{ "vercy": "1.0-draft", "publication": { "status": "research-draft", "adjudicationStatus": "unreviewed", "publishableCanonical": false, "generatedAt": "2026-09-12T11:53:23Z", "providers": [ "Codex" ], "breadth": "recalled by Codex without web access - no source was read", "missingProviders": [], "pass": 2, "cost": { "grok": { "seconds": 29.3, "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: 01a09576-1a82-7d22-a794-a5a9964df08e\n--------\nuser\nDescribe what is already known about one registered thing. Answer as JSON only, no prose around it.\n\nThing: parasite\nSense to describe: an animal or plant that lives in or on a host (another animal or plant); it obtains nourishment from the host without benefi", "usd": 0.0, "recall": true }, "codex": { "seconds": 63.2, "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: 01a09576-1a76-7751-8915-0b69ed33343f\n--------\nuser\nYou are drafting a Vercy meta-model for one registered thing. Answer as JSON only, no prose around it.\n\nThing: parasite\nRegistry id: vr.tr.parasite\nPlane / domain: PHY / PHY.LIV\nRegistry definition: an animal or plant that lives in or on a host (another animal" } }, "enrichment": { "pass": 3, "engine": "claude", "producedAt": "2026-10-06T12:00:00Z", "ingestedAt": "2026-10-06T09:00:28+00:00", "fields": [ "agent_conduct", "ethics", "failure_modes_and_hazards", "owners", "standards_and_regulation", "visual_identification" ] }, "gate": { "passed": true, "version": "1.0", "at": "2026-10-07T12:16:28+00:00", "evidence": [ "completeness 1.00", "sense: WordNet gloss", "2 live sources", "review by codex: pass" ] } }, "metaModel": { "id": "THING-PARASITE", "registryId": "vr.tr.parasite", "name": "parasite", "version": "0.1.0-research.1", "entryKind": "thing", "family": "Thing Registry", "domain": [ "PHY.LIV" ], "status": "research-draft" }, "canonicalUrl": "https://ver.cy/models/thing/parasite/", "model": { "registry_id": "vr.tr.parasite", "name": "parasite", "purpose": "Enable an agent to recognise an organism acting as a parasite, assess its relationship with a particular host and life stage, and identify justified next actions.", "definition": "A parasite, in the animal-or-plant sense, is an organism that lives in or on a host and obtains nourishment at the host's expense, generally without killing it immediately, although parasitism can ultimately cause host death.", "scope_statement": "This model owns parasite identity, host dependence, host association, life-cycle requirements and evidence of host effects for vr.tr.parasite in PHY / PHY.LIV; parasite is treated as an ecological role rather than a single taxon.", "in_scope": [ "An organism's parasitic role in a specified host relationship and life stage", "Host-derived nourishment and the location of attachment, residence or feeding", "Host requirements, life stages and routes of acquisition or transfer", "Parasite burden, persistence and observed effects on the host", "Evidence supporting identification and proportionate observation or management" ], "out_of_scope": [ "Complete taxonomic descriptions and conservation assessments of particular species", "The host's full anatomy, physiology and population model", "Disease diagnosis and clinical treatment protocols", "Predation, parasitoid development, mutualism and commensalism as independent interaction models", "Pesticide, antiparasitic medicine and control-device specifications" ], "distinguishing_features": [ "Determine whether the organism obtains nourishment from an identifiable host; proximity or surface presence alone does not establish parasitism.", "Establish whether the association involves residence, attachment or a recurring feeding relationship, and distinguish it from a discrete predation event.", "Evaluate benefits and costs to both partners; distinguish parasitism from an association supported as mutualistic or commensal.", "Determine whether host death is a required developmental outcome, an incidental consequence or unestablished, and examine the boundary with parasitoids.", "Apply the classification to the relevant organism, host and life stage rather than assuming every member or stage of a taxon is parasitic." ], "characteristics": [ { "name": "Identification and observation level", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "Taxon, individual, life stage or host-associated assemblage; identification method and confidence", "why_it_matters": "Prevents species-level claims from being treated as observations of a particular organism." }, { "name": "Host association", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "Host identity; observed or proposed association; host role if established", "why_it_matters": "Parasitism must be evaluated in relation to a host." }, { "name": "Host location", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "External surface, internal compartment, multiple locations or unresolved; anatomical site", "why_it_matters": "Locates the interaction and informs suitable detection methods." }, { "name": "Nutritional dependence", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "Host-derived resource; obligatory, facultative, stage-specific or unresolved dependence", "why_it_matters": "Tests whether the host supplies nourishment and when that dependence applies." }, { "name": "Developmental and reproductive state", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "Taxon-appropriate stage; viability; maturity; reproductive activity where established", "why_it_matters": "Host requirements and transfer potential may differ between stages." }, { "name": "Parasite burden", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Count per examined host, count per specified sample quantity, or occupied area; method and detection limit", "why_it_matters": "Supports comparisons only when the host, sample and measurement basis are explicit." }, { "name": "Observed host effect", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "Specified host outcome relative to a stated baseline; adverse effect observed, not detected or unresolved", "why_it_matters": "Separates evidence of harm from assumptions based on parasite presence." }, { "name": "Acquisition or transfer pathway", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "Source host or environment, receiving host, transferable stage and