King
Enable an agent to identify a king as a royal role, distinguish its holder from the office, and assess the authority, obligations and transitions attached to that role.
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.
Researched by: Codex
Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled
6 bundles · 11 layers · 18 findings · 28 questions
Royal identity and boundaries Establishes what king means in the relevant tradition and what entity the model represents.
Title and translation
Examines the attested designation and the grounds for treating it as king.
Attested royal designation
Record the local title and contextual evidence for its royal meaning, leaving uncertain equivalences explicit.
- What title is used locally, and what does king translate or designate in this context? definition
- Which institutional records or historical sources attest this usage? provenance
Office, holder and adjacent roles
Separates the kingship from its occupant and neighbouring royal positions.
Royal role classification
Identify whether a reference concerns a reigning role, consort designation, titular position or claim, subject to the registry's eventual verified boundary.
- Does this reference identify the royal office, its holder, a consort or a claimant? boundary
- Which features distinguish this position from a prince, emperor, chief or other locally adjacent role? definition
Realm and recognition Connects the kingship to its political or customary setting and records who recognises it.
Realm relationship
Identifies the polity or community associated with the kingship and the character of that association.
Royal jurisdiction and standing
Record whether the role concerns a sovereign realm, a constituent polity, a customary community or another attested setting.
- Over which realm or community is this kingship recognised, and during which period? boundary
- What evidence establishes its relationship to any superior, federal or neighbouring authority? provenance
Recognition and contestation
Preserves differences between recognition of the institution and recognition of a particular claimant.
Attributed recognition
Attach recognition or rejection to a named authority or community and a time rather than asserting universal legitimacy.
- Who recognises the kingship and who recognises this particular holder or claimant? provenance
- Do rival claims dispute the succession, the office's continued existence or the extent of its authority? boundary
Accession, succession and tenure Describes how the role is acquired, occupied and relinquished.
Eligibility and accession
Identifies applicable eligibility rules and the event or decision that establishes occupancy.
Accession mechanism
Record the locally applicable succession or selection mechanism and distinguish constitutive requirements from subsequent ceremonies.
- Which rules determine eligibility and selection for this kingship? definition
- Which event establishes accession, and what legal or customary effect does coronation have? boundary
Tenure end and vacancy
Tracks termination of a holder's tenure separately from abolition or suspension of the institution.
Royal transition
Record the asserted end of tenure, its basis and the process governing any resulting vacancy or disputed transition.
- What event ended or is alleged to have ended the holder's tenure, and who accepts that effect? provenance
- Which institution or rule determines the next holder or administers an interregnum? action
Royal authority and valid action Maps specific royal powers, their restrictions and the actors required to exercise them.
Powers and constraints
Associates each claimed power with its governing basis and procedural conditions.
Conditioned royal power
Record formal powers separately from customary practice and observed influence, including any required advice, assent or countersignature.
- What source grants or limits the particular royal power being considered? provenance
- What advice, approval, countersignature or other condition is required for this act? action
Regency and delegation
Distinguishes the king's occupancy from another actor's authority to perform royal functions.
Authorised exercise of functions
Record when a regent or delegate may act, the functions covered and the conditions that begin or end that authority.
- Who may exercise royal functions during minority, absence or incapacity, and under which rule? action
- Which functions remain reserved to the king, and when does the substitute authority expire? boundary
Royal duties and institutional resources Captures obligations and the institutional means associated with fulfilling the kingship.
Ceremonial and public obligations
Identifies duties attached to the role and the conventions governing their performance.
Role-bound obligations
Record attested ceremonial, religious and public responsibilities without assuming every kingship combines them.
- Which ceremonies, oaths, religious responsibilities or public duties attach to this kingship? definition
- Which duties require the king's personal participation, and which permit a representative? action
Office resources and private boundary
Relates the kingship to its supporting institutions and resources while preserving ownership and control distinctions.
Institutional resource entitlements
Identify resources available through the office and distinguish access or custody from personal ownership.
- Which household services, residences, regalia or funds are available by virtue of holding the kingship? boundary
- Who owns or administers those resources, and what restrictions govern their use or transfer at succession? action
Evidence and external alignment What the world already says about this thing, gathered so the model can be checked against it.
Reported evidence
Findings from the breadth pass, kept separate from the structural claims.
Check these first
Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.
- Which of these check these first hold for the sense of King this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance
Kinds and varieties
Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.
- Which of these kinds and varieties hold for the sense of King this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance
Identifiers and schemes
Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.
- Which of these identifiers and schemes hold for the sense of King this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance
Real-world use
Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.
- Which of these real-world use hold for the sense of King this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance
Typical measurements
Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.
- Which of these typical measurements hold for the sense of King this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance
Failure modes and hazards
Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.
- Which of these failure modes and hazards hold for the sense of King this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance
Regional variation
Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.
- Which of these regional variation hold for the sense of King this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance
Neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart
Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.
