{ "vercy": "1.0-draft", "publication": { "status": "research-draft", "adjudicationStatus": "unreviewed", "publishableCanonical": false, "generatedAt": "2026-09-12T09:29:44Z", "providers": [ "Codex" ], "breadth": "recalled by Codex without web access - no source was read", "missingProviders": [], "pass": 2, "cost": { "grok": { "seconds": 23.1, "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: 01a094f2-81c2-7ed0-ac24-39e47000c13b\n--------\nuser\nDescribe what is already known about one registered thing. 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"Enable an AI agent to recognise an engraver role, assess its suitability for a particular engraving task, and identify the evidence and conditions needed to assign that work.", "definition": "An engraver is a craftsperson, artist or production worker who creates incised lettering, images or patterns on a surface, either as a finished decoration or inscription or as a matrix for printing.", "scope_statement": "This model owns the occupational role identified as vr.tr.engraver in SOC / SOC.PER: a person's capacity and responsibility to produce engraved marks, images, lettering or printing surfaces through material-cutting or removal processes, with process-specific boundaries recorded explicitly.", "in_scope": [ "Engraving specialisms, including direct object engraving and engraving a surface used to produce prints", "Tasks from interpreting artwork and preparing layouts to executing and checking engraved work", "Competence matched to engraving processes, tools, substrates and finish requirements", "Role assignments, working relationships and responsibility for entrusted objects", "Evidence of workmanship, task readiness and authority to perform particular work" ], "out_of_scope": [ "The identity, biography and general attributes of the person holding the role", "Engraving machines, hand tools and their engineering specifications", "The full material model of the substrate or finished object", "The artwork, intellectual property or printing edition as independently managed things", "The employer, workshop or training institution as an organisation", "A job advertisement or employment contract as a document" ], "distinguishing_features": [ "The entry denotes a human occupational role; a device marketed as an engraver belongs to a tool or machine model.", "An engraving assignment requires responsibility for producing an incised or otherwise material-removed result; designing artwork alone does not establish the role.", "A printmaking engraver prepares an engraved printing surface; merely printing from an existing surface does not establish engraving competence.", "Jewellery, signmaking or metalworking experience alone is insufficient without evidence of engraving tasks and their required precision.", "Hand cutting, rotary machining, laser processing and chemical etching must be distinguished explicitly; competence or occupational inclusion in one does not automatically establish the others." ], "characteristics": [ { "name": "Engraving specialism", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "Direct object engraving; printing-surface engraving; industrial marking; other stated specialism; unresolved", "why_it_matters": "Identifies the intended result and the neighbouring occupations with which the role may overlap." }, { "name": "Process competence", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "Links to specified engraving processes and supporting competence evidence", "why_it_matters": "Prevents treating ability with one engraving process as readiness for every process." }, { "name": "Substrate experience", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "Links to material families, coatings, object geometries and relevant completed work", "why_it_matters": "Material and surface conditions affect tool choice, achievable detail and damage risk." }, { "name": "Demonstrated feature precision", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Feature width, depth and placement deviation in mm or µm, with process, substrate and evidence context", "why_it_matters": "Allows comparison with a task's tolerances without inventing a universal occupational precision rating." }, { "name": "Artwork preparation responsibility", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "Execute supplied layout; adapt supplied artwork; create layout; design and execute", "why_it_matters": "Separates engraving execution from responsibility for wording, composition and file preparation." }, { "name": "Competence evidence", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "Portfolio samples; supervised assessments; training records; credentials, with issuer, date and scope", "why_it_matters": "Supports task assignment through evidence relevant to the actual engraving work." }, { "name": "Working relationship", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "Employee; self-employed practitioner; commissioned contractor; apprentice or trainee; other stated arrangement", "why_it_matters": "Clarifies supervision, acceptance authority and responsibility for delivery." }, { "name": "Assignment readiness", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "Unassessed; ready; ready with supervision; awaiting information or authorisation; unsuitable for this assignment", "why_it_matters": "Expresses readiness for a particular task rather than a permanent judgement about the person." } ], "affordances": [ "Match an engraving brief to a practitioner using process, material and workmanship evidence.", "Identify missing information about artwork, substrate, depth, placement or finish before work starts.", "Request a sample, proof or supervised trial where existing evidence does not establish suitability.", "Record approval and responsibility for engraving wording, layout and