{
  "vercy": "1.0-draft",
  "publication": {
    "status": "research-draft",
    "adjudicationStatus": "unreviewed",
    "publishableCanonical": false,
    "generatedAt": "2026-09-13T14:57:12Z",
    "providers": [
      "Claude"
    ],
    "breadth": "written by Claude from model knowledge without web access - no source was read, every claim is a lead to verify",
    "pass": 2,
    "wave": 4,
    "engine": "claude",
    "enrichment": {
      "pass": 3,
      "engine": "claude",
      "producedAt": "2026-10-06T11:00:00Z",
      "ingestedAt": "2026-10-06T07:34:19+00:00",
      "fields": [
        "agent_conduct",
        "ethics",
        "owners"
      ]
    }
  },
  "metaModel": {
    "id": "THING-Q2824644",
    "registryId": "vr.tr.administrative-territorial-entity-of-colombia",
    "name": "administrative territorial entity of Colombia",
    "version": "0.2.0-wave.4",
    "entryKind": "thing",
    "family": "Thing Registry",
    "domain": [
      "PHY.PLC"
    ],
    "status": "research-draft"
  },
  "canonicalUrl": "https://ver.cy/models/thing/q2824644/",
  "model": {
    "registry_id": "vr.tr.administrative-territorial-entity-of-colombia",
    "name": "administrative territorial entity of Colombia",
    "purpose": "Let an agent explain the administrative divisions of Colombia, relay the hierarchy of departments, districts, municipalities, subregions, localities and neighbourhoods from official sources, describe the units the registry aliases name, and distinguish administrative divisions from planning regions, indigenous reserves and electoral districts.",
    "definition": "Any of the administrative territorial units of Colombia, a unitary republic divided into 32 departments and the Capital District of Bogota, subdivided into municipalities and districts, with subregions grouping municipalities within departments, and municipalities divided into localities, as in Bogota and Barranquilla, and further into neighbourhoods; the hierarchy is set by the 1991 constitution and municipal law.",
    "what_it_is_for": "Organising Colombian territory for government.",
    "affordances": [
      "explain the hierarchy",
      "relay official structure",
      "describe unit types",
      "distinguish related divisions"
    ],
    "distinguishing_features": [
      "Unitary state",
      "Departments and municipalities",
      "Special districts",
      "Sub-municipal localities"
    ],
    "appearance": "Not a visible object; administrative areas on a map.",
    "visual_identification": [
      "Territorial unit of Colombia",
      "Department, district, municipality, subregion, locality of Barranquilla, neighbourhood",
      "Planning regions are for development; indigenous reserves are territorial entities of their own; electoral districts elect"
    ],
    "physical_properties": [
      {
        "quantity": "departments",
        "typical_range": "32",
        "unit": "count",
        "note": "plus Bogota Capital District"
      },
      {
        "quantity": "municipalities",
        "typical_range": "about 1100",
        "unit": "count",
        "note": ""
      },
      {
        "quantity": "districts",
        "typical_range": "Bogota, Barranquilla, Cartagena, Santa Marta and others",
        "unit": "list",
        "note": ""
      },
      {
        "quantity": "DANE codes",
        "typical_range": "department and municipality codes",
        "unit": "note",
        "note": ""
      }
    ],
    "families_and_kinds": [
      "departments",
      "Capital District and special districts",
      "municipalities",
      "subregions of departments",
      "localities of Bogota and Barranquilla",
      "neighbourhoods and rural corregimientos"
    ],
    "related_models": [
      {
        "relation": "is a kind of",
        "target": "administrative territorial entity of a single country",
        "why": "in registry terms"
      },
      {
        "relation": "is exemplified by",
        "target": "departments of Colombia",
        "why": "the first level"
      },
      {
        "relation": "is governed by",
        "target": "Constitution of Colombia",
        "why": "of 1991"
      },
      {
        "relation": "is coded by",
        "target": "DANE",
        "why": "the statistics agency"
      }
    ],
    "identifiers": [],
    "standards_and_regulation": [
      "Constitution of 1991 and Law 1454 of 2011 on territorial organisation",
      "Municipal law and district statutes",
      "ISO 3166-2:CO codes"
    ],
    "failure_modes_and_hazards": [
      "Confusing districts with departments",
      "Registry aliases mixing levels",
      "Stale counts after new municipalities"
    ],
    "in_scope": [],
    "out_of_scope": [],
    "characteristics": [],
    "agent_conduct": {
      "may": [
        "Name and locate Colombian departments, districts and municipalities using official government sources.",
        "Explain the hierarchy of units set by the 1991 constitution and later laws."
