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political party
vr.tr.political-party · thing-q7278
Let an agent describe political parties neutrally by name, country, ideology as self-described or sourced, leadership, representation and finance.
Thing Registry Society, people and institutions SOC.ORG
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
Identity Which party.
Name
Official name.
Name
Party identity.
- Which party, in which country? provenance
- Is it registered? provenance
Ideology
Positions.
Ideology
Positions.
- How does the party describe itself, and how do neutral sources classify it? provenance
- Are labels attributed? boundary
Organisation Structure.
Leadership
Leaders.
Leadership
Leadership.
- Who leads the party, since when? provenance
- How are leaders chosen? definition
Membership
Members.
Membership
Membership.
- How many members does it report? measurement
- How can someone join? action
Representation Results.
Results
Elections.
Results
Election results.
- What were its recent results, from official sources? provenance
- How many seats does it hold? measurement
Role
Government or opposition.
Role
Role.
- Is it in government or opposition? provenance
- Does it have a shadow cabinet? provenance
Accountability Finance and neutrality.
Finance
Disclosures.
Finance
Finance.
- What do official finance disclosures show? provenance
- Which regulator oversees them? provenance
Neutrality
Balance.
Neutrality
Neutral description.
- Is the description neutral and free of endorsement? boundary
- Are critics and supporters attributed? boundary
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Society, people and institutions
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- SOC
- Domain
- SOC.ORG
- Other names and narrower kinds
- Shadow Minister in Uganda, Shadow Minister for Lands and Housing, Shadow Minister for East African Community Affairs, Shadow Minister for Trade and Industry, Shadow Minister for Public Service, Shadow Minister for Sports, Shadow Minister for Works and Transport, Shadow minister for Culture and Performing Arts, parliamentary opposition, state-level organisation, Official Opposition, His Majesty's Most Loyal Opposition
What it is Filled
An organisation that seeks to influence government policy and gain power by nominating candidates and winning elections, organised around shared ideology or interests; opposition parties may form shadow cabinets.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent describe political parties neutrally by name, country, ideology as self-described or sourced, leadership, representation and finance.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Contests elections
- Registered under national law
- Ideology or interest-based
- Finances regulated
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Impersonate a party or its officials.
- Spread false claims about a party or its candidates.
- Infer or disclose a person's party membership without consent or legal basis.
- Favour one party when giving neutral information.
Only with a human decision
- Publishing content on a party's behalf.
- Handling party donor or member data.
May
- Describe parties, their platforms and history neutrally with sources.
- Report official membership, candidate and funding data published by authorities.
Moral aspects Filled
- Parties are central to democratic choice; manipulation of information about them harms voters.
- Party membership can expose people to persecution in some states.
Who is affected
- Voters
- Party members and candidates
- Opposition and minority parties
Owners Filled
Steward
The party's members and governing bodies; electoral authorities keep party registers.
Master systems
- Registers of political parties
- Registers of party donations
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q155076 - registry parent class
- Q7210356 - registry parent class
related
- political organization - category
- election - activity
- legislature - arena
- party and electoral law - rules
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.political-party
- Wikidata: Q7278 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7278)
- national party register id: per country registration
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
Not applicable
Plane SOC: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Official name and registration
- Leader and parliamentary group
- Shadow ministers in opposition
- An organisation with a name, logo, members and elected representatives.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- look up party registration
- read official programmes
- check representation and results
- review finance disclosures
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Partisan description by the agent
- Ideology labels without sources
- Stale leadership data
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- National party and electoral law
- Political finance disclosure rules
- Venice Commission guidelines on political parties
Context of use required Filled
- Organising political participation and competing for office.
- governing parties
- opposition parties
- regional parties
- single-issue parties
- party alliances
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q7278: political party - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Political party - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should parties be instances with registration ids?
- How should ideology labels be sourced?
- How should shadow roles be linked?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q7278/spec.json