{"schema":"https://ver.cy/schemas/card/1.0.0","id":"vr.tr.freiberger","code":"thing-q673441","url":"https://ver.cy/models/thing/q673441/","name":"Freiberger","alternateNames":[],"kind":"thing","status":"published","version":"0.1.0-research.1","language":"en","classifiers":{"family":"Thing Registry","category":"Physical world and living systems","entryKind":"thing","plane":"PHY","domain":["PHY.LIV"],"industry":[],"navPath":"","tags":[],"facets":{}},"whatItIs":"The Freiberger, also called the Franches-Montagnes, is a Swiss horse breed originating in the Jura region and developed as a versatile light draught and riding horse.","purpose":"Enable an agent to recognise a Freiberger horse through documented breed identity, assess its individual condition and capabilities, and support breeding, use and conservation decisions.","scope":{"in":["Freiberger breed identity, naming and documented membership","Pedigree, studbook classification and breeding eligibility","Breed-relevant conformation, development and individual variation","Evidence of suitability for riding, driving and other proposed work","Breeding-population distribution, genetic diversity and conservation assessment"],"out":["Domestic-horse taxonomy and general equine biology","Complete clinical records, veterinary diagnosis and treatment protocols","Ownership transactions, market pricing and transport regulation","Governance of breed associations and equestrian competitions","Other horse breeds and crossbreds without a documented Freiberger relationship"],"boundaries":[]},"distinguishingFeatures":["Treat Freiberger as a horse breed designation, not a species with its own binomial author and date.","Check whether Freiberger and Franches-Montagnes identify the same breed in the supplied record; the federation uses these names together. [Federation breeding publication](https://www.fm-ch.ch/sites/default/files/content/elevage/Recueil/brochure_2021_opt.pdf)","Distinguish breed origin from an individual horse's birthplace: the federation identifies the Swiss Jura as the breed's origin and describes breeding across Switzerland. [Swiss Freiberger Federation](https://www.fm-ch.ch/de)","Require pedigree or registration evidence to distinguish documented membership from a visually similar horse or an unsupported seller description.","Preserve distinctions between general Freiberger membership and classifications such as Basis or Stud-Book Urfreiberger; do not treat those labels as interchangeable. [Federation studbook](https://www.fm-ch.ch/de/zucht/herdebuch.html)"],"structure":{"bundles":[{"id":"breed-identity","name":"Breed identity","description":"Establish what Freiberger denotes and how an individual is connected to the breed.","layers":[{"id":"name-and-concept","name":"Name and concept","description":"Resolve the registry label to a documented breed concept.","findings":[{"id":"freiberger-referent","name":"Freiberger referent","description":"Record evidence for interpreting this entry as the horse breed and reconcile language-specific names without creating additional registry things.","questions":[{"text":"Does the originating registry record identify Freiberger as the Franches-Montagnes horse breed?","id":"freiberger-referent-q01","kind":"definition"},{"text":"Which names denote this breed, and which denote a historical subset, place or unrelated entity?","id":"freiberger-referent-q02","kind":"boundary"}]}]},{"id":"individual-membership","name":"Individual membership","description":"Connect a particular horse to a verifiable breed record.","findings":[{"id":"membership-evidence","name":"Membership evidence","description":"Keep the horse's identity, registry assertion and supporting documents connected, including conflicts or missing evidence.","questions":[{"text":"Which identification record links this horse to the claimed Freiberger studbook entry?","id":"membership-evidence-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Is membership documented, merely claimed or contradicted by another record?","id":"membership-evidence-q02","kind":"boundary"}]}]}]},{"id":"pedigree-and-selection","name":"Pedigree and selection","description":"Interpret ancestry, classification and breeding decisions under explicit rules.","layers":[{"id":"ancestry-interpretation","name":"Ancestry interpretation","description":"Make parentage and historical-lineage claims traceable.","findings":[{"id":"pedigree-and-lineage-claims","name":"Pedigree and lineage claims","description":"Record verified parentage and the definitions behind any original-type or outside-ancestry claim.","questions":[{"text":"Which ancestors are verified, and where do gaps or disputed parentage limit interpretation?","id":"pedigree-and-lineage-claims-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"What reference date, founders and calculation method define the stated ancestry percentage?","id":"pedigree-and-lineage-claims-q02","kind":"measurement"}]}]},{"id":"registration-and-breeding-status","name":"Registration and breeding status","description":"Separate classification from permission or suitability to breed.","findings":[{"id":"rule-dependent-eligibility","name":"Rule-dependent eligibility","description":"Assess recorded status and proposed offspring classification against the issuing authority's applicable rules.","questions":[{"text":"Which dated rules support this horse's studbook category and breeding status?","id":"rule-dependent-eligibility-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"What verified conditions would the proposed mating and its offspring need to