route; evidence status", "why_it_matters": "Identifies which connections require investigation or interruption." } ], "affordances": [ "Record a parasite observation with host, anatomical site, life stage and identification confidence.", "Evaluate whether the observed association supports a parasitic classification.", "Trace evidenced host and environmental transitions needed for development or transfer.", "Compare parasite burden and host condition using compatible sampling methods.", "Identify gaps requiring expert identification, repeat observation or targeted sampling.", "Evaluate monitoring or control options against the implicated life stage, host effects and non-target consequences." ], "agent_conduct": { "may": [ "Describe parasite life cycles, hosts and prevention measures from reputable sources.", "Report laboratory or field identification with the method used." ], "must_not": [ "Diagnose or treat a suspected parasitic infection in a person or animal without a clinician or vet.", "Culture, concentrate or move parasites outside authorized containment.", "Describe people or communities as carriers or unclean because parasitic disease is present.", "Recommend unproven remedies in place of established treatment." ], "requires_human": [ "Any treatment decision for a person or animal.", "Field work that handles infected hosts or vectors." ] }, "ethics": { "considerations": [ "Parasitic diseases fall hardest on poor communities and are heavily stigmatized.", "Delayed treatment causes blindness, organ damage and death in children." ], "affected_parties": [ "Infected people, especially children", "Livestock and pets", "Communities facing stigma" ] }, "owners": { "steward": "Nobody: living organisms; laboratories and health authorities answer for samples and surveillance.", "master_systems": [ "Public health surveillance registers", "Taxonomy and parasite collection databases" ] }, "visual_identification": [ "Many are microscopic; identification relies on laboratory examination, not on symptoms.", "Some worms are visible, but species needs laboratory confirmation." ], "failure_modes_and_hazards": [ "Untreated infection causes lasting organ damage and child development loss.", "Resistance to antiparasitic drugs is spreading." ], "standards_and_regulation": [ "World Health Organization guidance on neglected tropical diseases." ], "what_it_is_for": [ "Parasites occur in natural ecosystems, agriculture and human or animal health settings wherever organisms obtain nourishment at a host's expense.", "The concept is used to study host relationships, explain damage and assess potential effects on populations or production.", "Assessment depends on the organism, host and life stage because parasitic relationships can change across a life cycle." ] }, "sources": [ { "id": "oewn", "title": "Open English WordNet 2024, synset oewn-01387328-n", "url": "https://en-word.net/id/oewn-01387328-n", "what_it_supports": "sense and gloss of the concept", "url_status": "live", "checked_by": "http 200" }, { "id": "wiktionary-en", "title": "Wiktionary: parasite", "url": "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/parasite", "what_it_supports": "word senses and usage", "url_status": "live", "checked_by": "http 200" } ], "structure": { "bundles": [ { "id": "parasitic-role-and-identity", "name": "Parasitic role and identity", "description": "Establish what organism is being described and why its association is classified as parasitic.", "rationale": "A parasite is identified through an organism-host relationship, not through membership in a single taxonomic group.", "layers": [ { "id": "organism-identification", "name": "Organism identification", "description": "Separate the observed organism from broader taxonomic assertions.", "findings": [ { "id": "identity-at-supported-resolution", "name": "Identity at supported resolution", "description": "Record the lowest supported identification, the observed life stage and the evidence linking it to a taxon.", "questions": [ { "text": "Does this record describe an individual, a life stage, a taxon or several organisms associated with one host?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "identity-at-supported-resolution-q01" }, { "text": "Which specimen, observation or identification result supports the name, and which taxonomic authority and version resolve it?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "identity-at-supported-resolution-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "interaction-classification", "name": "Interaction classification", "description": "Test the nutritional relationship and its boundaries with neighbouring ecological roles.", "findings": [ { "id": "evidence-for-parasitism", "name": "Evidence for parasitism", "description": "Require evidence of host-derived nourishment and evaluate host outcomes without treating missing observations as proof of no effect.", "questions": [ { "text": "What host resource does the organism obtain, and what evidence demonstrates that transfer?", "kind": "definition", "id": "evidence-for-parasitism-q01" }, { "text": "What evidence distinguishes this association from commensalism, mutualism, predation or parasitoid development?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "evidence-for-parasitism-q02" }, { "text": "How should the registry's 'without benefiting or killing the host' wording apply when benefit is uncertain or host death occurs?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "evidence-for-parasitism-q03" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "host-occupation-and-dependence", "name": "Host occupation and dependence", "description": "Describe which host is used, where the parasite occurs and how it depends on that host.", "rationale": "Host identity and occupied site determine the meaning of a parasite observation and the resources available to it.", "layers": [ { "id": "host-and-occupied-site", "name": "Host and occupied site", "description": "Locate the organism within a specific host association.", "findings": [ { "id": "verified-host-location", "name": "Verified host location", "description": "Record the host and anatomical location while separating established association from incidental presence or sample contamination.