and regional groups.","findings":[{"id":"groups-finding","name":"Groups","description":"Groups.","questions":[{"text":"What are the main national and regional groups, such as Trinidadians and Tobagonians, Dominicans and Antiguans and Barbudans?","kind":"definition"},{"text":"Which entry fits the specific group?","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"demographics","name":"Demographics","description":"Demographics.","layers":[{"id":"statistics","name":"Statistics","description":"Statistics.","findings":[{"id":"statistics-finding","name":"Statistics","description":"Statistics.","questions":[{"text":"What are the population, languages and religions of the Americas, from official sources?","kind":"measurement"},{"text":"Which references are standard?","kind":"provenance"}]}]},{"id":"migration","name":"Migration","description":"Migration.","findings":[{"id":"migration-finding","name":"Migration","description":"Migration.","questions":[{"text":"How have migration within and to the Americas shaped populations, with sources?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which sources are cited?","kind":"provenance"}]}]}]},{"id":"diversity","name":"Diversity","description":"Diversity.","layers":[{"id":"heritage","name":"Heritage","description":"Heritage.","findings":[{"id":"heritage-finding","name":"Heritage","description":"Heritage.","questions":[{"text":"How do Indigenous, European, African and Asian heritages combine in the peoples of the Americas, as scholars describe?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Is the presentation respectful and attributed?","kind":"boundary"}]}]},{"id":"identity","name":"Identity","description":"Identity debates.","findings":[{"id":"identity-finding","name":"Identity","description":"Identity.","questions":[{"text":"What debates surround pan-American, Latin American and national identities, with positions attributed?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which entry fits Latin American identity?","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"context","name":"Context","description":"History and culture.","layers":[{"id":"history","name":"History","description":"History.","findings":[{"id":"history-finding","name":"History","description":"History.","questions":[{"text":"How did settlement, colonisation, slavery and independence shape the peoples of the Americas?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which entry fits the history of the Americas?","kind":"action"}]}]},{"id":"culture","name":"Culture","description":"Culture.","findings":[{"id":"culture-finding","name":"Culture","description":"Culture.","questions":[{"text":"What shared and distinct cultural traditions exist across the Americas?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which entry fits culture of the Americas?","kind":"action"}]}]}]}]},"agentConduct":{"may":["Describe the population of the Americas with sources and dates.","Use the continental sense of American clearly and not confuse it with the United States sense.","Describe national and Indigenous groups by the names they use."],"mustNot":["Stereotype national, ethnic or Indigenous groups.","Use American to mean only people of the United States in a continental context.","Give stale statistics as current.","Erase Indigenous peoples or the descendants of enslaved Africans from descriptions."],"requiresHuman":["Using population data for policy decisions."]},"ethics":{"considerations":["The history of the Americas includes conquest, slavery and displacement that still shape lives.","Labels carry identity and should be used with care."],"affectedParties":["Indigenous peoples","Afro-descendant communities","Migrants"]},"owners":{"steward":"Nobody owns a population; national statistics offices count residents.","roles":[],"masterSystems":["National census registers"]},"relations":[{"target":"Q22947","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"},{"target":"inhabitant","type":"related","note":"in registry terms"},{"target":"Americas","type":"related","note":"the continents"},{"target":"Latin Americans","type":"related","note":"as a major subgroup"},{"target":"Indigenous peoples of the Americas","type":"related","note":"as original inhabitants"}],"interaction":{"identity":{"applicability":"required","items":["Vercy registry: vr.tr.residents-of-the-americas","Wikidata: Q2384959 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2384959)"]},"properties":{"applicability":"not-applicable","items":["population of the Americas: about 1.04 billion - UN estimates","sovereign states: 35 count","most populous countries: United States, Brazil, Mexico list"]},"recognition":{"applicability":"optional","items":["Inhabitants of North and South America and the Caribbean","National groups such as Trinidadians, Tobagonians, Dominicans, Antiguans and Barbudans; 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should they be split off?"],"resources":{"spec":"/models/things/publications/thing-q2384959/spec.json"},"provenance":{"origin":"thing registry research (pass 2)","builtFrom":["models/things/publications/thing-q2384959/spec.json"],"providers":["Claude"],"researchStatus":"unreviewed","generatedAt":"2026-09-13T03:59:38Z","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 2026-10-08T18:54:38+00:00: completeness 1.00; sense: Wikidata description; 2 live sources; 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