{"schema":"https://ver.cy/schemas/card/1.0.0","id":"vr.tr.handball-at-the-pan-american-games","code":"thing-q2529196","url":"https://ver.cy/models/thing/q2529196/","name":"handball at the Pan American Games","alternateNames":[],"kind":"thing","status":"published","version":"0.1.0-research.1","language":"en","classifiers":{"family":"Thing Registry","category":"Activities and processes","entryKind":"thing","plane":"ACT","domain":["ACT.ACT"],"industry":[],"navPath":"","tags":[],"facets":{}},"whatItIs":"Handball at the Pan American Games is the recurring programme of indoor team handball competitions for national teams from the Americas within the Pan American Games multisport event.","purpose":"Enable an AI agent to identify, assess and work with the handball competition programme at the Pan American Games across editions, using evidence appropriate to each edition.","scope":{"in":["Identity and continuity of the handball programme across Pan American Games editions","Edition-specific tournament categories and participating national delegations","Entry routes, eligibility conditions and team acceptance","Tournament format, match progression and handball-specific competition provisions","Official placings, medals and any documented onward qualification consequences"],"out":["Handball rules and techniques except where an edition adopts or modifies their application","The Pan American Games programme, governance and operations beyond their effects on handball","Independent continental handball championships and qualifying events as complete competitions","Athlete biographies and national team histories beyond participation in these tournaments","Olympic handball tournaments and their full qualification systems","Beach handball or other variants unless explicitly included in the relevant Games programme"],"boundaries":[]},"distinguishingFeatures":["An instance must be explicitly included in an identified Pan American Games edition's official handball programme; a continental handball event alone does not qualify.","The recurring programme must be distinguished from a particular edition, tournament category, match or participating team.","A qualifying competition is related through an entry pathway and is not automatically part of the Games tournament itself.","A tournament's medal outcome and any onward qualification entitlement must be recorded separately and supported by their respective official decisions.","The handball variant and tournament categories must follow edition-specific programme evidence rather than assumptions derived from the sport name."],"structure":{"bundles":[{"id":"games-programme-identity","name":"Games programme identity","description":"Recognises the recurring handball programme and its distinct edition-specific tournaments.","layers":[{"id":"programme-membership","name":"Programme membership","description":"Establishes which competitions belong to the Games handball 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documented.","questions":[{"text":"Which qualification system and allocation decision establish this delegation's place in this handball category?","id":"documented-entry-route-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"If a place is declined or a qualified team withdraws, which provision determines whether and how it is reassigned?","id":"documented-entry-route-q02","kind":"action"}]}]},{"id":"accepted-teams-and-rosters","name":"Accepted teams and rosters","description":"Distinguishes allocated places from accepted entries and eligible competition rosters.","findings":[{"id":"participation-readiness","name":"Participation readiness","description":"Record team acceptance, roster eligibility and authorised replacements under the relevant Games and handball provisions.","questions":[{"text":"What official entry or start-list evidence confirms that the delegation actually participated?","id":"participation-readiness-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which roster limits, eligibility conditions and replacement deadlines apply to this tournament?","id":"participation-readiness-q02","kind":"boundary"}]}]}]},{"id":"handball-tournament-operation","name":"Handball tournament operation","description":"Represents the arrangements that turn participating teams and match outcomes into tournament progression.","layers":[{"id":"draw-and-progression","name":"Draw and progression","description":"Captures groups, seeding, advancement and placement routes.","findings":[{"id":"standings-to-placement-path","name":"Standings-to-placement path","description":"Record the approved draw and the ordered rules connecting group results to elimination rounds and final placings.","questions":[{"text":"How do group composition, seeding and advancement rules determine each team's possible route through this tournament?","id":"standings-to-placement-path-q01","kind":"definition"},{"text":"Which ordered tie-break criteria apply to equal group standings, and which official scores are needed to apply 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updated?","id":"edition-specific-match-disposition-q02","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"results-medals-and-qualification-effects","name":"Results, medals and qualification effects","description":"Connects authoritative match results to final classifications, medals and any separately documented onward entitlements.","layers":[{"id":"official-classification","name":"Official classification","description":"Establishes the evidential status of scores, final standings and medal awards.","findings":[{"id":"authoritative-tournament-outcome","name":"Authoritative tournament outcome","description":"Record the official final classification and medal decisions, preserving amendments and distinguishing them from calculations based on incomplete match records.","questions":[{"text":"Which official results publication establishes the final standings and medal recipients for this edition and category?","id":"authoritative-tournament-outcome-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"How should conflicting 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