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Spaniards

vr.tr.spaniards · thing-q160894

Let an agent describe Spaniards neutrally as citizens and as a people with internal diversity, relay demographic figures from official statistics, present regional identities and political questions with attribution, and avoid stereotypes and contested claims stated as fact.

Thing Registry Society, people and institutions SOC.PER
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 Who Spaniards are.

Definition

Nationality and identity.

Definition

Definition.

  1. Who counts as Spanish by citizenship and by self-identification, and how does the Constitution describe nationalities and regions? definition
  2. Is the question about citizenship, ethnicity, language or region? boundary

Plurality

Regional identities.

Plurality

Plurality.

  1. What regional peoples and languages exist, and how do people combine identities, with survey findings attributed? provenance
  2. Are contested identities presented neutrally? boundary
Demography Numbers and distribution.

Population

Population.

Population

Population.

  1. How many Spaniards live in Spain and abroad, from INE and consular statistics? measurement
  2. Which sources are cited? provenance

Diaspora

Emigration.

Diaspora

Diaspora.

  1. Where did Spaniards emigrate historically and recently, and what communities exist? provenance
  2. Which entry fits a specific community? action
Culture Culture and history.

Culture

Culture.

Culture

Culture.

  1. What cultural traditions, languages and religions characterise Spaniards, presented without stereotype? provenance
  2. Is the presentation free of stereotypes? boundary

History

History of identity.

History

History.

  1. How did Spanish national identity develop, and which references are standard? provenance
  2. Which entry fits the history of Spain? action
Politics Contested questions.

Territorial

Territorial debates.

Territorial

Territorial.

  1. How are debates on autonomy and independence in Catalonia and the Basque Country presented, with positions attributed? provenance
  2. Is the presentation neutral? boundary

Rights

Rights and equality.

Rights

Rights.

  1. What rights and anti-discrimination protections apply, and what do studies say about discrimination? provenance
  2. Which entry fits minority rights? action

Classifiers Filled

Family
Thing Registry
Category
Society, people and institutions
Entry kind
thing
Plane
SOC
Domain
SOC.PER
Other names and narrower kinds
Barcelonans, Catalans, people of the Region of Murcia, Navarrese people, Balearic people, People of La Rioja (Spain), people from Madrid, Aragonese people, Asturian people, Castilians, Canarian people, Cantabrian people

What it is Filled

The people of Spain, as citizens of the Spanish state and as a nation comprising several peoples with their own languages and identities, including Castilian, Catalan, Basque, Galician and other regional communities; Spaniards live mainly in Spain with large communities in the Americas and Europe, and Spanish nationality and regional identity are held together or separately depending on the person.

Why it exists Filled

Let an agent describe Spaniards neutrally as citizens and as a people with internal diversity, relay demographic figures from official statistics, present regional identities and political questions with attribution, and avoid stereotypes and contested claims stated as fact.

Distinguishing features Filled

  • Civic nationality of the Spanish state
  • Internal plurality of peoples and languages
  • Regional identities held alongside or instead of Spanish identity
  • Large diaspora and historical emigration

What robots and AI may and may not do Filled

Must not

  • Reduce Spaniards to stereotypes or treat the nation as uniform.
  • Deny or mock the identities of Catalans, Basques, Galicians and other communities.
  • Infer a person's nationality or political views from their name or accent.
  • Take sides in disputes over independence or national identity as if settled.

Only with a human decision

  • Publishing content on contested questions of national and regional identity.

May

  • Describe Spaniards as a nation and the peoples, languages and regions within Spain.
  • Report demographic and historical facts from reliable sources.

Moral aspects Filled

  • Questions of identity in Spain are politically charged and personal to many people.
  • Stereotypes shape how migrants and minorities are treated.

Who is affected

  • Spaniards and regional communities
  • Spaniards abroad
  • Minorities in Spain

Owners Filled

Steward

Nobody owns a people; the Spanish state keeps records of its citizens.

Master systems

  • Civil and population registers

Links to other meta-models Filled

parent

  • Q101094841 - registry parent class
  • Q22947 - registry parent class
  • Q394067 - registry parent class

related

  • European people - the category
  • Spain - the state
  • Spanish language - the common language, with co-official languages
  • Catalans - a people within Spain whose identity some hold as distinct

What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled

Identity and identifiers required Filled

  • Vercy registry: vr.tr.spaniards
  • Wikidata: Q160894 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q160894)

Direct properties not applicable Not applicable

  • population of Spain: about 48 million people - INE figures; includes residents of other nationalities

Plane SOC: no invented physical properties.

Recognition optional Filled

  • Citizens of Spain or people identifying as Spanish
  • Languages: Spanish and co-official Catalan, Basque, Galician and others
  • Spanish speakers elsewhere and Hispanic identities in the Americas are separate matters
  • No defining physical appearance; identity is civic, linguistic and cultural.

Capabilities and actions required Filled

  • explain nationality and identity
  • relay demographic figures with sources
  • present regional identities with attribution
  • route political questions to attributed sources

Hazards and failure modes required Filled

  • Stereotyping
  • Presenting regional independence questions as settled either way
  • Conflating citizenship, language and ethnicity
  • Unsourced population figures

Standards and interfaces required Filled

  • Spanish Constitution of 1978 on nationalities and regions
  • Spanish nationality law
  • Statutes of autonomy
  • Statistical standards of the INE

Context of use required Filled

  • Not applicable; a people.
  • Spaniards by autonomous community, such as Andalusians, Castilians, Catalans, Basques, Galicians and others
  • Spaniards abroad and the diaspora
  • Spanish citizens of foreign origin
  • historical Spanish communities in the Americas and Africa

Sources Filled

  1. Wikidata item Q160894: Spaniards - identity and sense of the item
  2. Wikipedia: Spaniards - general description of the item

Open questions

  • Should regional peoples be separate entries?
  • How should INE statistics be linked?
  • The registry entry has merged aliases for regional peoples, including Catalans, whose identity is politically contested; they should be reviewed

Machine files

Card as JSON Specification Card backlog vercy.card/1

Provenance

thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed

Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q160894/spec.json