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  "vercy": "1.0-draft",
  "publication": {
    "status": "research-draft",
    "adjudicationStatus": "unreviewed",
    "publishableCanonical": false,
    "generatedAt": "2026-09-11T21:25:36Z",
    "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": 2,
    "engine": "claude",
    "enrichment": {
      "pass": 3,
      "engine": "claude",
      "producedAt": "2026-10-05T23:50:00Z",
      "ingestedAt": "2026-10-05T20:45:52+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-LINE-3",
    "registryId": "vr.tr.line-3",
    "name": "line",
    "version": "0.2.0-wave.2",
    "entryKind": "thing",
    "family": "Thing Registry",
    "domain": [
      "PHY.PLC"
    ],
    "status": "research-draft"
  },
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    "name": "line",
    "purpose": "Let an agent interpret line as a spatial location or path, distinguish it from other senses, and support questions about tracks, routes, axes and boundaries.",
    "definition": "A spatial location defined by a real or imaginary one-dimensional extent, such as a railway track, a main or feeder line in a network, a coordinate axis, a data track on a disc, a boundary line or a route marked on a map; in this sense a line is a place or path rather than a geometric abstraction, a written row of text or a queue.",
    "what_it_is_for": "Naming one-dimensional places and paths.",
    "affordances": [
      "interpret which spatial line is meant",
      "explain tracks, routes and axes",
      "distinguish from other senses",
      "support mapping and navigation"
    ],
    "distinguishing_features": [
      "Spatial",
      "One-dimensional",
      "Real or imaginary",
      "Named by function"
    ],
    "appearance": "A path, track or marked extent on the ground, a map or a device.",
    "visual_identification": [
      "One-dimensional spatial extent",
      "Real or imaginary",
      "A geometric line has no physical location"
    ],
    "physical_properties": [
      {
        "quantity": "Path length",
        "unit": "metres",
        "typical_range": "",
        "note": "Measure distance along a specified finite path or between defined endpoints using survey data or spatial coordinates."
      },
      {
        "quantity": "Local curvature",
        "unit": "inverse metres",
        "typical_range": "",
        "note": "Determine the change in path direction per unit distance from surveyed or modelled coordinates where the path is smooth."
      }
    ],
    "families_and_kinds": [
      "railway and transit lines",
      "main and feeder lines in networks",
      "coordinate axes",
      "data tracks on media",
      "boundary and survey lines"
    ],
    "related_models": [
      {
        "relation": "is a kind of",
        "target": "location",
        "why": "category"
      },
      {
        "relation": "is related to",
        "target": "railway line/metro line",
        "why": "transport sense"
      },
      {
        "relation": "is related to",
        "target": "boundary",
        "why": "boundary lines"
      },
      {
        "relation": "is related to",
        "target": "line",
        "why": "geometric sense"
      }
    ],
    "identifiers": [],
    "standards_and_regulation": [
      "Mapping and survey conventions",
      "Transport network naming conventions"
    ],
    "failure_modes_and_hazards": [
      "Confusing senses of line",
      "Ambiguous route references",
      "Misreading boundary lines"
    ],
    "in_scope": [],
    "out_of_scope": [],
    "characteristics": [],
    "agent_conduct": {
      "may": [
        "Locate and describe a line, such as a railway, network feeder or boundary, from authoritative maps and records.",
        "State which sense of line is meant when the word is ambiguous."
      ],
      "must_not": [
        "Treat a disputed or approximate boundary line as settled and exact.",
        "Enter or work on a railway or power line without the operator's authority and protection.",
        "Give route references that could send people onto the wrong line or track.",
        "Move or alter markers that show where a boundary or service line runs."
      ],
      "requires_human": [
        "Deciding where a boundary line lies in a dispute.",
        "Authorizing work near live lines or active tracks."
      ]
    },
    "ethics": {
      "considerations": [
        "Lines on the ground divide property and territory; misplacing them takes from someone.",
        "Railways and power lines are deadly places for people who do not know they are live."
