{"schema":"https://ver.cy/schemas/card/1.0.0","id":"vr.tr.jaff","code":"thing-q969506","url":"https://ver.cy/models/thing/q969506/","name":"Jaff","alternateNames":["Nirizhi"],"kind":"thing","status":"published","version":"0.1.0-research.1","language":"en","classifiers":{"family":"Thing Registry","category":"Society, people and institutions","entryKind":"thing","plane":"SOC","domain":["SOC.ORG"],"industry":[],"navPath":"","tags":[],"facets":{}},"whatItIs":"Jaff is the name of a Kurdish tribal confederation historically associated with the borderlands of present-day northeastern Iraq and western Iran.","purpose":"Enable an agent to recognise Jaff as a historically situated Kurdish tribal collectivity, assess claims about its composition and authority, and determine whom a proposed action concerns.","scope":{"in":["Names and descriptions identifying the Jaff collectivity across sources and periods","Constituent tribes, branches and affiliation claims","Leadership, succession and limits of representative authority","Relationships between Jaff communities, places and governing jurisdictions","Changes in collective organisation and evidence of continuity"],"out":["Individual biographies and private family genealogies","The Kurdish people as a whole","Kurdish languages and dialects as linguistic systems","Territories, settlements and property parcels as independent geographic entities","Political parties, states and separately constituted organisations associated with Jaff people"],"boundaries":[]},"distinguishingFeatures":["A reference must concern the Jaff collectivity rather than merely a person bearing Jaff as a surname.","A constituent branch or leading family must be distinguishable from the confederation it is said to belong to or represent.","Shared Kurdish identity, language or residence alone does not establish Jaff affiliation.","A historical description of Jaff leadership must identify its period and represented constituency before it can support an authority claim.","A separately registered organisation using the Jaff name requires its own identity and an evidenced relationship to the collectivity."],"structure":{"bundles":[{"id":"jaff-identity-and-reference","name":"Jaff identity and reference","description":"Establish which collectivity the registry name denotes and how references identify it.","layers":[{"id":"names-and-referents","name":"Names and referents","description":"Resolve spelling variants and the collective level intended by each source.","findings":[{"id":"jaff-name-resolution","name":"Jaff name resolution","description":"Record evidence connecting each name form to this entry, preserving ambiguous uses.","questions":[{"text":"Does the registry's originating record identify Jaff as the tribal confederation?","id":"jaff-name-resolution-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which spellings and local-script names identify the same collectivity, and which identify a family or branch?","id":"jaff-name-resolution-q02","kind":"boundary"}]}]},{"id":"collective-form","name":"Collective form","description":"Interpret tribe, confederation and related labels in their source contexts.","findings":[{"id":"jaff-organisational-level","name":"Jaff organisational level","description":"Distinguish the collective described from assumptions of incorporation, unified command or common ancestry.","questions":[{"text":"What does each source mean when it calls Jaff a tribe or a tribal confederation?","id":"jaff-organisational-level-q01","kind":"definition"},{"text":"Does any documented legal status belong to the whole collectivity or only to a separately constituted Jaff organisation?","id":"jaff-organisational-level-q02","kind":"boundary"}]}]}]},{"id":"jaff-composition-and-affiliation","name":"Jaff composition and affiliation","description":"Represent constituent relationships without imposing a fixed genealogical tree.","layers":[{"id":"constituent-groups","name":"Constituent groups","description":"Identify named branches and the evidence for their relationship to Jaff.","findings":[{"id":"dated-branch-membership","name":"Dated branch membership","description":"Treat constituent membership as an attributed relationship with temporal scope.","questions":[{"text":"Which named groups are described as Jaff constituents, by whom and for which period?","id":"dated-branch-membership-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Are apparently different branch names aliases, nested groups or genuinely separate constituencies?","id":"dated-branch-membership-q02","kind":"boundary"}]}]},{"id":"affiliation-and-counting","name":"Affiliation and counting","description":"Separate affiliation criteria from surname, residence and demographic estimates.","findings":[{"id":"jaff-membership-evidence","name":"Jaff membership evidence","description":"Record collective affiliation criteria and how estimates operationalise them.","questions":[{"text":"How do relevant Jaff communities describe belonging, and how does this differ from outside