{ "vercy": "1.0-draft", "publication": { "status": "research-draft", "adjudicationStatus": "unreviewed", "publishableCanonical": false, "generatedAt": "2026-09-12T09:49:33Z", "providers": [ "Codex" ], "breadth": "recalled by Codex without web access - no source was read", "missingProviders": [], "pass": 2, "cost": { "grok": { "seconds": 22.4, "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: 01a09504-7972-7af0-849a-b6bffef6c4b7\n--------\nuser\nDescribe what is already known about one registered thing. Answer as JSON only, no prose around it.\n\nThing: foot rot\nSense to describe: (none recorded)\nDomain code: XCT.STA\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": 80.0, "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: 01a09504-7966-7451-b4eb-4e9aadd2cf6d\n--------\nuser\nYou are drafting a Vercy meta-model for one registered thing. Answer as JSON only, no prose around it.\n\nThing: foot rot\nRegistry id: vr.tr.foot-rot\nPlane / domain: XCT / XCT.STA\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": "2026-10-06T08:54:40+00:00", "fields": [ "agent_conduct", "ethics", "failure_modes_and_hazards", "owners", "visual_identification" ] }, "gate": { "passed": true, "version": "1.0", "at": "2026-10-09T07:30:00+00:00", "evidence": [ "completeness 1.00", "sense: Wikidata description", "2 live sources", "review by codex: pass" ] } }, "metaModel": { "id": "THING-Q1942000", "registryId": "vr.tr.foot-rot", "name": "foot rot", "version": "0.1.0-research.1", "entryKind": "thing", "family": "Thing Registry", "domain": [ "XCT.STA" ], "status": "research-draft" }, "canonicalUrl": "https://ver.cy/models/thing/q1942000/", "model": { "registry_id": "vr.tr.foot-rot", "name": "foot rot", "purpose": "Enable an agent to recognise suspected foot rot, record host-specific diagnostic evidence and disease severity, and identify appropriate veterinary assessment and infection-control decisions.", "definition": "Foot rot is a common name for infectious diseases of the feet of hoofed livestock, especially sheep and cattle, involving inflammation and tissue damage around or beneath the hoof and typically causing lameness.", "scope_statement": "This draft models vr.tr.foot-rot as an infectious hoof or interdigital disease state in livestock, provisionally accommodating species-specific uses of the name while keeping their diagnostic criteria distinct; the registry's intended biological scope remains unresolved.", "in_scope": [ "Host species and the veterinary meaning of foot rot applied to that host", "Affected feet, interdigital lesions, hoof-horn involvement and locomotor impairment", "Clinical suspicion, differential diagnosis and microbiological evidence", "Animal contacts, environmental exposure and flock or herd occurrence", "Veterinary management, reassessment, recurrence and evidence for clearance" ], "out_of_scope": [ "General hoof anatomy and routine husbandry unrelated to foot rot", "Complete organism models for implicated bacteria", "Other causes of lameness, except as differential diagnoses", "Human fungal foot infections and plant diseases called foot rot", "Drug manufacture, prescribing systems and general antimicrobial policy", "Whole-farm economics beyond losses attributable to the recorded disease episode" ], "distinguishing_features": [ "Require host species and an explicit case definition: contagious ovine footrot and bovine foot rot must not be treated as interchangeable diagnoses.", "In sheep, assess interdigital disease and separation of hoof horn together with evidence concerning Dichelobacter nodosus; lameness alone does not establish footrot. [MSD Veterinary Manual](https://www.msdvetmanual.com/musculoskeletal-system/lameness-in-sheep/contagious-footrot-in-sheep)", "For the bovine interpretation, assess an acute infection of the foot's soft tissues rather than automatically applying ovine horn-underrunning criteria. [MSD Veterinary Manual](https://www.msdvetmanual.com/musculoskeletal-system/lameness-in-cattle/lameness-originating-in-the-hoof-in-cattle?ruleredirectid=458mredirectid%3D1611)", "Record the anatomical origin and extent of lesions to distinguish suspected foot rot from digital dermatitis, sole injury, abscess and other hoof disorders.", "Separate organism detection, clinically expressed disease and inferred infectiousness; none should silently substitute for another." ], "characteristics": [ { "name": "Host and disease interpretation", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "Host species plus named veterinary case definition; unresolved interpretation permitted", "why_it_matters": "Determines which lesion criteria, pathogen interpretations and control evidence apply." }, { "name": "Diagnostic confidence", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "Suspected, supported, confirmed under named criteria, excluded or unresolved", "why_it_matters": "Prevents provisional labels from becoming unsupported established diagnoses." }, { "name": "Foot-level lesion distribution", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "Animal linked to