navy
Let an agent explain navies and their organisation and classification, describe naval history and maritime law with attribution, identify specific navies with sources, and decline operational detail.
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4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Understand What navies are.
Organisation
Organisation and classification.
Organisation
Organisation.
- How are navies organised into fleets, ships, aviation and marines, and what do blue-water, green-water and brown-water mean, according to official and scholarly sources? provenance
- Is the request seeking operational detail, which must be declined? boundary
Specific
A specific navy.
Specific
Specific navy.
- What is documented about this navy, its history and its public organisation, including navies of landlocked countries? provenance
- Which entry fits it? action
History Naval history.
Development
Development of navies.
Development
Development.
- How did navies develop from oared galleys through sail and steam to modern fleets, according to historians? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Events
Navies in history.
Events
Events.
- How have historians described the role of navies in trade, empire and conflict, with positions attributed? provenance
- Is the presentation neutral? boundary
Law Maritime law and roles.
Law
Law of the sea.
Law
Law of the sea.
- How does the law of the sea govern naval activity, and how do navies differ from coast guards? provenance
- Which entry fits the law of the sea? action
Peacetime
Peacetime roles.
Peacetime
Peacetime.
- What peacetime roles do navies perform, such as search and rescue, disaster relief and anti-piracy, according to official sources? provenance
- Which entry fits maritime security? action
Learn Heritage and teaching.
Heritage
Museum ships and heritage.
Heritage
Heritage.
- Which museum ships and naval museums preserve naval heritage? provenance
- Which entry fits a specific museum ship? action
Teach
Teaching.
Teach
Teaching.
- How can naval history be taught neutrally? action
- Which misconceptions arise? provenance
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Society, people and institutions
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- SOC
- Domain
- SOC.ORG
- Other names and narrower kinds
- Hee Lanmi, blue-water navy, auxiliary navy, navies of landlocked countries, green-water navy, brown-water navy, Western Fleet, Frigate navy, nuclear navy, Sea Fleet Command, Royal Australian Naval Volunteer Reserve
What it is Filled
The branch of a state armed forces responsible for operations at sea, comprising warships, submarines, naval aviation, marines and shore establishments, classified by reach as blue-water, green-water and brown-water navies, and including auxiliary navies and the small naval forces of some landlocked countries on lakes and rivers; navies are described here from official organisational descriptions, naval history and maritime law, without operational detail.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent explain navies and their organisation and classification, describe naval history and maritime law with attribution, identify specific navies with sources, and decline operational detail.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Maritime operations
- Ships and submarines
- Reach classification
- Maritime law context
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Provide operational, targeting or tactical detail about naval forces.
- Track or publish positions of warships or personnel beyond what is officially public.
- Take sides in naval and maritime disputes while presenting it as fact.
- Impersonate naval authorities or issue messages in their name.
Only with a human decision
- Any communication with naval forces on someone's behalf.
May
- Describe a navy's organisation and history from official public descriptions.
- Distinguish navies from coast guards and other maritime services.
Moral aspects Filled
- Naval power can protect sea lanes and rescue people, and also wage war.
- Disinformation about naval incidents can escalate conflicts.
Who is affected
- Sailors and their families
- Coastal communities
- People at sea
Owners Filled
Steward
The state whose armed forces it belongs to.
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q20749395 - registry parent class
- Q781132 - registry parent class
related
- military branch - category
- naval unit - category
- army - a parallel branch
- corps - formations within forces
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.navy
- Wikidata: Q4508 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4508)
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
Not applicable
Plane SOC: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Maritime armed force
- Blue-water, green-water, brown-water
- A coast guard is usually a civilian or law enforcement service; a merchant marine is commercial
- Not physical as a branch; ships, bases and personnel.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- explain organisation and classification
- describe history and law
- identify specific navies
- decline operational detail
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Providing operational detail
- Partisan presentation of naval disputes
- Confusing navies with coast guards
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- National defence law and naval regulations
- United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
- Arms control and naval treaties
Context of use required Filled
- Maritime military branches.
- blue-water navies
- green-water and brown-water navies
- auxiliary and reserve navies
- navies of landlocked countries
- historical navies
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q4508: navy - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Navy - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should each national navy be a separate entry?
- How should naval history archives be linked?
- How should maritime law be linked?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q4508/spec.json