{ "vercy": "1.0-draft", "publication": { "status": "research-draft", "adjudicationStatus": "unreviewed", "publishableCanonical": false, "generatedAt": "2026-09-12T11:35:00Z", "providers": [ "Codex" ], "breadth": "recalled by Codex without web access - no source was read", "missingProviders": [], "pass": 2, "cost": { "grok": { "seconds": 19.5, "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: 01a09565-5668-7941-87f0-a30e11fe4308\n--------\nuser\nDescribe what is already known about one registered thing. 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"registry_id": "vr.tr.nigeria-national-under-23-football-team", "name": "Nigeria national under-23 football team", "purpose": "Enable an AI agent to recognise Nigeria's national under-23 football team, assess its competition-specific readiness and eligibility, and identify actions permitted by its governing authorities.", "definition": "The Nigeria national under-23 football team is the men's age-restricted national association football representative side administered by the Nigeria Football Federation for under-23 international competition and the men's Olympic football pathway.", "scope_statement": "This model owns the continuing identity, mandate, delegated authority, squad formation, competition participation and operational state of Nigeria's national under-23 football team, distinguishing the team from individual squads and the football association that administers it.", "in_scope": [ "Identity as Nigeria's national under-23 representative football team", "Relationship to the national football association and delegated team leadership", "Competition-specific age eligibility, exceptions and player selection", "Squads, coaching appointments and preparation for particular campaigns", "Entry, qualification, fixtures and results attributed to this team", "Continuity across squad turnover, coaching changes and inactive periods" ], "out_of_scope": [ "Governance and finances of Nigeria's football association beyond authority delegated to this team", "Nigeria's senior and other age-group national teams as separate representative units", "Players' complete biographies, club careers and private medical records", "Tournament administration and regulations except where they constrain this team", "Ownership and management of stadiums or training facilities", "Supporter organisations, commercial brands and media narratives as independent entities" ], "distinguishing_features": [ "Represents Nigeria at national-team level rather than a Nigerian club, academy or regional selection.", "Has an under-23 representative mandate; a youthful senior-team lineup does not establish this identity.", "Persists across successive selected squads rather than denoting only the players registered for one tournament.", "An Olympic or other competition-specific designation requires evidence linking that delegation to this continuing team.", "Eligibility is evaluated under the relevant competition's dated rules; the under-23 label alone does not establish whether a particular player may participate." ], "characteristics": [ { "name": "Registry identity", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "vr.tr.nigeria-national-under-23-football-team", "why_it_matters": "Anchors references to the registered thing despite changes in names, staff or squads." }, { "name": "Represented country", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "Nigeria", "why_it_matters": "Distinguishes the national representative unit from club and regional teams." }, { "name": "Representative classification", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "Under-23; official sex category and competition designation to be verified", "why_it_matters": "Controls comparison with neighbouring national-team identities." }, { "name": "Administrative authority", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "Verified administering association and documented delegated officials", "why_it_matters": "Identifies who may appoint staff, select players and submit competition entries." }, { "name": "Eligibility reference date", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Competition-specific calendar date or birth-date cutoff", "why_it_matters": "Allows age eligibility to be assessed without assuming that age on match day is decisive." }, { "name": "Over-age allowance", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Number of permitted exceptions, with competition and stage applicability; unknown until verified", "why_it_matters": "Prevents exceptions allowed in one event from being applied to another." }, { "name": "Campaign participation state", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "Unverified, preparing, entered, qualifying, qualified, eliminated, withdrawn, completed", "why_it_matters": "Determines which preparation and participation actions remain relevant." }, { "name": "Squad membership status", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "Player linked to dated provisional, selected, registered, reserve, replaced or released status", "why_it_matters": "Separates announced selections from the players authorised to participate." }, { "name": "Operational activity", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "Camp active, competition active, between campaigns, formally suspended, formally discontinued, unknown", "why_it_matters": "Distinguishes temporary inactivity from a documented loss of institutional continuity." } ], "affordances": [ "Resolve team names and campaign labels against the registry identity using official evidence.", "Assess a proposed squad against the eligibility rules for a specified competition and stage.", "Identify