identified feet, claws and affected anatomical sites", "why_it_matters": "Supports differential diagnosis and comparison of the same lesions over time." }, { "name": "Lesion severity", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Score with named species-appropriate scale, version and examination date", "why_it_matters": "Makes progression assessable without conflating incompatible scoring systems." }, { "name": "Locomotor impairment", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Lameness score with named scale; weight-bearing and feeding-access observations", "why_it_matters": "Captures welfare effects that may differ from visible lesion severity." }, { "name": "Microbiological evidence", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "Specimen linked to foot, date, test method, organism or target, result and laboratory interpretation", "why_it_matters": "Makes pathogen and virulence claims traceable to actual tests." }, { "name": "Exposure conditions", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "Observed moisture, ground condition, housing, mixing and animal introductions; dates and unknowns recorded", "why_it_matters": "Supports investigation of disease occurrence without asserting an unproven source." }, { "name": "Group disease frequency", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Affected animals divided by examined or at-risk animals, with case definition and time window", "why_it_matters": "Distinguishes isolated cases from wider disease occurrence." }, { "name": "Episode outcome", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "Active, improving, clinically resolved, persistent, recurrent or follow-up unknown", "why_it_matters": "Separates observed recovery from claims of infection clearance." } ], "affordances": [ "Organise foot examinations and evidence into a host-specific suspected-case assessment.", "Identify missing observations and competing diagnoses for veterinary review.", "Compare lesion and locomotion findings across reassessments.", "Map affected animals to contact groups and potentially relevant exposures.", "Track veterinarian-directed treatment and control measures against recorded outcomes.", "Flag unsupported claims of cure, source attribution or flock freedom." ], "agent_conduct": { "may": [ "Describe the signs of foot rot in livestock and when to call a veterinarian.", "Record lameness scores and treatment history for a flock or herd on the keeper's instruction.", "Report a suspected notifiable disease to the competent animal health authority." ], "must_not": [ "Diagnose or treat an animal, or administer antimicrobials, without veterinary direction.", "Advise leaving a lame animal untreated or moving it in a way that causes it pain.", "Recommend antibiotic use that breaches withdrawal periods or prudent-use rules.", "Help conceal a disease outbreak from buyers or animal health authorities." ], "requires_human": [ "Any treatment, culling or movement decision for affected animals.", "Notifying authorities of a suspected outbreak." ] }, "ethics": { "considerations": [ "Lameness is painful and prolonged; delay is a welfare failure the animal cannot escape.", "Antimicrobial overuse in livestock drives resistance that affects people and animals.", "Outbreaks hit smallholders' livelihoods hardest." ], "affected_parties": [ "Affected animals", "Livestock keepers and workers", "Consumers of meat and milk" ] }, "owners": { "steward": "The livestock keeper, with the attending veterinarian; animal health authorities oversee outbreaks.", "master_systems": [ "National animal health and holding registers" ] }, "visual_identification": [ "Sudden lameness in one or more feet of sheep, cattle or other hoofed livestock.", "Swelling, reddening and separation of tissue around or between the hooves.", "A foul smell and discharge from the affected foot." ], "failure_modes_and_hazards": [ "Prolonged pain and loss of condition in untreated animals.", "Spread through a flock or herd in wet, crowded conditions.", "Antimicrobial resistance from repeated blanket treatment." ], "what_it_is_for": [ "Foot rot is encountered in livestock husbandry and veterinary practice as an infectious cause of hoof damage and lameness.", "The term supports assessment of animal welfare and herd or flock health, although the disease mechanisms and diagnostic criteria differ between host species." ], "standards_and_regulation": [ "Council Directive 98/58/EC, issued by the Council of the European Union, requires appropriate care for farmed animals appearing ill or injured and veterinary advice when they do not respond to that care." ] }, "sources": [ { "id": "wikidata", "title": "Wikidata item Q1942000: foot rot", "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1942000", "url_status": "live", "what_it_supports": "identity and sense of the item", "checked_by": "wikidata-api" }, { "id": "wikipedia-en", "title": "Wikipedia: Interdigital necrobacillosis", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interdigital_necrobacillosis", "url_status": "live", "what_it_supports": "general