{"schema":"https://ver.cy/schemas/card/1.0.0","id":"vr.tr.military-identity-document","code":"thing-q563402","url":"https://ver.cy/models/thing/q563402/","name":"military identity document","alternateNames":["Wehrpass"],"kind":"thing","status":"published","version":"0.1.0-research.1","language":"en","classifiers":{"family":"Thing Registry","category":"Information and virtual systems","entryKind":"thing","plane":"INF","domain":["INF.MED"],"industry":[],"navPath":"","tags":[],"facets":{}},"whatItIs":"A military identity document is an official credential issued by a competent authority to identify a person and attest to that person's military status or affiliation.","purpose":"Enable an agent to recognise a military identity document, assess its documented validity and evidential limits, and determine appropriate verification and handling actions.","scope":{"in":["The document type and its stated military identification purpose","Identity and military affiliation assertions associated with the holder","Issuing authority, credential identifiers and issuance provenance","Physical or digital manifestations and their connection to an issued credential","Validity, replacement, cancellation and verification state","Document-specific presentation, disclosure and handling constraints"],"out":["The holder's complete military service history or personnel file","Military organisations, ranks and appointments as independently modelled entities","General civilian identity documents without a military identification purpose","Standalone access permissions, security clearances and benefit entitlements","Medical records and clinical fitness determinations","Detailed credential manufacturing or security-feature reproduction procedures"],"boundaries":[]},"distinguishingFeatures":["The document's declared purpose includes identifying a person in a military administrative or operational context; mentioning past service incidentally is insufficient.","The military identity assertion is attributable to an identifiable issuing authority and credential scheme, rather than merely inferred from a uniform, insignia or personal claim.","The credential binds identifying information to a particular holder; an anonymous military pass or equipment label does not meet that test.","Its primary identification role distinguishes it from a service-history extract, discharge certificate or military order, unless the applicable scheme explicitly combines those functions.","Any access, benefits or special-status function must be established separately for the relevant document type and context."],"structure":{"bundles":[{"id":"military-credential-classification","name":"Military credential classification","description":"Establishes which military identification scheme the document belongs to and what kind of credential is being represented.","layers":[{"id":"scheme-and-authority","name":"Scheme and authority","description":"Connects the credential's claimed military identification role to its issuer and documented scheme.","findings":[{"id":"issuing-authority-and-purpose","name":"Issuing authority and purpose","description":"Record the claimed issuer, issuing jurisdiction and scheme-defined identification purpose, distinguishing observed markings from verified provenance.","questions":[{"text":"Which organisation and credential scheme are claimed to authorise this military identity document?","id":"issuing-authority-and-purpose-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"What does the scheme define as the document's military identification purpose?","id":"issuing-authority-and-purpose-q02","kind":"definition"}]}]},{"id":"credential-and-manifestation","name":"Credential and manifestation","description":"Separates the credential type, individual issuance and presented representation.","findings":[{"id":"issued-credential-boundary","name":"Issued credential boundary","description":"Identify whether the presented object is an issued credential, a representation of one or a neighbouring military document.","questions":[{"text":"Is this an original physical document, native digital credential, copy or image of a particular issuance?","id":"issued-credential-boundary-q01","kind":"boundary"},{"text":"What scheme evidence distinguishes it from a service record, discharge certificate, military order or standalone access pass?","id":"issued-credential-boundary-q02","kind":"boundary"}]}]}]},{"id":"holder-and-military-assertions","name":"Holder and military assertions","description":"Models who the credential identifies and the precise military relationship it asserts.","layers":[{"id":"holder-identification","name":"Holder identification","description":"Records the identity information and binding methods used by the military credential scheme.","findings":[{"id":"identity-fields-and-binding","name":"Identity fields and binding","description":"Preserve the roles of names, portraits, identifiers and any other scheme-defined binding elements without assuming every credential includes them.","questions":[{"text":"Which recorded elements identify the holder, and which identify only the document or personnel record?","id":"identity-fields-and-binding-q01","kind":"definition"},{"text":"What authorised comparison can establish whether the presenter corresponds to the credential's holder?","id":"identity-fields-and-binding-q02","kind":"action"}]}]},{"id":"affiliation-and-temporal-meaning","name":"Affiliation and temporal meaning","description":"Interprets military affiliation fields according to their scheme and reference time.","findings":[{"id":"military-status-assertion","name":"Military status assertion","description":"Record the asserted service relationship and any rank, branch or unit fields as scoped assertions, retaining uncertainty about their currency.","questions":[{"text":"Which holder category or military relationship does the document explicitly assert, using the issuer's terminology?","id":"military-status-assertion-q01","kind":"definition"},{"text":"Do affiliation, rank or unit fields describe issuance-time facts or a status maintained through a separate authoritative record?","id":"military-status-assertion-q02","kind":"provenance"}]}]}]},{"id":"authenticity-and-lifecycle","name":"Authenticity and lifecycle","description":"Separates evidence of authentic issuance from evidence that a military credential remains valid and usable.","layers":[{"id":"verification-evidence","name":"Verification evidence","description":"Records available checks and their specific conclusions for the presented credential.","findings":[{"id":"scheme-appropriate-checks","name":"Scheme-appropriate checks","description":"Associate each inspection or authorised issuer response with its method, time, result and evidential limits.","questions":[{"text":"Which issuer-documented checks are available for this credential type and presented manifestation?","id":"scheme-appropriate-checks-q01","kind":"action"},{"text":"What did each check establish about authentic issuance, alteration, holder binding or