      ],
      "must_not": [
        "Use outdated names, codes or boundaries as current without saying so.",
        "Assign a person or place to a unit without evidence, for example in records that affect rights or services.",
        "Present boundaries in dispute, including Indigenous territories, as settled.",
        "Expose locations of vulnerable people or communities through territorial data."
      ],
      "requires_human": [
        "Changing administrative codes or boundaries in official records.",
        "Using territorial data to target services, policing or aid."
      ]
    },
    "ethics": {
      "considerations": [
        "Territorial units decide who receives public money and representation.",
        "Indigenous and Afro-Colombian territories have their own collective rights."
      ],
      "affected_parties": [
        "Residents",
        "Local governments",
        "Indigenous and Afro-Colombian communities"
      ]
    },
    "owners": {
      "steward": "The Colombian state, through its national statistics office and the geographic institute that keep the official codes and maps.",
      "master_systems": [
        "Colombian official divisions and codes register",
        "National cadastre"
      ]
    }
  },
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "wikidata",
      "title": "Wikidata item Q2824644: administrative territorial entity of Colombia",
      "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2824644",
      "url_status": "live",
      "what_it_supports": "identity and sense of the item",
      "checked_by": "wikidata-api"
    },
    {
      "id": "wikipedia-en",
      "title": "Wikipedia: Administrative divisions of Colombia",
      "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_Colombia",
      "url_status": "live",
      "what_it_supports": "general description of the item",
      "checked_by": "wikidata-api sitelink"
    }
  ],
  "structure": {
    "bundles": [
      {
        "id": "understand",
        "name": "Understand",
        "description": "How Colombia is divided.",
        "rationale": "Definition.",
        "layers": [
          {
            "id": "definition",
            "name": "Definition",
            "description": "Definition.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "definition-finding",
                "name": "Definition",
                "description": "Definition.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "What are the administrative divisions of Colombia, and how do they differ from planning regions, indigenous reserves and electoral districts?",
                    "kind": "definition"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Is the question about the hierarchy, a level or a specific place?",
                    "kind": "boundary"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "id": "levels",
            "name": "Levels",
            "description": "Levels.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "levels-finding",
                "name": "Levels",
                "description": "Levels.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "What are departments, districts, municipalities, subregions, localities and neighbourhoods?",
                    "kind": "definition"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Which entry fits the specific level?",
                    "kind": "action"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "law",
        "name": "Law",
        "description": "Law and governance.",
        "rationale": "Regulation.",
        "layers": [
          {
            "id": "constitution",
            "name": "Constitution",
            "description": "Constitution.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "constitution-finding",
                "name": "Constitution",
                "description": "Constitution.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "What does the 1991 constitution and territorial law provide?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Which references are standard?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "id": "governance",
            "name": "Governance",
            "description": "Governance.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "governance-finding",
                "name": "Governance",
                "description": "Governance.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "How are governors, mayors and local councils elected and empowered?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Which sources are cited?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "data",
        "name": "Data",
        "description": "Data.",
        "rationale": "Sources.",
        "layers": [
          {
            "id": "codes",
            "name": "Codes",
            "description": "Codes.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "codes-finding",
                "name": "Codes",
                "description": "Codes.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "How are divisions coded by DANE and ISO 3166-2?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Which entry fits DANE?",
                    "kind": "action"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "id": "cities",
            "name": "Cities",
            "description": "Cities.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "cities-finding",
                "name": "Cities",
                "description": "Cities.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "How are Bogota and Barranquilla divided into localities?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Which entry fits the specific city?",
                    "kind": "action"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "context",
        "name": "Context",
        "description": "History.",
        "rationale": "Context.",
        "layers": [
          {
            "id": "history",
            "name": "History",
            "description": "History.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "history-finding",
                "name": "History",
                "description": "History.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "How did Colombian divisions evolve from provinces and states to departments?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Which entry fits the history of Colombia?",
                    "kind": "action"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "id": "comparison",
            "name": "Comparison",
            "description": "Comparison.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "comparison-finding",
                "name": "Comparison",
                "description": "Comparison.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "How do Colombian divisions compare with neighbouring countries?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Which entry fits administrative division?",
                    "kind": "action"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "openQuestions": [
    "Should the unit types be separate primary entries?",
    "How should official sources be linked?",
    "The registry entry has merged aliases naming several levels; should they be split off?"
  ],
  "statistics": {
    "bundles": 4,
    "layers": 8,
    "findings": 8,
    "questions": 16
  }
}