{ "vercy": "1.0-draft", "publication": { "status": "research-draft", "adjudicationStatus": "unreviewed", "publishableCanonical": false, "generatedAt": "2026-09-12T09:20:15Z", "providers": [ "Codex" ], "breadth": "recalled by Codex without web access - no source was read", "missingProviders": [], "pass": 2, "cost": { "grok": { "seconds": 20.4, "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: 01a094e9-a751-7d90-9c86-0e728a27aaf1\n--------\nuser\nDescribe what is already known about one registered thing. 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a handwritten label or small edition alone does not establish this distinction.", "Documented reference-listening or selective-performance use helps distinguish a dubplate from a lacquer destined for manufacturing.", "Material alone is insufficient: traditional lacquer discs and contemporary direct-cut plastic discs can be described as dubplates.", "A personalised sound-system vocal identifies a possible dubplate special, but neither personalised vocals nor dub music is required for every physical dubplate." ], "characteristics": [ { "name": "Recording surface and substrate", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "Lacquer-coated substrate; identified direct-cut plastic; other documented construction; unknown", "why_it_matters": "Construction affects handling, cleaning and playback decisions; the trade name acetate is insufficient material identification." }, { "name": "Disc diameter", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "mm, with labelled inch size retained separately", "why_it_matters": "Determines physical compatibility and helps interpret the available recording area." }, { "name": "Playback speed by side", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "rpm; unknown when unverified", "why_it_matters": "Correct speed is necessary to reproduce the intended pitch and duration." }, { "name": "Groove and channel format", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "Documented groove format and mono/stereo configuration; unknown", "why_it_matters": "Supports selection of a compatible stylus and playback chain." }, { "name": "Recorded duration by side", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "s", "why_it_matters": "Supports cueing, side identification and evaluation of the cut's recording-area constraints." }, { "name": "Cutting provenance", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "Links to cutting studio, engineer, date, order and source recording where evidenced", "why_it_matters": "Distinguishes the provenance of this physical cut from the origin of the music." }, { "name": "Recorded version by side", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "Links to exact mix, edit, voicing or take; unresolved identification allowed", "why_it_matters": "A title alone may conceal a unique mix or personalised performance." }, { "name": "Intended use", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "Reference audition; advance DJ play; sound-system special; other documented use; unknown", "why_it_matters": "Helps establish the object's classification and the significance of its recording." }, { "name": "Groove and surface condition", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "Observed wear, scratches, contamination, cracks, coating separation and warping, located by side and region", "why_it_matters": "Determines whether playback or cleaning needs specialist assessment." }, { "name": "Playback readiness", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "Unassessed; suitable under documented setup; restricted playback; specialist assessment required", "why_it_matters": "Turns format and condition evidence into a practical handling decision." } ], "affordances": [ "Classify the disc using cutting evidence, construction and documented use.", "Match each side to its exact recording and intended recipient.", "Select and document a compatible playback setup.", "Audition or cue the recording when its condition permits.", "Create a preservation transfer when permitted and record the transfer settings.", "Choose supported storage, cleaning or specialist conservation actions." ], "agent_conduct": { "may": [ "Describe dubplates and their place in sound-system culture.", "Catalogue dubplates in a collection with the keeper's permission." ], "must_not": [ "Copy, digitize or distribute an exclusive dubplate without the rights holders' permission.", "Play or wear a fragile lacquer disc more than its keeper allows.", "Misattribute a dubplate's artist, version or origin." ], "requires_human": [ "Selling, lending or digitizing a dubplate from an archive or private collection." ] }, "ethics": { "considerations": [ "Exclusive cuts carry the trust between artists and sound systems.", "Sound-system culture belongs to communities, especially Jamaican and British Caribbean ones." ], "affected_parties": [ "Artists", "Sound systems and DJs", "Collectors" ] }, "owners": { "steward": "The sound system or person who commissioned and keeps it; rights holders own the recordings.", "master_systems": [] }, "visual_identification": [ "A one-off disc, often with a handwritten label, in a plain sleeve.", "Lacquer discs