{"schema":"https://ver.cy/schemas/card/1.0.0","id":"vr.tr.internationaux-de-nouvelle-cal-donie","code":"thing-q557548","url":"https://ver.cy/models/thing/q557548/","name":"Internationaux de Nouvelle-Calédonie","alternateNames":[],"kind":"thing","status":"published","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":"The Internationaux de Nouvelle-Calédonie is a recurring professional men's tennis tournament held in Nouméa, New Caledonia, known for its place on the ATP Challenger Tour and its outdoor hard-court matches.","purpose":"Enable an agent to recognise Internationaux de Nouvelle-Calédonie across tournament names, assess individual editions and determine supported participation, scheduling and result-recording actions.","scope":{"in":["Tournament identity across historical and sponsored names","Edition-specific ATP classification, dates and operational status","Singles, doubles and qualifying competition boundaries","Player admission, draws, progression and official results","Nouméa venue arrangements and edition delivery"],"out":["The ATP Challenger Tour as a whole and its general rule system","Players' complete careers, rankings and travel histories","The tennis venue as a physical asset outside tournament use","Sponsors and organising institutions beyond their tournament roles","Other New Caledonian tournaments, exhibitions and territorial championships"],"boundaries":[]},"distinguishingFeatures":["Identify the recurring Nouméa tournament rather than any international tennis event held in New Caledonia; ATP currently indexes the Nouméa event under tournament identifier 2205.","Require evidence of continuity before treating Internationaux de Nouvelle-Calédonie, Open SIFA and BNC Tennis Open as names of the same tournament lineage.","Distinguish the tournament series from a dated edition, an individual match and a qualifying draw.","Check ATP Challenger affiliation for the relevant edition rather than confusing the event with an ATP Tour-level tournament or a local championship.","Distinguish qualifying, main-draw play and associated exhibitions even when they share a venue, sponsor or promotional programme."],"structure":{"bundles":[{"id":"noumea-tournament-identity","name":"Nouméa tournament identity","description":"Establish which tournament the historical registry name denotes and how its names remain connected.","layers":[{"id":"names-and-continuity","name":"Names and continuity","description":"Connect historical and commercial names through dated evidence.","findings":[{"id":"commercial-name-lineage","name":"Commercial name lineage","description":"Treat the proposed relationship between the registry name, Open SIFA and BNC Tennis Open as an identity claim requiring a documented chronology.","questions":[{"text":"Which organiser or circuit records establish continuity from Internationaux de Nouvelle-Calédonie through the later commercial names?","id":"commercial-name-lineage-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"During which editions was each name official, and which names were merely journalistic abbreviations?","id":"commercial-name-lineage-q02","kind":"boundary"}]}]},{"id":"circuit-identity","name":"Circuit identity","description":"Anchor the tournament to authoritative circuit records while separating subordinate competitions.","findings":[{"id":"atp-noumea-record","name":"ATP Nouméa record","description":"ATP lists BNC Tennis Open at Nouméa under identifier 2205; use that record as an identity anchor without assuming every historical or qualifying record uses the same identifier. Source: [ATP Nouméa overview](https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/noumea/2205/overview).","questions":[{"text":"Which historical ATP records link identifier 2205 to the registry's tournament name?","id":"atp-noumea-record-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which separate identifiers describe qualifying or particular editions rather than another tournament series?","id":"atp-noumea-record-q02","kind":"boundary"}]}]}]},{"id":"editions-and-calendar","name":"Editions and calendar","description":"Represent each staging of the Nouméa tournament with its own dates, season designation and status.","layers":[{"id":"season-and-date-boundaries","name":"Season and date boundaries","description":"Separate edition identity from calendar-year boundaries and promotional schedules.","findings":[{"id":"qualifying-versus-main-week","name":"Qualifying versus main week","description":"The organiser advertises 4-10 January 2026, while ATP lists 5-10 January; retain both source scopes until their difference is explained. Sources: [organiser programme](https://bnctennisopen.nc/) and [ATP calendar record](https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/noumea/2205/overview).","questions":[{"text":"Does the earlier organiser start date represent qualifying, an opening event or another programme