{ "vercy": "1.0-draft", "publication": { "status": "research-draft", "adjudicationStatus": "unreviewed", "publishableCanonical": false, "generatedAt": "2026-09-12T09:53:41Z", "providers": [ "Codex" ], "breadth": "recalled by Codex without web access - no source was read", "missingProviders": [], "pass": 2, "cost": { "grok": { "seconds": 26.4, "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: 01a09508-72a3-77d2-bcaf-57a75ecd0e2f\n--------\nuser\nDescribe what is already known about one registered thing. Answer as JSON only, no prose around it.\n\nThing: frog\nSense to describe: (none recorded)\nDomain code: PHY.LIV\nAlso known as: (none)\n\n\nContext for this batch of 1001 things:\n# Batch 043: 1001 registered", "usd": 0.0, "recall": true }, "codex": { "seconds": 68.3, "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: 01a09508-72a2-7741-81d9-10f31a67455a\n--------\nuser\nYou are drafting a Vercy meta-model for one registered thing. Answer as JSON only, no prose around it.\n\nThing: frog\nRegistry id: vr.tr.frog-q2923720\nPlane / domain: PHY / PHY.LIV\nRegistry definition: (none recorded)\nNames folded into this entry: (none)\n\n\nConte" } }, "enrichment": { "pass": 3, "engine": "claude", "producedAt": "2026-10-06T12:00:00Z", "ingestedAt": "2026-10-06T09:01:08+00:00", "fields": [ "agent_conduct", "ethics", "failure_modes_and_hazards", "owners", "visual_identification" ] } }, "metaModel": { "id": "THING-Q2923720", "registryId": "vr.tr.frog-q2923720", "name": "frog", "version": "0.1.0-research.1", "entryKind": "thing", "family": "Thing Registry", "domain": [ "PHY.LIV" ], "status": "research-draft" }, "canonicalUrl": "https://ver.cy/models/thing/q2923720/", "model": { "registry_id": "vr.tr.frog-q2923720", "name": "frog", "purpose": "Enable an agent to recognise a frog, distinguish its taxonomic identity from an individual or population, assess its condition and habitat, and choose appropriate observation or intervention.", "definition": "A frog is an amphibian of the order Anura, including animals commonly called toads, characterized in adulthood by the absence of an external tail and a body plan usually adapted for jumping.", "scope_statement": "This model owns frog-specific identification, life-stage interpretation, condition assessment, habitat relationships and action constraints, while leaving the registry term's exact taxonomic boundary unresolved.", "in_scope": [ "The meaning of frog in this registry and its relationship to Anura and animals called toads", "Identification of frog taxa, populations and individuals with explicit confidence", "Life stages, reproductive modes and species-dependent sexual differences", "Individual condition, behaviour and environmental exposure", "Population occurrence, breeding habitat, threats and conservation context" ], "out_of_scope": [ "Salamanders, newts and caecilians as independently modelled organisms", "Frog meat, prepared food and other derived products", "Pet ownership, commercial breeding businesses and animal trade transactions", "Wetlands and other ecosystems as complete environmental models", "Pathogens and diseases as independently modelled biological entities" ], "distinguishing_features": [ "For a suspected adult, assess the combined body plan, including absence of an external tail and limb configuration; do not make hopping ability a universal requirement.", "Distinguish a suspected tadpole from fish and other amphibian larvae using stage-appropriate morphological evidence rather than aquatic habitat alone.", "Do not separate frogs from toads solely by dry versus moist skin; establish the naming and taxonomic convention being used.", "Distinguish similar frog species using a supported combination of locality, morphology, calls or genetic evidence rather than colour alone.", "Identify whether a record concerns a taxon, local population, individual or life-stage observation before attaching condition or conservation claims." ], "characteristics": [ { "name": "Record subject", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "taxon | population | individual | observation of unresolved individuals", "why_it_matters": "Prevents an individual's condition from being mistaken for population status or a taxon's conservation assessment." }, { "name": "Taxonomic identification", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "accepted name, rank, authority and date, taxonomic source, GBIF or NCBI identifier where verified, identification confidence", "why_it_matters": "Connects observations to the appropriate frog taxon without inventing a species identity for the broad registry name." }, { "name": "Developmental stage", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "egg or embryo | larva | metamorphosing individual | juvenile | adult | unresolved; staging reference where applicable", "why_it_matters": "Determines which identification cues, environmental requirements and condition measures are meaningful." }, { "name": "Body size", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "snout-vent length in mm where appropriate; larval body or total length in mm with method stated; mass in g", "why_it_matters": "Supports stage and condition assessment while preventing comparisons between incompatible measurements." }, { "name": "Sex and reproductive state", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "sex unknown or supported identification; reproductive state and supporting species-specific evidence", "why_it_matters": "Avoids treating seasonal traits, calling or body size as universally reliable indicators." }, { "name": "Microhabitat occupancy", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "observed substrate, shelter, vegetation, waterbody and position within them, with date and location", "why_it_matters": "Links an individual or life stage to the actual habitat it uses." }, { "name": "Environmental exposure", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "air or water temperature in °C, relative humidity in %, and water chemistry with units and sampling context where relevant", "why_it_matters": "Supports interpretation of activity and stress against taxon- and stage-specific requirements." }, { "name": "Observed