current validity, and when?","id":"scheme-appropriate-checks-q02","kind":"measurement"}]}]},{"id":"issuance-and-status-transitions","name":"Issuance and status transitions","description":"Tracks validity intervals and changes affecting a particular military credential issuance.","findings":[{"id":"current-credential-state","name":"Current credential state","description":"Record dated lifecycle evidence and relationships to replacement credentials, distinguishing printed dates from authoritative status information.","questions":[{"text":"What evidence establishes the effective dates and present state of this specific issuance?","id":"current-credential-state-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"How does the applicable scheme handle loss, damage, replacement or a change in the holder's military relationship?","id":"current-credential-state-q02","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"recognition-and-controlled-handling","name":"Recognition and controlled handling","description":"Connects presentation of the credential to a particular decision and to applicable handling requirements.","layers":[{"id":"purpose-specific-recognition","name":"Purpose-specific recognition","description":"Determines what a recipient may conclude from presentation of this military credential.","findings":[{"id":"recognition-and-entitlement-boundary","name":"Recognition and entitlement boundary","description":"Record evidence that a named authority accepts this credential for a named purpose, identifying additional requirements for any resulting permission.","questions":[{"text":"Which documented rule establishes acceptance of this credential by this recipient for the proposed purpose?","id":"recognition-and-entitlement-boundary-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"What additional evidence or authorisation is needed before granting access, benefits or another permission?","id":"recognition-and-entitlement-boundary-q02","kind":"boundary"}]}]},{"id":"disclosure-and-custody","name":"Disclosure and custody","description":"Records applicable constraints on inspecting, copying, retaining and transferring the credential or its data.","findings":[{"id":"authorised-document-handling","name":"Authorised document handling","description":"Link handling decisions to applicable issuer instructions and recipient rules, with attention to personal identifiers and military affiliation information.","questions":[{"text":"Which applicable instructions govern inspection, copying, retention, surrender or transfer of this military identity document?","id":"authorised-document-handling-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"What minimum document information is necessary for the authorised task, and how should unnecessary exposure be avoided?","id":"authorised-document-handling-q02","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"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 military identity document 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 military identity document this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-kinds-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-identifiers","name":"Identifiers and schemes","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these identifiers and schemes hold for the sense of military identity document this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-identifiers-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 military identity document 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 military identity document this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-regional-variation","name":"Regional variation","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these regional variation hold for the sense of military identity document this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-regional-variation-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 military identity document this model covers, and on what 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protect captured persons and the dead under international law."],"affectedParties":["Service members and veterans","Their families","People at sites that rely on the credential"]},"owners":{"steward":"The issuing military or defence authority; the holder keeps the document but does not own it.","roles":[],"masterSystems":["Military personnel records of the issuing authority"]},"relations":[{"target":"Q1369862","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"}],"interaction":{"identity":{"applicability":"required","items":["Vercy registry: vr.tr.military-identity-document","Wikidata: Q563402 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q563402)"]},"properties":{"applicability":"not-applicable","items":["Credential scheme: Reference to the issuing jurisdiction, responsible organisation and document scheme","Holder binding: Holder reference and recorded means of associating the credential with its presenter","Military affiliation assertion: Scheme-defined affiliation or holder category, preserving 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or targeting."]},"interfaces":{"applicability":"required","items":["Geneva Convention (III) relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War, 1949, which requires parties to issue identity cards to persons liable to become prisoners of war."]},"context":{"applicability":"required","items":["Military identity documents are encountered during service administration, controlled access checks and verification of military affiliation.","They may support eligibility checks for services or benefits when the responsible authority accepts that document type.","Their evidential value depends on the issuing authority, document category, validity and context of presentation."]}},"sources":[{"title":"Wikidata item Q563402: military identity document","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q563402","note":"identity and sense of the item"},{"title":"Wikipedia: Military identity card","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_identity_card","note":"general description of the item"}],"openQuestions":["Does the registry intend only credentials identifying military personnel, or also credentials for reservists, veterans, dependants and civilian defence personnel under military schemes?","Which issuing schemes should anchor the model, and what authoritative definitions establish their document boundaries?","Which schemes combine identification with service-history, access, benefit or other functions, and how should those extensions be represented?","What authoritative verification routes and lifecycle rules exist for physical and digital variants in the selected schemes?","Which scheme-specific rules govern copying, retention and disclosure, and how does recognition vary by recipient and purpose?"],"resources":{"spec":"/models/things/publications/thing-q563402/spec.json"},"provenance":{"origin":"thing registry research (pass 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