      ],
      "affected_parties": [
        "Landowners on either side",
        "Workers near lines",
        "Travellers and users of a network"
      ]
    },
    "owners": {
      "steward": "Depends on the line: the infrastructure operator for tracks and networks, the land or boundary authority for boundaries.",
      "master_systems": [
        "Cadastre and boundary records",
        "Infrastructure operators' asset registers"
      ]
    }
  },
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "oewn",
      "title": "Open English WordNet 2024, synset oewn-08610818-n",
      "url": "https://en-word.net/id/oewn-08610818-n",
      "what_it_supports": "sense and gloss of the concept",
      "url_status": "live",
      "checked_by": "http 200"
    },
    {
      "id": "wiktionary-en",
      "title": "Wiktionary: line",
      "url": "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/line",
      "what_it_supports": "word senses and usage",
      "url_status": "live",
      "checked_by": "http 200"
    }
  ],
  "structure": {
    "bundles": [
      {
        "id": "sense",
        "name": "Sense",
        "description": "Which line.",
        "rationale": "Disambiguation.",
        "layers": [
          {
            "id": "which",
            "name": "Which",
            "description": "Which sense.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "which-finding",
                "name": "Which",
                "description": "Sense.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "Is a track, route, axis, boundary, data track or another spatial line meant?",
                    "kind": "boundary"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Or is a geometric line, a row of text, a queue or a lineage meant?",
                    "kind": "boundary"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "id": "locate",
            "name": "Locate",
            "description": "Locating a line.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "locate-finding",
                "name": "Locate",
                "description": "Location.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "Where does this line run, and how is it identified on maps or signage?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Which entry fits a specific line?",
                    "kind": "action"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "transport",
        "name": "Transport",
        "description": "Tracks and routes.",
        "rationale": "Networks.",
        "layers": [
          {
            "id": "lines",
            "name": "Lines",
            "description": "Main and feeder lines.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "lines-finding",
                "name": "Lines",
                "description": "Network lines.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "What are main lines, feeder lines and tracks in this transport or utility network?",
                    "kind": "definition"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "How are they numbered or named?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "id": "follow",
            "name": "Follow",
            "description": "Following a line.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "follow-finding",
                "name": "Follow",
                "description": "Navigation.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "How can a route along this line be planned or followed?",
                    "kind": "action"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Which stops or points lie along it?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "reference",
        "name": "Reference",
        "description": "Axes and boundaries.",
        "rationale": "Imaginary lines.",
        "layers": [
          {
            "id": "axes",
            "name": "Axes",
            "description": "Coordinate axes.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "axes-finding",
                "name": "Axes",
                "description": "Axes.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "What is a coordinate axis, and how are axes oriented in this system?",
                    "kind": "definition"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "How do map grids use lines?",
                    "kind": "definition"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "id": "boundaries",
            "name": "Boundaries",
            "description": "Boundary lines.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "boundaries-finding",
                "name": "Boundaries",
                "description": "Boundaries.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "Where does this boundary line run, and how was it surveyed?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Is it disputed, and are positions attributed?",
                    "kind": "boundary"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "data",
        "name": "Data",
        "description": "Data tracks.",
        "rationale": "Media.",
        "layers": [
          {
            "id": "tracks",
            "name": "Tracks",
            "description": "Data tracks.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "tracks-finding",
                "name": "Tracks",
                "description": "Data tracks.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "What is a data track on a disc or tape, and how is it addressed?",
                    "kind": "definition"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Which entry fits a storage format?",
                    "kind": "action"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "id": "teach",
            "name": "Teach",
            "description": "Teaching.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "teach-finding",
                "name": "Teach",
                "description": "Teaching.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "How can the many senses of line be taught?",
                    "kind": "action"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Which confusions arise?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "openQuestions": [
    "Should each spatial sense be a separate entry?",
    "How should transport data be linked?",
    "How should survey lines be linked?"
  ],
  "statistics": {
    "bundles": 4,
    "layers": 8,
    "findings": 8,
    "questions": 16
  }
}