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terms?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which entry fits sex (biology)?","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"context","name":"Context","description":"Kinship and language.","layers":[{"id":"kinship","name":"Kinship","description":"Kinship senses.","findings":[{"id":"kinship-finding","name":"Kinship","description":"Kinship.","questions":[{"text":"What do female relative and female twin mean as kinship terms?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which entry fits kinship terminology?","kind":"action"}]}]},{"id":"language","name":"Language","description":"Language.","findings":[{"id":"language-finding","name":"Language","description":"Language.","questions":[{"text":"How are female organisms named across species, such as cow, hen, doe and mare?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which entry fits animal names by sex?","kind":"action"}]}]}]}]},"agentConduct":{"may":["Explain the biological definition of female by gamete size, citing biology sources.","Note when a source uses the term in a kinship sense rather than a biological one."],"mustNot":["Use the biological definition to judge or deny anyone's gender identity.","Generalize mammalian patterns to all species where they do not apply.","Mix the kinship senses in registry aliases with the biological sense."],"requiresHuman":["Using sex data about individual people in a decision about them."]},"ethics":{"considerations":["Debates about sex and gender affect people's dignity and rights.","Accurate biology matters for medicine and conservation."],"affectedParties":["Women and girls","Transgender and intersex people","Patients"]},"owners":{"steward":"Nobody owns the concept; it belongs to biology.","roles":[],"masterSystems":[]},"relations":[{"target":"Q19088","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"},{"target":"Q7239","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"},{"target":"organism","type":"related","note":"in registry terms"},{"target":"eukaryote","type":"related","note":"in registry terms"},{"target":"male 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senses"]},"hazards":{"applicability":"required","items":["Conflating biological sex with gender","Overgeneralising mammalian patterns to all species","Registry aliases mixing kinship senses with biology"]},"interfaces":{"applicability":"required","items":["No regulation; biological nomenclature conventions"]},"context":{"applicability":"required","items":["Not applicable; a biological category.","female animals","female plants and female flowers in dioecious and monoecious species","female fungi and algae mating types by analogy","females in species with sequential hermaphroditism","kinship senses such as female relative and female twin"]}},"sources":[{"title":"Wikidata item Q43445: female organism","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43445","note":"identity and sense of the item"},{"title":"Wikipedia: Female","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Female","note":"general description of the item"}],"openQuestions":["Should sex determination and female (kinship) be separate entries?","How should biology references be linked?","The registry entry has merged kinship aliases; should they be split off?"],"resources":{"spec":"/models/things/publications/thing-q43445/spec.json"},"provenance":{"origin":"thing registry research (pass 2)","builtFrom":["models/things/publications/thing-q43445/spec.json"],"providers":["Claude"],"researchStatus":"unreviewed","generatedAt":"2026-09-13T05:23:21Z","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":{"_gate":"Published through the thing publication gate 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