execution.", "Assess an engraved result against agreed acceptance criteria and route defects for review.", "Hold an assignment when competence, object-owner permission or process-specific readiness is unresolved." ], "agent_conduct": { "may": [ "Describe the craft, its techniques at a general level and its history.", "Help find qualified engravers for a commission." ], "must_not": [ "Help engrave counterfeit currency, seals, official marks or hallmarks.", "Alter serial numbers on goods or weapons.", "Misattribute work to a known engraver." ], "requires_human": [ "Engraving memorials, documents or items with official meaning for a client." ] }, "ethics": { "considerations": [ "Engravers' skills can be misused for forgery.", "Craft workers deserve credit for their work." ], "affected_parties": [ "Engravers", "Buyers of engraved work", "The public" ] }, "owners": { "steward": "Each engraver answers for their own work.", "master_systems": [] }, "visual_identification": [ "Work with gravers, burins or engraving machines at a bench.", "Incised lines and lettering in metal, wood, stone or glass." ], "failure_modes_and_hazards": [ "Eye strain and hand injury from fine tools.", "Dust and fumes from machine engraving." ], "what_it_is_for": [ "Engravers work in craft workshops, manufacturing facilities and printmaking studios to produce incised text, images or patterns.", "Their services are used for inscriptions, decorative objects, identification plates and printing matrices, with suitability depending on the material and engraving method." ], "standards_and_regulation": [ "The International Standard Classification of Occupations 2008, issued by the International Labour Organization, includes engravers within unit group 7316, Sign writers, decorative painters, engravers and etchers." ] }, "sources": [ { "id": "wikidata", "title": "Wikidata item Q329439: engraver", "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q329439", "url_status": "live", "what_it_supports": "identity and sense of the item", "checked_by": "wikidata-api" }, { "id": "wikipedia-en", "title": "Wikipedia: Engraver", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engraver", "url_status": "live", "what_it_supports": "general description of the item", "checked_by": "wikidata-api sitelink" } ], "structure": { "bundles": [ { "id": "occupational-boundary", "name": "Occupational boundary", "description": "Establishes which engraving practice the role covers and separates it from adjacent roles and equipment.", "rationale": "The name can refer to a practitioner or a machine, while practitioners may perform substantially different kinds of engraving.", "layers": [ { "id": "role-and-output", "name": "Role and output", "description": "Identifies the human role through its responsibility for an engraved result.", "findings": [ { "id": "engraving-responsibility", "name": "Engraving responsibility", "description": "Record whether the role executes engraving, directs its execution or only supplies artwork, and identify the intended engraved output.", "questions": [ { "text": "What responsibility for producing the engraved result makes this assignment an engraver role?", "kind": "definition", "id": "engraving-responsibility-q01" }, { "text": "Is the output a directly engraved object or a surface intended to transfer an image through printing?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "engraving-responsibility-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "process-boundaries", "name": "Process boundaries", "description": "Records the processes included in this use of the occupational title.", "findings": [ { "id": "included-engraving-practices", "name": "Included engraving practices", "description": "Make inclusion of hand engraving, machine engraving, laser work and etching explicit rather than treating their occupational boundaries as settled.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which cutting or material-removal processes are included in this role description?", "kind": "definition", "id": "included-engraving-practices-q01" }, { "text": "Where does this role end and the work of an etcher, printer, designer or machine operator begin?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "included-engraving-practices-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "process-and-material-competence", "name": "Process and material competence", "description": "Connects the engraver's demonstrated capabilities to the process, substrate and geometry of an assignment.", "rationale": "A portfolio in one medium or process may not establish competence for another engraving task.", "layers": [ { "id": "tool-and-process-command", "name": "Tool and process command", "description": "Captures evidence of control over the tools and preparation steps used for engraving.", "findings": [ { "id": "demonstrated-process-control", "name": "Demonstrated process control", "description": "Record evidence of relevant tool handling or machine setup, workholding and control of the resulting marks.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which samples or assessments demonstrate control of the proposed engraving process?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "demonstrated-process-control-q01" }, { "text": "Which preparation or execution steps can the engraver perform independently, and which require supervision?", "kind": "action", "id": "demonstrated-process-control-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "substrate-and-geometry-fit", "name": "Substrate and geometry fit", "description": "Tests whether experience applies to the actual surface being engraved.", "findings": [ { "id": "material-specific-suitability", "name": "Material-specific suitability", "description": "Record experience and unresolved constraints concerning material, coatings, curvature, access and permissible material removal.", "questions": [ { "text": "What evidence supports engraving this material, coating and object geometry using the proposed process?