the authorised decision-maker for selection, registration or squad replacement.", "Track qualification and preparation dependencies for a dated campaign.", "Attribute fixtures and results to the correct team and squad context.", "Flag missing evidence or unresolved eligibility before recommending a participation action." ], "agent_conduct": { "may": [ "Report fixtures, squads and results from the federation's and confederation's official sources.", "Describe the team's history in age-group and Olympic football." ], "must_not": [ "Accuse named players of age falsification or doping without official findings.", "Publish players' personal, medical or passport data.", "Impersonate the federation or scouts to contact young players or their families.", "Promote betting or fixing involving the team." ], "requires_human": [ "Contacting players or their families for trials, transfers or representation." ] }, "ethics": { "considerations": [ "Young players can be exploited by fake agents and trafficking schemes.", "Age-group football has faced age fraud concerns that harm honest players." ], "affected_parties": [ "Young players", "Their families", "Coaches and fans" ] }, "owners": { "steward": "The national football federation that administers the team.", "master_systems": [] }, "failure_modes_and_hazards": [ "Fake agents and trial scams target aspiring young footballers.", "Age fraud undermines fair competition." ], "standards_and_regulation": [ "FIFA Statutes and Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players, Federation Internationale de Football Association." ], "what_it_is_for": [ "The team represents Nigeria in men's age-restricted international football and the Olympic qualification pathway.", "Its squad lists and competition records support eligibility checks, match planning and performance analysis.", "Age cutoffs and any over-age allowances depend on the specific competition and edition." ], "visual_identification": [ "Nigeria's national colours and federation crest on playing kit indicate national affiliation but are shared with other national squads.", "Official match graphics identifying Nigeria and the under-23 competition distinguish the side from senior and other youth teams.", "Player names and shirt numbers matched to the official match squad provide stronger identification than kit appearance alone." ] }, "sources": [ { "id": "wikidata", "title": "Wikidata item Q2069554: Nigeria national under-23 football team", "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2069554", "url_status": "live", "what_it_supports": "identity and sense of the item", "checked_by": "wikidata-api" }, { "id": "wikipedia-en", "title": "Wikipedia: Nigeria national under-23 football team", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigeria_national_under-23_football_team", "url_status": "live", "what_it_supports": "general description of the item", "checked_by": "wikidata-api sitelink" } ], "structure": { "bundles": [ { "id": "representative-identity-and-continuity", "name": "Representative identity and continuity", "description": "Establishes which Nigerian representative team this entry denotes and how its identity persists between campaigns.", "rationale": "Age-group, Olympic and senior-team labels can overlap in reporting without necessarily identifying the same institutional unit.", "layers": [ { "id": "official-designation-and-boundaries", "name": "Official designation and boundaries", "description": "Separates the registered team from adjacent Nigerian national selections and informal names.", "findings": [ { "id": "designation-evidence", "name": "Designation evidence", "description": "Record authoritative names, representative category and evidence linking alternative labels to this team.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which official records establish the team's name, sex category and under-23 representative mandate?", "kind": "definition", "id": "designation-evidence-q01" }, { "text": "When a source calls a Nigerian side the Olympic team, what evidence establishes whether it refers to this team or a distinct delegation?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "designation-evidence-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "continuity-between-campaigns", "name": "Continuity between campaigns", "description": "Distinguishes the standing representative identity from temporary rosters and periods without fixtures.", "findings": [ { "id": "team-versus-campaign", "name": "Team versus campaign", "description": "Attach squads and campaigns to the continuing team while requiring evidence for suspension or discontinuation.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which records connect successive Nigerian under-23 squads to the same representative team?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "team-versus-campaign-q01" }, { "text": "What official decision would establish suspension or discontinuation rather than an interval between campaigns?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "team-versus-campaign-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "mandate-and-selection-authority", "name": "Mandate and selection authority", "description": "Maps responsibility for administering Nigeria's under-23 team and making binding team decisions.", "rationale": "The team's sporting identity does not itself establish separate legal personality or authority to appoint, select or enter competitions.", "layers": [ { "id": "association-accountability", "name": "Association accountability", "description": "Establishes the administering body and the team's position within its representative football responsibilities.", "findings": [ { "id": "administrative-mandate", "name": "Administrative mandate", "description": "Record the verified association relationship and any distinct authority involved in Olympic participation.