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which host individual or taxon is involved, and on which surface, tissue or internal compartment was the organism observed?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "verified-host-location-q01" }, { "text": "What supports an established host association rather than incidental carriage or contamination during sampling?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "verified-host-location-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "resource-use-and-host-restrictions", "name": "Resource use and host restrictions", "description": "Characterise nutritional dependence and the limits of suitable host use.", "findings": [ { "id": "stage-specific-host-dependence", "name": "Stage-specific host dependence", "description": "Distinguish observed resource use from claims about obligatory dependence or the range of usable hosts.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which nourishment comes from the host, and during which stages is host access required for survival or development?", "kind": "definition", "id": "stage-specific-host-dependence-q01" }, { "text": "Which hosts support feeding, development or reproduction, and which are supported only by occurrence records?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "stage-specific-host-dependence-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "life-cycle-and-host-transitions", "name": "Life cycle and host transitions", "description": "Represent development and movement between hosts or environmental settings.", "rationale": "A single observation may capture only one stage of a relationship whose other stages use different hosts or occur away from hosts.", "layers": [ { "id": "developmental-requirements", "name": "Developmental requirements", "description": "Identify the conditions and host roles associated with each supported life stage.", "findings": [ { "id": "stage-and-host-role-map", "name": "Stage and host role map", "description": "Connect observed stages with documented development and reproduction requirements without assuming a multi-host cycle.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which stage is present, and what evidence indicates its viability, maturity or reproductive activity?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "stage-and-host-role-map-q01" }, { "text": "Does completion of the life cycle require one host, several hosts or a host-free phase, and which transitions remain unverified?", "kind": "definition", "id": "stage-and-host-role-map-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "acquisition-and-transfer", "name": "Acquisition and transfer", "description": "Describe how a relevant stage reaches and establishes an association with another host.", "findings": [ { "id": "supported-transfer-pathway", "name": "Supported transfer pathway", "description": "Record the transferable stage, route and required conditions, distinguishing demonstrated transfer from plausible exposure.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which stage passes through which route to reach a host, and what evidence supports establishment after arrival?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "supported-transfer-pathway-q01" }, { "text": "Which host contact or environmental condition could be monitored or interrupted to affect this documented pathway?", "kind": "action", "id": "supported-transfer-pathway-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "burden-host-effects-and-response", "name": "Burden, host effects and response", "description": "Assess the observed association and identify actions proportionate to its evidence and consequences.", "rationale": "Presence, abundance and host injury are different observations and do not independently determine whether intervention is appropriate.", "layers": [ { "id": "burden-and-host-condition", "name": "Burden and host condition", "description": "Measure parasite occurrence alongside relevant host outcomes.", "findings": [ { "id": "comparable-burden-and-effect-observations", "name": "Comparable burden and effect observations", "description": "Keep individual-host burden separate from population occurrence and assess host effects against an explicit baseline.", "questions": [ { "text": "What burden was measured, using which sample quantity, host denominator, method and detection limit?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "comparable-burden-and-effect-observations-q01" }, { "text": "Which host changes were observed, and what comparison supports attributing them to this parasite?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "comparable-burden-and-effect-observations-q02" }, { "text": "Does the reported value describe one host's burden or the proportion of examined hosts with detected parasites?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "comparable-burden-and-effect-observations-q03" } ] } ] }, { "id": "observation-and-intervention-decisions", "name": "Observation and intervention decisions", "description": "Connect uncertainty and observed consequences to suitable follow-up.", "findings": [ { "id": "evidence-linked-response", "name": "Evidence-linked response", "description": "Specify the reason for monitoring, identification or control and the observations needed to judge its result.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which unresolved identification, burden or host-effect question should the next observation or expert assessment resolve?", "kind": "action", "id": "evidence-linked-response-q01" }, { "text": "If control is proposed, which life stage or pathway does it target, what host or non-target effects must be considered, and how will the outcome be measured?", "kind": "action", "id": "evidence-linked-response-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "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": [ "The supplied phrase 'without killing the host' is too absolute: parasites can cause host death.", "Parasite is not a species or other single taxon; taxonomy, range, life stages and conservation status require a specified organism.", "Broader biological usage includes parasites outside animals and plants; the listed kinds overlap rather than forming exclusive taxonomic groups." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-confidence-notes-q01", "text": "Which of these check these first hold for the sense of parasite 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": [ "Ectoparasites: live on the host's exterior", "Endoparasites: live inside the host", "Obligate parasites: require a host for at least part of their life cycle", "Facultative parasites: can live independently but may become parasitic", "Hemiparasitic plants: photosynthesize but obtain water and mineral nutrients from hosts", "Holoparasitic plants: depend on hosts for organic carbon as well as water and mineral nutrients" ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-kinds-q01", "text": "Which of these kinds and varieties hold for the sense of parasite this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-identifiers", "name": "Identifiers and schemes", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ { "scheme": "Scientific names under the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature", "value_or_pattern": "Genus species, with authorship and year where applicable", "note": "Identifies animal taxa; parasite is an ecological relationship, not a taxonomic rank." }, { "scheme": "Scientific names under the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants", "value_or_pattern": "Genus species, with author citation where applicable", "note": "Applies to parasitic plant names; no single binomial identifies parasites collectively." }, { "scheme": "NCBI Taxonomy", "value_or_pattern": "Numeric Taxonomy ID", "note": "Identifies a represented taxon, not its host relationship or an individual organism." }, { "scheme": "GBIF Backbone Taxonomy", "value_or_pattern": "Numeric taxon key", "note": "Identifies a taxonomic record; a specific parasite must first be identified taxonomically." } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-identifiers-q01", "text": "Which of these identifiers and schemes hold for the sense of parasite 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": [ "Identifying parasites and their hosts supports veterinary diagnosis and disease surveillance.", "Agricultural monitoring of parasitic plants informs crop protection.", "Host-parasite systems are used to study coevolution, immunity and population dynamics.", "Parasite communities can provide evidence about food webs and host movements." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-real-world-use-q01", "text": "Which of these real-world use hold for the sense of parasite this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-measurements", "name": "Typical measurements", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ { "quantity": "Prevalence in a defined host sample", "typical_range": "No universal typical value; possible range is 0-100", "unit": "%" }, { "quantity": "Mean intensity of infection for countable parasites", "typical_range": "At least 1 when infected hosts are present; upper values depend on the system", "unit": "parasites per infected host" }, { "quantity": "Mean abundance for countable parasites", "typical_range": "0 or greater; no universal typical range", "unit": "parasites per examined host, including uninfected hosts" } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-measurements-q01", "text": "Which of these typical measurements hold for the sense of parasite 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": [ "Nutrient removal, tissue damage or host immune responses can impair growth, reproduction and survival.", "Some animal parasites transmit additional pathogens.", "Parasitic plants can reduce crop yields and damage host plants.", "Complex life cycles and inconspicuous stages can cause infections to be overlooked or misidentified.", "Resistance to antiparasitic treatments can undermine control." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards-q01", "text": "Which of these failure modes and hazards hold for the sense of parasite 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": [ "Distribution depends on suitable hosts and, where required, intermediate hosts or vectors.", "Climate and season influence survival and transmission of many species.", "Agricultural practices, sanitation and host movement alter local exposure and spread." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-regional-variation-q01", "text": "Which of these regional variation hold for the sense of parasite 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": "Commensal", "difference": "Benefits from the association without a substantial benefit or cost to the host." }, { "name": "Mutualist", "difference": "Both partners benefit from the association under the conditions considered." }, { "name": "Parasitoid", "difference": "Its development normally entails killing the host; this is often treated as a specialized form of parasitism." }, { "name": "Predator", "difference": "Typically kills and consumes prey in discrete feeding events rather than maintaining a sustained nutritional association with a host." }, { "name": "Pathogen", "difference": "Defined by causing disease; a parasite is defined by its exploitative host relationship and need not cause overt disease." }, { "name": "Epiphyte", "difference": "Uses a plant as physical support without extracting nourishment from its living tissues." } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-neighbours-q01", "text": "Which of these neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart hold for the sense of parasite this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] } ] } ] } ] }, "openQuestions": [ "Should the registry retain its animal-or-plant restriction, and where should organisms outside those groups that have parasitic relationships be represented?", "How should the registry interpret 'without benefiting or killing the host' when host outcomes vary, are mixed or include incidental mortality?", "What operational boundary should distinguish parasites from parasitoids and organisms that make brief, repeated feeding visits?", "What minimum evidence should establish parasitism when host-derived feeding is demonstrated but host costs are difficult to measure?", "Which existing Vercy models already own parasite, host-interaction or life-cycle concepts and should be linked to avoid duplicate ownership?" ], "statistics": { "bundles": 5, "layers": 9, "findings": 16, "questions": 26 } }