component?","id":"qualifying-versus-main-week-q01","kind":"boundary"},{"text":"What official season designation applies when an edition begins in December and finishes in January?","id":"qualifying-versus-main-week-q02","kind":"definition"}]}]},{"id":"staging-status","name":"Staging status","description":"Track confirmation, interruption and completion without inferring occurrence from annual recurrence.","findings":[{"id":"edition-confirmation-and-gaps","name":"Edition confirmation and gaps","description":"Maintain evidence for whether each advertised edition actually took place and how any missing years affect numbering.","questions":[{"text":"Which official notices and completed draws establish whether a given Nouméa edition occurred, moved or was cancelled?","id":"edition-confirmation-and-gaps-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"What dated evidence permits an agent to change an edition from announced to sanctioned, in progress or completed?","id":"edition-confirmation-and-gaps-q02","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"challenger-competition-and-entry","name":"Challenger competition and entry","description":"Describe how the Nouméa edition admits players and structures its sanctioned competitions.","layers":[{"id":"edition-sanction-and-format","name":"Edition sanction and format","description":"Bind competition format to the ATP classification and rules effective for that edition.","findings":[{"id":"noumea-challenger-classification","name":"Nouméa Challenger classification","description":"The organiser identifies the event as an ATP Challenger Tour tournament; the exact category and format must be established edition by edition. Source: [organiser tournament presentation](https://bnctennisopen.nc/presentation-du-bnc-tennis-open-noumea/).","questions":[{"text":"What Challenger category, draw sizes and match formats were sanctioned for the selected edition?","id":"noumea-challenger-classification-q01","kind":"definition"},{"text":"Which singles, doubles and qualifying competitions belong to that sanction, and which accompanying activities are exhibitions?","id":"noumea-challenger-classification-q02","kind":"boundary"}]}]},{"id":"acceptance-and-draw-placement","name":"Acceptance and draw placement","description":"Follow players and pairs from entry route to their actual draw positions.","findings":[{"id":"entry-route-evidence","name":"Entry route evidence","description":"Record direct acceptance, qualifying, wild cards and replacements only when supported by the relevant acceptance list or draw.","questions":[{"text":"Which dated ranking, deadline and entry rules governed admission to the Nouméa edition?","id":"entry-route-evidence-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which official record establishes each entrant's route, including any local wild card, qualifier or late replacement?","id":"entry-route-evidence-q02","kind":"provenance"}]}]}]},{"id":"noumea-venue-and-delivery","name":"Nouméa venue and delivery","description":"Connect the event to its actual playing site, local schedule and operational authority.","layers":[{"id":"ouen-toro-playing-site","name":"Ouen Toro playing site","description":"Resolve local place names and court arrangements for each edition.","findings":[{"id":"venue-name-resolution","name":"Venue name resolution","description":"The organiser references both Ouen Toro and the municipal Marie-Louise Lhuillier tennis complex; establish their precise relationship before assigning venue identity. Source: [organiser access information](https://bnctennisopen.nc/).","questions":[{"text":"Do Ouen Toro and the named municipal complex denote the same tournament site, a district and facility, or different playing areas?","id":"venue-name-resolution-q01","kind":"boundary"},{"text":"Which courts, surface specification and indoor/outdoor conditions were actually used for the selected edition?","id":"venue-name-resolution-q02","kind":"measurement"}]}]},{"id":"playability-and-operational-control","name":"Playability and operational control","description":"Record who can alter the Nouméa order of play and the evidence supporting operational changes.","findings":[{"id":"authorised-schedule-changes","name":"Authorised schedule changes","description":"Treat weather interruptions, court changes and revised start times as edition events requiring authoritative notices.","questions":[{"text":"Which tournament officials and publication channels authorise postponement, suspension, relocation or resumption of play?","id":"authorised-schedule-changes-q01","kind":"action"},{"text":"What is the latest authoritative order of play in Nouméa local time, and which previous version does it supersede?","id":"authorised-schedule-changes-q02","kind":"provenance"}]}]}]},{"id":"results-and-competitive-consequences","name":"Results and competitive consequences","description":"Establish the edition's sporting outcomes and the rewards attributable