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playing cards are also used for divination, magic and collecting.","purpose":"Let an agent explain playing cards and their patterns, relay history, suits and manufacture from card history sources, describe games and other uses, and distinguish playing cards from tarot reading, trading cards and game-specific cards.","scope":{"in":[],"out":[],"boundaries":[]},"distinguishingFeatures":["Suit systems","Regional patterns","Standardised sizes","Many uses"],"structure":{"bundles":[{"id":"understand","name":"Understand","description":"What playing cards are.","layers":[{"id":"definition","name":"Definition","description":"Definition and patterns.","findings":[{"id":"definition-finding","name":"Definition","description":"Definition.","questions":[{"text":"What are playing cards, and how do French, German, Swiss, Latin and tarot patterns differ?","kind":"definition"},{"text":"Is the question about playing cards, tarot reading, trading cards or a game-specific card?","kind":"boundary"}]}]},{"id":"anatomy","name":"Anatomy","description":"Anatomy of a card.","findings":[{"id":"anatomy-finding","name":"Anatomy","description":"Anatomy.","questions":[{"text":"What are suits, ranks, indices, court cards, oudlers and backs?","kind":"definition"},{"text":"Which entry fits the specific element?","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"history","name":"History","description":"History.","layers":[{"id":"origins","name":"Origins","description":"Origins.","findings":[{"id":"origins-finding","name":"Origins","description":"Origins.","questions":[{"text":"How did playing cards spread from China and the Islamic world to Europe, as historians describe?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which references are standard?","kind":"provenance"}]}]},{"id":"patterns","name":"Patterns","description":"Regional patterns.","findings":[{"id":"patterns-finding","name":"Patterns","description":"Patterns.","questions":[{"text":"How did regional patterns and hanafuda develop?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which entry fits the specific pattern?","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"use","name":"Use","description":"Games and uses.","layers":[{"id":"games","name":"Games","description":"Games.","findings":[{"id":"games-finding","name":"Games","description":"Games.","questions":[{"text":"What games are played with each deck type?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which entry fits the specific game?","kind":"action"}]}]},{"id":"other","name":"Other","description":"Other uses.","findings":[{"id":"other-finding","name":"Other","description":"Other.","questions":[{"text":"How are cards used in magic, cardistry, divination and collecting?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which sources are cited?","kind":"provenance"}]}]}]},{"id":"context","name":"Context","description":"Manufacture and culture.","layers":[{"id":"manufacture","name":"Manufacture","description":"Manufacture.","findings":[{"id":"manufacture-finding","name":"Manufacture","description":"Manufacture.","questions":[{"text":"How are cards made, and who are the major manufacturers?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which entry fits the specific manufacturer?","kind":"action"}]}]},{"id":"culture","name":"Culture","description":"Culture.","findings":[{"id":"culture-finding","name":"Culture","description":"Culture.","questions":[{"text":"How do cards appear in art, literature and symbolism?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which entry fits card symbolism?","kind":"action"}]}]}]}]},"agentConduct":{"may":["Identify card decks, suits and regional patterns.","Explain the rules of card games and keep score for players who ask."],"mustNot":["Help mark cards, cheat or collude in card games played for money.","Present tarot or cartomancy readings as reliable predictions of a person's future.","Encourage gambling by minors or by people who have asked to be stopped."],"requiresHuman":["Running or dealing a card game with real stakes."]},"ethics":{"considerations":["Card games for money can feed gambling harm.","Fortune telling with cards can exploit people in distress."],"affectedParties":["Players","People with gambling problems","Card collectors"]},"owners":{"steward":"The person who owns the deck; gambling regulators license games with stakes.","roles":[],"masterSystems":[]},"relations":[{"target":"Q1261026","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"},{"target":"Q17638008","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"},{"target":"Q29024343","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"},{"target":"game equipment","type":"related","note":"in registry terms"},{"target":"printed matter","type":"related","note":"in registry terms"},{"target":"card game","type":"related","note":"of many kinds"},{"target":"tarot","type":"related","note":"as a card family"}],"interaction":{"identity":{"applicability":"required","items":["Vercy registry: vr.tr.playing-card","Wikidata: Q47883 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47883)"]},"properties":{"applicability":"required","items":["standard deck: 52 cards - plus jokers","poker size: 63.5 x 88.9 mm","tarot deck: 78 cards - French tarot","hanafuda deck: 48 cards"]},"recognition":{"applicability":"required","items":["Card from a game deck","French, German, Swiss, Italian and Spanish suited cards, tarot cards, hanafuda, game-specific cards","Trading cards are collectibles; tarot reading uses tarot decks for divination","Rectangular cards with rounded corners, a patterned back and suit marks on the face."]},"capabilities":{"applicability":"required","items":["explain patterns and suits","relay history and manufacture","describe games and uses","distinguish related cards"]},"hazards":{"applicability":"required","items":["Confusing tarot cards with tarot reading","Mixing regional patterns and games","Marked cards in gambling"]},"interfaces":{"applicability":"required","items":["Historical card taxes and duty stamps","Gambling regulation for casino cards","No general standard; industry sizes"]},"context":{"applicability":"required","items":["Playing games and related uses.","French-suited cards with hearts, diamonds, clubs and spades","German and Swiss-suited cards with hearts, bells, acorns and leaves or shields","Latin-suited Italian and Spanish cards","tarot cards including French tarot with oudlers","hanafuda and other East Asian cards","game-specific cards such as Monopoly cards and collectible card games"]}},"sources":[{"title":"Wikidata item Q47883: playing card","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47883","note":"identity and sense of the item"},{"title":"Wikipedia: Playing card","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playing_card","note":"general description of the item"}],"openQuestions":["Should tarot cards and hanafuda be separate primary entries?","How should card history sources be linked?","The registry entry has merged aliases naming patterns and game-specific cards; should they be split off?"],"resources":{"spec":"/models/things/publications/thing-q47883/spec.json"},"provenance":{"origin":"thing registry research (pass 2)","builtFrom":["models/things/publications/thing-q47883/spec.json"],"providers":["Claude"],"researchStatus":"unreviewed","generatedAt":"2026-09-13T05:02:28Z","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 1.0 on 2026-10-07T10:10:31+00:00: completeness 1.00; sense: Wikidata description; 2 live sources; review by codex: pass"},"score":1.0}}