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which official instrument or association record assigns responsibility for Nigeria's under-23 team?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "administrative-mandate-q01" }, { "text": "For an Olympic campaign, how are responsibilities divided between the football association and Nigeria's Olympic delegation authorities?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "administrative-mandate-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "delegated-team-decisions", "name": "Delegated team decisions", "description": "Identifies who can make and approve personnel and participation decisions for a dated campaign.", "findings": [ { "id": "appointment-and-approval-rights", "name": "Appointment and approval rights", "description": "Record appointment periods and distinguish coaching recommendations from formal selection and registration approvals.", "questions": [ { "text": "Who currently holds documented authority to appoint coaches, approve selections and submit the team's competition roster?", "kind": "action", "id": "appointment-and-approval-rights-q01" }, { "text": "Which dated appointment or delegation records establish the limits and duration of those powers?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "appointment-and-approval-rights-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "eligibility-and-squad-formation", "name": "Eligibility and squad formation", "description": "Connects player selection to the precise rules and practical availability constraints of each under-23 campaign.", "rationale": "An under-23 designation cannot substitute for birth-date cutoffs, national representation rules, exception limits or confirmed player availability.", "layers": [ { "id": "competition-specific-eligibility", "name": "Competition-specific eligibility", "description": "Records the applicable rule edition and the evidence needed to assess each proposed participant.", "findings": [ { "id": "age-and-representation-conditions", "name": "Age and representation conditions", "description": "Treat age limits, any over-age exceptions and national-team eligibility as separate conditions requiring verification.", "questions": [ { "text": "What birth-date cutoff and any over-age allowance apply to Nigeria at this competition stage?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "age-and-representation-conditions-q01" }, { "text": "What evidence establishes each proposed player's eligibility to represent Nigeria under the applicable rules?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "age-and-representation-conditions-q02" }, { "text": "Do qualification and final-tournament rules differ in a way that changes which selected players may participate?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "age-and-representation-conditions-q03" } ] } ] }, { "id": "selection-registration-and-availability", "name": "Selection, registration and availability", "description": "Tracks the transition from a proposed squad to a registered and available group.", "findings": [ { "id": "usable-squad", "name": "Usable squad", "description": "Distinguish call-ups, confirmed availability, accepted registrations and authorised replacements.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which players are merely called up, which are available and which have accepted competition registrations?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "usable-squad-q01" }, { "text": "What release, travel or registration dependencies remain unresolved for the selected squad?", "kind": "action", "id": "usable-squad-q02" }, { "text": "Who may approve a replacement, and what deadline and evidence apply?", "kind": "action", "id": "usable-squad-q03" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "campaign-state-and-sporting-record", "name": "Campaign state and sporting record", "description": "Places preparation, fixtures and results within identifiable campaigns of Nigeria's under-23 team.", "rationale": "An agent needs dated competition context to judge readiness, determine remaining actions and avoid attributing another Nigerian selection's results to this team.", "layers": [ { "id": "entry-and-preparation", "name": "Entry and preparation", "description": "Connects verified competition entry and qualification status to immediate preparation needs.", "findings": [ { "id": "campaign-readiness", "name": "Campaign readiness", "description": "Record the team's evidenced participation state and outstanding dependencies for its next scheduled activity.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which organiser records establish Nigeria's entry, qualification stage and next fixture in this campaign?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "campaign-readiness-q01" }, { "text": "Which confirmed gaps in squad availability, coaching coverage, travel or registration affect readiness for that fixture?", "kind": "action", "id": "campaign-readiness-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "result-attribution-and-consequences", "name": "Result attribution and consequences", "description": "Maintains a sourced sporting record with enough context to determine what each result means.", "findings": [ { "id": "verified-campaign-outcomes", "name": "Verified campaign outcomes", "description": "Associate match outcomes with the correct representative identity, competition stage and any subsequent official ruling.", "questions": [ { "text": "Does the official match record identify Nigeria's under-23 team, and which campaign and registered squad does it concern?