{"schema":"https://ver.cy/schemas/card/1.0.0","id":"vr.wm-org-011","code":"wm-org-011-business-establishment-branch","url":"https://ver.cy/models/wm-org-011-business-establishment-branch/","name":"Business Establishment / Branch","alternateNames":[],"kind":"world-model","status":"published","version":"0.3.0-research.1","language":"en","classifiers":{"family":"World Models","category":"Society, people and institutions","entryKind":"aggregate","plane":"","domain":["SOC.ORG.EST"],"industry":["Cross-industry"],"navPath":"NAV.SOC.ORG.EST","tags":["business","establishment","branch","soc.org.est"],"facets":{}},"whatItIs":"One record represents an establishment, branch or outlet under a declared definition and jurisdiction. These kinds are not interchangeable. Organizational identity, physical premises, statutory authority and service execution retain their own masters.","purpose":"Describe an organization operating presence with explicit source-defined kind, operator, sites, local activity and evidence.","scope":{"in":["Issuer-qualified presence identity and organizational attachment","Time-bound sites, local activity, recognition and availability","Scoped mandate, register evidence, continuity, reporting grain and governed exchange"],"out":["Treating every branch as one premises or a separate legal person","Automatic registration, permit determination or service execution","Remastering building geometry, organization accounts or private personnel records"],"boundaries":[{"neighbor":"WM-ORG-001 Organization","distinction":"Proposed REFERENCE: operating presence is not the entire parent or legal entity."},{"neighbor":"Physical premises and organizational unit","distinction":"A site can host several units; an organizational unit is not its address."},{"neighbor":"Statistical establishment versus international branch","distinction":"Source-qualified kind is mandatory; GLEIF branch scope may encompass several offices."},{"neighbor":"Service, permit and reporting masters","distinction":"Keep scoped references; public listing is not service permission or proof of legal standing."}]},"distinguishingFeatures":["An operating presence of an organization, not the organization or legal entity itself.","Separates statistical establishment, registered branch and retail outlet, which different sources define differently.","Links to sites over time rather than being a building or premises record.","A branch may lack separate legal personality; the record states this instead of assuming it."],"structure":{"bundles":[{"id":"presence-operating-identity-and-organizational-attachment","name":"Operating identity and organizational attachment","description":"Organizational operating-presence concerns: operating identity and organizational attachment.","layers":[{"id":"establishment-kind","name":"Kind, issuer and identity boundary","description":"Source-qualified organizational presence record for kind, issuer and identity boundary. No universal equivalence of branch, legal entity and premises is implied.","findings":[{"id":"establishment-kind-record","name":"Kind, issuer and identity boundary record","description":"Source-qualified organizational presence record for kind, issuer and identity boundary. No universal equivalence of branch, legal entity and premises is implied.","questions":[{"text":"Which operating-presence kind and source definition identify this record rather than a legal entity or building?","id":"establishment-kind-q01","kind":"classification"},{"text":"Which issuer-qualified identifiers and aliases refer to this exact unit, and which identify only its parent or premises?","id":"establishment-kind-q02","kind":"identity"},{"text":"Which evidence distinguishes co-located establishments or a multi-site branch without merging them by name or address?","id":"establishment-kind-q03","kind":"evidence"}]}]},{"id":"operator-attachment","name":"Operator, parent and legal accountability","description":"Source-qualified organizational presence record for operator, parent and legal accountability. No universal equivalence of branch, legal entity and premises is implied.","findings":[{"id":"operator-attachment-record","name":"Operator, parent and legal accountability record","description":"Source-qualified organizational presence record for operator, parent and legal accountability. No universal equivalence of branch, legal entity and premises is implied.","questions":[{"text":"Which organization operates this presence and which legal entity is accountable under the recorded profile?","id":"operator-attachment-q01","kind":"ownership"},{"text":"Is the relationship a branch, unit, ownership, franchise or brand association, and what evidence supports that exact relation?","id":"operator-attachment-q02","kind":"relationship"},{"text":"Which changes of operator or parent preserve this identity and which require an evidenced successor under the issuer's rules?","id":"operator-attachment-q03","kind":"lifecycle"}]}]}]},{"id":"presence-sites-and-recognizable-presence","name":"Sites