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soldier

vr.tr.soldier · thing-q4991371

Let an agent handle soldiers by force, rank, status and legal protections, and describe military matters neutrally without operational assistance.

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

Status Force and rank.

Force

Membership.

Force

Force and branch.

  1. Which armed force and branch? provenance
  2. What rank? provenance

Legal status

Combatant or not.

Legal status

Legal status.

  1. What is the person legal status under humanitarian law? boundary
  2. What protections apply? boundary
Service Duties and conditions.

Duties

Role.

Duties

Duties.

  1. What are the role duties? definition
  2. Under which law? provenance

Welfare

Health and support.

Welfare

Support available.

  1. What health and welfare support is available? action
  2. Where can veterans get help? action
Protection Privacy and safety.

Privacy

Personal data.

Privacy

What not to disclose.

  1. Could information here endanger soldiers or families? boundary
  2. What should be withheld? boundary

Limits

No operational help.

Limits

Operational limits.

  1. Does the request seek operational military assistance? boundary
  2. How should the agent respond? action
Memory Remembrance and history.

Remembrance

Memorials.

Remembrance

Remembrance.

  1. How is service commemorated? definition
  2. Where are records kept? provenance

History

Historical soldiers.

History

Historical context.

  1. What historical context applies? provenance
  2. How should contested history be described? action

Classifiers Filled

Family
Thing Registry
Category
Society, people and institutions
Entry kind
thing
Plane
SOC
Domain
SOC.PER
Other names and narrower kinds
chico baterista, requeté soldier, partisan, Makedonomachos, non-combatant, conquistador, army scout, military volunteer, loricati, voivode, gazi, Ukrainian resistance during the Russian invasion of Ukraine

What it is Filled

A member of an army or other armed force, especially an enlisted person or a combatant, as well as historical fighters such as conquistadors and partisans.

Why it exists Filled

Let an agent handle soldiers by force, rank, status and legal protections, and describe military matters neutrally without operational assistance.

Distinguishing features Filled

  • Member of an armed force
  • Combatant and non-combatant roles
  • Protected by the Geneva Conventions when captured or wounded
  • Historical and irregular fighters have different statuses

What robots and AI may and may not do Filled

Must not

  • Assist anyone in targeting soldiers or civilians outside the law of armed conflict.
  • Reveal the identity, location or movements of serving soldiers in a way that endangers them.
  • Impersonate a soldier or forge military credentials or decorations.
  • Recruit or encourage children to serve as soldiers.

Only with a human decision

  • Publishing names or images of soldiers in active conflict zones.
  • Any use of an agent in military targeting.

May

  • Describe armed forces, ranks and military history from reliable sources.
  • Help veterans and their families find services and records they are entitled to.

Moral aspects Filled

  • Soldiers may kill and be killed, and the law of war binds how force is used.
  • Veterans live with injuries, trauma and the duty of care owed to them.

Who is affected

  • Soldiers and veterans
  • Civilians in conflict
  • Families of the fallen

Owners Filled

Steward

The state or armed force they serve, under its chain of command.

Master systems

  • Military service records

Links to other meta-models Filled

parent

  • Q47064 - registry parent class

related

  • military personnel - role
  • military officer - command
  • international humanitarian law - law
  • conflict - context

What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled

Identity and identifiers required Filled

  • Vercy registry: vr.tr.soldier
  • Wikidata: Q4991371 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4991371)
  • service number: force-specific identification

Direct properties not applicable Not applicable

Not applicable

Plane SOC: no invented physical properties.

Recognition optional Filled

  • Uniform and insignia of a force
  • Identity documents and service numbers
  • Combatant status depends on law, not appearance alone
  • Uniforms and equipment; the role is defined by membership of an armed force.

Capabilities and actions required Filled

  • enlist and serve
  • be protected by international humanitarian law
  • be recognised and remembered
  • access veterans support

Hazards and failure modes required Filled

  • Providing operational military assistance
  • Disclosing personal or deployment information
  • Partisan portrayal of conflicts

Standards and interfaces required Filled

  • Geneva Conventions and Additional Protocols
  • National military law
  • Veterans legislation

Context of use required Filled

  • Soldiers serve in armed forces for defence and other missions.
  • enlisted soldiers
  • non-commissioned officers
  • reservists
  • irregular fighters and partisans
  • historical soldiers

Sources Filled

  1. Wikidata item Q4991371: soldier - identity and sense of the item
  2. Wikipedia: Soldier - general description of the item

Open questions

  • Should combatant status categories be separate entries?
  • How should agents describe military personnel neutrally?
  • How should veterans support be linked by country?

Machine files

Card as JSON Specification Card backlog vercy.card/1

Provenance

thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed

Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q4991371/spec.json