description of the item", "checked_by": "wikidata-api sitelink" } ], "structure": { "bundles": [ { "id": "host-specific-disease-identity", "name": "Host-specific disease identity", "description": "Establish what foot rot means in the recorded animal and which diagnostic boundaries apply.", "rationale": "The common name spans veterinary contexts that require separate interpretation within this registry entry.", "layers": [ { "id": "host-and-case-definition", "name": "Host and case definition", "description": "Bind each disease assertion to a host and an explicit diagnostic convention.", "findings": [ { "id": "applicable-foot-rot-concept", "name": "Applicable foot rot concept", "description": "Record the species, terminology source and criteria being used, including unresolved ambiguity.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which host species and veterinary case definition does this foot rot assertion concern?", "kind": "definition", "id": "applicable-foot-rot-concept-q01" }, { "text": "Who assigned the diagnosis, and which examination or reference supports that usage?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "applicable-foot-rot-concept-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "neighbouring-hoof-disorders", "name": "Neighbouring hoof disorders", "description": "Test the diagnosis against other explanations for the observed foot lesions.", "findings": [ { "id": "differential-boundaries", "name": "Differential boundaries", "description": "Maintain explicit distinctions from interdigital dermatitis, digital dermatitis, traumatic lesions, abscesses and other causes of lameness.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which lesion locations and examination findings support foot rot over each plausible competing diagnosis?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "differential-boundaries-q01" }, { "text": "Could more than one hoof disorder be present, and what further examination would separate their contributions?", "kind": "action", "id": "differential-boundaries-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "foot-lesions-and-welfare", "name": "Foot lesions and welfare", "description": "Describe the anatomical disease state and its consequences for the animal.", "rationale": "A disease label alone cannot establish tissue involvement, functional impairment or urgency.", "layers": [ { "id": "anatomical-lesion-map", "name": "Anatomical lesion map", "description": "Locate and characterise lesions independently for each examined foot.", "findings": [ { "id": "interdigital-and-horn-involvement", "name": "Interdigital and horn involvement", "description": "Record interdigital skin changes, swelling, discharge and any hoof-horn separation without assuming all are present.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which feet, claws and tissue sites are affected, and which were examined and found unaffected?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "interdigital-and-horn-involvement-q01" }, { "text": "What lesion extent or score was recorded, using which scale and examination method?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "interdigital-and-horn-involvement-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "functional-impact-and-course", "name": "Functional impact and course", "description": "Track locomotion, welfare and change from the animal's previous state.", "findings": [ { "id": "lameness-and-deterioration", "name": "Lameness and deterioration", "description": "Connect dated lesion observations to weight-bearing, mobility, feeding access and signs requiring prompt reassessment.", "questions": [ { "text": "How have weight-bearing, locomotion and access to feed or water changed since onset?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "lameness-and-deterioration-q01" }, { "text": "Which observed signs meet the attending veterinarian's criteria for urgent assessment or escalation?", "kind": "action", "id": "lameness-and-deterioration-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "pathogen-and-diagnostic-evidence", "name": "Pathogen and diagnostic evidence", "description": "Separate clinical interpretation from specimen results and pathogen characterisation.", "rationale": "Foot rot assessment depends on evidence whose meaning varies by host, sampling method and disease expression.", "layers": [ { "id": "specimen-to-result-traceability", "name": "Specimen-to-result traceability", "description": "Make laboratory evidence attributable to particular animals, sites and sampling conditions.", "findings": [ { "id": "interpretable-pathogen-result", "name": "Interpretable pathogen result", "description": "Preserve specimen identity, collection timing, prior interventions, assay target and laboratory limitations.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which animal and foot supplied each specimen, and when was it collected relative to treatment?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "interpretable-pathogen-result-q01" }, { "text": "What did the test detect, and what does the laboratory say a positive or negative result can establish?