and recognizable presence","description":"Organizational operating-presence concerns: sites and recognizable presence.","layers":[{"id":"site-binding","name":"Site bindings and address roles","description":"Source-qualified organizational presence record for site bindings and address roles. No universal equivalence of branch, legal entity and premises is implied.","findings":[{"id":"site-binding-record","name":"Site bindings and address roles record","description":"Source-qualified organizational presence record for site bindings and address roles. No universal equivalence of branch, legal entity and premises is implied.","questions":[{"text":"Which physical or digital sites are bound to this unit during each period, and which are merely correspondence addresses?","id":"site-binding-q01","kind":"spatial"},{"text":"Which site is registered, primary, headquarters or customer-facing without assuming these roles coincide?","id":"site-binding-q02","kind":"classification"},{"text":"Which premises, entrance and geospatial master references locate the presence without making the organization itself a building?","id":"site-binding-q03","kind":"relationship"}]}]},{"id":"presence-recognition","name":"Public identity and recognition evidence","description":"Source-qualified organizational presence record for public identity and recognition evidence. No universal equivalence of branch, legal entity and premises is implied.","findings":[{"id":"presence-recognition-record","name":"Public identity and recognition evidence record","description":"Source-qualified organizational presence record for public identity and recognition evidence. No universal equivalence of branch, legal entity and premises is implied.","questions":[{"text":"Which trading names, signs, contact channels and official pages identify this particular outlet rather than its entire chain?","id":"presence-recognition-q01","kind":"identity"},{"text":"What observed evidence confirms presence at the claimed site, and how recent and reliable is it?","id":"presence-recognition-q02","kind":"evidence"},{"text":"Which misleading names, shared phone numbers or stale listings create ambiguity requiring a separate candidate match?","id":"presence-recognition-q03","kind":"quality"}]}]}]},{"id":"presence-local-activity-and-usable-services","name":"Local activity and usable services","description":"Organizational operating-presence concerns: local activity and usable services.","layers":[{"id":"local-activity","name":"Activity classification and scope","description":"Source-qualified organizational presence record for activity classification and scope. No universal equivalence of branch, legal entity and premises is implied.","findings":[{"id":"local-activity-record","name":"Activity classification and scope record","description":"Source-qualified organizational presence record for activity classification and scope. No universal equivalence of branch, legal entity and premises is implied.","questions":[{"text":"Which principal and secondary activities actually occur here and which belong only to the parent organization?","id":"local-activity-q01","kind":"definition"},{"text":"Which classifier, edition, code and allocation method describe this reporting scope?","id":"local-activity-q02","kind":"classification"},{"text":"Which locally offered goods or services and delivery channels are referenced without copying their full specifications?","id":"local-activity-q03","kind":"relationship"}]}]},{"id":"service-availability","name":"Opening, availability and access conditions","description":"Source-qualified organizational presence record for opening, availability and access conditions. No universal equivalence of branch, legal entity and premises is implied.","findings":[{"id":"service-availability-record","name":"Opening, availability and access conditions record","description":"Source-qualified organizational presence record for opening, availability and access conditions. No universal equivalence of branch, legal entity and premises is implied.","questions":[{"text":"When is each local service available, under which timezone, exception calendar and last confirmation?","id":"service-availability-q01","kind":"temporal"},{"text":"Which appointment, eligibility, accessibility or entry conditions qualify use without assuming an open door means every service is offered?","id":"service-availability-q02","kind":"constraint"},{"text":"Which temporary disruptions, capacity limits or closure notices override the normal schedule?","id":"service-availability-q03","kind":"state"}]}]}]},{"id":"presence-local-authority-and-registration-evidence","name":"Local authority and registration evidence","description":"Organizational operating-presence concerns: local authority and registration evidence.","layers":[{"id":"local-mandate","name":"Mandate, roles and contact responsibility","description":"Source-qualified organizational presence record for mandate, roles and contact