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "material-specific-suitability-q01" }, { "text": "What sample or inspection is needed to resolve uncertainty about cutting response, surface damage or finish?", "kind": "action", "id": "material-specific-suitability-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "brief-to-execution", "name": "Brief to execution", "description": "Defines how an engraver turns an approved instruction into a controlled engraving operation.", "rationale": "Incorrect wording, orientation or placement can invalidate technically competent engraving and may be difficult to reverse.", "layers": [ { "id": "layout-and-proof", "name": "Layout and proof", "description": "Establishes the approved content and its placement before material is removed.", "findings": [ { "id": "approved-engraving-instruction", "name": "Approved engraving instruction", "description": "Record the controlling version of the text or image, dimensions, orientation, placement and approval responsibility.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which approved proof controls spelling, image version, scale, orientation and placement?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "approved-engraving-instruction-q01" }, { "text": "Who must approve layout changes or image reversal for a printing surface before engraving begins?", "kind": "action", "id": "approved-engraving-instruction-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "execution-and-change-control", "name": "Execution and change control", "description": "Records the engraver's discretion during setup and cutting.", "findings": [ { "id": "permitted-execution-decisions", "name": "Permitted execution decisions", "description": "Specify which process decisions the engraver may make and which deviations require a new approval.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which choices about tooling, passes, depth and finishing are delegated to the engraver?", "kind": "action", "id": "permitted-execution-decisions-q01" }, { "text": "What material defect, layout conflict or unexpected cutting behaviour requires stopping and seeking instruction?", "kind": "action", "id": "permitted-execution-decisions-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "workmanship-and-acceptance", "name": "Workmanship and acceptance", "description": "Makes engraving quality assessable against the purpose and agreed standard of the work.", "rationale": "Decorative engraving, identification marks and printing surfaces need different evidence of a satisfactory result.", "layers": [ { "id": "engraved-feature-quality", "name": "Engraved feature quality", "description": "Captures the visible and measurable features used to judge execution.", "findings": [ { "id": "task-specific-quality-criteria", "name": "Task-specific quality criteria", "description": "Record applicable requirements for line form, depth, placement, legibility, edge condition and preservation of surrounding surfaces.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which feature dimensions and tolerances must be measured, and by what method?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "task-specific-quality-criteria-q01" }, { "text": "Which approved reference establishes acceptable line character, legibility and finish?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "task-specific-quality-criteria-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "functional-proof-and-rework", "name": "Functional proof and rework", "description": "Checks the result in its intended use and establishes how defects are handled.", "findings": [ { "id": "output-acceptance-decision", "name": "Output acceptance decision", "description": "Record acceptance evidence appropriate to the output, including a proof impression where required for a printing surface, and limits on corrective work.", "questions": [ { "text": "What inspection or functional proof demonstrates that the engraving meets its intended use?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "output-acceptance-decision-q01" }, { "text": "Who may accept a deviation or authorise recutting, refinishing or replacement?", "kind": "action", "id": "output-acceptance-decision-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "assignment-authority-and-readiness", "name": "Assignment authority and readiness", "description": "Establishes whether the engraver is qualified, equipped and authorised for the particular object and process.", "rationale": "Technical skill alone does not establish permission to alter an entrusted object or readiness to use a particular workshop process.", "layers": [ { "id": "qualification-and-workshop-readiness", "name": "Qualification and workshop readiness", "description": "Records relevant credentials, supervision and evidence that process-specific working conditions are satisfied.", "findings": [ { "id": "assignment-competence-and-conditions", "name": "Assignment competence and conditions", "description": "Link competence evidence and applicable requirements to the assignment, leaving jurisdictional licensing questions unresolved until researched.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which training, credential or supervised assessment supports this process and substrate, and who issued it?