{ "vercy": "1.0-draft", "publication": { "status": "research-draft", "adjudicationStatus": "unreviewed", "publishableCanonical": false, "generatedAt": "2026-09-12T09:25:35Z", "providers": [ "Codex" ], "breadth": "recalled by Codex without web access - no source was read", "missingProviders": [], "pass": 2, "cost": { "grok": { "seconds": 16.0, "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: 01a094ee-d489-7db0-bb04-3dfddbdcea0c\n--------\nuser\nDescribe what is already known about one registered thing. Answer as JSON only, no prose around it.\n\nThing: eggplant\nSense to describe: (none recorded)\nDomain code: XCT.QLT\nAlso known as: (none)\n\n\nContext for this batch of 1001 things:\n# Batch 043: 1001 regist", "usd": 0.0, "recall": true }, "codex": { "seconds": 60.3, "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: 01a094ee-d490-7ab0-acbd-2974b8afc404\n--------\nuser\nYou are drafting a Vercy meta-model for one registered thing. Answer as JSON only, no prose around it.\n\nThing: eggplant\nRegistry id: vr.tr.eggplant\nPlane / domain: XCT / XCT.QLT\nRegistry definition: (none recorded)\nNames folded into this entry: (none)\n\n\nContex" } }, "enrichment": { "pass": 3, "engine": "claude", "producedAt": "2026-10-06T12:00:00Z", "ingestedAt": "2026-10-06T08:41:16+00:00", "fields": [ "agent_conduct", "ethics", "failure_modes_and_hazards", "owners", "visual_identification" ] }, "gate": { "passed": true, "version": "1.0", "at": "2026-10-07T10:10:26+00:00", "evidence": [ "completeness 1.00", "sense: Wikidata description", "2 live sources", "review by codex: pass" ] } }, "metaModel": { "id": "THING-Q1403218", "registryId": "vr.tr.eggplant", "name": "eggplant", "version": "0.1.0-research.1", "entryKind": "thing", "family": "Thing Registry", "domain": [ "XCT.QLT" ], "status": "research-draft" }, "canonicalUrl": "https://ver.cy/models/thing/q1403218/", "model": { "registry_id": "vr.tr.eggplant", "name": "eggplant", "purpose": "Enable an AI agent to recognise, describe, compare and apply eggplant as a colour designation while preserving uncertainty about its reference and boundaries.", "definition": "Eggplant is a dark purple colour, often with a reddish or brownish cast, named after the skin of dark-purple eggplant fruits.", "scope_statement": "This draft provisionally treats eggplant as a colour concept, consistent with the supplied XCT / XCT.QLT classification; it owns the designation, reference-dependent appearance and application criteria, pending confirmation of the registry's intended referent.", "in_scope": [ "Eggplant as a named colour and its relationship to dark purple descriptions", "Swatches, specifications and naming authorities that define particular uses of eggplant", "Perceptual boundaries between eggplant and neighbouring colour names", "Differences between an eggplant colour target and its appearance on a display or material", "Criteria for accepting, comparing and substituting eggplant colour instances" ], "out_of_scope": [ "Eggplant as a plant, cultivar or harvested fruit", "Fried eggplant and other prepared foods", "Cultivation, nutritional composition and food storage", "Pigment or dye chemistry beyond its relationship to a specified colour appearance", "General colour science and colour management mechanisms" ], "distinguishing_features": [ "A colour use of eggplant identifies an appearance or swatch; it does not require the object to be an eggplant fruit.", "An eggplant designation must be attached to an identifiable naming context or explicitly recorded as an informal judgement.", "A candidate must be compared with the selected eggplant reference under stated viewing conditions, rather than accepted solely because it is dark or purple.", "Equivalence with aubergine, plum, burgundy or another neighbouring designation requires evidence within the relevant naming system.", "A digital colour value is a particular encoding of an eggplant target, not automatically a universal definition of the name." ], "characteristics": [ { "name": "Intended referent", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "colour concept | organism or food | other | unresolved", "why_it_matters": "The registry has no definition, so the colour interpretation must remain distinguishable from a confirmed identity." }, { "name": "Naming context", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "Link to a palette, supplier, publication, community usage or individual designation", "why_it_matters": "Different naming contexts may assign eggplant to different appearances." }, { "name": "Eggplant reference", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "Identified physical swatch, measured sample or documented digital specification", "why_it_matters": "Recognition and matching require a reference more precise than the name alone." }, { "name": "Reference colour coordinates", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Coordinates