classifications?","id":"jaff-membership-evidence-q01","kind":"definition"},{"text":"Does each population estimate count self-identifying people, households, constituent tribes or residents of an associated area?","id":"jaff-membership-evidence-q02","kind":"measurement"}]}]}]},{"id":"jaff-leadership-and-representation","name":"Jaff leadership and representation","description":"Connect leadership claims to recognised constituencies, powers and periods.","layers":[{"id":"leadership-recognition","name":"Leadership recognition","description":"Record how leadership is established, inherited, recognised or contested.","findings":[{"id":"recognised-jaff-authority","name":"Recognised Jaff authority","description":"Distinguish attributed titles from evidenced authority over a specified constituency.","questions":[{"text":"Which Jaff constituency recognises each claimed leader, and what evidence establishes that recognition?","id":"recognised-jaff-authority-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"How are succession disputes or competing leadership claims resolved or left unresolved?","id":"recognised-jaff-authority-q02","kind":"definition"}]}]},{"id":"mandate-and-engagement","name":"Mandate and engagement","description":"Determine the decisions and interactions a representative is authorised to undertake.","findings":[{"id":"jaff-representative-reach","name":"Jaff representative reach","description":"Bound each mandate by constituency, issue and time rather than by title alone.","questions":[{"text":"Does a stated position concern one Jaff branch, several branches or an evidenced confederation-wide decision?","id":"jaff-representative-reach-q01","kind":"boundary"},{"text":"Whose agreement is needed before an agent attributes a commitment to the affected Jaff group?","id":"jaff-representative-reach-q02","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"jaff-place-and-jurisdiction","name":"Jaff place and jurisdiction","description":"Locate Jaff collective relationships while preserving distinctions between residence, movement and authority.","layers":[{"id":"settlement-and-mobility","name":"Settlement and mobility","description":"Record dated settlement areas and any evidenced seasonal or migratory connections.","findings":[{"id":"jaff-geographic-associations","name":"Jaff geographic associations","description":"Attach each place relationship to the relevant Jaff group, period and type of use.","questions":[{"text":"Which locations are associated with which Jaff groups, and does the evidence describe residence, seasonal use or historical origin?","id":"jaff-geographic-associations-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Where does a reported Jaff area describe population distribution rather than ownership or political control?","id":"jaff-geographic-associations-q02","kind":"boundary"}]}]},{"id":"state-and-border-relations","name":"State and border relations","description":"Track how governing jurisdictions affect particular Jaff constituencies.","findings":[{"id":"jurisdiction-specific-relations","name":"Jurisdiction-specific relations","description":"Separate state recognition and administrative treatment from internal collective authority.","questions":[{"text":"Which historical or present jurisdiction applies to the Jaff group and activity under consideration?","id":"jurisdiction-specific-relations-q01","kind":"boundary"},{"text":"What evidence is required before treating a state-recognised interlocutor as internally authorised by that Jaff constituency?","id":"jurisdiction-specific-relations-q02","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"jaff-continuity-and-change","name":"Jaff continuity and change","description":"Assess persistence and reorganisation through dated, attributed accounts.","layers":[{"id":"formation-and-reconfiguration","name":"Formation and reconfiguration","description":"Distinguish early attestations, origin accounts and changes in constituent relationships.","findings":[{"id":"jaff-continuity-events","name":"Jaff continuity events","description":"Represent reported formation, separation and realignment without inventing an exact founding instrument.","questions":[{"text":"Which evidence documents an early use of the Jaff name, and which evidence actually supports a formation claim?","id":"jaff-continuity-events-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"When a branch separates or realigns, what evidence determines whether its relationship to Jaff ended or changed?","id":"jaff-continuity-events-q02","kind":"boundary"}]}]},{"id":"present-state-and-disagreement","name":"Present state and disagreement","description":"Judge which historical descriptions remain applicable and preserve conflicting accounts.","findings":[{"id":"current-jaff-organisation","name":"Current Jaff organisation","description":"Require dated evidence for contemporary collective activity and distinguish it from continuing identity alone.","questions":[{"text":"What recent evidence establishes active Jaff collective institutions or coordination, and at which constituent