have a metal core visible at the edge or centre hole." ], "failure_modes_and_hazards": [ "Lacquer wears quickly and can crack or flake with play and age." ], "what_it_is_for": [ "Dubplates are used in recording studios for reference listening and assessment of a recording before wider production.", "They also appear in DJ and sound-system practice as individually cut discs carrying exclusive recordings or versions.", "Archives and collectors encounter them as potentially unique sound carriers whose condition affects playback and preservation decisions." ], "standards_and_regulation": [ "IEC 60098, issued by the International Electrotechnical Commission, specifies characteristics of analogue audio disk records and reproducing equipment relevant to compatible dubplate playback." ] }, "sources": [ { "id": "wikidata", "title": "Wikidata item Q1263218: dubplate", "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1263218", "url_status": "live", "what_it_supports": "identity and sense of the item", "checked_by": "wikidata-api" }, { "id": "wikipedia-en", "title": "Wikipedia: Dubplate", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dubplate", "url_status": "live", "what_it_supports": "general description of the item", "checked_by": "wikidata-api sitelink" } ], "structure": { "bundles": [ { "id": "dubplate-identity", "name": "Dubplate identity", "description": "Establish the physical sense of dubplate and its boundary with neighbouring record kinds. Contemporary cutting practice includes direct-cut plastic variants: [Diz Lathe Cuts](https://www.dizlathecuts.co.uk/what-is-a-dubplate).", "rationale": "The term can identify a physical recording carrier or an exclusive recording, and material or rarity alone cannot resolve that ambiguity.", "layers": [ { "id": "physical-carrier-boundary", "name": "Physical carrier boundary", "description": "Determine whether the referent belongs to this physical-object model.", "findings": [ { "id": "disc-versus-recording", "name": "Disc versus recording", "description": "Record physical-carrier evidence separately from the name and exclusivity of its audio.", "questions": [ { "text": "Does dubplate here refer to a grooved physical disc or only to an exclusive recording?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "disc-versus-recording-q01" }, { "text": "What observation or documentation establishes that this disc carries a playable recording?", "kind": "definition", "id": "disc-versus-recording-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "cut-and-role", "name": "Cut and role", "description": "Distinguish an individual listening cut from replicated records and manufacturing intermediates.", "findings": [ { "id": "classification-evidence", "name": "Classification evidence", "description": "Combine production evidence with intended use instead of classifying from appearance alone.", "questions": [ { "text": "What evidence shows individual groove cutting rather than replication from a stamper?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "classification-evidence-q01" }, { "text": "Was this disc intended for listening or performance, or for a subsequent manufacturing process?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "classification-evidence-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "disc-and-cut", "name": "Disc and cut", "description": "Describe the blank, recording surface and side-specific cut that determine how the disc can be handled and read.", "rationale": "Dubplate is not a sufficient material or playback specification.", "layers": [ { "id": "blank-construction", "name": "Blank construction", "description": "Identify the actual carrier beneath trade names and sleeve annotations.", "findings": [ { "id": "surface-and-support", "name": "Surface and support", "description": "Capture supported material identification and physical dimensions without destructive examination.", "questions": [ { "text": "What identifies the recording-surface material and any supporting substrate?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "surface-and-support-q01" }, { "text": "What are the disc diameter, thickness and centre-hole dimensions?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "surface-and-support-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "side-recording-layout", "name": "Side recording layout", "description": "Represent each recorded side as a potentially different playback case.", "findings": [ { "id": "groove-layout", "name": "Groove layout", "description": "Record speed, channel format and track arrangement at side level.", "questions": [ { "text": "What speed and groove/channel format are specified or verified for each side?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "groove-layout-q01" }, { "text": "What tracks, durations, lead-in areas and run-out features are present on each side?