with declared colour space, profile or white point, and applicable measurement conditions", "why_it_matters": "Coordinates allow comparison only when their interpretation is specified." }, { "name": "Perceived colour description", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "Recorded hue family, lightness and chroma descriptions under stated viewing conditions", "why_it_matters": "These observations expose why a sample is judged eggplant or confused with a neighbouring colour." }, { "name": "Application medium", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "Display | print | textile | coating | other specified medium", "why_it_matters": "The same named target can appear differently across media." }, { "name": "Match assessment", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "unassessed | accepted | rejected | conditional, with reference and decision rule", "why_it_matters": "A usable decision must identify whose eggplant target was assessed and what counted as a match." }, { "name": "Difference from selected reference", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Declared colour-difference metric and value, with measurement conditions", "why_it_matters": "It supports controlled matching without inventing a universal tolerance for eggplant." } ], "affordances": [ "Resolve whether an occurrence of eggplant names a colour or the neighbouring plant or food concept.", "Attach an eggplant designation to a documented swatch or specification.", "Compare a candidate appearance with the selected eggplant reference.", "Translate a documented eggplant target between media while recording approximation and verification.", "Approve or reject an eggplant substitution using a stated tolerance and viewing context.", "Check whether an eggplant application remains distinguishable from its surrounding colours." ], "agent_conduct": { "may": [ "Name or describe the colour, noting its range across naming conventions and media.", "Match or convert the colour between colour spaces when given a reference value." ], "must_not": [ "Present one swatch value as the only correct eggplant colour.", "Use the colour's emoji meaning to sexualize content about minors or unwilling people.", "Treat aubergine and eggplant as different colours when the source uses them as synonyms." ], "requires_human": [ "Approving a colour match for paid production such as paint, print or textiles." ] }, "ethics": { "considerations": [ "The colour name also carries a sexual slang meaning online, so context matters for audiences such as children." ], "affected_parties": [ "Buyers", "Designers and printers", "Young audiences" ] }, "owners": { "steward": "Nobody owns it; colour-naming systems differ in their definition.", "master_systems": [] }, "visual_identification": [ "A very dark purple, sometimes with reddish or brownish tones, like the skin of an eggplant." ], "failure_modes_and_hazards": [ "Dark text in this colour on dark backgrounds is hard to read.", "Screens and print render it differently, causing mismatches." ], "what_it_is_for": [ "Eggplant is used as a colour name in clothing, interiors, graphic design and descriptions of materials.", "It communicates a dark purple impression, while a physical sample or defined colour coordinates are needed for dependable matching." ], "standards_and_regulation": [ "CIE 15 Colorimetry, issued by the International Commission on Illumination, provides methods for specifying and comparing colour samples without assigning a universal value to the name eggplant." ] }, "sources": [ { "id": "wikidata", "title": "Wikidata item Q1403218: eggplant", "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1403218", "url_status": "live", "what_it_supports": "identity and sense of the item", "checked_by": "wikidata-api" }, { "id": "wikipedia-en", "title": "Wikipedia: Eggplant (color)", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eggplant_%28color%29", "url_status": "live", "what_it_supports": "general description of the item", "checked_by": "wikidata-api sitelink" } ], "structure": { "bundles": [ { "id": "eggplant-designation", "name": "Eggplant designation", "description": "Establish what eggplant names in this registry and in each recorded use.", "rationale": "The missing registry definition creates a material ambiguity between a colour concept and a plant or food.", "layers": [ { "id": "registry-referent", "name": "Registry referent", "description": "Resolve the proposed colour interpretation against the entry's provenance.", "findings": [ { "id": "colour-sense-confirmation", "name": "Colour sense confirmation", "description": "Treat the colour sense as provisional until the registry's originating record or equivalent evidence confirms it.", "questions": [ { "text": "Does the originating record for vr.tr.eggplant identify a colour, a plant, a food or another referent?