{
  "vercy": "1.0-draft",
  "publication": {
    "status": "research-draft",
    "adjudicationStatus": "unreviewed",
    "publishableCanonical": false,
    "generatedAt": "2026-10-22T11:24:43Z",
    "providers": [
      "Claude"
    ],
    "breadth": "researched by Claude against the sources listed below",
    "pass": 2,
    "wave": 5,
    "engine": "claude",
    "gate": {
      "passed": true,
      "version": "1.0",
      "at": "2026-10-22T12:00:59+00:00",
      "evidence": [
        "completeness 1.00",
        "sense: Wikidata description",
        "6 live sources",
        "review by codex: pass"
      ]
    }
  },
  "metaModel": {
    "id": "THING-Q3579101",
    "registryId": "vr.tr.edifice",
    "name": "edifice",
    "version": "0.2.0-wave.5",
    "entryKind": "thing",
    "family": "Thing Registry",
    "domain": [
      "PHY.BLT"
    ],
    "status": "research-draft"
  },
  "canonicalUrl": "https://ver.cy/models/thing/q3579101/",
  "model": {
    "registry_id": "vr.tr.edifice",
    "name": "edifice",
    "purpose": "Let an agent describe edifices as significant buildings, and point to architectural and heritage sources.",
    "definition": "A building, especially a large, imposing or architecturally important one, considered as a constructed work; in French (edifice) as in English the word commonly denotes an important or imposing building, with technical usage depending on context.",
    "what_it_is_for": "A general term for substantial built structures.",
    "affordances": [
      "explain the term and its usage",
      "distinguish edifice from building and structure",
      "describe examples with sources",
      "explain the figurative use (an edifice of ideas)"
    ],
    "distinguishing_features": [
      "From Latin aedificium (building), from aedes (dwelling, temple) and facere (to make).",
      "Prominence and architectural importance inform use of the term; it has no size threshold.",
      "Also used figuratively for a complex system of ideas."
    ],
    "appearance": "A large or prominent building.",
    "visual_identification": [
      "Large public, religious or civic buildings"
    ],
    "physical_properties": [
      {
        "quantity": "size",
        "typical_range": "varies",
        "unit": "",
        "note": "the term implies a substantial building"
      }
    ],
    "families_and_kinds": [
      "religious edifices",
      "public and civic edifices",
      "palaces",
      "monumental buildings"
    ],
    "related_models": [
      {
        "relation": "is a kind of",
        "target": "building",
        "why": "built structure"
      },
      {
        "relation": "is related to",
        "target": "architecture",
        "why": "discipline"
      },
      {
        "relation": "is related to",
        "target": "monument",
        "why": "heritage"
      },
      {
        "relation": "is related to",
        "target": "structure",
        "why": "broader term"
      }
    ],
    "identifiers": [
      {
        "scheme": "Getty AAT",
        "value_or_pattern": "300004792",
        "note": "buildings (broader concept)"
      }
    ],
    "standards_and_regulation": [
      "Building codes",
      "Heritage protection law for listed buildings"
    ],
    "failure_modes_and_hazards": [
      "Structural failure of ageing buildings"
    ],
    "agent_conduct": {
      "may": [
        "explain the term and examples"
      ],
      "must_not": [
        "give structural safety judgements"
      ],
      "requires_human": []
    },
    "ethics": {
      "considerations": [
        "heritage conservation"
      ],
      "affected_parties": [
        "users",
        "communities"
      ]
    },
    "owners": {
      "steward": "the owner of each building",
      "master_systems": []
    },
    "facets_not_applicable": {},
    "in_scope": [],
    "out_of_scope": [],
    "characteristics": []
  },
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "SRC-001",
      "title": "Q3579101",
      "publisher": "Wikidata",
      "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3579101",
      "what_it_supports": "identity of the registry item, labels and sitelinks",
      "url_status": "live"
    },
    {
      "id": "SRC-002",
      "title": "edifice",
      "publisher": "Wiktionary",
      "url": "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/edifice",
      "what_it_supports": "sense and etymology",
      "url_status": "live"
    },
    {
      "id": "SRC-003",
      "title": "Edifice",
      "publisher": "Office quebecois de la langue francaise",
      "url": "https://vitrinelinguistique.oqlf.gouv.qc.ca/fiche-gdt/fiche/8890934/edifice",
      "what_it_supports": "Building-type sense, imposing character, architectural value and frequent public use.",
      "url_status": "live"
    },
    {
      "id": "SRC-004",
      "title": "Edifice, ninth edition",
      "publisher": "Academie francaise",
      "url": "https://www.dictionnaire-academie.fr/article/A9E0422",
      "what_it_supports": "French literal and figurative senses, Latin derivation and examples.",
      "url_status": "live"
    },
    {
      "id": "SRC-005",
      "title": "AAT 300004789 - Single Built Works",
      "publisher": "Getty Research Institute",
      "url": "https://www.getty.edu/vow/AATFullDisplay?find=&logic=null&note=&subjectid=300004789",
      "what_it_supports": "Identifier is a hierarchy covering buildings and other structures.",
      "url_status": "live"
    },
    {
      "id": "SRC-006",
      "title": "Edifici - Art and Architecture Thesaurus",
      "publisher": "Generalitat de Catalunya, Department of Culture",
      "url": "https://aatesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_ca/index.php?tema=9840179",
      "what_it_supports": "Getty AAT 300004792 corresponds to buildings.",
      "url_status": "live"
    }
  ],
  "structure": {
    "bundles": [
      {
        "id": "building",
        "name": "Building",
        "description": "Which edifice.",
        "rationale": "Identity first.",
        "layers": [
          {
            "id": "identity",
            "name": "Identity",
            "description": "Name and place.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "edifice",
                "name": "Edifice",
                "description": "Name and location.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "Which building?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Where?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "id": "type",
            "name": "Type",
            "description": "Function.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "type",
                "name": "Type",
                "description": "Function.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "Religious, civic or other?",
                    "kind": "boundary"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Per which source?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "architecture",
        "name": "Architecture",
        "description": "Design.",
        "rationale": "Design is documented.",
        "layers": [
          {
            "id": "architect",
            "name": "Architect",
            "description": "Designer.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "architect",
                "name": "Architect",
                "description": "Name and date.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "Who designed it?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "When built?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "id": "style",
            "name": "Style",
            "description": "Style.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "style",
                "name": "Style",
                "description": "Style.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "Which style?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Per which source?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "dimensions",
        "name": "Dimensions",
        "description": "Size.",
        "rationale": "Dimensions describe the building; prominence may inform use of the term.",
        "layers": [
          {
            "id": "size",
            "name": "Size",
            "description": "Height and area.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "size",
                "name": "Size",
                "description": "Values.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "How large?",
                    "kind": "measurement"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Per which survey?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "id": "structure",
            "name": "Structure",
            "description": "System.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "structure",
                "name": "Structure",
                "description": "System.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "Which structural system?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Per which source?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "heritage",
        "name": "Heritage",
        "description": "Status.",
        "rationale": "Many are protected.",
        "layers": [
          {
            "id": "designation",
            "name": "Designation",
            "description": "Listing.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "designation",
                "name": "Designation",
                "description": "Category.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "Is it listed?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Since when?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "id": "usage",
            "name": "Usage",
            "description": "Word usage.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "usage",
                "name": "Usage",
                "description": "Sense.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "Literal or figurative use?",
                    "kind": "boundary"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Per which dictionary?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "openQuestions": [],
  "statistics": {
    "bundles": 4,
    "layers": 8,
    "findings": 8,
    "questions": 16
  }
}