{"schema":"https://ver.cy/schemas/card/1.0.0","id":"vr.tr.name","code":"thing-q82799","url":"https://ver.cy/models/thing/q82799/","name":"name","alternateNames":[],"kind":"thing","status":"published","version":"0.2.0-wave.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 word or phrase used to identify and refer to a person, place, organisation, thing or concept, such as personal names, place names, brand names and scientific names, governed by customs, languages and in some cases law.","purpose":"Let an agent handle names respectfully and accurately: spelling, transliteration, naming customs, legal name changes, chosen names and privacy, and link to specialised name types.","scope":{"in":[],"out":[],"boundaries":[]},"distinguishingFeatures":["Identifies a referent","Culturally structured","Can be legally registered","Linked to identity"],"structure":{"bundles":[{"id":"form","name":"Form","description":"Spelling and order.","layers":[{"id":"spelling","name":"Spelling","description":"Correct form.","findings":[{"id":"spelling-finding","name":"Spelling","description":"Spelling.","questions":[{"text":"How is this name spelled and pronounced, according to the person or official records?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which transliteration is standard?","kind":"provenance"}]}]},{"id":"order","name":"Order","description":"Name order.","findings":[{"id":"order-finding","name":"Order","description":"Name order.","questions":[{"text":"Which part is the given name and which the family name in this culture?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"How should it be sorted?","kind":"definition"}]}]}]},{"id":"customs","name":"Customs","description":"Naming practices.","layers":[{"id":"culture","name":"Culture","description":"Traditions.","findings":[{"id":"culture-finding","name":"Culture","description":"Naming traditions.","questions":[{"text":"Which naming customs apply, such as patronymics or multiple surnames?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"How are titles used?","kind":"provenance"}]}]},{"id":"chosen","name":"Chosen","description":"Chosen names.","findings":[{"id":"chosen-finding","name":"Chosen","description":"Chosen names.","questions":[{"text":"Has the person stated the name they use?","kind":"boundary"},{"text":"How should the agent use it consistently?","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"law","name":"Law","description":"Legal names.","layers":[{"id":"change","name":"Change","description":"Name change.","findings":[{"id":"change-finding","name":"Change","description":"Name change.","questions":[{"text":"How can a name be changed legally here, in general terms?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which documents must be updated?","kind":"provenance"}]}]},{"id":"trademark","name":"Trademark","description":"Brand names.","findings":[{"id":"trademark-finding","name":"Trademark","description":"Brand names.","questions":[{"text":"Is this name registered as a trademark?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which register shows it?","kind":"provenance"}]}]}]},{"id":"privacy","name":"Privacy","description":"Personal data.","layers":[{"id":"data","name":"Data","description":"Protection.","findings":[{"id":"data-finding","name":"Data","description":"Personal data.","questions":[{"text":"Does sharing this name expose a private individual?","kind":"boundary"},{"text":"Is there a lawful basis or consent?","kind":"boundary"}]}]},{"id":"meaning","name":"Meaning","description":"Etymology.","findings":[{"id":"meaning-finding","name":"Meaning","description":"Name meaning.","questions":[{"text":"What does the name mean or where does it come from, according to onomastic sources?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Are popular meanings reliable?","kind":"boundary"}]}]}]}]},"agentConduct":{"may":["Record and display names exactly as their bearers or official sources give them.","Support names in any script, length or order without forcing a single format."],"mustNot":["Change, shorten or anglicize a person's name without their wish.","Use someone's name to impersonate them or speak for them.","Infer a person's ethnicity, religion or gender from their name for decisions about them.","Use a name a person has dropped, such as a former name, against their wishes where it is not legally required."],"requiresHuman":["Changing a name in an official record."]},"ethics":{"considerations":["Names carry identity and dignity; getting them wrong excludes and offends.","Names are personal data and link records about a person."],"affectedParties":["The bearer of the name","Families and communities sharing it"]},"owners":{"steward":"The bearer for a personal name; civil registries record legal names and trademark offices registered names.","roles":[],"masterSystems":["Civil registration records","Trademark registers","Gazetteers of place names"]},"relations":[{"target":"Q48937186","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"},{"target":"Q503992","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"},{"target":"Q651943","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"},{"target":"Q853614","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"},{"target":"signifier","type":"related","note":"category"},{"target":"onomastics","type":"related","note":"field"},{"target":"personal name","type":"related","note":"kind"},{"target":"identity","type":"related","note":"concept"}],"interaction":{"identity":{"applicability":"required","items":["Vercy registry: vr.tr.name","Wikidata: Q82799 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82799)"]},"properties":{"applicability":"not-applicable","items":[]},"recognition":{"applicability":"optional","items":["Personal names, place names and brand names","Given names and family names","Nouns in general are not all names","Words written on documents, signs, labels and records."]},"capabilities":{"applicability":"required","items":["spell and transliterate names correctly","explain naming customs across cultures","find how to change a name legally in general terms","use chosen names respectfully"]},"hazards":{"applicability":"required","items":["Misspelling or mis-ordering names","Deadnaming or disrespecting chosen names","Exposing personal data"]},"interfaces":{"applicability":"required","items":["Civil registration and name change law","ISO 9 and other transliteration standards","Trademark law for brand names"]},"context":{"applicability":"required","items":["Identifying and addressing people, places and things.","personal names","place names (toponyms)","organisation and brand names","scientific names","pseudonyms and chosen names"]}},"sources":[{"title":"Wikidata item Q82799: name","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82799","note":"identity and sense of the item"},{"title":"Wikipedia: Name","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Name","note":"general description of the item"}],"openQuestions":["Should name types be separate entries?","How should transliteration schemes be linked?","How should privacy of personal names be handled?"],"resources":{"spec":"/models/things/publications/thing-q82799/spec.json"},"provenance":{"origin":"thing registry research (pass 2)","builtFrom":["models/things/publications/thing-q82799/spec.json"],"providers":["Claude"],"researchStatus":"unreviewed","generatedAt":"2026-09-11T12:48:55Z","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":"not-applicable","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 2026-10-06T19:52:02+00:00: completeness 1.00; sense: Wikidata description; 2 live sources; review by codex: pass","interaction.properties":"Plane INF: no invented physical properties."},"score":1.0}}