{"schema":"https://ver.cy/schemas/card/1.0.0","id":"vr.tr.kosovo-in-the-eurovision-song-contest","code":"thing-q31839358","url":"https://ver.cy/models/thing/q31839358/","name":"Kosovo in the Eurovision Song Contest","alternateNames":[],"kind":"thing","status":"research-draft","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":"Kosovo in the Eurovision Song Contest is the topic of Kosovo's prospective representation in the competition, including broadcaster eligibility, efforts to secure participation and the implications of its disputed international recognition.","purpose":"Enable an AI agent to assess Kosovo's relationship to the Eurovision Song Contest, distinguish participation ambitions from confirmed entry, and identify evidence needed before taking participation-related action.","scope":{"in":["Kosovo-specific broadcaster eligibility and admission pathways","Expressions of interest, applications and decisions about participation","Edition-specific entry, withdrawal, exclusion or non-entry status","Official designation, delegation authority and representative selection","Evidence distinguishing Kosovo representation from artists' connections to Kosovo"],"out":["Kosovo's general political status and diplomatic recognition beyond documented contest implications","The Eurovision Song Contest's complete rules, governance and history","Broadcaster operations unrelated to Eurovision participation","Biographies and careers of artists connected to Kosovo","Kosovo's participation in other Eurovision-branded competitions","Entries representing Albania or other participants, except to clarify attribution"],"boundaries":[]},"distinguishingFeatures":["An entry represents Kosovo only where contest documentation attributes it to Kosovo; an artist's birthplace, ancestry or self-identification does not establish that attribution.","Broadcasting the contest, expressing interest and submitting an application are distinct from receiving admission to a particular edition.","Broadcaster membership or eligibility evidence must be assessed separately from Kosovo's recognition by individual states.","Evidence must concern the Eurovision Song Contest itself, rather than another event using the Eurovision name.","Every participation-status assertion must identify an edition or effective period rather than treating historical decisions as permanent."],"structure":{"bundles":[{"id":"representation-boundary","name":"Representation boundary","description":"Establishes what counts as Kosovo's relationship to this contest and what belongs to neighbouring subjects.","layers":[{"id":"contest-identity","name":"Contest identity","description":"Separates the Eurovision Song Contest from related competitions and broadcasting activities.","findings":[{"id":"event-specific-evidence","name":"Event-specific evidence","description":"Require evidence to identify the relevant competition and edition before assigning participation significance.","questions":[{"text":"Does this record concern the Eurovision Song Contest, another Eurovision-branded event, or transmission of a programme?","id":"event-specific-evidence-q01","kind":"boundary"},{"text":"Which edition or effective period does the record explicitly concern?","id":"event-specific-evidence-q02","kind":"provenance"}]}]},{"id":"kosovo-attribution","name":"Kosovo attribution","description":"Distinguishes official representation from personal, cultural or geographic connections.","findings":[{"id":"official-versus-personal-connection","name":"Official versus personal connection","description":"Attribute an entry to Kosovo only through evidence of official representation.","questions":[{"text":"Which organiser record identifies the participant represented by this performer and song?","id":"official-versus-personal-connection-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Is the claimed Kosovo connection official representation, broadcaster involvement, birthplace, ancestry or personal identification?","id":"official-versus-personal-connection-q02","kind":"boundary"}]}]}]},{"id":"eligibility-and-admission","name":"Eligibility and admission","description":"Examines the broadcaster and institutional conditions relevant to a Kosovo entry.","layers":[{"id":"broadcaster-route","name":"Broadcaster route","description":"Identifies the broadcaster seeking to represent Kosovo and its documented eligibility pathway.","findings":[{"id":"broadcaster-standing","name":"Broadcaster standing","description":"Record the role and relevant institutional standing of RTK or another identified broadcaster without assuming either is authorised.","questions":[{"text":"Is RTK or another broadcaster documented as seeking to represent Kosovo, and what establishes its authority?","id":"broadcaster-standing-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"What membership status or alternative route does the applicable contest framework require of that broadcaster?","id":"broadcaster-standing-q02","kind":"definition"}]}]},{"id":"admission-conditions","name":"Admission conditions","description":"Separates membership decisions, contest admission and any specifically documented Kosovo-related conditions.","findings":[{"id":"applicable-decision-basis","name":"Applicable decision basis","description":"Connect each asserted obstacle or permission to an identifiable rule or competent decision.","questions":[{"text":"Which dated rule or official decision establishes each claimed condition affecting Kosovo's admission?","id":"applicable-decision-basis-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Does the evidence address broadcaster membership, contest admission, or a political consideration whose operational effect remains unconfirmed?","id":"applicable-decision-basis-q02","kind":"boundary"},{"text":"Which authority could resolve the outstanding condition, and what documented step would be required?","id":"applicable-decision-basis-q03","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"participation-status-history","name":"Participation status history","description":"Tracks Kosovo-related ambitions, applications and decisions without conflating their evidential weight.","layers":[{"id":"intent-and-application","name":"Intent and application","description":"Separates public advocacy and broadcaster statements from documented institutional submissions.","findings":[{"id":"submission-evidence","name":"Submission evidence","description":"Classify each initiative by the action actually evidenced and the institution receiving it.","questions":[{"text":"Was the initiative an expression of interest, a membership request, a contest application or another action?","id":"submission-evidence-q01","kind":"definition"},{"text":"What primary record identifies the sender, recipient, submission date and intended edition?","id":"submission-evidence-q02","kind":"provenance"}]}]},{"id":"edition-outcome","name":"Edition outcome","description":"Determines what happened for each relevant edition and whether later evidence changes the interpretation.","findings":[{"id":"status-resolution","name":"Status resolution","description":"Record confirmed outcomes while preserving the distinction between refusal, withdrawal, non-application and an unresolved report.","questions":[{"text":"What is the strongest directly supported participation status for Kosovo in this edition?","id":"status-resolution-q01","kind":"measurement"},{"text":"If Kosovo is absent from the participant list, is the reason independently documented or still unknown?","id":"status-resolution-q02","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which later record, if any, supersedes the earlier announcement or decision?","id":"status-resolution-q03","kind":"provenance"}]}]}]},{"id":"entry-preparation-and-delivery","name":"Entry preparation and delivery","description":"Covers actions needed to turn a documented participation opportunity into an authorised Kosovo entry.","layers":[{"id":"selection-authority","name":"Selection authority","description":"Establishes who may select a representative and whether a selection activity is officially connected to Eurovision.","findings":[{"id":"selection-link","name":"Selection link","description":"Require a documented mandate before treating a Kosovo festival, vote or artist announcement as a Eurovision selection.","questions":[{"text":"What broadcaster decision explicitly links this selection process to a Kosovo Eurovision entry?","id":"selection-link-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Is the selected performer or song confirmed, provisional upon admission, or unrelated to an accepted entry?","id":"selection-link-q02","kind":"boundary"}]}]},{"id":"delegation-readiness","name":"Delegation readiness","description":"Assesses evidenced responsibilities and outstanding requirements for delivering an admitted entry.","findings":[{"id":"participation-commitments","name":"Participation commitments","description":"Identify the Kosovo broadcaster's accountable delegation and applicable submission, funding and delivery obligations.","questions":[{"text":"Which organisation and named roles are authorised to commit the broadcaster and submit the entry?","id":"participation-commitments-q01","kind":"action"},{"text":"Which edition-specific deadlines, rights, funding or delegation requirements remain unmet according to available evidence?","id":"participation-commitments-q02","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"official-record-and-uncertainty","name":"Official record and uncertainty","description":"Controls how Kosovo-related designations, participation claims and any results are 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