{ "vercy": "1.0-draft", "publication": { "status": "research-draft", "adjudicationStatus": "unreviewed", "publishableCanonical": false, "generatedAt": "2026-09-13T13:11:03Z", "providers": [ "Claude" ], "breadth": "written by Claude from model knowledge without web access - no source was read, every claim is a lead to verify", "pass": 2, "wave": 4, "engine": "claude", "enrichment": { "pass": 3, "engine": "claude", "producedAt": "2026-10-06T12:00:00Z", "ingestedAt": "2026-10-06T07:35:27+00:00", "fields": [ "agent_conduct", "ethics", "owners" ] }, "gate": { "passed": true, "version": "1.0", "at": "2026-10-07T12:16:27+00:00", "evidence": [ "completeness 1.00", "sense: WordNet gloss", "2 live sources", "review by codex: pass" ] } }, "metaModel": { "id": "THING-INFECTION-2", "registryId": "vr.tr.infection-2", "name": "infection", "version": "0.2.0-wave.4", "entryKind": "thing", "family": "Thing Registry", "domain": [ "ACT.PRC" ], "status": "research-draft" }, "canonicalUrl": "https://ver.cy/models/thing/infection-2/", "model": { "registry_id": "vr.tr.infection-2", "name": "infection", "purpose": "Let an agent explain infection as a process, relay kinds by pathogen, transmission, immune response, diagnosis and treatment from medical references in general terms, route people with serious symptoms to clinicians, and distinguish infection from colonisation, contamination, infestation and the computing sense of infection.", "definition": "In medicine, the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms and their multiplication, which can lead to tissue injury and disease, whether by bacteria, viruses, fungi such as the agents of blastomycosis, chromoblastomycosis and the tinea or ringworm infections, or parasites such as roundworms, with zymosis an old term for infectious disease; 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public health authorities and treating clinicians answer for control and care.", "master_systems": [ "Notifiable disease surveillance systems" ] } }, "sources": [ { "id": "oewn", "title": "Open English WordNet 2024, synset oewn-13519607-n", "url": "https://en-word.net/id/oewn-13519607-n", "what_it_supports": "sense and gloss of the concept", "url_status": "live", "checked_by": "http 200" }, { "id": "wiktionary-en", "title": "Wiktionary: infection", "url": "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/infection", "what_it_supports": "word senses and usage", "url_status": "live", "checked_by": "http 200" } ], "structure": { "bundles": [ { "id": "emergency", "name": "Emergency", "description": "Serious infection.", "rationale": "Clinical.", "layers": [ { "id": "act", "name": "Act", "description": "Act now.", "findings": [ { "id": "act-finding", "name": "Act", "description": "Act.", "questions": [ { "text": "Does the user describe signs of sepsis or severe infection such as high fever with confusion, rapid breathing, rash or a rapidly spreading wound, which need emergency care?", "kind": "boundary" }, { "text": "Has the agent directed the user to emergency services or a clinician before anything else?", "kind": "action" } ] } ] }, { "id": "signs", "name": "Signs", "description": "Warning signs.", "findings": [ { "id": "signs-finding", "name": "Signs", "description": "Signs.", "questions": [ { "text": "What warning signs of serious infection do health authorities list?", "kind": "definition" }, { "text": "Which entry fits sepsis?", "kind": "action" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "understand", "name": "Understand", "description": "What infection is.", "rationale": "Clinical.", "layers": [ { "id": "definition", "name": "Definition", "description": "Definition and kinds.", "findings": [ { "id": "definition-finding", "name": "Definition", "description": "Definition.", "questions": [ { "text": "What is infection, and how do bacterial, viral, fungal and parasitic infections differ from colonisation, contamination and infestation?", "kind": "definition" }, { "text": "Is the question about infection in general, a specific disease or a personal case needing a clinician?", "kind": "boundary" } ] } ] }, { "id": "process", "name": "Process", "description": "Process.", "findings": [ { "id": "process-finding", "name": "Process", "description": "Process.", "questions": [ { "text": "How do pathogens enter, multiply, spread and cause injury, and how does the immune system respond?", "kind": "provenance" }, { "text": "Which entry fits the specific pathogen?", "kind": "action" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "care", "name": "Care", "description": "Diagnosis and treatment.", "rationale": "Clinical.", "layers": [ { "id": "diagnosis", "name": "Diagnosis", "description": "Diagnosis.", "findings": [ { "id": "diagnosis-finding", "name": "Diagnosis", "description": "Diagnosis.", "questions": [ { "text": "How are infections diagnosed by culture, molecular tests and imaging, in general terms?", "kind": "provenance" }, { "text": "Which references are standard?", "kind": "provenance" } ] } ] }, { "id": "treatment", "name": "Treatment", "description": "Treatment.", "findings": [ { "id": "treatment-finding", "name": "Treatment", "description": "Treatment.", "questions": [ { "text": "How are infections treated with antimicrobials and supportive care, and why does stewardship matter?", "kind": "provenance" }, { "text": "Which sources are cited?", "kind": "provenance" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "prevent", "name": "Prevent", "description": "Prevention and context.", "rationale": "Application.", "layers": [ { "id": "prevention", "name": "Prevention", "description": "Prevention.", "findings": [ { "id": "prevention-finding", "name": "Prevention", "description": "Prevention.", "questions": [ { "text": "How are infections prevented through hygiene, vaccination and infection control?", "kind": "provenance" }, { "text": "Which entry fits infection prevention and control?", "kind": "action" } ] } ] }, { "id": "history", "name": "History", "description": "History.", "findings": [ { "id": "history-finding", "name": "History", "description": "History.", "questions": [ { "text": "How did germ theory and Koch s postulates establish the understanding of infection?", "kind": "provenance" }, { "text": "Which entry fits germ theory of disease?", "kind": "action" } ] } ] } ] } ] }, "openQuestions": [ "Should sepsis, fungal infection and ringworm be separate primary entries?", "How should medical references be linked?", "The WordNet aliases name specific mycoses and a helminth; 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