Vestal Virgin
Generated draft, first pass
This model was drafted by rule from what the registry knows about the thing. It proposes which bundles a real model will need and which questions research must answer. It is not researched and no sentence in it is sourced.
Written from the archetype playbook - what this kind of thing needs beyond identity and provenance - and from the structure that recurred across 6,333 models already researched by two engines. Applied to this entry by rule. No source was read for this thing and no claim here is researched. This entry carries no facets of its own, so they were inferred from its domain - a guess about a whole domain applied to one thing.
Generator: vr.draft.v3
Purpose and description
Give an agent a durable, checkable way to recognise a Vestal Virgin, record what state it is in, and decide what may be done with it.
A social thing registered under SOC.PER. The registry names it; this draft has not been given a definition yet.
It can be observed and measured.
Distinguishing features
Names folded into this entry, which a task may need to split apart again: Virgo Vestalis Maxima.
1 finer distinctions are held as aliases rather than separate entries, because telling them apart needs a task that asks for it.
Described in 56 Wikipedia languages, which is a measure of how widely the thing is known, not of how important it is.
Physical character
Made of: a social arrangement between people.
Moves under its own power or of its own accord.
Acts on its own behalf.
These come from the domain this entry sits in rather than from the entry itself, so treat them as a first guess about the whole domain applied to one thing.
How it is recognised
Not recognisable by appearance, and guessing from dress or setting is how an agent gets this wrong. Recognised by qualification, licence or engagement.
Related models
covers - Finer kinds folded into this entry because telling them apart needs a task that asks for it. Each is a model waiting to be split out when one does.
Described in 56 Wikipedia languages, which measures how widely it is written about rather than how important or how common it is. 1 finer distinctions are held inside this entry as names rather than as separate models.
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 7 bundles · 14 layers · 16 findings · 44 questions.
Identity, naming and classification How an agent tells one Vestal Virgin from another, and a Vestal Virgin from things that resemble it.
Recognition comes before every other claim. Without stable identity nothing else in the model can be trusted to be about the same thing twice.
Names and identifiers
The names this thing goes by and the identifiers that survive translation and time.
Preferred name, aliases and local names
Which name to use, which names mean the same thing, and which merely sound similar.
- What identifies and describes the name of a Vestal Virgin, and in what units or vocabulary? definition
- Who or what asserted this about the name of a Vestal Virgin, by which method, and when was it true? provenance
- What may an agent decide or do once the name of a Vestal Virgin is known, and what must it refuse? action
Stable identifiers and external keys
Identifiers that keep pointing at this kind of thing across systems and languages.
- What identifies and describes an identifier for a Vestal Virgin, and in what units or vocabulary? definition
- Who or what asserted this about an identifier for a Vestal Virgin, by which method, and when was it true? provenance
- What may an agent decide or do once an identifier for a Vestal Virgin is known, and what must it refuse? action
Classification and granularity
Where a Vestal Virgin sits among kinds, and how finely a task needs to cut it.
Kind, parents and neighbouring kinds
The classes this thing belongs to and the ones it is next to.
- What identifies and describes the kind of a Vestal Virgin, and in what units or vocabulary? definition
- Who or what asserted this about the kind of a Vestal Virgin, by which method, and when was it true? provenance
- What may an agent decide or do once the kind of a Vestal Virgin is known, and what must it refuse? action
Distinguishing features
What separates a Vestal Virgin from the things most often confused with it.
- What identifies and describes what distinguishes a Vestal Virgin, and in what units or vocabulary? definition
- Who or what asserted this about what distinguishes a Vestal Virgin, by which method, and when was it true? provenance
- What may an agent decide or do once what distinguishes a Vestal Virgin is known, and what must it refuse? action
Place and movement Where a Vestal Virgin is, how it got there and where it may go (self-moving).
A thing that can move needs its position recorded with a time, or every later claim about it is about a place it has left.
Location and placement
Position, containment and the reference frame the position is given in.
Position, container and reference frame
Where a Vestal Virgin is, and what that position is measured against.
- What identifies and describes the location of a Vestal Virgin, and in what units or vocabulary? definition
- Who or what asserted this about the location of a Vestal Virgin, by which method, and when was it true? provenance
- What may an agent decide or do once the location of a Vestal Virgin is known, and what must it refuse? action
Movement and transfer
How a Vestal Virgin moves on its own.
Movement events and constraints
What counts as a movement, what records it and what limits it.
- What identifies and describes the movement of a Vestal Virgin, and in what units or vocabulary? definition
- Who or what asserted this about the movement of a Vestal Virgin, by which method, and when was it true? provenance
- What may an agent decide or do once the movement of a Vestal Virgin is known, and what must it refuse? action
State and lifecycle The states a Vestal Virgin passes through and the events that move it between them.
Most decisions about a thing depend on what state it is in now, which is a claim with a time on it, not a property.