responsibility. No universal equivalence of branch, legal entity and premises is implied.","findings":[{"id":"local-mandate-record","name":"Mandate, roles and contact responsibility record","description":"Source-qualified organizational presence record for mandate, roles and contact responsibility. No universal equivalence of branch, legal entity and premises is implied.","questions":[{"text":"Who holds local responsibility and what source-defined role or delegation applies?","id":"local-mandate-q01","kind":"authority"},{"text":"Which actions may that role authorize, with what financial, territorial or temporal limits?","id":"local-mandate-q02","kind":"constraint"},{"text":"How can an agent reach an authorized contact without exposing private staff details or mistaking a contact listing for a mandate?","id":"local-mandate-q03","kind":"privacy"}]}]},{"id":"registration-evidence","name":"Registration and scoped operating authorization","description":"Source-qualified organizational presence record for registration and scoped operating authorization. No universal equivalence of branch, legal entity and premises is implied.","findings":[{"id":"registration-evidence-record","name":"Registration and scoped operating authorization record","description":"Source-qualified organizational presence record for registration and scoped operating authorization. No universal equivalence of branch, legal entity and premises is implied.","questions":[{"text":"Which register records recognize this kind of unit, with which jurisdiction, identifier and current status?","id":"registration-evidence-q01","kind":"identity"},{"text":"Which referenced permits or authorizations cover which local activities and sites, and when do they apply?","id":"registration-evidence-q02","kind":"authority"},{"text":"Which missing, expired or conflicting evidence requires an unresolved status rather than a claim that operation is legally permitted?","id":"registration-evidence-q03","kind":"exception"}]}]}]},{"id":"presence-continuity-and-reporting-grain","name":"Continuity and reporting grain","description":"Organizational operating-presence concerns: continuity and reporting grain.","layers":[{"id":"presence-continuity","name":"Opening, relocation and succession","description":"Source-qualified organizational presence record for opening, relocation and succession. No universal equivalence of branch, legal entity and premises is implied.","findings":[{"id":"presence-continuity-record","name":"Opening, relocation and succession record","description":"Source-qualified organizational presence record for opening, relocation and succession. No universal equivalence of branch, legal entity and premises is implied.","questions":[{"text":"Which events establish opening, suspension, resumption, relocation or closure, and which dates are effective versus recorded?","id":"presence-continuity-q01","kind":"event"},{"text":"Did the event change the operating unit, premises, parent or only a public label?","id":"presence-continuity-q02","kind":"lifecycle"},{"text":"Which successor and predecessor links preserve history without reusing retired identifiers contrary to their issuer's rules?","id":"presence-continuity-q03","kind":"provenance"}]}]},{"id":"reporting-scope","name":"Statistical scope and local measures","description":"Source-qualified organizational presence record for statistical scope and local measures. No universal equivalence of branch, legal entity and premises is implied.","findings":[{"id":"reporting-scope-record","name":"Statistical scope and local measures record","description":"Source-qualified organizational presence record for statistical scope and local measures. No universal equivalence of branch, legal entity and premises is implied.","questions":[{"text":"Which observation or reporting-unit definition applies to local employment, output or other reported measures?","id":"reporting-scope-q01","kind":"definition"},{"text":"Which period, unit, coverage and source qualify each value, and is it measured, estimated, suppressed or unavailable?","id":"reporting-scope-q02","kind":"measurement"},{"text":"Which parent or co-located unit totals already include these measures, preventing duplicate aggregation?","id":"reporting-scope-q03","kind":"composition"}]}]}]},{"id":"presence-governed-establishment-knowledge","name":"Governed establishment knowledge","description":"Organizational operating-presence concerns: governed establishment knowledge.","layers":[{"id":"presence-governance","name":"Mastership, freshness and disclosure","description":"Source-qualified organizational presence record for mastership, freshness and disclosure. No universal equivalence of branch, legal entity and premises is implied.","findings":[{"id":"presence-governance-record","name":"Mastership, freshness and disclosure record","description":"Source-qualified organizational presence record for mastership, freshness and disclosure. No universal equivalence of branch, legal entity and premises is