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states and peoples claim sovereignty under law.","roles":[],"masterSystems":[]},"relations":[{"target":"Q174834","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"},{"target":"Q2101636","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"},{"target":"political power","type":"related","note":"category"},{"target":"authority","type":"related","note":"category"},{"target":"Indigenous peoples","type":"related","note":"Indigenous sovereignty claims"},{"target":"imperialism","type":"related","note":"historical denial of sovereignty"}],"interaction":{"identity":{"applicability":"required","items":["Vercy registry: vr.tr.sovereignty","Wikidata: Q42008 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q42008)"]},"properties":{"applicability":"not-applicable","items":[]},"recognition":{"applicability":"optional","items":["Supreme authority of a state","Internal and external dimensions","Autonomy is limited self-rule; jurisdiction is legal authority within limits","Not physical; a political and legal concept."]},"capabilities":{"applicability":"required","items":["explain the concept and forms","present debates with attribution","describe data and Indigenous sovereignty","support study"]},"hazards":{"applicability":"required","items":["Presenting contested sovereignty claims as settled","Conflating legal and political senses","Ignoring Indigenous perspectives"]},"interfaces":{"applicability":"required","items":["United Nations Charter principles","International law on statehood and non-intervention","Data protection and localisation laws"]},"context":{"applicability":"required","items":["Supreme authority and independence.","state sovereignty in international law","popular and parliamentary sovereignty","sovereignty disputes over territory","data sovereignty","Indigenous and Maori data sovereignty"]}},"sources":[{"title":"Wikidata item Q42008: sovereignty","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q42008","note":"identity and sense of the item"},{"title":"Wikipedia: Sovereignty","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sovereignty","note":"general description of the item"}],"openQuestions":["Should data sovereignty be a separate entry?","How should international law sources be linked?","How should contested claims be attributed?"],"resources":{"spec":"/models/things/publications/thing-q42008/spec.json"},"provenance":{"origin":"thing registry research (pass 2)","builtFrom":["models/things/publications/thing-q42008/spec.json"],"providers":["Claude"],"researchStatus":"unreviewed","generatedAt":"2026-09-12T02:41:47Z","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 2026-10-06T19:51:59+00:00: completeness 1.00; 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