to those outcomes.","layers":[{"id":"draw-progression-and-titles","name":"Draw progression and titles","description":"Preserve separate singles and doubles progressions with official match dispositions.","findings":[{"id":"official-edition-outcomes","name":"Official edition outcomes","description":"Link champions and finalists to completed official draws, distinguishing played victories from walkovers, retirements and defaults.","questions":[{"text":"Which final official draws establish the singles champion, doubles champions and progression through each round?","id":"official-edition-outcomes-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"How should an agent record an unfinished or unplayed match without inventing a played score or completed final?","id":"official-edition-outcomes-q02","kind":"action"}]}]},{"id":"points-and-prize-accounting","name":"Points and prize accounting","description":"Attach competitive rewards to the edition's category, draw and official distribution rules.","findings":[{"id":"edition-specific-awards","name":"Edition-specific awards","description":"Keep advertised purse, applicable award schedules and evidence of actual payment distinct.","questions":[{"text":"What currency, total prize purse and round-by-round distributions apply, including whether doubles amounts are per pair or per player?","id":"edition-specific-awards-q01","kind":"measurement"},{"text":"Which edition-specific ATP points schedule applies to singles, doubles and qualifying outcomes?","id":"edition-specific-awards-q02","kind":"provenance"}]}]}]},{"id":"evidence-and-external-alignment","name":"Evidence and external alignment","description":"What the world already says about this thing, gathered so the model can be checked against it.","layers":[{"id":"reported-evidence","name":"Reported evidence","description":"Findings from the breadth pass, kept separate from the structural claims.","findings":[{"id":"evidence-confidence-notes","name":"Check these first","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these check these first hold for the sense of Internationaux de Nouvelle-Calédonie this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-confidence-notes-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-kinds","name":"Kinds and varieties","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these kinds and varieties hold for the sense of Internationaux de Nouvelle-Calédonie this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-kinds-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-standards-and-regulation","name":"Standards and regulation","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these standards and regulation hold for the sense of Internationaux de Nouvelle-Calédonie this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-standards-and-regulation-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-real-world-use","name":"Real-world use","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these real-world use hold for the sense of Internationaux de Nouvelle-Calédonie this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-real-world-use-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards","name":"Failure modes and hazards","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these failure modes and hazards hold for the sense of Internationaux de Nouvelle-Calédonie this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-neighbours","name":"Neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart hold for the sense of Internationaux de Nouvelle-Calédonie this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-neighbours-q01","kind":"provenance"}]}]}]}]},"agentConduct":{"may":["Report draws, results and schedules from the tournament's and tour's official sources.","Explain the tournament's place on the Challenger circuit."],"mustNot":["Publish unconfirmed results or withdrawals as final.","Assist match-fixing or pass inside information to bettors, a known risk at lower-tier events.","Share players' travel plans or personal details beyond what they make public."],"requiresHuman":["Publishing integrity allegations against named players."]},"ethics":{"considerations":["Lower-tier players earn little, which makes them targets for corruption.","Players deserve privacy and safety while travelling."],"affectedParties":["Players","Local organizers","Spectators"]},"owners":{"steward":"The local organizer under the professional men's tour.","roles":[],"masterSystems":[]},"relations":[{"target":"Q13219666","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"}],"interaction":{"identity":{"applicability":"required","items":["Vercy registry: vr.tr.internationaux-de-nouvelle-cal-donie","Wikidata: Q557548 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q557548)"]},"properties":{"applicability":"not-applicable","items":["Tournament identity: Registry id; 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