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"model": { "registry_id": "vr.tr.japan-association-of-athletics-federations", "name": "Japan Association of Athletics Federations", "purpose": "Enable an AI agent to identify the Japan Association of Athletics Federations, assess its authority and organisational state, and determine which athletics-related actions it may perform or authorise.", "definition": "The Japan Association of Athletics Federations (JAAF) is Japan's national governing body for athletics, responsible for organizing and developing the sport and representing Japanese athletics internationally.", "scope_statement": "This model owns the organisational identity, mandate, governance, membership relationships, institutional responsibilities and continuity of the Japan Association of Athletics Federations under registry id vr.tr.japan-association-of-athletics-federations; specific legal powers and affiliations require evidence.", "in_scope": [ "Legal identity, official names, identifiers, founding instruments and 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"Identity evidence must resolve to the registered organisation, rather than merely matching an athletics-related name, acronym or website.", "Its documented national mandate must distinguish it from prefectural associations and organisations serving particular educational or participant groups.", "Its authority and affiliation records must distinguish it from international athletics bodies and organisations coordinating multiple sports in Japan.", "A competition bearing its name or approval is a related event, not the federation itself.", "Changes to leadership, offices or visual identity must not be mistaken for creation of a new organisation; succession requires separate evidence." ], "characteristics": [ { "name": "Verified organisational identity", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "Official Japanese and English names linked to authoritative identity records and identifiers", "why_it_matters": "Resolves aliases and distinguishes the federation from related bodies, events and 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recognition or affiliation, with dated status", "why_it_matters": "Separates legal membership from participation and identifies the rights each relationship confers." }, { "name": "Applicable policy version", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "Activity linked to an adopted policy, effective period and issuing authority", "why_it_matters": "Supports decisions using the policy applicable to the relevant event or action." }, { "name": "Reporting currency", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Days since the latest required report, assessed against its actual reporting deadline", "why_it_matters": "Helps assess whether governance and financial information are current enough for a proposed action." } ], "affordances": [ "Resolve a claimed federation identity against authoritative names, identifiers and continuity records.", "Determine whether a proposed athletics activity falls within a documented federation mandate.", "Route a selection, recognition, registration or governance request to the body authorised to decide it.", "Check the applicable policy and appeal route before recommending an action affecting an athlete or affiliated body.", "Trace institutional responsibility for competition recognition, representative teams and integrity procedures.", "Flag expired mandates, unresolved authority conflicts and missing evidence before an agent acts." ], "agent_conduct": { "may": [ "Describe the association, its competitions and its role in Japanese athletics from its official publications.", "Report results and records as published by the association or the international federation." ], "must_not": [ "Impersonate the association to recruit athletes, sell tickets or collect fees.", "Publish athletes' medical, anti-doping or personal data without a lawful basis.", "Alter or misreport official results or records.", "Make accusations of doping or misconduct against named athletes without official findings." ], "requires_human": [ "Representing the association or acting on its behalf." ] }, "ethics": { "considerations": [ "Athletes, including minors, depend on the governing body for fair selection and safeguarding.", "Anti-doping processes must protect both clean sport and accused athletes' rights." ], "affected_parties": [ "Athletes", "Coaches and officials", "Young people in the sport" ] }, "owners": { "steward": "The association itself, governed by its members and board.", "master_systems": [] }, "failure_modes_and_hazards": [ "Unfair selection or poor safeguarding harms athletes' careers and wellbeing.", "Fake communications in its name can defraud athletes and fans." ], "standards_and_regulation": [ "World Anti-Doping Code, World Anti-Doping Agency.", "Competition and Technical Rules, World Athletics." ], "what_it_is_for": [ "This organisation is encountered in the administration and development of athletics in Japan.", "Athletes, coaches, officials and event organisers engage with it over competitions, registration, national representation and sporting rules.", "Its published decisions and records help establish whether an event, result or representative appointment has official recognition." ], "facets_not_applicable": { "recognition": "The organisation is an institutional entity whose identity cannot be established from visual appearance alone." } }, "sources": [ { "id": "wikidata", "title": "Wikidata item Q1505454: Japan Association of Athletics Federations", "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1505454", "url_status": "live", "what_it_supports": "identity and sense of the item", "checked_by": "wikidata-api" }, { "id": "wikipedia-en", "title": "Wikipedia: Japan Association of Athletics Federations", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan_Association_of_Athletics_Federations", "url_status": "live", "what_it_supports": "general description of the item", "checked_by": "wikidata-api sitelink" } ], "structure": { "bundles": [ { "id": "identity-and-national-mandate", "name": "Identity and national athletics mandate", "description": "Establishes which organisation the registry entry denotes and the evidenced extent of its athletics authority in Japan.", "rationale": "A national federation's name alone does not establish legal identity, jurisdiction or exclusive authority.", "layers": [ { "id": "legal-identity-and-continuity", "name": "Legal identity and continuity", "description": "Connects federation names and institutional history to authoritative identity evidence.", "findings": [ { "id": "identity-evidence", "name": "Identity evidence", "description": "Record official names, legal form, identifiers and constitutive instruments, distinguishing initial establishment from later incorporation or reorganisation.