condition", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "skin appearance, posture, movement, responsiveness, injury and body condition; observation separated from diagnosis", "why_it_matters": "Helps identify concerns without assigning a disease from nonspecific signs." }, { "name": "Range and conservation context", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "native or introduced occurrence evidence; assessment authority, geographic scope, category and assessment year", "why_it_matters": "Separates local occurrence and population trends from broader conservation classifications." } ], "affordances": [ "Document a frog through photographs, recordings and locality evidence while recording identification uncertainty.", "Track development, activity and condition using methods appropriate to the life stage.", "Evaluate whether observed shelter, moisture and breeding habitat support the identified taxon.", "Plan repeat observations of calling, egg deposition or larval development with explicit limits on abundance inference.", "Determine whether handling, sampling, captive care or movement requires specialist involvement and local authorization." ], "agent_conduct": { "may": [ "Identify frog species from images, calls and locality data, and report protection status.", "Survey and monitor populations using methods approved by the relevant wildlife authority." ], "must_not": [ "Handle, collect or move frogs without the licence, hygiene precautions and welfare care required.", "Move animals, water or equipment between sites in ways that spread amphibian disease.", "Disturb breeding sites, spawn or protected habitat.", "Keep or trade protected species, or release captive animals into the wild." ], "requires_human": [ "Any handling, collection or relocation of wild amphibians.", "Research or teaching use of live animals." ] }, "ethics": { "considerations": [ "Amphibians are among the most threatened groups, hit by disease, habitat loss and trade.", "Frogs feel pain and stress, and handling causes real harm through their permeable skin.", "Disease spread by careless fieldwork has wiped out whole populations." ], "affected_parties": [ "Wild frog populations", "Fragile wetland habitats", "Researchers and keepers" ] }, "owners": { "steward": "Nobody owns wild frogs; wildlife authorities protect them and keepers answer for captive animals.", "master_systems": [ "Biodiversity occurrence databases", "Protected species and CITES permit records" ] }, "visual_identification": [ "A tailless adult amphibian with long hind limbs and moist or warty skin.", "Bulging eyes and visible eardrum region on many species.", "Species-specific calls and spawn form are often decisive." ], "failure_modes_and_hazards": [ "Population collapse from fungal disease spread between sites.", "Skin damage and stress injury from dry or rough handling.", "Toxic skin secretions in some species affecting handlers and pets." ], "what_it_is_for": [ "A frog fastening closes a garment using an ornamental knot or button that engages a matching loop.", "It is encountered on jackets, coats, ceremonial clothing and costumes where the closure also provides decoration." ], "standards_and_regulation": [ "The REACH Regulation, issued by the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union, restricts certain substances in garment fastenings placed on the European Union market according to their materials and use." ] }, "sources": [ { "id": "wikidata", "title": "Wikidata item Q2923720: frog", "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2923720", "url_status": "live", "what_it_supports": "identity and sense of the item", "checked_by": "wikidata-api" }, { "id": "wikipedia-en", "title": "Wikipedia: Frog (fastening)", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frog_%28fastening%29", "url_status": "live", "what_it_supports": "general description of the item", "checked_by": "wikidata-api sitelink" } ], "structure": { "bundles": [ { "id": "frog-identity-and-boundaries", "name": "Frog identity and boundaries", "description": "Establish what frog denotes and which biological subject each record describes.", "rationale": "The broad name does not supply a species identity or resolve the everyday frog-toad distinction.", "layers": [ { "id": "registry-and-taxonomic-meaning", "name": "Registry and taxonomic meaning", "description": "Resolve the registered concept against documented naming and taxonomic sources.", "findings": [ { "id": "frog-name-boundary", "name": "Frog name boundary", "description": "Record whether frog covers Anura broadly or a narrower common-language grouping, with supporting evidence.", "questions": [ { "text": "What does vr.tr.frog-q2923720 denote in its originating source, and does that meaning include animals called toads?", "kind": "definition", "id": "frog-name-boundary-q01" }, { "text": "Which neighbouring registry entries or existing world models overlap this meaning?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "frog-name-boundary-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "subject-and-identification", "name": "Subject and identification", "description": "Separate the observed organism from the taxon or population to which it may belong.", "findings": [ { "id": "supported-frog-identification", "name": "Supported frog identification", "description": "Attach evidence and confidence to identification rather than treating a common name as a verified species.", "questions": [ { "text": "Does this record describe a frog taxon, a local population, an individual or an observation of uncertain individuals?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "supported-frog-identification-q01" }, { "text": "Which morphology, call, locality or genetic evidence supports the identification, and which authority supplies the accepted name and identifiers?