Lifecycle stages
From coming into existence to ceasing to be one of these.
Stages and transitions
The stages worth naming and what moves a Vestal Virgin between them.
- What identifies and describes the lifecycle of a Vestal Virgin, and in what units or vocabulary? definition
- Who or what asserted this about the lifecycle of a Vestal Virgin, by which method, and when was it true? provenance
- What may an agent decide or do once the lifecycle of a Vestal Virgin is known, and what must it refuse? action
Observations and current status
What is observed about a Vestal Virgin, how often and by whom.
Observation record
How an observation of a Vestal Virgin is recorded so that it can be superseded rather than overwritten.
- What identifies and describes an observation of a Vestal Virgin, and in what units or vocabulary? definition
- Who or what asserted this about an observation of a Vestal Virgin, by which method, and when was it true? provenance
- What may an agent decide or do once an observation of a Vestal Virgin is known, and what must it refuse? action
People, roles and responsibility Who stands in what relation to a Vestal Virgin.
Social things are defined by the relations people hold to them, and those relations change without the thing changing.
Roles and parties
The roles that exist around a Vestal Virgin and who fills them.
Role assignments and their validity
Who holds which role over a Vestal Virgin, from when, and on whose authority.
- What identifies and describes a role over a Vestal Virgin, and in what units or vocabulary? definition
- Who or what asserted this about a role over a Vestal Virgin, by which method, and when was it true? provenance
- What may an agent decide or do once a role over a Vestal Virgin is known, and what must it refuse? action
Ownership and accountability
Who answers for a Vestal Virgin and who may decide about it.
Accountability and decision rights
Where responsibility for a Vestal Virgin sits when something goes wrong.
- What identifies and describes responsibility for a Vestal Virgin, and in what units or vocabulary? definition
- Who or what asserted this about responsibility for a Vestal Virgin, by which method, and when was it true? provenance
- What may an agent decide or do once responsibility for a Vestal Virgin is known, and what must it refuse? action
Competence, qualification and licence What someone must be able to do, and be permitted to do, as Vestal Virgin.
The permission is jurisdictional and the competence is not, and conflating them is how an agent concludes someone may practise when they may not.
Competences and qualifications
Skills and credentials the role assumes.
Qualifications and how they are evidenced
What counts as qualified, and what proves it.
- What competences and qualifications does Vestal Virgin require, and how is each evidenced? definition
- Which qualifications transfer between jurisdictions and which do not? boundary
Licensing and the right to practise
Who grants permission, where it holds, and when it lapses.
Licence, issuer and validity
The permission, its issuer, its territory and its expiry.
- Who licenses Vestal Virgin, in which territory, and for how long? provenance
- What may an unlicensed person not do, and what must an agent refuse to assume? action
Tasks, employment and accountability What Vestal Virgin actually does and who answers for it.
A role is filled by people under an arrangement, and the arrangement decides liability, supervision and who may instruct whom.
Tasks and typical duties
The work itself, and how it differs by setting.
Duties and setting
What the role does and where the work varies.
- What tasks define Vestal Virgin, and how do they differ between settings or seniority? definition
- Which tasks may only be done by this role, and which are shared with neighbouring roles? boundary
Employment and accountability
The relation under which the work is done and where responsibility sits.
Responsibility and supervision
Who instructs, who supervises, who is liable.
- Under what arrangement does someone act as Vestal Virgin, and who supervises or is liable? definition
- When something goes wrong, what does the model need to have recorded to answer who was responsible? provenance
Provenance, evidence and time Where every claim about a Vestal Virgin came from and when it held.
A claim without a source and a time cannot be superseded, only overwritten, and an agent that overwrites loses the ability to explain itself.
Source and authority
Who said it, on what evidence, and how strongly.
Claim provenance and confidence
The authority behind each claim about a Vestal Virgin and how confident it is.
- What identifies and describes a claim about a Vestal Virgin, and in what units or vocabulary? definition
- Who or what asserted this about a claim about a Vestal Virgin, by which method, and when was it true? provenance
- What may an agent decide or do once a claim about a Vestal Virgin is known, and what must it refuse? action
Time, versions and supersession
When a claim was true, when it was learnt, and what replaced it.
Validity period and supersession
How an old claim about a Vestal Virgin is retired without being erased.
- What identifies and describes the validity of a claim about a Vestal Virgin, and in what units or vocabulary? definition
- Who or what asserted this about the validity of a claim about a Vestal Virgin, by which method, and when was it true? provenance
- What may an agent decide or do once the validity of a claim about a Vestal Virgin is known, and what must it refuse? action
What the second pass must settle
- Which of the bundles below does a real task actually need, and which are ceremony?
- What does this thing have that the facets do not capture at all?
- Which neighbouring kind is most often confused with a Vestal Virgin, and on what evidence are they told apart?