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "assignment-competence-and-conditions-q01" }, { "text": "What applicable workshop or jurisdictional requirements must be verified before this engraver can undertake the assignment?", "kind": "action", "id": "assignment-competence-and-conditions-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "object-custody-and-permission", "name": "Object custody and permission", "description": "Identifies authority to alter the object and responsibility while it is entrusted for engraving.", "findings": [ { "id": "authorised-object-alteration", "name": "Authorised object alteration", "description": "Record who authorised the engraving, the permitted alteration and the engraver's obligations for object condition and return.", "questions": [ { "text": "What record establishes permission to engrave this object with this wording or image?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "authorised-object-alteration-q01" }, { "text": "What pre-existing condition, protected feature or custody restriction limits the engraving work?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "authorised-object-alteration-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": [ "SOC.PER supports interpreting the name as a person's role, although 'engraver' can also name a machine.", "Exact occupational codes and qualification requirements require checking against the jurisdiction and specialism.", "Laser engraving belongs to modern commercial usage of the term; traditional printmaking distinguishes engraving from other methods of forming a printing matrix." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-confidence-notes-q01", "text": "Which of these check these first hold for the sense of engraver 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": [ "Hand engraver", "Jewellery engraver", "Printmaking engraver", "Wood engraver", "Machine engraver", "Laser engraver" ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-kinds-q01", "text": "Which of these kinds and varieties hold for the sense of engraver 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": [ "Personalising jewellery, trophies, plaques and commemorative objects.", "Cutting printing plates or blocks for original prints and illustration.", "Decorating metalwork, watches and other crafted objects.", "Marking manufactured components with identification or traceability information.", "Engraving dies and printing elements for security documents." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-real-world-use-q01", "text": "Which of these real-world use hold for the sense of engraver 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": "Depth of engraved cuts", "typical_range": "Depends on material, technique and intended function; no occupation-wide range.", "unit": "µm or mm" }, { "quantity": "Width of engraved lines", "typical_range": "Depends on tool geometry, process and design; no occupation-wide range.", "unit": "µm or mm" } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-measurements-q01", "text": "Which of these typical measurements hold for the sense of engraver 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": [ "Incorrect spelling, layout or cutting depth can irreversibly damage the workpiece.", "Slipping hand tools and sharp edges can cause cuts or punctures.", "Rotating machinery can cause entanglement injuries and eject fragments.", "Dust, fumes and particles depend on the substrate and engraving process.", "Laser engraving introduces eye, skin and fire hazards when protective controls are inadequate." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards-q01", "text": "Which of these failure modes and hazards hold for the sense of engraver 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": [ "Training routes include apprenticeships, vocational training, fine-art education and workplace instruction, with emphasis varying by country and sector.", "Occupational classifications may place engravers in artistic, craft or manufacturing groups according to their principal duties." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-regional-variation-q01", "text": "Which of these regional variation hold for the sense of engraver 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": "Engraving machine", "difference": "The machine is equipment; the registered sense here is the human occupational role." }, { "name": "Etcher", "difference": "Etching removes material through chemical or electrochemical action; traditional engraving cuts it directly with a tool." }, { "name": "Printmaker", "difference": "A printmaker produces prints using any of several processes; an engraver may make printing matrices or objects never intended for printing." }, { "name": "Jeweller", "difference": "A jeweller makes, repairs or works with jewellery; engraving is a specific surface-working specialism that may overlap that occupation." }, { "name": "Chaser", "difference": "Chasing primarily displaces surface metal with tools, whereas engraving removes material to form incised marks." } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-neighbours-q01", "text": "Which of these neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart hold for the sense of engraver this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] } ] } ] } ] }, "openQuestions": [ "Does the registry intend engraver to cover all occupational engraving practices, or primarily artistic and craft engraving?", "Which ISCO, SOC or ESCO classifications match this entry, and how do their boundaries treat hand engravers, machine operators and printmaking specialists?", "Should chemical etching and laser marking without material removal count within this role, or be represented only as related competencies?", "Which qualifications, licensing requirements or protected occupational titles apply in the jurisdictions where this model will be used?", "Which specialisms require distinct workmanship and acceptance criteria that cannot be adequately represented through assignment-specific requirements?" ], "statistics": { "bundles": 6, "layers": 11, "findings": 17, "questions": 27 } }