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vr.tr.legislature · thing-q11204

Let an agent handle legislatures by jurisdiction, structure, membership, procedure and records, neutrally.

Thing Registry Society, people and institutions SOC.ORG
Bundle → Layer → Finding → QuestionsClassifiersWhat it isWhy it existsDistinguishing featuresWhat robots and AI may and may not doMoral aspectsOwnersLinks to other meta-modelsIdentity and identifiersDirect propertiesRecognitionCapabilities and actionsHazards and failure modesStandards and interfacesContext of useSources

Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled

4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions

Identity Which legislature.

Body

Name and jurisdiction.

Body

Legislature.

  1. Which legislature, for which jurisdiction? provenance
  2. How many chambers? definition

Membership

Seats.

Membership

Membership.

  1. How many members, and how are they chosen? measurement
  2. What is the current composition? provenance
Procedure How laws are made.

Bills

Legislative process.

Bills

Legislative process.

  1. What stages does a bill go through? definition
  2. Where can its status be tracked? provenance

Committees

Scrutiny.

Committees

Committees.

  1. Which committee handles this matter? provenance
  2. How can evidence be submitted? action
Records Transparency.

Debates

Official reports.

Debates

Debate records.

  1. Where are debates and votes published? provenance
  2. Are they searchable? definition

Interests

Registers.

Interests

Registers of interests.

  1. Is there a register of members interests? provenance
  2. How current is it? provenance
Engagement Citizens.

Contact

Representatives.

Contact

Contacting representatives.

  1. How can a citizen contact their representative? action
  2. Through which official channel? provenance

Petitions

Participation.

Petitions

Petitions.

  1. Is there an official petitions system? provenance
  2. What thresholds apply? measurement

Classifiers Filled

Family
Thing Registry
Category
Society, people and institutions
Entry kind
thing
Plane
SOC
Domain
SOC.ORG
Other names and narrower kinds
Member of the States of Jersey, city council of a Philippines city, Municipal Corporation (India), municipal corporation of West Bengal, Panipat Municipal Corporation, City Duma, legislature of a Chilean region, city district council, town meeting, Cabinet of Rwanda, local Standing Committee of People's Congress in China, Landsgemeinde

What it is Filled

A deliberative assembly with the authority to make, amend and repeal laws for a political entity, such as a national parliament, state legislature or, in local government, a council with law-making powers.

Why it exists Filled

Let an agent handle legislatures by jurisdiction, structure, membership, procedure and records, neutrally.

Distinguishing features Filled

  • Law-making assembly
  • Unicameral or bicameral
  • Members elected or appointed
  • Public records of proceedings

What robots and AI may and may not do Filled

Must not

  • Misreport how a member voted or what a bill says.
  • Impersonate members or submit fake public consultation responses.
  • Disrupt legislative proceedings or their systems.
  • Present draft bills as enacted law.

Only with a human decision

  • Submitting petitions or consultation responses on a person's behalf.

May

  • Report bills, votes and members from official parliamentary records.
  • Explain legislative procedure in plain terms.

Moral aspects Filled

  • Legislatures are central to democratic consent; misinformation about them undermines it.

Who is affected

  • Citizens and residents
  • Members and staff

Owners Filled

Steward

The legislature itself, under the constitution; the people it represents.

Master systems

  • Official parliamentary records
  • Official gazettes

Links to other meta-models Filled

parent

  • Q1752346 - registry parent class
  • Q2324993 - registry parent class
  • Q895526 - registry parent class

related

  • assembly and governing body - category
  • law - output
  • election - process
  • government - function

What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled

Identity and identifiers required Filled

  • Vercy registry: vr.tr.legislature
  • Wikidata: Q11204 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11204)
  • Wikidata item: per legislature instances

Direct properties not applicable Not applicable

Not applicable

Plane SOC: no invented physical properties.

Recognition optional Filled

  • Official name such as parliament, congress, duma or council
  • Chambers and seats
  • Records such as hansards or journals
  • An assembly of members meeting in a chamber.

Capabilities and actions required Filled

  • follow bills and votes
  • contact representatives
  • submit evidence to committees
  • read official records

Hazards and failure modes required Filled

  • Partisan framing
  • Stale membership data
  • Confusing chambers

Standards and interfaces required Filled

  • National constitutions
  • Standing orders and rules of procedure
  • Freedom of information and records law

Context of use required Filled

  • Making laws, approving budgets and scrutinising government.
  • national parliaments
  • subnational legislatures
  • local councils with legislative powers
  • unicameral and bicameral bodies
  • supranational parliaments

Sources Filled

  1. Wikidata item Q11204: legislature - identity and sense of the item
  2. Wikipedia: Legislature - general description of the item

Open questions

  • Should legislatures be instances with identifiers?
  • How should bills and votes be linked?
  • How should local councils be classified?

Machine files

Card as JSON Specification Card backlog vercy.card/1

Provenance

thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed

Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q11204/spec.json