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "colour-sense-confirmation-q01" }, { "text": "Does XCT / XCT.QLT intentionally classify this entry as a colour quality?", "kind": "definition", "id": "colour-sense-confirmation-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "name-equivalence", "name": "Name equivalence", "description": "Record which colour names are treated as equivalent in a particular context.", "findings": [ { "id": "eggplant-aubergine-relationship", "name": "Eggplant and aubergine relationship", "description": "Record claimed synonymy at the level of the relevant language, palette or supplier rather than merging colour targets automatically.", "questions": [ { "text": "Does the selected naming authority use eggplant and aubergine for the same colour reference?", "kind": "definition", "id": "eggplant-aubergine-relationship-q01" }, { "text": "Which documented uses distinguish their swatches despite the related names?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "eggplant-aubergine-relationship-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "eggplant-colour-boundaries", "name": "Eggplant colour boundaries", "description": "Describe the appearance associated with eggplant and how it is separated from nearby designations.", "rationale": "An agent needs explicit comparison criteria to avoid calling every dark purple appearance eggplant.", "layers": [ { "id": "reference-appearance", "name": "Reference appearance", "description": "Anchor descriptions of eggplant to identifiable colour exemplars.", "findings": [ { "id": "documented-eggplant-exemplar", "name": "Documented eggplant exemplar", "description": "Each operational use should identify its exemplar and record the hue, lightness and chroma information available for it.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which swatch or specification is the eggplant exemplar for this use?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "documented-eggplant-exemplar-q01" }, { "text": "What measured or observed hue, lightness and chroma describe that exemplar under stated conditions?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "documented-eggplant-exemplar-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "neighbouring-colours", "name": "Neighbouring colours", "description": "Make locally relevant distinctions from other dark or purple-related colour names.", "findings": [ { "id": "eggplant-neighbour-discrimination", "name": "Eggplant neighbour discrimination", "description": "Define distinctions using the chosen palette or observed naming practice; do not impose unsupported universal boundaries.", "questions": [ { "text": "Within the selected palette, what separates eggplant from plum, burgundy, violet and near-black alternatives?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "eggplant-neighbour-discrimination-q01" }, { "text": "Where does naming evidence show overlap or disagreement about whether a sample is eggplant?", "kind": "definition", "id": "eggplant-neighbour-discrimination-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "eggplant-realisation", "name": "Eggplant realisation", "description": "Connect a named eggplant target to its digital and physical appearances.", "rationale": "A name or unqualified numeric value cannot establish that a rendered or manufactured result matches the intended eggplant.", "layers": [ { "id": "digital-eggplant", "name": "Digital eggplant", "description": "Record the encoding and display context of a digital eggplant target.", "findings": [ { "id": "qualified-digital-value", "name": "Qualified digital value", "description": "Bind any eggplant RGB, hexadecimal or other digital value to its source and colour interpretation.", "questions": [ { "text": "Who specifies this digital value as eggplant, and which colour space or profile applies?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "qualified-digital-value-q01" }, { "text": "Does the rendered sample match the selected eggplant reference in the intended display context?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "qualified-digital-value-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "physical-eggplant", "name": "Physical eggplant", "description": "Describe eggplant appearances on materials under relevant viewing conditions.", "findings": [ { "id": "material-and-lighting-appearance", "name": "Material and lighting appearance", "description": "Record the substrate, finish and illumination associated with a physical eggplant assessment.", "questions": [ { "text": "On which material and finish, and under which illumination, was this sample judged eggplant?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "material-and-lighting-appearance-q01" }, { "text": "Does the sample remain an acceptable eggplant match under the lighting conditions of its intended use?