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commission

vr.tr.commission-q55657615 · thing-q55657615

Let an agent handle commissions by mandate, members, authority, timeline and outputs, and separate commission as a body from commission as a fee.

Thing Registry Society, people and institutions SOC.ECO
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

Mandate What it is for.

Task

Purpose.

Mandate

Mandate.

  1. What is the commission mandate? provenance
  2. Who established it? provenance

Powers

Authority.

Powers

Powers.

  1. What powers does it have? definition
  2. Can it compel evidence? boundary
Membership Who serves.

Members

Appointees.

Members

Members.

  1. Who are the members, and how were they appointed? provenance
  2. Are they independent? boundary

Secretariat

Support.

Secretariat

Secretariat.

  1. Who supports the commission? provenance
  2. How is it funded? provenance
Process How it works.

Evidence

Submissions and hearings.

Evidence

Evidence process.

  1. How can evidence be submitted? action
  2. Are hearings public? definition

Timeline

Deadlines.

Timeline

Timeline.

  1. When will it report? measurement
  2. Has it been extended? provenance
Outputs Reports and follow-up.

Reports

Findings.

Reports

Reports.

  1. What did it find and recommend? provenance
  2. Where is the report published? provenance

Follow-up

Implementation.

Follow-up

Implementation.

  1. Were recommendations implemented? provenance
  2. Who is accountable? provenance

Classifiers Filled

Family
Thing Registry
Category
Society, people and institutions
Entry kind
thing
Plane
SOC
Domain
SOC.ECO
Other names and narrower kinds
Swedish state inquiry entity, community commission for Brussels-Capital Region, Indian affairs commission, State Commission of Bosnia and Herzegovina for UNESCO, permanent commission, Danish investigative commission, river commission, geospatial commission, environmental commission, United Nations Commission, commission of inquiry, Commission under the President of the Russian Federation

What it is Filled

A formally constituted group of people appointed to carry out a specific task, such as inquiry, regulation, advice or administration, like a public inquiry commission or a permanent commission.

Why it exists Filled

Let an agent handle commissions by mandate, members, authority, timeline and outputs, and separate commission as a body from commission as a fee.

Distinguishing features Filled

  • Appointed body for a task
  • Temporary or permanent
  • Powers vary from advisory to regulatory
  • Commission as a sales fee is a different sense

What robots and AI may and may not do Filled

Must not

  • Disclose confidential evidence or witness identities.
  • Present a commission's draft or leaked findings as final.
  • Speak for a commission without being its appointed spokesperson.
  • Pressure or intimidate witnesses.

Only with a human decision

  • Publishing findings or recommendations on a commission's behalf.

May

  • Report a commission's mandate, members and published findings from official sources.
  • Help a commission organise documents and hearings it is authorized to support.

Moral aspects Filled

  • Commissions often examine harms; witnesses and victims need protection.
  • Their independence and accuracy decide public trust in the outcome.

Who is affected

  • Witnesses and victims
  • People and bodies under inquiry
  • The public

Owners Filled

Steward

The body that appointed it, such as a government or parliament.

Master systems

  • Official gazettes and registers of public bodies

Links to other meta-models Filled

parent

  • Q4358176 - registry parent class

related

  • council or organisation - body
  • government - authority
  • report - output
  • commission as a fee - another sense

What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled

Identity and identifiers required Filled

  • Vercy registry: vr.tr.commission-q55657615
  • Wikidata: Q55657615 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55657615)

Direct properties not applicable Not applicable

Not applicable

Plane SOC: no invented physical properties.

Recognition optional Filled

  • Name with commission
  • Founding act and mandate
  • Published reports
  • A body with members, secretariat, hearings and reports.

Capabilities and actions required Filled

  • establish it with a mandate
  • submit evidence to it
  • read its reports
  • hold it to account

Hazards and failure modes required Filled

  • Unclear mandate
  • Lack of independence
  • Reports not acted upon

Standards and interfaces required Filled

  • Founding statutes or orders
  • Inquiry laws such as the UK Inquiries Act 2005
  • Freedom of information law

Context of use required Filled

  • Investigating, advising, regulating or administering on behalf of an authority.
  • commissions of inquiry
  • regulatory commissions
  • advisory commissions
  • permanent commissions
  • national commissions for UNESCO

Sources Filled

  1. Wikidata item Q55657615: commission - identity and sense of the item
  2. Wikipedia (nl): Commissie - general description of the item

Open questions

  • Should commission types be separate entries?
  • How should mandates be recorded?
  • How should the fee sense be split off?

Machine files

Card as JSON Specification Card backlog vercy.card/1

Provenance

thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed

Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q55657615/spec.json