military
Let an agent handle militaries as institutions by country, structure, legal framework, oversight and history, neutrally and without operational or weapons detail.
Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled
4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Structure Organisation.
Branches
Services.
Branches
Branches.
- Which branches make up the armed forces? provenance
- How are they commanded? definition
Size
Personnel.
Size
Size.
- How large are the forces, according to which open source? measurement
- For which year? provenance
Law Legal framework.
Humanitarian law
Geneva Conventions.
Humanitarian
International humanitarian law.
- Which rules of international humanitarian law apply? provenance
- How are violations investigated? provenance
Oversight
Civilian control.
Oversight
Civilian oversight.
- How is the military overseen by civilian authorities? provenance
- What role does parliament play? definition
People Service.
Service
Recruitment and conscription.
Service
Service.
- Is service voluntary or compulsory here, according to official sources? provenance
- Is conscientious objection recognised? provenance
Veterans
Support.
Veterans
Veteran support.
- Which veteran support services exist? action
- Is urgent help needed? boundary
Limits Neutral and safe.
Operational
No tactics or weapons.
Operational
Content limits.
- Is the request for operational, tactical or weapons detail? boundary
- How should the agent decline? action
Neutrality
Conflicts.
Neutrality
Neutral framing.
- Are claims about conflicts attributed to sources? boundary
- Is loaded language avoided? boundary
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Society, people and institutions
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- SOC
- Domain
- SOC.ORG
- Other names and narrower kinds
- appointed ataman, Carlist army, Albazinians, European Air Group, armed forces, voisko, volunteer military, military legion, kangun, coalition forces, regular army, regular force
What it is Filled
The armed forces of a state, organised for national defence and other missions, including army, navy, air force and other branches, together with their institutions, personnel and equipment; also historical armed organisations.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent handle militaries as institutions by country, structure, legal framework, oversight and history, neutrally and without operational or weapons detail.
Distinguishing features Filled
- State armed organisation
- Hierarchical structure
- Subject to law and civilian control
- Governed by international humanitarian law
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Assist in planning attacks or harm to people.
- Disclose classified or operationally sensitive information.
- Impersonate military personnel or authorities.
- Spread propaganda or disinformation about armed conflict.
Only with a human decision
- Any action that could affect military operations or personnel.
May
- Report on armed forces from official and reliable public sources.
- Explain military history and organisation in general terms.
Moral aspects Filled
- Military force can kill on a mass scale, and its use must be lawful and accountable.
- Soldiers and civilians both bear the costs of war.
Who is affected
- Civilians in conflict zones
- Service members and families
Owners Filled
Steward
The state; the armed forces answer to civilian government under law.
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q17149090 - registry parent class
related
- armed organization - category
- military personnel - members
- international humanitarian law - law
- civilian government - control
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.military
- Wikidata: Q8473 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8473)
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
Not applicable
Plane SOC: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Branches such as army, navy, air force
- Ranks and insignia
- Historical armies and host organisations
- Uniformed organisations with bases, units and equipment.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- describe structure and branches
- explain civilian oversight and law
- find official information on service and recruitment
- study military history
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Providing operational or weapons detail
- Partisan framing of conflicts
- Unsourced force figures
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Geneva Conventions
- National defence and military law
- Arms control treaties
Context of use required Filled
- National defence and other state missions under law.
- armies
- navies
- air and space forces
- reserve and territorial forces
- historical armies
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q8473: military - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Military - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should branches be separate entries?
- How should force data be sourced?
- How should historical armies be linked?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q8473/spec.json