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which official records establish the Japanese and English names, legal form and identifiers of the Japan Association of Athletics Federations?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "identity-evidence-q01" }, { "text": "Which historical changes preserved the same organisation, and which required legal succession or transfer of responsibilities?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "identity-evidence-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "mandate-and-recognition", "name": "Mandate and recognition", "description": "Defines national responsibilities and separates domestic authority from international recognition.", "findings": [ { "id": "athletics-authority-boundaries", "name": "Athletics authority boundaries", "description": "Record the instruments supporting each athletics function and its discipline, territorial and participant limits.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which instruments establish the federation's responsibilities for track and field, road running, race walking, cross-country and any other covered disciplines?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "athletics-authority-boundaries-q01" }, { "text": "Where does its authority end or overlap with international athletics bodies, Japanese multisport bodies and specialist domestic organisations?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "athletics-authority-boundaries-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "governance-and-constituency", "name": "Governance and athletics constituency", "description": "Represents how the federation makes decisions and how athletics organisations and participants relate to it.", "rationale": "An agent must distinguish who participates in Japanese athletics from who legally governs or belongs to the federation.", "layers": [ { "id": "governing-and-delegated-bodies", "name": "Governing and delegated bodies", "description": "Maps decisions to bodies, officeholders and valid delegations.", "findings": [ { "id": "competent-decision-maker", "name": "Competent decision maker", "description": "Record governing bodies and committees only with their evidenced appointment procedures, remit and decision constraints.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which bodies may amend governing instruments, appoint leadership, approve budgets and adopt athletics policies?", "kind": "definition", "id": "competent-decision-maker-q01" }, { "text": "What delegation, quorum, conflict-of-interest and approval requirements govern the particular action an agent is considering?", "kind": "action", "id": "competent-decision-maker-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "membership-and-registration", "name": "Membership and registration", "description": "Separates constituent-body membership from athlete, club, coach or official registration.", "findings": [ { "id": "relationship-specific-rights", "name": "Relationship-specific rights", "description": "Record how prefectural and other athletics bodies, clubs and individuals connect to the federation without presuming equivalent membership rights.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which entities are formal members, and how do prefectural associations and any other recognised athletics organisations participate in governance?", "kind": "definition", "id": "relationship-specific-rights-q01" }, { "text": "How does registration of an athlete, club, coach or official differ from legal membership in rights, obligations and termination procedures?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "relationship-specific-rights-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "competition-and-representation", "name": "Competition authority and Japanese representation", "description": "Captures the federation's institutional role in recognised competition and representative athletics pathways.", "rationale": "Competition approval and representative-team selection create distinct responsibilities that cannot be inferred from event ownership or athlete nationality.", "layers": [ { "id": "competition-recognition", "name": "Competition recognition", "description": "Distinguishes organising an event from authorising it or recognising its performances.", "findings": [ { "id": "recognition-and-ratification-remit", "name": "Recognition and ratification remit", "description": "Record responsibility and conditions for event approval, technical recognition and performance or record ratification where supported.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which competition approvals and performance or record ratifications may the federation issue, and which belong to another body?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "recognition-and-ratification-remit-q01" }, { "text": "What evidence, technical requirements and policy version must an applicant satisfy for the requested recognition?", "kind": "action", "id": "recognition-and-ratification-remit-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "representative-team-and-development", "name": "Representative teams and development", "description": "Maps selection responsibilities and development programmes to documented federation authority.", "findings": [ { "id": "selection-and-pathway-accountability", "name": "Selection and pathway accountability", "description": "Record who sets selection criteria, nominates or confirms representatives and administers development support, distinguishing these functions.", "questions": [ { "text": "For a specified international competition, who sets eligibility and selection criteria, and who has final nomination or entry authority?", "kind": "action", "id": "selection-and-pathway-accountability-q01" }, { "text": "Which athlete, coach and official development programmes are administered by the federation, and what published criteria govern access?