{"schema":"https://ver.cy/schemas/card/1.0.0","id":"vr.tr.maryland-cycling-classic","code":"thing-q80580812","url":"https://ver.cy/models/thing/q80580812/","name":"Maryland Cycling Classic","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.EVT"],"industry":[],"navPath":"","tags":[],"facets":{}},"whatItIs":"The Maryland Cycling Classic is a professional one-day road cycling event in Maryland, United States, whose inaugural race took place in 2022 on a route through Baltimore County to a finish in Baltimore.","purpose":"Enable an AI agent to recognise the Maryland Cycling Classic, distinguish its editions and constituent races, assess their documented status, and identify supported participation, operational and spectator actions.","scope":{"in":["Event identity, naming continuity and boundaries between the series, editions and constituent races","Edition dates, local time conventions, lifecycle status and evidence of changes or cancellation","Race categories, eligibility, competition format and official results","Edition-specific routes, road access, race infrastructure and operational readiness","Organiser responsibilities, participant roles and official public information"],"out":["General road cycling rules except their documented application to an edition","Complete biographies, employment histories and season records of riders and teams","Maryland geography and permanent road infrastructure beyond their event roles","Internal governance of organising, sanctioning or sponsoring organisations","Independent rides, festivals or other cycling events without a documented relationship to the Classic"],"boundaries":[]},"distinguishingFeatures":["An official organiser or sanctioning record identifies the event as the Maryland Cycling Classic; a Maryland location alone does not establish identity.","A dated race or programme item can be linked to a particular Classic edition rather than treated as the entire recurring event.","Race category, route and results belong to the same documented edition and constituent race; shared branding does not make those attributes interchangeable.","A similarly branded community activity is distinguished from a competitive race through its programme designation, entry conditions and results arrangements."],"structure":{"bundles":[{"id":"classic-identity-and-continuity","name":"Classic identity and continuity","description":"Establishes what counts as the Maryland Cycling Classic and how its editions and activities relate.","layers":[{"id":"name-and-authority","name":"Name and authority","description":"Connects the registry identity to documented event names and responsible organisations.","findings":[{"id":"authoritative-classic-identity","name":"Authoritative Classic identity","description":"Record evidence connecting official names, sponsor-qualified titles and organiser references to this registered thing.","questions":[{"text":"Which organiser or sanctioning records establish the event represented by vr.tr.maryland-cycling-classic?","id":"authoritative-classic-identity-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which title changes preserve the Classic's identity, and what evidence supports continuity across them?","id":"authoritative-classic-identity-q02","kind":"boundary"}]}]},{"id":"edition-and-programme-boundaries","name":"Edition and programme boundaries","description":"Separates the recurring Classic from each edition, competitive race and associated activity.","findings":[{"id":"constituent-race-membership","name":"Constituent race membership","description":"Treat the races and associated activities included in each edition as matters for documented programme evidence.","questions":[{"text":"Which competitive races and associated activities does the official programme include in each Classic 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precision apply to published starts, finishes and road-access windows?","id":"dated-edition-extent-q02","kind":"definition"}]}]},{"id":"changes-and-occurrence","name":"Changes and occurrence","description":"Preserves status changes, evidence of occurrence and attributed explanations.","findings":[{"id":"edition-status-evidence","name":"Edition status evidence","description":"Record announcements and subsequent outcomes without inferring completion from an old calendar listing.","questions":[{"text":"Which dated notices establish whether the edition was scheduled, postponed, cancelled or completed?","id":"edition-status-evidence-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Where sources disagree about an edition's status or reasons for a change, who makes each claim and which authority can resolve it?","id":"edition-status-evidence-q02","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which planning or attendance actions must be revised after a confirmed status change?","id":"edition-status-evidence-q03","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"race-programme-and-results","name":"Race programme and results","description":"Defines the Classic's documented competitive offerings and the evidence connecting entrants to outcomes.","layers":[{"id":"classification-and-entry","name":"Classification and entry","description":"Identifies applicable competition categories, sanctioning and entry conditions.","findings":[{"id":"edition-specific-competition-contract","name":"Edition-specific competition conditions","description":"Record each race's documented format and eligibility without carrying classifications forward automatically.","questions":[{"text":"What