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public authorities for protected areas.","roles":[],"masterSystems":["National vegetation and land cover databases"]},"relations":[{"target":"oewn-07968050-n","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"},{"target":"plant life","type":"related","note":"in general terms, as regional assemblage"},{"target":"flora","type":"related","note":"the species list"},{"target":"vegetation classification","type":"related","note":"systems"},{"target":"remote sensing","type":"related","note":"using vegetation indices"}],"interaction":{"identity":{"applicability":"required","items":["Vercy registry: vr.tr.vegetation","Open English WordNet: oewn-08453769-n","WordNet: oewn-07968050-n all the plant life in a particular region or period"]},"properties":{"applicability":"not-applicable","items":["global forest cover: about 31 percent - of land, FAO","vegetation index: NDVI metric - remote sensing"]},"recognition":{"applicability":"optional","items":["Vegetation is the plant cover of a region.","Vegetation types include forest, grassland, scrub, chaparral and bush.","Flora is the species list, botany is the science of plants, and a biome is a global-scale ecological type.","The plant cover of a landscape, from forest canopy to grassland and scrub."]},"capabilities":{"applicability":"required","items":["explain the concept","relay classification and mapping","describe types","distinguish from flora and botany"]},"hazards":{"applicability":"required","items":["Confusing vegetation with flora or botany","Inconsistent classification systems","Vegetation loss and degradation"]},"interfaces":{"applicability":"required","items":["Vegetation classification standards such as the US National Vegetation Classification and EUNIS habitat types","Land cover mapping standards","Vegetation clearing and protection laws"]},"context":{"applicability":"required","items":["Not applicable; an ecological concept.","forest and woodland","grassland and savanna","scrub, bush and chaparral","tundra and desert vegetation","wetland and aquatic vegetation","browse as vegetation eaten by animals","vegetation of past periods in palaeoecology"]}},"sources":[{"title":"Open English WordNet 2024, synset oewn-08453769-n","url":"https://en-word.net/id/oewn-08453769-n","note":"sense and gloss of the concept"},{"title":"Wiktionary: vegetation","url":"https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/vegetation","note":"word senses and usage"}],"openQuestions":["Should vegetation classification and biome be the primary linked entries?","How should ecological references be linked?","The registry entry has merged aliases naming flora, botany and specific types; should they be split off?"],"resources":{"spec":"/models/things/publications/thing-vegetation/spec.json"},"provenance":{"origin":"thing registry research (pass 2)","builtFrom":["models/things/publications/thing-vegetation/spec.json"],"providers":["Claude"],"researchStatus":"unreviewed","generatedAt":"2026-09-13T04:34:01Z","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 2026-10-08T19:05:26+00:00: completeness 1.00; 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