{
  "vercy": "1.0-draft",
  "publication": {
    "status": "research-draft",
    "adjudicationStatus": "unreviewed",
    "publishableCanonical": false,
    "generatedAt": "2026-09-12T19:44:28Z",
    "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": 3,
    "engine": "claude",
    "enrichment": {
      "pass": 3,
      "engine": "claude",
      "producedAt": "2026-10-06T00:10:00Z",
      "ingestedAt": "2026-10-05T20:56:41+00:00",
      "fields": [
        "agent_conduct",
        "ethics",
        "owners"
      ]
    },
    "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-POSITION-2",
    "registryId": "vr.tr.position-2",
    "name": "position",
    "version": "0.2.0-wave.3",
    "entryKind": "thing",
    "family": "Thing Registry",
    "domain": [
      "XCT.QLT"
    ],
    "status": "research-draft"
  },
  "canonicalUrl": "https://ver.cy/models/thing/position-2/",
  "model": {
    "registry_id": "vr.tr.position-2",
    "name": "position",
    "purpose": "Let an agent handle position as a spatial property: what reference frame and coordinates are used, how position is measured and with what accuracy, how arrangement and posture are described, and which other senses of the word belong elsewhere.",
    "definition": "The spatial property of where something is situated or the way it is arranged: its place relative to a reference frame or to other things, and the posture or configuration it holds; expressed by coordinates, bearings, distances, named places or descriptive terms, and distinct from the other senses of position such as a job or an opinion.",
    "what_it_is_for": "Not for anything; a property of things in space.",
    "affordances": [
      "state where something is in a chosen frame",
      "convert between coordinate systems and descriptions",
      "measure and record accuracy",
      "describe arrangement and posture"
    ],
    "distinguishing_features": [
      "Requires a reference frame",
      "Can be absolute or relative",
      "Includes posture and arrangement, not only location",
      "Measured with stated accuracy"
    ],
    "appearance": "Not visible in itself; shown by markers, coordinates and diagrams.",
    "visual_identification": [
      "A location or arrangement relative to a reference",
      "Coordinates, bearings, distances or named places",
      "Position as a job, an opinion or a rank are other senses"
    ],
    "physical_properties": [
      {
        "quantity": "coordinates",
        "typical_range": "2 or 3",
        "unit": "values",
        "note": "plus a reference frame"
      },
      {
        "quantity": "positional accuracy",
        "typical_range": "millimetres to kilometres",
        "unit": "distance",
        "note": "by method"
      }
    ],
    "families_and_kinds": [
      "geographic position by latitude, longitude and height",
      "relative position by bearing and distance",
      "position in a layout or formation",
      "posture of a body or object",
      "position in a sequence or on a scale"
    ],
    "related_models": [
      {
        "relation": "is a kind of",
        "target": "spatial property",
        "why": "a property of things in space"
      },
      {
        "relation": "needs",
        "target": "coordinate system",
        "why": "to be expressed"
      },
      {
        "relation": "is measured by",
        "target": "positioning system",
        "why": "satellite, survey or sensor"
      },
      {
        "relation": "is confused with",
        "target": "location",
        "why": "a place rather than a property"
      }
    ],
    "identifiers": [],
    "standards_and_regulation": [
      "ISO 19111 spatial referencing by coordinates",
      "Geodetic datum standards such as WGS 84",
      "ISO 80000 quantities and units"
    ],
    "failure_modes_and_hazards": [
      "Coordinates without a stated datum",
      "Mixing senses of the word",
      "Overstated accuracy"
    ],
    "in_scope": [],
    "out_of_scope": [],
    "characteristics": [],
    "agent_conduct": {
      "may": [
        "Describe and compute positions using a stated reference frame and units.",
        "Report the position of objects or devices it is authorized to track."
      ],
      "must_not": [
        "Track or disclose a person's position without consent or lawful basis.",
        "Report positions without stating datum, frame or uncertainty when it matters.",
        "Move machines to a position without confirming it is clear of people."
      ],
      "requires_human": [
        "Sharing a person's live location with others."