satisfy?","id":"rule-dependent-eligibility-q02","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"breed-type-and-development","name":"Breed type and development","description":"Assess physical expression of Freiberger type with attention to age and individual variation.","layers":[{"id":"conformation-against-standard","name":"Conformation against standard","description":"Compare observed structure with an identified Freiberger standard.","findings":[{"id":"documented-type-assessment","name":"Documented type assessment","description":"Record measurements and criterion-level observations without inventing standard limits.","questions":[{"text":"Which Freiberger standard and evaluation scheme apply to this assessment?","id":"documented-type-assessment-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"What are the horse's measured height and assessed conformation traits under that scheme?","id":"documented-type-assessment-q02","kind":"measurement"}]}]},{"id":"developmental-context","name":"Developmental context","description":"Interpret type and assessment results in relation to the horse's development.","findings":[{"id":"age-and-sex-context","name":"Age and sex context","description":"Keep maturity, sex and reproductive state explicit when comparing individuals or repeated assessments.","questions":[{"text":"At what age and reproductive state was the Freiberger conformation assessment performed?","id":"age-and-sex-context-q01","kind":"measurement"},{"text":"Does the applicable assessment scheme distinguish immature horses, mares, stallions or geldings?","id":"age-and-sex-context-q02","kind":"boundary"}]}]}]},{"id":"riding-and-driving-suitability","name":"Riding and driving suitability","description":"Translate intended use into evidence about the individual horse.","layers":[{"id":"tested-capabilities","name":"Tested capabilities","description":"Record relevant training and observed performance.","findings":[{"id":"task-specific-evidence","name":"Task-specific evidence","description":"Distinguish demonstrated riding and driving skills from breed-level expectations.","questions":[{"text":"Which riding or driving tasks has this Freiberger completed under a documented assessment?","id":"task-specific-evidence-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"What do observations show about handling, responsiveness and recovery under the proposed task's conditions?","id":"task-specific-evidence-q02","kind":"measurement"}]}]},{"id":"current-use-decision","name":"Current use decision","description":"Combine task evidence with current condition and the proposed working context.","findings":[{"id":"readiness-and-limits","name":"Readiness and limits","description":"Support an individual use decision while referring clinical interpretation to the equine health model.","questions":[{"text":"Do current condition, training and handler experience support the proposed riding or driving activity?","id":"readiness-and-limits-q01","kind":"action"},{"text":"Which changed conditions or unresolved observations require reassessment before proceeding?","id":"readiness-and-limits-q02","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"population-and-conservation","name":"Population and conservation","description":"Assess the managed breed population and separately identified lineage subsets.","layers":[{"id":"population-boundaries","name":"Population boundaries","description":"Define what each distribution or population estimate counts.","findings":[{"id":"dated-population-account","name":"Dated population account","description":"Separate breed origin, current geographic distribution, registered animals and active breeding animals.","questions":[{"text":"Which year, countries and studbook categories does the Freiberger population estimate cover?","id":"dated-population-account-q01","kind":"boundary"},{"text":"How many distinct animals are recorded, and how many contributed offspring during the stated period?","id":"dated-population-account-q02","kind":"measurement"}]}]},{"id":"genetic-representation","name":"Genetic representation","description":"Evaluate diversity and conservation claims at the correct population level.","findings":[{"id":"diversity-and-risk-evidence","name":"Diversity and risk evidence","description":"Keep relatedness, lineage representation and conservation assessments tied to their methods and population definitions.","questions":[{"text":"Which dated breed-risk assessment applies, and does it concern all Freibergers or a specified lineage subset?","id":"diversity-and-risk-evidence-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"How would the proposed breeding choice affect relatedness and representation of underrepresented lines?","id":"diversity-and-risk-evidence-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 Freiberger this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-confidence-notes-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 Freiberger this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-identifiers-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 Freiberger 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 Freiberger this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-real-world-use-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-measurements","name":"Typical measurements","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these typical measurements hold for the sense of Freiberger this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-measurements-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 Freiberger 