{ "vercy": "1.0-draft", "publication": { "status": "research-draft", "adjudicationStatus": "unreviewed", "publishableCanonical": false, "generatedAt": "2026-09-12T10:03:29Z", "providers": [ "Codex" ], "breadth": "recalled by Codex without web access - no source was read", "missingProviders": [], "pass": 2, "cost": { "grok": { "seconds": 23.4, "error": "Reading additional input from stdin...\nOpenAI Codex v0.153.4\n--------\nworkdir: R:\\02_PROJECTS\\02_Meta_Models_Platforms\\Ver.cy\\current\\thing-registry-backlog\nmodel: gpt-6-astra\nprovider: openai\napproval: never\nsandbox: read-only\nreasoning effort: none\nreasoning summaries: none\nsession id: 01a09511-7b15-7693-8b2c-c544e5e7fdf0\n--------\nuser\nDescribe what is already known about one registered thing. 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recognise a ceremonial or official gown, assess its suitability and condition, and determine how it may be worn, handled or maintained.", "definition": "A gown is a long, loose-flowing outer garment worn on official or ceremonial occasions, often with a prescribed design that signifies the wearer's office, academic standing, or institutional affiliation.", "scope_statement": "This model owns the physical garment kind registered as vr.tr.gown-2 in PHY / PHY.OBJ: long, flowing outerwear used for official or ceremonial occasions, including the garment features and contextual relationships needed to assess individual examples.", "in_scope": [ "Long, flowing garment form and its relationship to clothing worn beneath it", "Construction, textiles, closures and attached decorative or identifying elements", "Association with an official role, institution, ceremony or prescribed dress convention", "Wearer fit, movement clearance and compatibility with accompanying regalia", "Condition, 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wear." }, { "name": "Wearer clearance", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "cm between hem and floor with intended clothing and footwear, with posture recorded", "why_it_matters": "Supports decisions about safe movement, sizing and possible alteration." }, { "name": "Wear suitability", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "Suitable for assessed use; requires adjustment; requires repair; handling only; unassessed", "why_it_matters": "Separates physical readiness from conformity with ceremonial conventions." } ], "affordances": [ "Identify a candidate gown and compare it with the requirements of a specified ceremony or office.", "Assess fit over intended clothing and check hem and sleeve clearance during expected movements.", "Arrange compatible accompanying regalia using a documented wearing convention.", "Inspect closures, seams, hems and attached trim before wear.", "Select cleaning, repair, alteration or storage actions from component-specific care evidence." ], "agent_conduct": { "may": [ "Describe the meaning of a gown's colours, trim and hood in a named institution's rules.", "Arrange hire, fitting and return of gowns for a ceremony." ], "must_not": [ "Wear or present a gown signifying an office, degree or order the wearer does not hold.", "Alter or cut a gown lent by an institution without its permission.", "Insist on gown rules that conflict with a person's religious dress or disability needs.", "Describe academic or ceremonial insignia as decorative when they certify a qualification." ], "requires_human": [ "Granting an exception to a ceremony's dress rules.", "Verifying a person's entitlement to particular insignia." ] }, "ethics": { "considerations": [ "False display of academic or judicial dress misleads people about qualifications.", "Dress rules can exclude people whose faith or body does not fit the prescribed form." ], "affected_parties": [ "Graduates and office holders", "The institutions whose insignia these are", "People excluded by rigid dress rules" ] }, "owners": { "steward": "The institution that prescribes it; the wearer or hire company holds each garment.", "master_systems": [] }, "visual_identification": [ "A long loose robe with sleeves and trim whose colour and cut signal rank or faculty.", "Hoods, facings and sleeve shape follow the institution's own code." ], "failure_modes_and_hazards": [ "Long sleeves and hems catch and trip wearers on stairs and platforms.", "Misuse of insignia can amount to misrepresentation of credentials." ], "what_it_is_for": [ "Ceremonial gowns are worn at graduations, academic processions, judicial proceedings and other formal institutional events.", "Their design can communicate office, academic standing or affiliation under the rules of the relevant institution." ], "standards_and_regulation": [ "Regulation (EU) No 1007/2011, issued by the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union, governs textile fibre naming and composition labelling for textile gowns within its scope." ] }, "sources": [ { "id": "oewn", "title": "Open English WordNet 2024, synset oewn-03455460-n", "url": "https://en-word.net/id/oewn-03455460-n", "what_it_supports": "sense and gloss of the concept", "url_status": "live", "checked_by": "http 200" }, { "id": "wiktionary-en", "title": "Wiktionary: gown", "url": "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gown", "what_it_supports": "word senses and usage", "url_status": "live", "checked_by": "http 200" } ], "structure": { "bundles": [ { "id": "ceremonial-identity", "name": "Ceremonial identity", "description": "Establishes which gown sense applies and connects the physical garment to its intended official or ceremonial setting.", "rationale": "The name gown covers several garment kinds, and ceremonial meaning cannot be inferred reliably from appearance alone.", "layers": [ { "id": "garment-sense", "name": "Garment sense", "description": "Tests the item against the registered long, flowing ceremonial outerwear concept.", "findings": [ { "id": "ceremonial-outerwear-boundary", "name": "Ceremonial outerwear boundary", "description": "Record the garment's form and intended wearing context to distinguish this entry from other senses of gown.", "questions": [ { "text": "What evidence identifies this garment as long, flowing outerwear used for an official or ceremonial occasion?", "kind": "definition", "id": "ceremonial-outerwear-boundary-q01" }, { "text": "If the garment is called a robe, dress or gown elsewhere, does that usage describe this same kind or a neighbouring registry concept?