discipline, format, participant categories and sanctioning classification are documented for each race in this edition?","id":"edition-specific-competition-contract-q01","kind":"definition"},{"text":"What invitation, qualification, registration or licensing conditions govern rider and team entry?","id":"edition-specific-competition-contract-q02","kind":"action"}]}]},{"id":"starters-and-classification","name":"Starters and classification","description":"Separates announced participation from actual starters and official outcomes.","findings":[{"id":"participation-to-result-trace","name":"Participation-to-result trace","description":"Connect riders and teams to race-specific start lists, classifications and subsequent decisions.","questions":[{"text":"Which official records distinguish invited or announced teams and riders from those who actually started?","id":"participation-to-result-trace-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"How are finish order, time gaps, non-finishes and exclusions represented in the official classification?","id":"participation-to-result-trace-q02","kind":"measurement"},{"text":"Which corrections or adjudications supersede an earlier published Classic result?","id":"participation-to-result-trace-q03","kind":"provenance"}]}]}]},{"id":"maryland-course-and-road-use","name":"Maryland course and road use","description":"Connects each Classic race to its documented course and the temporary use of Maryland roads.","layers":[{"id":"course-version-and-distance","name":"Course version and distance","description":"Identifies the route applicable to a specific edition and race.","findings":[{"id":"verified-classic-course","name":"Verified Classic course","description":"Record start and finish locations, road sequence, any circuits and distance against a dated course source.","questions":[{"text":"Which Maryland locations and roads constitute the published course for this particular Classic race?","id":"verified-classic-course-q01","kind":"boundary"},{"text":"What distance, circuit arrangement and lap count does the authoritative route version specify?","id":"verified-classic-course-q02","kind":"measurement"},{"text":"Was the published course changed or shortened, and which record establishes the route actually raced?","id":"verified-classic-course-q03","kind":"provenance"}]}]},{"id":"closures-and-access","name":"Closures and access","description":"Relates the course to jurisdiction-specific traffic controls and public access notices.","findings":[{"id":"race-road-access-conditions","name":"Race road access conditions","description":"Keep authorised closures, crossing conditions and reopening windows distinct from the course geometry.","questions":[{"text":"Which road authorities publish closures or traffic controls for the edition, and what locations and times do their notices cover?","id":"race-road-access-conditions-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Where and when may residents, spectators and service vehicles cross or enter the affected roads?","id":"race-road-access-conditions-q02","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"delivery-and-public-participation","name":"Delivery and public participation","description":"Identifies who delivers the Classic and what official information supports practical involvement.","layers":[{"id":"responsibility-and-readiness","name":"Responsibility and readiness","description":"Connects edition delivery responsibilities to evidence of operational readiness.","findings":[{"id":"classic-delivery-authorities","name":"Classic delivery authorities","description":"Distinguish organiser, competition officials, road authorities and other documented operational roles.","questions":[{"text":"Who is responsible for organising the edition, directing competition and authorising its use of public roads?","id":"classic-delivery-authorities-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"What documented readiness conditions govern whether the race may start, continue, change course or stop?","id":"classic-delivery-authorities-q02","kind":"action"}]}]},{"id":"spectating-volunteering-and-updates","name":"Spectating, volunteering and updates","description":"Captures edition-specific public participation opportunities and communication channels.","findings":[{"id":"supported-public-actions","name":"Supported public actions","description":"Ground spectator, volunteer and viewing actions in current official instructions for the relevant race or activity.","questions":[{"text":"Which official instructions govern spectator areas, accessibility, admission and volunteer registration for this edition?","id":"supported-public-actions-q01","kind":"action"},{"text":"Which channels provide authoritative race-day changes and any confirmed broadcast or streaming access?","id":"supported-public-actions-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 Maryland Cycling Classic this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-confidence-notes-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 Maryland Cycling Classic 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 Maryland Cycling Classic 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 Maryland Cycling Classic 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 Maryland Cycling Classic this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-neighbours-q01","kind":"provenance"}]}]}]}]},"agentConduct":{"may":["Report race results, routes and dates from official organiser 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