- Which of these neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart hold for the sense of King this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Society, people and institutions
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- SOC
- Domain
- SOC.PER
What it is Filled
A king is a male monarch whose title and position within a monarchy are established by the relevant constitutional, legal or customary order, with powers ranging from ceremonial representation to personal government.
In scope
- The royal title and its meaning within a particular political or customary tradition
- The relationship between the kingship, its realm or community, and its holder
- Accession, succession, tenure and termination of occupancy
- Constitutional, customary, ceremonial and religious responsibilities attached to the role
- Recognition, competing claims, delegated authority and restrictions on royal action
Out of scope
- The holder's complete biography, family history and personal characteristics
- The kingdom's population, territory, economy and government as complete systems
- Royal dynasties, households and courts as independent organisations or kinship structures
- Queens, princes, emperors and other titles except where needed to distinguish or relate roles
- Chess kings, playing-card kings, surnames and figurative uses of king
- CH-124 Sea King aircraft, whose name does not make it a subtype of the royal role
Why it exists Filled
Enable an agent to identify a king as a royal role, distinguish its holder from the office, and assess the authority, obligations and transitions attached to that role.
Distinguishing features Filled
- The title denotes a royal role within an identifiable tradition; personal dominance or the nickname king is insufficient.
- The kingship and its occupant remain distinguishable: a change of holder need not create a new office.
- Whether the holder is a reigning monarch, a consort or a claimant must be established rather than inferred from the word king.
- Royal status does not by itself establish sovereign independence, executive control or unrestricted authority.
- A local title translated as king requires contextual evidence; translation alone does not establish equivalence with every other kingship.
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Impersonate a king or issue statements in a monarch's name.
- Fabricate quotes, decrees or private details about a reigning or past king.
- Help evade laws that protect or criticise a monarch, or use such laws to target critics.
- Present claims of pretenders as recognised titles.
Only with a human decision
- Publishing critical material about a reigning monarch where the law restricts it.
May
- Report a king's title, reign and constitutional role from official and scholarly sources.
- Use proper forms of address when the context calls for them.
Moral aspects Filled
- Monarchs are public figures but also people with a right to accurate representation.
- Laws against insulting monarchs can be used against free expression.
Who is affected
- The king and royal family
- Subjects and citizens
- Critics and journalists
Owners Filled
Steward
The constitutional or customary order of the monarchy defines the office.
Master systems
- Official gazettes and royal household records
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q13367662 - registry parent class
- Q204179 - registry parent class
- Q5433715 - registry parent class
- Q7902851 - registry parent class
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.king-q503463
- Wikidata: Q503463 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q503463)
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
- Royal title and local designation: Attested title, language, translation and contextual usage
- Realm or recognised community: Links to the kingdom, constituent polity, people or customary community concerned
- Holder and tenure: Person holding or claiming the role, with start and end dates and their evidential basis
- Institutional standing: Sovereign, constituent or subordinate, customary, titular, or unresolved; qualified by context
- Occupancy and claim status: Occupied, vacant, disputed, abolished or unresolved, with time and recognising authority
- Basis of accession: Hereditary succession, election, appointment, other attested mechanism, or unresolved
- Royal powers and conditions: Links to particular powers, governing rules, required approvals and applicable periods
- Exercise of royal functions: Personally exercised, exercised through a regent, delegated, suspended or unresolved, by function
Plane SOC: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Crown, regalia or royal insignia worn on state occasions.
- Named by title and regnal number in official texts.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- Resolve an occurrence of king to a royal role, a particular holder, a claim or an unrelated use of the word.
- Trace who held or claimed a kingship at a specified time and on what basis.
- Check whether a proposed royal act falls within an attested power and satisfies its required approvals.
- Identify the succession or regency process relevant to a vacancy or incapacity.
- Compare competing recognition claims while retaining their sources and unresolved disagreements.
- Identify the appropriate royal representative or institution for a ceremonial or official interaction.
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Disinformation about a monarch can provoke unrest.
- Lese-majesty laws can lead to prosecution for speech.
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- The King breed standard published by the National Pigeon Association provides conformation criteria for judging exhibition birds.
Context of use required Filled
- The King is a domestic pigeon breed kept for meat production and exhibition.
- It is encountered in pigeon breeding facilities, lofts and poultry shows, with selection differing between utility and exhibition lines.
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q503463: King - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: King pigeon - general description of the item
Open questions
- Does registry entity vr.tr.king-q503463 denote only a male reigning monarch, or does its intended extension include consort, customary and titular usages?
- Does an existing Vercy world model already own this concept, requiring a registry link rather than a separate publication?
- Which authoritative sources establish the title's cross-cultural boundaries and the treatment of local titles translated as king?
- How should abolished kingships, pretenders and disputed restorations be represented without treating a claim as an operative office?
- Which representative kingships must be researched to validate the proposed distinctions between sovereign, subordinate and customary authority?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q503463/spec.json