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war

vr.tr.war · ACT.ACT

Let an agent handle wars neutrally by parties, dates, causes, consequences, law and humanitarian aid, citing sources and avoiding operational detail.

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Research draft, second pass

A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.

written by Claude from model knowledge without web access - no source was read, every claim is a lead to verify

Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent handle wars neutrally by parties, dates, causes, consequences, law and humanitarian aid, citing sources and avoiding operational detail.

An organised and often prolonged armed conflict between states, governments or organised groups, with large-scale violence, casualties and humanitarian consequences; regulated by international humanitarian law.

What it is for: A subject of history, law, politics and humanitarian response.

It can be summarise wars from reliable sources; explain international humanitarian law; find humanitarian aid and refugee support; present contested accounts neutrally.

Distinguishing features

Organised armed conflict

Large-scale human cost

Governed by international law

Accounts are often contested

What it looks like

Not a physical object; recorded in documents, testimony and memorials.

How it is recognised

Named wars with dates and parties

Civil, interstate and world wars

Metaphorical war (price war) is another sense

Related models

is a kind of - category

group conflict

includes - part

military operation

is regulated by - law

international humanitarian law

is followed by - resolution

peace treaty

In practice

Families and kinds

interstate wars

civil wars

world wars

wars of independence

metaphorical wars (separate sense)

Standards and regulation

Geneva Conventions and Additional Protocols

UN Charter

Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court

Failure modes and hazards

Taking sides in contested conflicts

Spreading propaganda or misinformation

Providing operational or tactical detail

Also called

war and societyworld warseries of warswar phaseresource warsanctions wardirty warground warfareoffensive warhypothetical warMilkhemet Mitzvahscienticideunconventional warfaremodern warfareholy warwar and peacetotal warCrimean–Circassian warsreligious wartelevision warwar of independencelimited wartwo-front warprehistoric warfaredefensive warcolonial warinterstellar warpetrodollar warfarewar of pacificationunderwater mine warfarerevolutionary warshort victorious warconventional warfareabsolute warbloodless warfault line warhybrid warfareghazwaOil warwar of annihilation

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Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Also registered as vr.tr.war-2

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Conflict Which war.

Identity needs sources.

Identity

Name and dates.

Identity

War identity.

  1. Which war is meant, with dates and parties? provenance
  2. Are there different names for it? definition

Causes

Background.

Causes

Causes.

  1. What causes do historians identify? provenance
  2. Where do accounts differ? boundary
Humanitarian People affected.

People come first.

Aid

Relief.

Aid

Humanitarian aid.

  1. Which humanitarian organisations help people affected? provenance
  2. How can civilians find safety information? action

Refugees

Displacement.

Refugees

Displacement.

  1. Where can displaced people find official support? action
  2. How can someone trace missing relatives? action
Law Rules of war.

International law applies.

IHL

Geneva Conventions.

IHL

International humanitarian law.

  1. Which rules of international humanitarian law apply? provenance
  2. Which bodies investigate violations? provenance

Outcome

Peace.

Outcome

Resolution.

  1. How did the war end, and which treaty applies? provenance
  2. Is it ongoing? boundary
Handling Agent conduct.

Neutral and non-operational.

Neutrality

Contested accounts.

Neutrality

Neutral presentation.

  1. Are competing accounts attributed to their sources? boundary
  2. Are casualty figures sourced and dated? provenance

Limits

No operational detail.

Limits

Operational limits.

  1. Does the request seek tactical or operational help? boundary
  2. How should the agent decline and redirect? action

What the second pass must settle

  • Should each war be a separate entry?
  • How should casualty figures be sourced?
  • How should metaphorical senses be split off?
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