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "ceremonial-outerwear-boundary-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "role-and-convention", "name": "Role and convention", "description": "Connects the gown to documented dress requirements without treating it as proof of the wearer's status.", "findings": [ { "id": "documented-dress-association", "name": "Documented dress association", "description": "Record the applicable institution, office or ceremony and the evidence for any 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"body-and-sleeves", "name": "Body and sleeves", "description": "Records the gown's dimensions, fullness, openings and sleeve geometry.", "findings": [ { "id": "silhouette-record", "name": "Silhouette record", "description": "Describe the actual cut and dimensions rather than substituting an assumed ceremonial type.", "questions": [ { "text": "What are the gown's length, body width or circumference, and sleeve dimensions, using stated measurement points?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "silhouette-record-q01" }, { "text": "How do folds, gathers, panels, openings and sleeve shape produce its flowing silhouette?", "kind": "definition", "id": "silhouette-record-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "textiles-and-attached-details", "name": "Textiles and attached details", "description": "Separates shell, lining, facings, trim and closures for identification and care.", "findings": [ { "id": "component-construction", "name": "Component construction", "description": "Record each component's material and attachment, preserving uncertainty where labels or construction evidence are absent.", "questions": [ { "text": "What labels, maker records or examination evidence establish the materials of the shell, lining and trim?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "component-construction-q01" }, { "text": "Which facings, insignia or fastenings are integral to the gown, and which are removable accessories belonging to separate models?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "component-construction-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "fit-and-ceremonial-wear", "name": "Fit and ceremonial wear", "description": "Assesses how the gown fits a wearer and functions with the required clothing, regalia and movements.", "rationale": "A long, flowing outer garment must fit the complete wearing arrangement and the actions expected during the occasion.", "layers": [ { "id": "fit-over-clothing", "name": "Fit over clothing", "description": "Evaluates the gown with the intended underlying clothing and footwear.", "findings": [ { "id": "wearing-clearance", "name": "Wearing clearance", "description": "Assess hem position, shoulder seating and usable body and sleeve room on the intended wearer.", "questions": [ { "text": "What hem clearance and body and sleeve room remain when the wearer has the intended clothing and footwear on?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "wearing-clearance-q01" }, { "text": "Does the gown allow the wearer to walk, sit, turn and use steps without catching the hem or restricting the arms?", "kind": "action", "id": "wearing-clearance-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "regalia-arrangement", "name": "Regalia arrangement", "description": "Checks the gown's interfaces with separate ceremonial items and the prescribed wearing arrangement.", "findings": [ { "id": "compatible-ensemble", "name": "Compatible ensemble", "description": "Record how accompanying items are positioned and secured, using the applicable convention.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which accompanying items are required or permitted, and what documented instructions govern their placement relative to the gown?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "compatible-ensemble-q01" }, { "text": "Can the gown's closures and any documented attachment points support the intended arrangement without pulling, slipping or obscuring required details?", "kind": "action", "id": "compatible-ensemble-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "condition-and-care", "name": "Condition and care", "description": "Determines whether the gown can be worn and which interventions preserve its fabric, cut and ceremonial details.", "rationale": "Damage or inappropriate care can impair movement, change the silhouette or compromise details needed for the intended use.", "layers": [ { "id": "readiness-for-wear", "name": "Readiness for wear", "description": "Inspects components that bear strain or are exposed during ceremonial movement.", "findings": [ { "id": "wear-affecting-defects", "name": "Wear-affecting defects", "description": "Locate damage and assess its consequences for the intended duration and manner of wear.", "questions": [ { "text": "What tears, weak seams, loose trim, failed closures or hem damage are present, and where are they located?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "wear-affecting-defects-q01" }, { "text": "Which defects require repair or a restriction on wear before the planned occasion?", "kind": "action", "id": "wear-affecting-defects-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "care-and-alteration", "name": "Care and alteration", "description": "Selects handling and intervention methods appropriate to the gown's components and documented significance.", "findings": [ { "id": "permitted-care-interventions", "name": "Permitted care interventions", "description": "Ground cleaning, pressing, storage and alteration decisions in care evidence and any applicable ownership or collection constraints.", "questions": [ { "text": "What care instructions or specialist assessments govern cleaning, pressing and storage of the gown's different materials?