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "supported-frog-identification-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "development-and-reproduction", "name": "Development and reproduction", "description": "Interpret frog form and needs through development and reproductive mode.", "rationale": "Adult appearance and familiar pond-tadpole development cannot be assumed to describe every frog or stage.", "layers": [ { "id": "developmental-pathway", "name": "Developmental pathway", "description": "Establish the taxon's developmental sequence and the observed individual's position within it.", "findings": [ { "id": "stage-specific-body-plan", "name": "Stage-specific body plan", "description": "Use a suitable staging reference and distinguish observed development from an assumed universal life cycle.", "questions": [ { "text": "Does the identified taxon have free-living larvae, direct development or another documented developmental mode?", "kind": "definition", "id": "stage-specific-body-plan-q01" }, { "text": "Which visible features establish the observed stage, and which length or mass measurement is appropriate for it?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "stage-specific-body-plan-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "breeding-evidence", "name": "Breeding evidence", "description": "Interpret sex, reproductive behaviour and reproductive sites using taxon-specific evidence.", "findings": [ { "id": "reproductive-state-and-success", "name": "Reproductive state and success", "description": "Separate evidence of calling or mating from evidence of egg production, development and recruitment.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which documented traits support sex or reproductive-state identification for this species and season?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "reproductive-state-and-success-q01" }, { "text": "What observations distinguish breeding activity from successful development to later life stages?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "reproductive-state-and-success-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "habitat-and-population", "name": "Habitat and population", "description": "Connect frog occurrences to habitat use, environmental conditions and population evidence.", "rationale": "A frog sighting alone does not establish native range, breeding habitat or population health.", "layers": [ { "id": "microhabitat-and-connectivity", "name": "Microhabitat and connectivity", "description": "Identify the places used for shelter, activity and development and the connections among them.", "findings": [ { "id": "stage-dependent-habitat-use", "name": "Stage-dependent habitat use", "description": "Assess habitat against the identified frog's life history rather than assuming permanent dependence on a pond.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which aquatic, terrestrial, arboreal or subterranean microhabitats are used at each documented life stage?", "kind": "definition", "id": "stage-dependent-habitat-use-q01" }, { "text": "Where relevant, how long does breeding water persist, and what barriers separate breeding, feeding and shelter sites?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "stage-dependent-habitat-use-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "occurrence-and-conservation", "name": "Occurrence and conservation", "description": "Separate distribution evidence, local survey results and scoped conservation assessments.", "findings": [ { "id": "population-evidence-and-status", "name": "Population evidence and status", "description": "Record survey limitations and the authority, date and geographic scope of each status claim.", "questions": [ { "text": "What evidence establishes native, introduced or uncertain occurrence at this locality?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "population-evidence-and-status-q01" }, { "text": "How do survey timing, weather, calling activity and effort affect interpretation of detections or apparent absence?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "population-evidence-and-status-q02" }, { "text": "Which conservation assessment applies to the identified taxon, for what geography and assessment year?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "population-evidence-and-status-q03" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "condition-and-intervention", "name": "Condition and intervention", "description": "Assess the frog's observed condition and establish evidence-based limits on intervention.", "rationale": "Condition signs require life-stage context, and handling or movement can affect both individuals and recipient populations.", "layers": [ { "id": "condition-and-exposure", "name": "Condition and exposure", "description": "Relate visible signs to environmental observations while preserving diagnostic uncertainty.", "findings": [ { "id": "observable-frog-condition", "name": "Observable frog condition", "description": "Describe skin, posture, movement and responsiveness without treating any single sign as a diagnosis.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which skin changes, injuries, posture or movement differences are observed relative to the expected stage and species?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "observable-frog-condition-q01" }, { "text": "What temperature, moisture or contaminant exposure evidence is available, and what would require specialist examination?", "kind": "action", "id": "observable-frog-condition-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "handling-and-movement-decisions", "name": "Handling and movement decisions", "description": "Choose observation, handling, sampling or movement according to purpose and applicable evidence.", "findings": [ { "id": "justified-intervention", "name": "Justified intervention", "description": "Make any intervention conditional on taxon, stage, welfare needs, biosecurity guidance and jurisdiction.", "questions": [ { "text": "Can the objective be met through photographs, call recordings or observation, and what evidence would justify handling or sampling?", "kind": "action", "id": "justified-intervention-q01" }, { "text": "Which current species-specific handling, equipment hygiene and legal requirements apply before contact or movement?", "kind": "action", "id": "justified-intervention-q02" }, { "text": "If relocation or release is proposed, what establishes origin, destination suitability and disease-risk assessment?