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 Freiberger 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 Freiberger this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-neighbours-q01","kind":"provenance"}]}]}]}]},"agentConduct":{"may":["Identify a Freiberger by its registration, markings and breed records.","Record a horse's care, health and movements on its keeper's instructions.","Report a horse that is injured, loose or in distress to its keeper or a vet."],"mustNot":["Misrepresent a Freiberger's breed, pedigree or registration in a sale.","Ride, drive or move a horse without its keeper's authority.","Overload a horse used for draught or farm work beyond what it can safely pull or carry.","Give medicines or treatment that a veterinarian has not prescribed."],"requiresHuman":["Selling, breeding, transporting or euthanising a horse."]},"ethics":{"considerations":["Freibergers are bred as a national heritage breed of Switzerland and depend on honest breeding records.","Working horses need rest, care and fair loads."],"affectedParties":["The horse itself","Its keeper and breeders","Riders and drivers"]},"owners":{"steward":"The registered keeper; the national breed association keeps the studbook.","roles":[],"masterSystems":["Breed studbook","National equine identification database"]},"relations":[{"target":"Q2962909","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"}],"interaction":{"identity":{"applicability":"required","items":["Vercy registry: vr.tr.freiberger","Wikidata: Q673441 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q673441)"]},"properties":{"applicability":"required","items":["Breed identification confidence: documented; claimed; disputed; unresolved","Studbook classification: issuing authority, section, category, class and applicable rule version; unknown when unverified","Verified pedigree: identified sire, dam and ancestors with documentary or parentage-test evidence","Withers height: cm, with age, measurement date and method","Development and reproductive state: age or life stage; recorded sex; intact or gelded; reproductive state where relevant","Conformation assessment: criterion-level observations or scores, assessor and dated Freiberger standard","Task-specific performance: riding or driving test result, protocol, date and assessment conditions","Ancestry proportion: percentage with named ancestry definition, reference population and calculation method","Breeding-population size: number of animals by year, geography, classification and reproductive contribution"]},"recognition":{"applicability":"required","items":["A compact, muscular light draught horse, usually bay or chestnut.","A kind head, short strong legs and a calm temperament.","Often seen in harness, under saddle or in the pastures of the Jura."]},"capabilities":{"applicability":"required","items":["Reconcile a horse's claimed Freiberger identity with its identification and studbook evidence.","Compare individual measurements and assessments with a dated breed standard.","Assess readiness for a proposed riding or driving task using observed performance and current condition.","Evaluate a proposed mating against documented eligibility, relatedness and diversity objectives.","Track population changes while keeping historical-lineage subsets distinct from breed-wide totals."]},"hazards":{"applicability":"required","items":["Heavy horses can crush or kick handlers in confined spaces.","Overfeeding and too little work can lead to obesity and laminitis."]},"interfaces":{"applicability":"required","items":["The studbook regulations issued by the Swiss Franches-Montagnes Horse Breeding Federation govern registration and breeding eligibility within the breed."]},"context":{"applicability":"required","items":["This Swiss horse breed is encountered in riding, carriage driving and light draught work.","It also appears in breeding and conservation programmes concerned with maintaining documented ancestry and breed characteristics.","Decisions about an individual horse's use depend on its health, training and temperament."]}},"sources":[{"title":"Wikidata item Q673441: Freiberger","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q673441","note":"identity and sense of the item"},{"title":"Wikipedia: Freiberger","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freiberger","note":"general description of the item"}],"openQuestions":["Does the originating record for vr.tr.freiberger conclusively identify the horse breed, and does an existing Vercy world model already cover it?","Which current official breed standard, studbook rules and selection protocols should govern conformation and breeding assessments?","How do the relevant authorities define and reconcile Freiberger, Original Freiberger and Urfreiberger classifications without requiring unsupported registry splits?","What are the latest authoritative breed-wide and lineage-specific population, reproductive-participation and genetic-diversity estimates?","Which domestic-horse taxonomic treatment and GBIF or NCBI identifiers should be linked as parent-taxon references, and which breed-specific conservation assessment should be used?"],"resources":{"spec":"/models/things/publications/thing-q673441/spec.json"},"provenance":{"origin":"thing registry research (pass 2)","builtFrom":["models/things/publications/thing-q673441/spec.json"],"providers":["Codex"],"researchStatus":"unreviewed","generatedAt":"2026-09-12T09:53:15Z","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 2026-10-07T10:10:32+00:00: 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