implied.","questions":[{"text":"Which organization or register owns each assertion and which local copies are derived projections?","id":"presence-governance-q01","kind":"ownership"},{"text":"How are contradictory operator, address, activity or status claims retained and reviewed without silently selecting a convenient source?","id":"presence-governance-q02","kind":"quality"},{"text":"Which roles may read or export establishment, contact and statistical details, under what retention and correction rules?","id":"presence-governance-q03","kind":"access"}]}]},{"id":"presence-exchange","name":"Interoperability and semantic acceptance","description":"Source-qualified organizational presence record for interoperability and semantic acceptance. No universal equivalence of branch, legal entity and premises is implied.","findings":[{"id":"presence-exchange-record","name":"Interoperability and semantic acceptance record","description":"Source-qualified organizational presence record for interoperability and semantic acceptance. No universal equivalence of branch, legal entity and premises is implied.","questions":[{"text":"Which mappings preserve or lose distinctions among establishment, branch, site, legal entity and organizational unit?","id":"presence-exchange-q01","kind":"interoperability"},{"text":"Is a shared identifier a qualified mapping rather than proof that all source-defined subjects are identical?","id":"presence-exchange-q02","kind":"identity"},{"text":"Which fixtures demonstrate co-location, multi-site branches, relocation, temporary closure and withheld measures before an adapter is trusted?","id":"presence-exchange-q03","kind":"validation"}]}]}]}]},"agentConduct":{"may":["Resolve which establishment or branch a name, address or code refers to.","List current sites, opening hours and local services with their sources.","Check whether registration and permit evidence is present for a declared activity.","Record a change such as relocation or closure with evidence."],"mustNot":["Treat a branch as a separate legal person or as the parent organization without evidence.","Infer permits, mandate or authority from a listing, website or opening hours.","Expose private staff contacts or home-based business addresses.","Overwrite conflicting registry data with the latest value silently."],"requiresHuman":["Registering, opening or closing an establishment with authorities.","Resolving conflicting registry assertions about legal standing."]},"ethics":{"considerations":["Small and home-based businesses can expose private addresses through establishment records.","Wrong closure or relocation data harms local businesses and the people who rely on their services.","Accessibility information for premises must be accurate because people plan visits around it."],"affectedParties":["Operators and staff of the establishment","Local customers and service users","Statistical and registration authorities"]},"owners":{"steward":"Identify the Dimension owner and operating-presence data steward.","roles":[{"name":"Dimension owner","responsibilities":["Defines namespace and federation authority."]},{"name":"Presence steward","responsibilities":["Maintains unit kind, source identity and operator bindings."]},{"name":"Local operator","responsibilities":["Supplies local service and presence evidence within scope."]},{"name":"Reviewer","responsibilities":["Checks conflicting registrations, continuity and mappings."]},{"name":"Custodian","responsibilities":["Maintains authorized cache freshness and retention."]}],"masterSystems":[]},"relations":[{"target":"WM-ORG-001","type":"references","note":"Resolve operator and parent organization while preserving distinct presence identity; proposed typed relation."},{"target":"https://www.w3.org/TR/vocab-org/","type":"aligned","note":"Candidate organization, unit and site mapping; not complete mandate conformance."},{"target":"https://www.gs1.org/standards/id-keys/gln","type":"aligned","note":"Qualify party/function/location identifiers without identity conflation."},{"target":"https://schema.org/LocalBusiness","type":"aligned","note":"Optional public discovery projection of local services and contacts."},{"target":"WM-ORG-001 Organization","type":"neighbor","note":"Proposed REFERENCE: operating presence is not the entire parent or legal entity."},{"target":"Physical premises and organizational unit","type":"neighbor","note":"A site can host several units; an organizational unit is not its address."},{"target":"Statistical establishment versus international branch","type":"neighbor","note":"Source-qualified kind is mandatory; GLEIF branch scope may encompass several offices."},{"target":"Service, permit and reporting masters","type":"neighbor","note":"Keep scoped references; public listing is not service permission or proof of legal standing."