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "selection-and-pathway-accountability-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "integrity-and-institutional-accountability", "name": "Integrity and institutional accountability", "description": "Represents participant protection, review mechanisms, financial oversight and changes affecting the federation's ability to act.", "rationale": "An agent needs evidence of both procedural authority and institutional standing before relying on federation decisions.", "layers": [ { "id": "integrity-and-review", "name": "Integrity and review", "description": "Separates federation responsibilities from those of independent integrity, anti-doping and dispute-resolution bodies.", "findings": [ { "id": "case-routing-and-due-process", "name": "Case routing and due process", "description": "Record applicable safeguarding, disciplinary and anti-doping procedures with jurisdiction, reporting routes and review rights.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which safeguarding, disciplinary and anti-doping matters may the federation receive or decide, and which must it refer elsewhere?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "case-routing-and-due-process-q01" }, { "text": "What confidentiality, hearing, appeal and deadline requirements apply before an agent routes a report or relies on a sanction?", "kind": "action", "id": "case-routing-and-due-process-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "reporting-and-organisational-change", "name": "Reporting and organisational change", "description": "Tracks evidence of financial accountability and institutional events that change authority or continuity.", "findings": [ { "id": "standing-and-continuity-assessment", "name": "Standing and continuity assessment", "description": "Record reporting obligations, oversight evidence and procedures for major organisational change without treating missing information as proof of failure.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which financial statements, activity reports and oversight findings are required, and are the latest available records within their reporting deadlines?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "standing-and-continuity-assessment-q01" }, { "text": "Which instruments govern merger, dissolution or loss of recognition, including transfer of athletics responsibilities, records and obligations?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "standing-and-continuity-assessment-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": [ "This is a recall-based description; no sources were consulted.", "Verify the exact legal form, corporate registration identifier, founding instruments and current governance structure.", "Check current federation rules for membership, team selection, record ratification and the domestic application of international rules." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-confidence-notes-q01", "text": "Which of these check these first hold for the sense of Japan Association of Athletics Federations 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": "Organizational abbreviation", "value_or_pattern": "JAAF", "note": "Abbreviation of the federation's English name." }, { "scheme": "Japanese organizational name", "value_or_pattern": "日本陸上競技連盟", "note": "Japanese name of the federation, commonly shortened to 日本陸連." } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-identifiers-q01", "text": "Which of these identifiers and schemes hold for the sense of Japan Association of Athletics Federations this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-standards-and-regulation", "name": "Standards and regulation", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "World Athletics Competition and Technical Rules, issued by World Athletics.", "World Anti-Doping Code, issued by the World Anti-Doping Agency.", "Domestic athletics competition rules issued by JAAF." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-standards-and-regulation-q01", "text": "Which of these standards and regulation hold for the sense of Japan Association of Athletics Federations 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": [ "Organizing national athletics championships.", "Selecting Japanese representative teams for international athletics competitions.", "Administering athlete registration and recognition of national athletics records.", "Supporting athlete, coach and competition-official development." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-real-world-use-q01", "text": "Which of these real-world use hold for the sense of Japan Association of Athletics Federations 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": [ "Disputed selection decisions when eligibility criteria or selection procedures are unclear or inconsistently applied.", "Failures in safeguarding athletes against abuse or harassment.", "Anti-doping failures affecting athlete eligibility and competition integrity.", "Officiating or record-verification errors affecting results and record recognition." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards-q01", "text": "Which of these failure modes and hazards hold for the sense of Japan Association of Athletics Federations 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": [ "Its national remit operates through a domestic structure that includes prefectural athletics associations." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-regional-variation-q01", "text": "Which of these regional variation hold for the sense of Japan Association of Athletics Federations 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": "World Athletics", "difference": "World Athletics governs athletics internationally; JAAF governs the sport within Japan." }, { "name": "Asian Athletics Association", "difference": "The Asian Athletics Association serves the continental level; JAAF is a national federation." }, { "name": "Japanese Olympic Committee", "difference": "The Japanese Olympic Committee has a multisport Olympic remit; JAAF specializes in athletics." } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-neighbours-q01", "text": "Which of these 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