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "material-and-lighting-appearance-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "eggplant-use-decisions", "name": "Eggplant use decisions", "description": "Support matching, substitution and contextual use of an eggplant colour target.", "rationale": "Recognising a colour name is insufficient for approving a replacement or deciding whether its application works.", "layers": [ { "id": "matching-and-substitution", "name": "Matching and substitution", "description": "Establish what counts as an acceptable replacement for a selected eggplant target.", "findings": [ { "id": "eggplant-acceptance-rule", "name": "Eggplant acceptance rule", "description": "Tie acceptance to the intended reference, comparison method and use-specific tolerance.", "questions": [ { "text": "What visual assessment or colour-difference rule determines acceptance against this eggplant reference?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "eggplant-acceptance-rule-q01" }, { "text": "May a nearby colour replace the specified eggplant, and whose approval or specification governs that decision?", "kind": "action", "id": "eggplant-acceptance-rule-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "contextual-distinguishability", "name": "Contextual distinguishability", "description": "Assess eggplant against the actual surrounding colours and the role it serves.", "findings": [ { "id": "eggplant-in-use", "name": "Eggplant in use", "description": "Evaluate an eggplant application using its actual foreground, background and communicative purpose.", "questions": [ { "text": "Is the selected eggplant distinguishable from adjacent colours at the intended size and viewing conditions?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "eggplant-in-use-q01" }, { "text": "If eggplant encodes a category or state, what additional cue is needed when users cannot reliably distinguish it?", "kind": "action", "id": "eggplant-in-use-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 colour sense is inferred from domain XCT.QLT; the registry supplies no explicit sense, so this interpretation needs verification.", "There is no assumed universal numerical colour specification for this name; a particular palette or physical reference must be identified before assigning coordinates." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-confidence-notes-q01", "text": "Which of these check these first hold for the sense of eggplant 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": [ "Colour descriptions for clothing, textiles, cosmetics, paints and interior furnishings.", "Palette naming in graphic and product design." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-real-world-use-q01", "text": "Which of these real-world use hold for the sense of eggplant 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": [ "The colour name alone does not specify a reproducible colour across suppliers, materials or display systems.", "Lighting, surface finish and surrounding colours can change its perceived appearance." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards-q01", "text": "Which of these failure modes and hazards hold for the sense of eggplant 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": [ "Aubergine is an alternative colour name, particularly in British English." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-regional-variation-q01", "text": "Which of these regional variation hold for the sense of eggplant 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": "purple", "difference": "Purple is the broader colour category; eggplant denotes a dark portion of that category." }, { "name": "plum", "difference": "Plum is another overlapping fruit-derived purple colour name; their boundaries depend on the palette or supplier." }, { "name": "eggplant as a plant or food", "difference": "The colour is a visual quality; the plant and its edible fruit are physical organisms or objects." }, { "name": "fried eggplant", "difference": "Fried eggplant is a prepared food, not a narrower kind of the colour." } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-neighbours-q01", "text": "Which of these neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart hold for the sense of eggplant this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] } ] } ] } ] }, "openQuestions": [ "Does the originating registry record confirm that eggplant denotes a colour rather than the plant or food?", "Which reference works, palettes or naming communities should supply the model's documented eggplant exemplars?", "Where are eggplant and aubergine equivalent colour names, and where do their specified appearances differ?", "What evidence establishes the range and disputed boundaries of eggplant relative to plum, burgundy and other neighbouring colours?", "Which application contexts require a fixed eggplant specification, and which permit a broader named colour range?" ], "statistics": { "bundles": 5, "layers": 9, "findings": 13, "questions": 21 } }