      ]
    },
    "ethics": {
      "considerations": [
        "Knowing where someone is gives power over them.",
        "Position errors in navigation can cause collisions and missed rescues."
      ],
      "affected_parties": [
        "People being located",
        "Users of navigation"
      ]
    },
    "owners": {
      "steward": "Nobody: a property; the person or operator answers for each tracked object.",
      "master_systems": []
    }
  },
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "oewn",
      "title": "Open English WordNet 2024, synset oewn-05081943-n",
      "url": "https://en-word.net/id/oewn-05081943-n",
      "what_it_supports": "sense and gloss of the concept",
      "url_status": "live",
      "checked_by": "http 200"
    },
    {
      "id": "wiktionary-en",
      "title": "Wiktionary: position",
      "url": "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/position",
      "what_it_supports": "word senses and usage",
      "url_status": "live",
      "checked_by": "http 200"
    }
  ],
  "structure": {
    "bundles": [
      {
        "id": "frame",
        "name": "Frame",
        "description": "Reference and coordinates.",
        "rationale": "No position without a frame.",
        "layers": [
          {
            "id": "reference",
            "name": "Reference",
            "description": "Reference frame.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "reference-finding",
                "name": "Reference",
                "description": "Reference.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "What reference frame or datum is the position given in?",
                    "kind": "definition"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Is the question about spatial position or another sense of the word?",
                    "kind": "boundary"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "id": "coordinates",
            "name": "Coordinates",
            "description": "Coordinate systems.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "coordinates-finding",
                "name": "Coordinates",
                "description": "Coordinates.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "Which coordinate system is used, and how are values converted between systems?",
                    "kind": "action"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Which entry fits a specific coordinate system?",
                    "kind": "action"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "measure",
        "name": "Measure",
        "description": "Measuring position.",
        "rationale": "Accuracy matters.",
        "layers": [
          {
            "id": "methods",
            "name": "Methods",
            "description": "Methods.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "methods-finding",
                "name": "Methods",
                "description": "Methods.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "How is position measured, by satellite, survey, sensor or description?",
                    "kind": "measurement"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "What accuracy does the method give?",
                    "kind": "measurement"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "id": "record",
            "name": "Record",
            "description": "Recording.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "record-finding",
                "name": "Record",
                "description": "Record.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "How should position be recorded with datum, time and uncertainty?",
                    "kind": "action"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Which standard governs the record?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "arrangement",
        "name": "Arrangement",
        "description": "Posture and layout.",
        "rationale": "Position is also configuration.",
        "layers": [
          {
            "id": "posture",
            "name": "Posture",
            "description": "Posture of bodies.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "posture-finding",
                "name": "Posture",
                "description": "Posture.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "How is the posture or orientation of an object or body described?",
                    "kind": "definition"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Which entry fits orientation?",
                    "kind": "action"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "id": "layout",
            "name": "Layout",
            "description": "Position in a layout.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "layout-finding",
                "name": "Layout",
                "description": "Layout.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "How is position within a formation, layout or sequence expressed?",
                    "kind": "definition"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Is the arrangement relative or absolute?",
                    "kind": "boundary"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "use",
        "name": "Use",
        "description": "Applications and study.",
        "rationale": "Use.",
        "layers": [
          {
            "id": "applications",
            "name": "Applications",
            "description": "Uses.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "applications-finding",
                "name": "Applications",
                "description": "Applications.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "How is position used in navigation, mapping, robotics and logistics?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Which entry fits navigation?",
                    "kind": "action"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "id": "study",
            "name": "Study",
            "description": "Geometry and geodesy.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "study-finding",
                "name": "Study",
                "description": "Study.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "How do geometry and geodesy formalise position, and which references are standard?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "How is the concept taught?",
                    "kind": "action"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "openQuestions": [
    "Should posture and arrangement be separate from location?",
    "How should coordinate reference systems be linked?",
    "The registry entry has merged sailing rig aliases that belong to a different sense; should they be removed?"
  ],
  "statistics": {
    "bundles": 4,
    "layers": 8,
    "findings": 8,
    "questions": 16
  }
}