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "groove-layout-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "recording-and-cut-provenance", "name": "Recording and cut provenance", "description": "Connect the physical cut to its source audio, cutting session and any intended sound-system recipient.", "rationale": "Two discs carrying the same title may contain different mixes, voicings or cuts with different historical significance.", "layers": [ { "id": "version-identification", "name": "Version identification", "description": "Identify what was actually recorded on the carrier.", "findings": [ { "id": "exact-audio-version", "name": "Exact audio version", "description": "Separate label transcription from verified identification of the mix, edit or personalised vocal.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which exact recording, mix, edit or voicing does each side carry, and how was it identified?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "exact-audio-version-q01" }, { "text": "Does a spoken or sung name identify an intended recipient, or is that connection only asserted by a label or seller?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "exact-audio-version-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "cutting-history", "name": "Cutting history", "description": "Trace the making of this cut independently of the recording session.", "findings": [ { "id": "cut-session-evidence", "name": "Cut-session evidence", "description": "Use inscriptions, cutting orders and documented custody to distinguish a particular cut from later recuts.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which inscriptions or records establish the cutting studio, engineer and approximate cutting date?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "cut-session-evidence-q01" }, { "text": "Is this an initial cut, a recut or another individually cut copy, and what supports that conclusion?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "cut-session-evidence-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "playback-and-selective-use", "name": "Playback and selective use", "description": "Translate the disc's format, condition and intended use into playback and access decisions.", "rationale": "A disc may be technically playable while its condition, unique content or documented use constraints call for limited handling.", "layers": [ { "id": "playback-setup", "name": "Playback setup", "description": "Establish the setup needed to read the grooves without assuming all dubplates behave alike.", "findings": [ { "id": "compatible-reproduction", "name": "Compatible reproduction", "description": "Document speed, stylus, tracking and equalisation choices with their supporting evidence.", "questions": [ { "text": "What cartridge, stylus, tracking force, speed and equalisation are supported for this particular cut?", "kind": "action", "id": "compatible-reproduction-q01" }, { "text": "What condition or playback symptom requires stopping rather than repeating or adjusting playback?", "kind": "action", "id": "compatible-reproduction-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "selective-use-context", "name": "Selective use context", "description": "Record why the disc was made and what evidence governs its proposed use.", "findings": [ { "id": "recipient-and-use", "name": "Recipient and use", "description": "Keep ownership, intended audience and claimed exclusivity as distinct assertions.", "questions": [ { "text": "Was the cut commissioned for reference audition, advance DJ testing or a named sound system?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "recipient-and-use-q01" }, { "text": "What documented permissions or restrictions apply to the proposed performance, transfer or sharing of its recording?", "kind": "action", "id": "recipient-and-use-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "wear-and-preservation", "name": "Wear and preservation", "description": "Assess playback damage and preservation needs according to construction; a cutting studio distinguishes lacquer and vinyl dubplate behaviour in its [material comparison](https://www.dubstudio.co.uk/faq/60-difference-in-sound-quality-vinyl-vs-acetate).", "rationale": "The condition of an individually cut carrier can limit access to a recording that may not survive elsewhere.", "layers": [ { "id": "surface-assessment", "name": "Surface assessment", "description": "Locate physical defects and distinguish them from features already present in the recorded signal.", "findings": [ { "id": "damage-and-playability", "name": "Damage and playability", "description": "Base readiness on observed defects and documented playback behaviour rather than a universal play-count limit.", "questions": [ { "text": "Where are wear, scratches, coating separation, cracks, deposits or warping visible?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "damage-and-playability-q01" }, { "text": "What evidence distinguishes groove damage or mistracking from distortion already present in the source recording?", "kind": "definition", "id": "damage-and-playability-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "preservation-actions", "name": "Preservation actions", "description": "Choose material-compatible care and determine whether a preservation transfer is needed.", "findings": [ { "id": "care-and-transfer-priority", "name": "Care and transfer priority", "description": "Connect supported care methods and recording uniqueness to the next handling decision.