},{"target":"WM-ORG-001","type":"parent"}],"interaction":{"identity":{"applicability":"required","items":["Authoritative master-system identifier","Governed issuer-qualified URI or global identifier","Dimension-issued UUID with issuer context"]},"properties":{"applicability":"not-applicable","items":[]},"recognition":{"applicability":"optional","items":["An establishment is identified by a register or statistical unit number, its parent organization and its site.","Confused with the legal entity, a premises or building, an organizational unit and a store brand."]},"capabilities":{"applicability":"required","items":["Resolve operating presence: Disambiguate a presence using source-qualified identity.","Locate current sites: Resolve time-bound site roles and evidence.","Describe usable local services: Combine service references with qualified availability.","Check authority evidence completeness: Inspect scoped mandate and registration evidence, not legal validity.","Record organizational presence change: Preserve relocation, closure and succession decisions.","Exchange with unit-grain losses: Map presence into a target vocabulary without erasing distinctions."]},"hazards":{"applicability":"required","items":["Directing people to closed or moved sites.","Attributing liability to the wrong legal entity.","Double counting units in statistics when kinds are mixed."]},"interfaces":{"applicability":"required","items":["ISIC Rev. 4 and NACE Rev. 2 activity classifications.","LEI, ISO 17442, with GLEIF branch registration data.","GS1 GLN for locations.","W3C Organization Ontology site concepts.","schema.org LocalBusiness and openingHoursSpecification.","ISO 3166 country and subdivision codes."]},"context":{"applicability":"required","items":["Statistical and registration terminology depends on source and jurisdiction. No universal branch legal standing or one-location rule is asserted."]}},"sources":[{"title":"Service Annual Survey glossary","url":"https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/sas/about/glossary.html","note":"US Census Bureau"},{"title":"Etablissement","url":"https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/definition/c1377","note":"Insee"},{"title":"Siret number","url":"https://www.insee.fr/en/metadonnees/definition/c1841","note":"Insee"},{"title":"The Organization Ontology","url":"https://www.w3.org/TR/vocab-org/","note":"W3C"},{"title":"Global Location Number","url":"https://www.gs1.org/standards/id-keys/gln","note":"GS1"},{"title":"State Transition and Validation Rules","url":"https://www.gleif.org/lei-data/access-and-use-lei-data/level-2-data-reporting-exceptions-2-1-format/2025-07-03_state-transition-validation-rules_2.8.5_final.pdf","note":"GLEIF"},{"title":"LocalBusiness","url":"https://schema.org/LocalBusiness","note":"Schema.org"},{"title":"PROV-DM","url":"https://www.w3.org/TR/prov-dm/","note":"W3C"},{"title":"Date and Time on the Internet: Timestamps","url":"https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc3339","note":"IETF"}],"openQuestions":["Independent external review and exact source release pins.","Profile-specific establishment, registered branch and outlet boundaries with governed split options.","Complete GLN allocation and current GLEIF rules with loss-aware adapters.","Executable negative fixtures for co-location, multi-site branches, relocation and suppressed reporting measures.","Claude and Grok each timed out once; no independent external review. Codex-only research must remain reviewable-draft.","Establishment, branch and outlet profiles remain distinct; future separation into models needs controlled migration.","GS1 overview is indexed text only with direct HTTP 403; allocation rules and exact mutable source release pins are not fully verified.","GLEIF 2.8.5 selected clauses are historical reference evidence; current replacement releases and full legal applicability remain unverified.","No complete statutory inventory, nested executable schema, registry identity resolver, legal-standing verifier or real multi-registry fixtures delivered.","Actual premises accessibility, service capacity, delegation and retention must be established by adopters, not inferred from public listings."],"resources":{"spec":"/models/wm-org-011-business-establishment-branch/spec.yaml","agents":"/models/wm-org-011-business-establishment-branch/AGENTS.md","source":"https://github.com/ver-cy/world-models/tree/feat/mega-model-registry/research/runs/wm-org-011"},"provenance":{"origin":"world-models research","builtFrom":["models/wm-org-011-business-establishment-branch/spec.yaml","ver-cy/world-models/card-supplements/wm-org-011-business-establishment-branch.json"],"providers":["Codex"],"researchStatus":"reviewable-draft","generatedAt":"2026-09-09T20:04:30Z","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":{"interaction.properties":"Institutional or informational subject: no invented physical properties.","_supplement":"Sections authored in card supplement 1.0.0 by Claude (Opus 5.5) (2026-10-05, unreviewed). Written from the published specification and established practice in the field; no new sources were read. Unreviewed."},"score":1.0}}