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "interpretable-pathogen-result-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "ovine-virulence-interpretation", "name": "Ovine virulence interpretation", "description": "Handle distinctions between pathogen detection, strain evidence and expressed disease in sheep.", "findings": [ { "id": "virulence-evidence-and-expression", "name": "Virulence evidence and expression", "description": "For sheep, D. nodosus virulence can be investigated using laboratory methods; preserve the method and interpretation alongside clinical findings. [MSD Veterinary Manual](https://www.msdvetmanual.com/musculoskeletal-system/lameness-in-sheep/contagious-footrot-in-sheep)", "questions": [ { "text": "Was a virulence classification established, by which method and under which interpretive criteria?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "virulence-evidence-and-expression-q01" }, { "text": "How does that classification relate to observed lesions, and what uncertainty remains if clinical and laboratory evidence differ?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "virulence-evidence-and-expression-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "transmission-and-group-occurrence", "name": "Transmission and group occurrence", "description": "Relate cases to contacts, environmental conditions and the population under observation.", "rationale": "Animal-level findings must support group control without turning association into a proven transmission chain.", "layers": [ { "id": "contact-and-environment-history", "name": "Contact and environment history", "description": "Record animal movements, shared spaces and conditions preceding disease detection.", "findings": [ { "id": "plausible-exposure-pathways", "name": "Plausible exposure pathways", "description": "Represent suspected introductions and shared exposures as hypotheses with dates and supporting observations.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which introductions, mixing events or shared paddocks and housing preceded the observed cases?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "plausible-exposure-pathways-q01" }, { "text": "What evidence supports each proposed exposure pathway, and which links remain unverified?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "plausible-exposure-pathways-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "flock-or-herd-surveillance", "name": "Flock or herd surveillance", "description": "Interpret case counts in relation to examination coverage and surveillance conditions.", "findings": [ { "id": "group-burden-and-detection-gaps", "name": "Group burden and detection gaps", "description": "Record affected animals, denominator, case definition and unsampled groups separately from disease-free claims.", "questions": [ { "text": "How many animals met the stated case definition among those examined or at risk during the reporting period?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "group-burden-and-detection-gaps-q01" }, { "text": "Which animals, feet or time periods were not assessed, and how do those gaps limit conclusions about group status?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "group-burden-and-detection-gaps-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "management-and-resolution", "name": "Management and resolution", "description": "Connect authorised interventions to follow-up evidence and explicit outcome criteria.", "rationale": "Clinical improvement, recurrence prevention and infection clearance require different observations and decisions.", "layers": [ { "id": "veterinary-management-plan", "name": "Veterinary management plan", "description": "Record the rationale and authority for animal care and group control measures.", "findings": [ { "id": "case-and-group-actions", "name": "Case and group actions", "description": "Link prescribed care, handling, separation and environmental measures to the host-specific assessment.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which interventions has the veterinarian specified for this animal and its contact group, and on what evidence?", "kind": "action", "id": "case-and-group-actions-q01" }, { "text": "What reassessment timing, treatment constraints or locally applicable movement requirements govern the plan?", "kind": "action", "id": "case-and-group-actions-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "recovery-recurrence-and-clearance", "name": "Recovery, recurrence and clearance", "description": "Evaluate outcomes without treating disappearance of lameness as proof of pathogen elimination.", "findings": [ { "id": "supported-resolution-status", "name": "Supported resolution status", "description": "Distinguish lesion healing, functional recovery, persistent disease, repeat episodes and evidence supporting infection clearance.", "questions": [ { "text": "What repeat examination or testing supports the recorded recovery or clearance status?