level?","id":"current-jaff-organisation-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which decisions must remain unresolved when available accounts disagree about Jaff composition or representative authority?","id":"current-jaff-organisation-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 Jaff this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-confidence-notes-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 Jaff 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 Jaff 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 Jaff 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 Jaff this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-neighbours-q01","kind":"provenance"}]}]}]}]},"agentConduct":{"may":["Describe the confederation's history and region from scholarly sources.","Present the community's own accounts alongside outside sources."],"mustNot":["Assign tribal membership to a named person without their own statement or evidence.","Describe the people with ethnic stereotypes or slurs.","Take sides in tribal, political or border disputes in neutral descriptions.","Publish genealogies of living people without consent."],"requiresHuman":["Decisions that rely on someone's tribal identity, such as asylum or security assessments."]},"ethics":{"considerations":["Kurdish communities have faced persecution, and identity data can expose them to harm.","Communities deserve to be described in their own terms."],"affectedParties":["Members of the confederation","Kurdish communities in Iraq and Iran","Researchers"]},"owners":{"steward":"The tribal community itself, through its own leadership.","roles":[],"masterSystems":[]},"relations":[{"target":"Q125290534","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"}],"interaction":{"identity":{"applicability":"required","items":["Vercy registry: vr.tr.jaff","Wikidata: Q969506 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q969506)"]},"properties":{"applicability":"not-applicable","items":["Referent and name form: Recorded spelling, script, language, source and intended collective level","Constituent affiliation: Named group; claimed relationship; asserting party; valid period; accepted, disputed or unresolved","Representative mandate: Person or body, represented branch, decision domain, recognition basis and period","Geographic association: Place or route; residence, seasonal use, historical association or claimed territory; period and evidence","Collective continuity: Continuing, reorganised, fragmented, historical-only or unresolved, with dated supporting evidence","Population estimate basis: Persons or households, reference year, geographic coverage, affiliation criterion and uncertainty"]},"recognition":{"applicability":"not-applicable","items":[]},"capabilities":{"applicability":"required","items":["Resolve a Jaff reference to the confederation, a constituent group or a neighbouring entity.","Compare dated affiliation accounts and retain disagreements between them.","Identify the constituency and subject matter covered by a claimed representative mandate.","Trace changes in Jaff geographic associations without inferring property or sovereignty.","Assess whether population estimates use compatible definitions and coverage.","Route proposed engagement to an evidenced representative of the affected group."]},"hazards":{"applicability":"required","items":["Exposure of members to persecution through identity data.","Misrepresentation through outsider stereotypes."]},"interfaces":{"applicability":"not-applicable","items":[]},"context":{"applicability":"required","items":["Jaff is encountered in historical, ethnographic and regional accounts of Kurdish communities in northeastern Iraq and western Iran.","The name helps situate accounts of kinship, migration and political authority, but membership and representation require evidence specific to the period and community."]}},"sources":[{"title":"Wikidata item Q969506: Jaff","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q969506","note":"identity and sense of the item"},{"title":"Wikipedia: Jaff","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaff","note":"general description of the item"}],"openQuestions":["Does the originating registry identifier conclusively refer to the Jaf/Jaff tribal confederation rather than a similarly named family or organisation?","Which constituent groups are currently recognised, and how do their own accounts differ from historical classifications?","What representative institutions operate today, and is any authority demonstrably recognised across the whole collectivity?","Which population estimates provide reproducible affiliation criteria, geographic coverage and reference dates?","Which historical geographic and organisational descriptions remain applicable, and where have settlement or political changes altered them?"],"resources":{"spec":"/models/things/publications/thing-q969506/spec.json"},"provenance":{"origin":"thing registry research (pass 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