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "permitted-care-interventions-q01" }, { "text": "Would the proposed hemming, sleeve adjustment or trim replacement change a prescribed feature or remove historically significant material?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "permitted-care-interventions-q02" }, { "text": "Which care or alteration actions are supported by the available evidence and permitted by any loan or collection conditions?", "kind": "action", "id": "permitted-care-interventions-q03" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "evidence-and-external-alignment", "name": "Evidence and external alignment", "description": "What the world already says about this thing, gathered so the model can be checked against it.", "rationale": "A model that cannot be lined up against existing standards, identifiers and practice cannot be adopted by anyone who already uses them.", "layers": [ { "id": "reported-evidence", "name": "Reported evidence", "description": "Findings from the breadth pass, kept separate from the structural claims.", "findings": [ { "id": "evidence-confidence-notes", "name": "Check these first", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "Gown and robe do not have a universally consistent boundary; terminology should be checked for the institution concerned.", "Exact dress requirements depend on the institution or jurisdiction and have not been verified here.", "No universal identifier scheme or defensible cross-category dimensional range is supplied." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-confidence-notes-q01", "text": "Which of these check these first hold for the sense of gown this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-kinds", "name": "Kinds and varieties", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "Academic gown", "Judicial gown", "Ecclesiastical gown", "Civic ceremonial gown" ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-kinds-q01", "text": "Which of these kinds and varieties hold for the sense of gown this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-standards-and-regulation", "name": "Standards and regulation", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "Individual universities prescribe academic gowns through their own academic dress regulations.", "Courts and judicial authorities prescribe judicial gowns through jurisdiction-specific court dress rules." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-standards-and-regulation-q01", "text": "Which of these standards and regulation hold for the sense of gown this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-real-world-use", "name": "Real-world use", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "Worn by graduates and university officers at degree ceremonies.", "Worn by judges and, in some jurisdictions, advocates during court proceedings.", "Worn by clergy in some religious traditions during services.", "Worn by certain civic officeholders during formal public ceremonies." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-real-world-use-q01", "text": "Which of these real-world use hold for the sense of gown this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards", "name": "Failure modes and hazards", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "Long hems can cause tripping, particularly on stairs.", "Loose sleeves and flowing fabric can snag on furniture or equipment.", "Fabric near candles or other open flames can ignite.", "Heavy fabric and layered ceremonial dress can contribute to overheating.", "Incorrect colours, sleeve patterns, or decoration can misrepresent office or academic standing." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards-q01", "text": "Which of these failure modes and hazards hold for the sense of gown this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-regional-variation", "name": "Regional variation", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "Academic gown designs vary between countries and institutions; degree distinctions may appear in sleeves, facings, colours, or accompanying hoods.", "Judicial gown colours and ornamentation vary by jurisdiction, court, and type of proceeding.", "Religious use and terminology vary by denomination; some traditions distinguish preaching gowns from other vestments." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-regional-variation-q01", "text": "Which of these regional variation hold for the sense of gown this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-neighbours", "name": "Neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ { "name": "Robe", "difference": "Robe is an overlapping, broader term that also covers garments used outside official or ceremonial settings; local convention often determines which name is used." }, { "name": "Evening gown", "difference": "An evening gown is a formal dress rather than the office- or institution-associated outer garment described here." }, { "name": "Academic hood", "difference": "An academic hood is a separate shoulder and back accessory, whereas the gown covers the torso and extends down the body." }, { "name": "Cassock", "difference": "A cassock is a typically close-fitting, long clerical garment that can serve as ordinary clerical dress, rather than a loose ceremonial outer gown." } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-neighbours-q01", "text": "Which of these neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart hold for the sense of gown this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] } ] } ] } ] }, "openQuestions": [ "Where does the registry draw the boundary between this gown entry and ceremonial robes, vestments or other official outerwear?", "Which gown traditions and variants should this model explicitly accommodate without creating duplicate registry concepts?", "Which authoritative institutional or ceremonial sources define the relevant cuts, colours, trim and wearing conventions?", "What context-specific fit and movement criteria should determine acceptable hem and sleeve clearance?", "When should historical, fragile or collection-held gowns be assessed for display and conservation rather than continued wear?" ], "statistics": { "bundles": 5, "layers": 9, "findings": 15, "questions": 25 } }