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "verified-campaign-outcomes-q01" }, { "text": "What official result or later ruling determines advancement, elimination or final placement?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "verified-campaign-outcomes-q02" }, { "text": "What participation or preparation action follows from that verified outcome?", "kind": "action", "id": "verified-campaign-outcomes-q03" } ] } ] } ] }, { "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 description is based on recall, without source consultation.", "Check the regulations for the relevant tournament edition before specifying birth-date cutoffs, over-age allowances or Olympic qualification arrangements.", "Do not assume the team has separate legal personality, a corporate registration identifier or a founding instrument distinct from its administering federation." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-confidence-notes-q01", "text": "Which of these check these first hold for the sense of Nigeria national under-23 football team 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": "FIFA three-letter association code", "value_or_pattern": "NGA", "note": "Identifies Nigeria in football competition contexts; it is not a unique identifier for the under-23 team." } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-identifiers-q01", "text": "Which of these identifiers and schemes hold for the sense of Nigeria national under-23 football team 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": [ "The IFAB Laws of the Game govern play.", "FIFA regulations for the men's Olympic football tournament define eligibility, including the birth-date cutoff and permitted over-age players.", "CAF U-23 Africa Cup of Nations regulations govern participation and eligibility in that competition." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-standards-and-regulation-q01", "text": "Which of these standards and regulation hold for the sense of Nigeria national under-23 football team 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": [ "Representing Nigeria in African under-23 international competition.", "Competing for qualification to the men's Olympic football tournament.", "Providing players with international experience between youth and senior national-team football." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-real-world-use-q01", "text": "Which of these real-world use hold for the sense of Nigeria national under-23 football team 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": [ "Fielding an ineligible player can lead to disciplinary sanctions under the applicable competition rules.", "Club release restrictions and scheduling conflicts can limit player availability.", "Player injuries can affect selection and tournament participation.", "Confusing Olympic eligibility with a strict age limit on match day can produce incorrect roster assessments." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards-q01", "text": "Which of these failure modes and hazards hold for the sense of Nigeria national under-23 football team 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": [ "Nigeria participates through CAF, whose qualification arrangements determine the African route to the Olympic tournament.", "African under-23 competition eligibility and Olympic finals eligibility must be checked separately; Olympic over-age allowances do not automatically apply to qualifying competitions." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-regional-variation-q01", "text": "Which of these regional variation hold for the sense of Nigeria national under-23 football team 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": "Nigeria senior men's national football team", "difference": "The senior side has no under-23 age restriction and represents Nigeria in senior international competitions." }, { "name": "Nigeria national under-20 football team", "difference": "It serves a younger eligibility category and competes in under-20 competitions." }, { "name": "Nigeria Football Federation", "difference": "The federation administers national teams; it is the governing organisation rather than the selected playing side." }, { "name": "Nigeria men's Olympic football team", "difference": "This is the closely overlapping Olympic competition designation, whose squad may include permitted over-age players; it should not automatically be treated as a separate organisation." } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-neighbours-q01", "text": "Which of these neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart hold for the sense of Nigeria national under-23 football team this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] } ] } ] } ] }, "openQuestions": [ "Does an existing Vercy world model already cover this representative team, requiring a registry link instead of a separate publication?", "Which authoritative records establish the official name, sex category, administrative mandate and relationship between under-23 and Olympic-team designations?", "Does the team have any separate legal status, or is it exclusively a representative unit of its administering association?", "What are the latest verified coaching appointments, active campaign and squad-registration state?", "Which historical results and honours can be attributed to this continuing team after checking contemporary competition categories and eligibility rules?" ], "statistics": { "bundles": 5, "layers": 9, "findings": 15, "questions": 26 } }