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which cleaning method, sleeve material and storage conditions are supported for the identified surface and substrate?", "kind": "action", "id": "care-and-transfer-priority-q01" }, { "text": "Does another verified copy or source recording exist, and should a documented preservation transfer precede further performance use?", "kind": "action", "id": "care-and-transfer-priority-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 PHY.OBJ domain supports the physical-disc sense; the associated exclusive-recording sense should be distinguished explicitly.", "Acetate is conventional terminology and should not be treated as a reliable statement of the coating's chemical composition.", "Dimensions, playing time and durability vary by cutting service, material and recording level; the measurements are common examples rather than limits." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-confidence-notes-q01", "text": "Which of these check these first hold for the sense of dubplate 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": [ "Lacquer dubplate, commonly called an acetate", "Direct-cut plastic dubplate", "Reference or demonstration dubplate", "Exclusive sound-system or DJ dubplate" ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-kinds-q01", "text": "Which of these kinds and varieties hold for the sense of dubplate 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": [ "Auditioning a recording or proposed disc master before manufacture", "Playing unreleased tracks in clubs or on radio", "Testing audience response before a commercial release", "Performing exclusive artist recordings or personalized versions in sound-system competitions" ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-real-world-use-q01", "text": "Which of these real-world use hold for the sense of dubplate 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": "Disc diameter", "typical_range": "Common examples: 7, 10 and 12", "unit": "inch" }, { "quantity": "Playback rotational speed", "typical_range": "Commonly 33⅓ or 45", "unit": "rpm" } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-measurements-q01", "text": "Which of these typical measurements hold for the sense of dubplate 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": [ "Repeated playback can wear lacquer grooves and degrade sound.", "Scratches, dust and handling contamination can cause clicks, mistracking or skipping.", "Heat and unsuitable storage can warp the disc.", "Lacquer coatings can deteriorate, crack or separate from their substrate.", "Incorrect tracking force or a damaged playback stylus can damage grooves." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards-q01", "text": "Which of these failure modes and hazards hold for the sense of dubplate 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": [ "In Jamaican sound-system culture, dubplate can also mean an exclusive recording, often personalized for a particular sound system, independently of its physical carrier.", "In British jungle, drum-and-bass and related DJ cultures, dubplates have been used to circulate and perform unreleased tracks." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-regional-variation-q01", "text": "Which of these regional variation hold for the sense of dubplate 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": "Pressed vinyl record", "difference": "A pressed record is replicated using stampers; a physical dubplate is individually cut." }, { "name": "Test pressing", "difference": "A test pressing is made through the pressing process to assess production quality; a dubplate is directly cut." }, { "name": "Lacquer master", "difference": "A lacquer master is intended for subsequent manufacturing processes; a lacquer dubplate is intended for direct listening, although terminology can overlap." }, { "name": "Acetate disc", "difference": "Acetate disc names a recording medium commonly consisting of lacquer-coated metal; dubplate names a disc's role and can include other materials." }, { "name": "Dub", "difference": "Dub is a musical production practice or resulting version; a dubplate can carry music that is not dub." } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-neighbours-q01", "text": "Which of these neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart hold for the sense of dubplate this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] } ] } ] } ] }, "openQuestions": [ "Does the registry intend dubplate to cover all contemporary direct-cut plastic variants, or a narrower historical lacquer-disc sense?", "How should locally documented uses of dubplate for very small pressed editions relate to the individually cut physical kind?", "Which reliable identification methods distinguish lacquer coatings and plastic blanks when manufacturer records are absent?", "Which conservation guidance supports material-specific cleaning, storage and playback limits without assuming a universal service life?", "What evidence is sufficient to verify the date, recipient and claimed exclusivity of an undocumented sound-system special?" ], "statistics": { "bundles": 6, "layers": 11, "findings": 17, "questions": 27 } }