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stepsisters need not share a parent, the term extends to women in religious orders and to solidarity among women, and in Ryukyuan tradition the onarigami belief holds sisters as spiritual protectors of brothers.","purpose":"Let an agent explain the sister relation and its kinds, relay kinship terminology across cultures, describe sibling research with attribution, and distinguish the family sense from religious and figurative uses.","scope":{"in":[],"out":[],"boundaries":[]},"distinguishingFeatures":["The relationship can arise through shared biological parentage, adoption or a stepfamily relationship.","Birth order distinguishes older and younger sisters.","Kinship terminology varies across cultures.","Religious and figurative senses also exist."],"structure":{"bundles":[{"id":"understand","name":"Understand","description":"What a sister is.","layers":[{"id":"definition","name":"Definition","description":"Definition and kinds.","findings":[{"id":"definition-finding","name":"Definition","description":"Definition.","questions":[{"text":"What is a sister, and what kinds of sister relation exist?","kind":"definition"},{"text":"Is the question about a family sister, a religious sister or figurative sisterhood?","kind":"boundary"}]}]},{"id":"terminology","name":"Terminology","description":"Kinship terms.","findings":[{"id":"terminology-finding","name":"Terminology","description":"Terminology.","questions":[{"text":"How do languages distinguish older, younger, parallel cousin and in-law sisters?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which entry fits the specific kinship system?","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"research","name":"Research","description":"Sibling research.","layers":[{"id":"development","name":"Development","description":"Development.","findings":[{"id":"development-finding","name":"Development","description":"Development.","questions":[{"text":"What does research say about sibling relationships and development, with findings attributed?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which sources are cited?","kind":"provenance"}]}]},{"id":"adult","name":"Adult","description":"Adult sisters.","findings":[{"id":"adult-finding","name":"Adult","description":"Adult.","questions":[{"text":"How do sister relationships change in adulthood and ageing, as studies describe?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Is the user asking for personal family advice, which the model does not give?","kind":"boundary"}]}]}]},{"id":"culture","name":"Culture","description":"Culture and belief.","layers":[{"id":"belief","name":"Belief","description":"Beliefs about sisters.","findings":[{"id":"belief-finding","name":"Belief","description":"Belief.","questions":[{"text":"What is the Ryukyuan onarigami belief, and what other cultural roles do sisters hold, with attribution?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which entry fits Ryukyuan religion?","kind":"action"}]}]},{"id":"representation","name":"Representation","description":"Literature and media.","findings":[{"id":"representation-finding","name":"Representation","description":"Representation.","questions":[{"text":"How are sisters represented in literature, myth and media?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which references are standard?","kind":"provenance"}]}]}]},{"id":"context","name":"Context","description":"Law and other senses.","layers":[{"id":"law","name":"Law","description":"Law.","findings":[{"id":"law-finding","name":"Law","description":"Law.","questions":[{"text":"What legal rights and duties attach to sisters in inheritance and care?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Is the question jurisdiction-specific, which needs local law?","kind":"boundary"}]}]},{"id":"senses","name":"Senses","description":"Other senses.","findings":[{"id":"senses-finding","name":"Senses","description":"Senses.","questions":[{"text":"How is sister used for religious women, nurses and solidarity movements?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which entry fits the specific sense?","kind":"action"}]}]}]}]},"agentConduct":{"may":["Record a sibling relationship a person has stated, in a record they control.","Help a person who is searching for a sister through lawful channels."],"mustNot":["Infer or publish family relationships from genetic or document data without consent.","Disclose a sister's contact details or location to someone she may be avoiding.","Treat a step, half or adoptive sister as less of a sister in records or language.","Reveal that a sibling relationship is not biological to anyone who did not know."],"requiresHuman":["Any contact between separated or estranged siblings.","Disclosure of adoption or donor conception facts."]},"ethics":{"considerations":["Family relationships surfaced by genetic testing have broken families and exposed secrets.","Siblings are sometimes separated by abuse, and reconnection can be dangerous."],"affectedParties":["The sisters themselves","Parents and wider family","People fleeing family violence"]},"owners":{"steward":"Each person owns their own family facts; civil registers record parentage.","roles":[],"masterSystems":["Civil registration records of births and adoptions"]},"relations":[{"target":"Q138717427","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"},{"target":"Q31184","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"},{"target":"sibling","type":"related","note":"in registry terms"},{"target":"sister or female parallel cousin","type":"related","note":"in registry terms"},{"target":"brother","type":"related","note":"the male sibling"},{"target":"kinship","type":"related","note":"anthropology"}],"interaction":{"identity":{"applicability":"required","items":["Vercy registry: vr.tr.sister","Wikidata: Q595094 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q595094)"]},"properties":{"applicability":"not-applicable","items":[]},"recognition":{"applicability":"optional","items":["Female sibling","Full, half, step, adoptive, twin, older and younger","A religious sister belongs to an order; sisterhood is figurative solidarity","No defining appearance; a relation between people."]},"capabilities":{"applicability":"required","items":["explain kinds of sister","relay kinship terminology","relay sibling research","distinguish senses"]},"hazards":{"applicability":"required","items":["Confusing kinship terms across languages","Stereotyping birth order","Confusing family and religious senses"]},"interfaces":{"applicability":"required","items":["Family law on sibling rights, inheritance and care","No regulation of the relation itself"]},"context":{"applicability":"required","items":["Not applicable; 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sense: Wikidata description; 2 live sources; review by codex: pass","interaction.properties":"Plane SOC: no invented physical properties."},"score":1.0}}