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African championship

vr.tr.african-championship · thing-q385739

Let an agent handle African championships by sport, organiser, edition, host, results and eligibility.

Thing Registry Activities and processes ACT.EVT
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

Event Which championship.

Sport

Discipline.

Sport

Sport.

  1. Which sport and format is it? definition
  2. Which federation organises it? provenance

Edition

Year and host.

Edition

Edition.

  1. Which edition, when and where? provenance
  2. How many nations took part? measurement
Entry Eligibility.

Eligibility

Nationality and ranking.

Eligibility

Eligibility.

  1. Who is eligible to compete? boundary
  2. How are entries allocated? definition

Qualification

World events.

Qualification

Qualification.

  1. Does it qualify athletes for world or Olympic events? provenance
  2. How many places? measurement
Results Outcomes.

Winners

Champions.

Winners

Results.

  1. Who won, and where are official results? provenance
  2. Were any results changed on appeal? provenance

Medals

Tables.

Medals

Medal table.

  1. What is the medal table? measurement
  2. From which source? provenance
Development Sport growth.

Growth

Participation.

Growth

Growth.

  1. How has participation grown over editions? measurement
  2. Which nations are emerging? provenance

Inclusion

Para and women events.

Inclusion

Inclusion.

  1. Are para and women events included? definition
  2. Since when? provenance

Classifiers Filled

Family
Thing Registry
Category
Activities and processes
Entry kind
thing
Plane
ACT
Domain
ACT.EVT
Other names and narrower kinds
African Para-Badminton Championships, African Mixed Team Badminton Championships, African Men's Team Badminton Championships, African Women's Team Badminton Championships, African Team Badminton Championships, African Junior Badminton Championships, African Laser Championships, African Duathlon Championships, African Petanque Championships, African Netball Championships, African Finswimming Championships, African Diving Championships

What it is Filled

A recurring continental sports competition among athletes or teams from African countries, organised by continental federations, such as the African Badminton Championships and their team, junior and para editions.

Why it exists Filled

Let an agent handle African championships by sport, organiser, edition, host, results and eligibility.

Distinguishing features Filled

  • Continental scope
  • Recurring
  • Organised by African federations
  • Often qualifying events

What robots and AI may and may not do Filled

Must not

  • Help manipulate a match, a result or betting on it.
  • Misrepresent an athlete's eligibility or nationality.
  • Publish athletes' private data such as health or test results beyond official disclosure.
  • Spread abuse or hate against athletes, teams or supporters.

Only with a human decision

  • Correcting official results or records.

May

  • Report fixtures, results and records from continental federations' official sources.
  • Distinguish championships by sport, category, age group and edition.

Moral aspects Filled

  • Sport integrity depends on honest results and fair eligibility.
  • African athletes often face racism and visa barriers in travel and coverage.

Who is affected

  • Athletes and teams
  • National federations
  • Supporters

Owners Filled

Steward

The continental federation that organises each championship.

Master systems

  • Federation results and records databases

Links to other meta-models Filled

parent

  • Q18608583 - registry parent class
  • Q64250307 - registry parent class

related

  • continental competition and recurring sporting event - category
  • continental federation - organiser
  • world championship - pathway
  • African Games - multi-sport event

What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled

Identity and identifiers required Filled

  • Vercy registry: vr.tr.african-championship
  • Wikidata: Q385739 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q385739)
  • federation event id: per sport editions

Direct properties not applicable Not applicable

Not applicable

Plane ACT: no invented physical properties.

Recognition optional Filled

  • Name with African and the sport
  • Organising continental federation
  • Editions by year and host
  • Multi-day tournaments with national teams and athletes.

Capabilities and actions required Filled

  • follow editions and results
  • check eligibility and qualification
  • find host cities and dates
  • look up medal tables

Hazards and failure modes required Filled

  • Mixing editions
  • Unsourced results
  • Confusing team and individual events

Standards and interfaces required Filled

  • Continental and world federation regulations
  • World Anti-Doping Code

Context of use required Filled

  • Crowning continental champions and qualifying for world events.
  • individual championships
  • team championships
  • junior championships
  • para championships
  • multi-sport continental games (related)

Sources Filled

  1. Wikidata item Q385739: African championship - identity and sense of the item
  2. Wikipedia: African Championship - general description of the item

Open questions

  • Should each sport championship be a separate entry?
  • How should editions be linked?
  • How should results be sourced?

Machine files

Card as JSON Specification Card backlog vercy.card/1

Provenance

thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed

Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q385739/spec.json