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khoroo in the capital note"]},"recognition":{"applicability":"required","items":["Administrative division of Mongolia","District of Mongolia, duureg, khoroo, subdistrict of Mongolia, kheseg","Khoshuu were Qing-era banners; regions are statistical groupings; Inner Mongolia is a region of China","Not a physical object; shown on administrative maps."]},"capabilities":{"applicability":"required","items":["explain the hierarchy","relay names and governance","describe named units","distinguish related divisions"]},"hazards":{"applicability":"required","items":["Stale counts of units","Confusing Mongolia with Inner Mongolia","Transliteration variations"]},"interfaces":{"applicability":"required","items":["Constitution of Mongolia","Law on administrative and territorial units","ISO 3166-2:MN"]},"context":{"applicability":"required","items":["Administering territory in Mongolia.","aimags","sums","bags","duureg of Ulaanbaatar","khoroo"]}},"sources":[{"title":"Wikidata item Q3645512: administrative territorial entity of Mongolia","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3645512","note":"identity and sense of the item"},{"title":"Wikipedia: Administrative divisions of Mongolia","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_Mongolia","note":"general description of the item"}],"openQuestions":["Should each unit type be a separate entry?","How should official sources be linked and kept current?","How should transliterations be standardised?"],"resources":{"spec":"/models/things/publications/thing-q3645512/spec.json"},"provenance":{"origin":"thing registry research (pass 2)","builtFrom":["models/things/publications/thing-q3645512/spec.json"],"providers":["Claude"],"researchStatus":"unreviewed","generatedAt":"2026-09-13T22:13:41Z","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":{},"score":1.0}}