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "supported-resolution-status-q01" }, { "text": "If disease returns, what evidence distinguishes persistence, relapse, reinfection or an initially incorrect diagnosis?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "supported-resolution-status-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": [ "No sense is recorded: confirm whether the registry intends livestock disease or a plant disease.", "Sheep and cattle foot rot differ in aetiology and disease behaviour and should not be treated as one uniform infection.", "Benign versus virulent ovine classifications, diagnostic scoring systems and applicable control rules require jurisdiction-specific verification." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-confidence-notes-q01", "text": "Which of these check these first hold for the sense of foot rot 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": [ "Ovine footrot, associated principally with Dichelobacter nodosus", "Benign ovine footrot", "Virulent ovine footrot", "Bovine foot rot, also called interdigital necrobacillosis" ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-kinds-q01", "text": "Which of these kinds and varieties hold for the sense of foot rot 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": [ "Veterinary diagnosis and investigation of livestock lameness", "Flock and herd health surveillance", "Livestock movement and biosecurity assessment", "Assessment of animal welfare and production losses" ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-real-world-use-q01", "text": "Which of these real-world use hold for the sense of foot rot 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 of affected animals in a flock or herd", "typical_range": "Population-dependent; no universal typical range", "unit": "%" } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-measurements-q01", "text": "Which of these typical measurements hold for the sense of foot rot 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": [ "Pain and lameness can impair grazing, feeding and normal movement.", "Severe ovine disease can separate hoof horn from underlying tissue.", "Affected or carrier animals can introduce ovine footrot into susceptible flocks.", "Wet conditions and damaged interdigital skin can favour disease development.", "Confusion with other causes of lameness can delay appropriate diagnosis." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards-q01", "text": "Which of these failure modes and hazards hold for the sense of foot rot 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": [ "Definitions and regulatory treatment of benign and virulent ovine footrot vary between jurisdictions.", "Disease occurrence and seasonal expression depend partly on moisture, temperature and husbandry." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-regional-variation-q01", "text": "Which of these regional variation hold for the sense of foot rot 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": "Interdigital dermatitis", "difference": "Inflammation may remain confined to interdigital skin; established ovine footrot can extend beneath and separate hoof horn, although early presentations overlap." }, { "name": "Digital dermatitis", "difference": "A distinct infectious skin disease, particularly of cattle, commonly associated with treponemes and characteristic lesions near the heel." }, { "name": "Contagious ovine digital dermatitis", "difference": "A distinct sheep hoof disease whose lesions typically begin at the coronary band, rather than the interdigital origin characteristic of footrot." }, { "name": "Foot-and-mouth disease", "difference": "A viral disease producing vesicular lesions that may involve the mouth and feet; foot rot is a local bacterial disease of the foot." }, { "name": "Plant foot rot", "difference": "The same common name is also used for diseases affecting basal plant tissues; host and anatomical site separate this usage from livestock foot rot." } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-neighbours-q01", "text": "Which of these neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart hold for the sense of foot rot this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] } ] } ] } ] }, "openQuestions": [ "Does vr.tr.foot-rot denote contagious footrot of sheep and goats, bovine foot rot, or a broader livestock disease concept?", "Which host-specific case definitions and lesion-scoring systems should anchor this model, and how do regional uses of benign footrot and interdigital dermatitis differ?", "What evidence is required to reconcile pathogen detection or virulence results with absent, mild or atypical clinical lesions?", "Which surveillance conditions and follow-up periods justify animal-level clearance or flock-level freedom in each applicable veterinary setting?", "Does an existing Vercy world model already cover this disease concept, requiring this registry entry to link to that publication?" ], "statistics": { "bundles": 6, "layers": 11, "findings": 17, "questions": 27 } }