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "justified-intervention-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 is recalled knowledge, not source-verified research; the unspecified sense is interpreted as Anura broadly.", "Check the taxonomic authority and date, database records and current family boundaries before publication.", "Native range, sexual dimorphism, life history, conservation status and assessment year require a specified species; none applies uniformly to all frogs." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-confidence-notes-q01", "text": "Which of these check these first hold for the sense of frog 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": [ "True frogs (Ranidae)", "True toads (Bufonidae)", "Tree frogs of the family Hylidae", "Poison frogs (Dendrobatidae)", "Clawed and related aquatic frogs (Pipidae)", "Narrow-mouthed frogs (Microhylidae)" ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-kinds-q01", "text": "Which of these kinds and varieties hold for the sense of frog 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": "Zoological taxonomic name", "value_or_pattern": "Anura", "note": "An order, not a species; there is no single accepted binomial for frog." }, { "scheme": "GBIF taxon key", "value_or_pattern": "Numeric identifier", "note": "Identifies a taxon record in the GBIF taxonomic backbone; the applicable record should be checked." }, { "scheme": "NCBI Taxonomy ID", "value_or_pattern": "8351", "note": "Identifies Anura in NCBI Taxonomy." } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-identifiers-q01", "text": "Which of these identifiers and schemes hold for the sense of frog 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 International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature issues the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature governing scientific names at family, genus and species-group levels.", "IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria provide a framework for assessing extinction risk; frog species require separate assessments.", "CITES regulates international trade in listed frog taxa through its appendices and implementation by Parties." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-standards-and-regulation-q01", "text": "Which of these standards and regulation hold for the sense of frog 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": [ "Ecological studies of food webs, habitat condition and environmental change.", "Developmental biology and genetics research, particularly using Xenopus species.", "Food production and consumption involving selected species.", "Pet keeping and conservation breeding.", "Research on skin secretions and their biological activity." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-real-world-use-q01", "text": "Which of these real-world use hold for the sense of frog 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": "Adult snout-vent length", "typical_range": "Approximately 7-320 across species", "unit": "mm" } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-measurements-q01", "text": "Which of these typical measurements hold for the sense of frog 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": [ "Chytridiomycosis can cause severe population declines and mortality.", "Habitat loss, wetland drainage and altered water regimes can eliminate breeding and feeding sites.", "Pollution can impair development, survival and reproduction.", "Introduced frogs can become invasive, prey on native organisms and spread pathogens.", "Some species produce toxic skin secretions; risk varies greatly by species and exposure." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards-q01", "text": "Which of these failure modes and hazards hold for the sense of frog 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": [ "Native frogs occur on every continent except Antarctica, with especially high diversity in tropical regions.", "Breeding can depend on seasonal rainfall, temporary pools, permanent water or moist terrestrial sites, depending on species and region.", "Common-language distinctions between frogs and toads vary and do not consistently correspond to taxonomic boundaries." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-regional-variation-q01", "text": "Which of these regional variation hold for the sense of frog 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": "Toad", "difference": "A common name for certain anurans, especially Bufonidae; toads are included within frogs in the broad taxonomic sense." }, { "name": "Salamander", "difference": "Belongs to Caudata rather than Anura and ordinarily retains an external tail as an adult." }, { "name": "Tadpole", "difference": "A larval life stage of many frogs, rather than a separate taxon; some frogs develop directly without a free-living tadpole stage." }, { "name": "Frog species", "difference": "A particular species within Anura has its own scientific name, distribution and assessment; frog refers here to the broader group." }, { "name": "Frog population", "difference": "A geographically and biologically defined set of individuals within a species, rather than the entire order." }, { "name": "Individual frog", "difference": "One organism with its own age, sex and condition, rather than a taxonomic group." } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-neighbours-q01", "text": "Which of these neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart hold for the sense of frog this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] } ] } ] } ] }, "openQuestions": [ "Does the originating record for vr.tr.frog-q2923720 denote Anura broadly, a common-language subset excluding toads, or another concept?", "Does an existing Vercy world model already cover this concept and therefore provide its authoritative publication?", "Which taxonomic authority and verified external identifiers should anchor the resolved registry concept?", "Which developmental, reproductive and habitat variations require explicit branches rather than a typical frog life-cycle assumption?", "Which taxon and locality must be resolved before attaching native-range claims, dated conservation assessments or intervention guidance?" ], "statistics": { "bundles": 5, "layers": 9, "findings": 17, "questions": 27 } }