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champion

vr.tr.champion · SOC.PER

Let an agent explain the champion title and its kinds, relay how titles are defined and recorded by governing bodies, route to entries for specific competitions and champions, and distinguish the sporting sense from the advocacy sense.

Thing Registry Society, people and institutions

Research draft, second pass

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Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent explain the champion title and its kinds, relay how titles are defined and recorded by governing bodies, route to entries for specific competitions and champions, and distinguish the sporting sense from the advocacy sense.

A person or team that has won a championship or top competition, such as an Olympic, Paralympic, world, continental or Commonwealth Games champion, or in older usage a fighter who contends on behalf of another or a cause; in sport the title is defined by the event won and its governing body, is held until the next edition or permanently as a record, and carries recognition, prizes and often ranking points.

What it is for: Not applicable; a status.

It can be explain the title and kinds; relay how titles are defined; route to specific competitions; distinguish senses.

Distinguishing features

Defined by an event

Recognised by a governing body

Time-limited or permanent

Advocacy sense

What it looks like

No defining appearance; a person or team with a title.

How it is recognised

Winner of a championship

Olympic, world, continental, Commonwealth and Paralympic champions

A champion of a cause is an advocate; a title holder in boxing may differ by sanctioning body

Related models

is a kind of - in registry terms

winner

is a kind of - in registry terms

athlete

is defined by - the event won

championship

is recognised by - the sanctioning organisation

sports governing body

In practice

Families and kinds

Olympic and Paralympic champions

world champions

continental champions such as European, Asian and African

Commonwealth Games champions

national and league champions

champions in the advocacy sense

Standards and regulation

Governing body rules on titles and records

Anti-doping rules affecting title status

Trademark protection of some titles

Failure modes and hazards

Stale titles

Stripped or disputed titles

Confusing sanctioning bodies

Confusing senses

Also called

Commonwealth Games championworld championAsian championOlympic championParalympic championAfrican championOceanian championPan American championnational championSouth American championAsian Games championAfrican Games championPan American Games championSouth East Asian Games championWorld Games championEast Asian Games championSouth American Games championWorld University Games championIsland Games championWest Asian Games championSouth Asian Games championCentral American and Caribbean Games championEuropean Games championIslamic Solidarity Games championMediterranean Games championMaccabiah Games championEuropean championMotoGP World Champion500cc World ChampionNorwegian championwinner of a music competitionPythian games winnerIsthmian games victorNemean games victorHerbstmeisterQuintuple ChampiontriastesOlympic victor, stadionOlympic victor, diaulosOlympic victor, dolichos

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Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Also registered as vr.tr.champion-person

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Understand What a champion is.

Definition.

Definition

Definition and kinds.

Definition

Definition.

  1. What makes someone a champion, and what levels of title exist? definition
  2. Is the question about a sporting champion or an advocate of a cause? boundary

Rules

How titles are defined.

Rules

Rules.

  1. How do governing bodies define, award and record titles? definition
  2. Which entry fits the specific competition? action
Records Records and status.

Data.

Current

Current champions.

Current

Current.

  1. Who is the current champion in a given event, from official sources? provenance
  2. Is the information current? boundary

Disputes

Stripped and disputed titles.

Disputes

Disputes.

  1. How are titles stripped or disputed, for example after doping cases, as reported? provenance
  2. Which sources are cited? provenance
Meaning Recognition and rewards.

Context.

Rewards

Rewards.

Rewards

Rewards.

  1. What recognition, prizes and ranking points do champions receive? provenance
  2. Which references are standard? provenance

Culture

Cultural significance.

Culture

Culture.

  1. How are champions celebrated and remembered in sporting culture? provenance
  2. Which entry fits sports culture? action
Language History and language.

Context.

History

History of the word.

History

History.

  1. How did the word champion develop from medieval combat on behalf of others to sport? provenance
  2. Which entry fits trial by combat? action

Advocacy

Champion of a cause.

Advocacy

Advocacy.

  1. How is champion used for advocates and in organisations, such as diversity champions? provenance
  2. Which entry fits advocacy? action

What the second pass must settle

  • Should each championship level be a separate entry?
  • How should official records be linked?
  • The registry entry has merged aliases naming levels of championship; should they be split off?
Draft as JSON