{ "vercy": "1.0-draft", "publication": { "status": "research-draft", "adjudicationStatus": "unreviewed", "publishableCanonical": false, "generatedAt": "2026-09-12T11:31:44Z", "providers": [ "Codex" ], "breadth": "recalled by Codex without web access - no source was read", "missingProviders": [], "pass": 2, "cost": { "grok": { "seconds": 24.0, "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: 01a09562-5ea8-7c30-a082-d8790e09de70\n--------\nuser\nDescribe what is already known about one registered thing. 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"registryId": "vr.tr.national-football-league", "name": "National Football League", "version": "0.1.0-research.1", "entryKind": "thing", "family": "Thing Registry", "domain": [ "ACT.EVT" ], "status": "research-draft" }, "canonicalUrl": "https://ver.cy/models/thing/q370883/", "model": { "registry_id": "vr.tr.national-football-league", "name": "National Football League", "purpose": "Enable an AI agent to recognise the National Football League, assess its competition and institutional state, and determine which league-related actions require evidence or authority.", "definition": "The National Football League was an association football league competition in India held between 1996 and 2007.", "scope_statement": "This model owns India's National Football League competition during 1996 to 2007, including its identity, participating clubs, season organisation, competition rules, results and historical records.", "in_scope": [ "Competition identity, authoritative naming and the period from 1996 to 2007 are included.", "Club participation and competition divisions in each season are included.", "Competition governance, decision rights and approval requirements are included.", "Season organisation, qualification rules and championship determination are included.", "Competition rules, competitive integrity and enforcement are included.", "Relationships governing player participation and commercial rights are included." ], "out_of_scope": [ "Individual match events, play-by-play records and stadium operations are outside this model.", "Independent models of clubs, owners, players and coaches are outside this model.", "Association football as a sport across all leagues and levels is outside this model.", "Other Indian or international football competitions are outside this model except for their documented relationships to this competition.", "The United States American football league with the same name is outside this model.", "Individual employment contracts, medical records and media productions are outside this model." ], "distinguishing_features": [ "The referent is India's National Football League competition held between 1996 and 2007, rather than one season or match.", "Its sport is association football, and its name must not be resolved to the United States American football league.", "Clubs participated in the competition, while players and coaches participated through teams and applicable eligibility arrangements.", "Competition-level decisions concern shared rules and organising authority rather than a club's internal decisions.", "Historical participation, results and rules require records tied to the relevant season." ], "characteristics": [ { "name": "Identity and continuity", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "Authoritative names, identifiers and documented predecessor or successor relationships with effective dates", "why_it_matters": "Prevents confusion between the continuing league, historical organisations and similarly named 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"why_it_matters": "Separates proposed actions from actions an actor is empowered to approve." }, { "name": "Governing instrument applicability", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "Instrument version, effective interval, covered actors and status of disputes or supersession", "why_it_matters": "Prevents use of obsolete or inapplicable rules and agreements." }, { "name": "Schedule completion", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Games completed relative to games scheduled within a named season phase, with an as-of timestamp", "why_it_matters": "Helps assess competition progress and detect unresolved postponements or cancellations." } ], "affordances": [ "Resolve an NFL reference to the continuing league, a particular season or a linked event.", "Identify the member franchises and competition groupings applicable to a specified date.", "Explain a team's qualification or seeding position using the applicable rules and sourced results.", "Identify the authority and evidence required for a proposed league-level decision.", "Compare rule or competition-format versions and identify affected seasons.", "Trace a participation, enforcement or commercial-rights question to its governing instrument and unresolved dependencies." ], "agent_conduct": { "may": [ "Report historical schedules, results and standings from authoritative competition records.", "Describe the league's history, rules and teams." ], "must_not": [ "Help fix games, pass inside injury information to bettors or promote gambling to excluded people.", "Publish players' medical details beyond official injury reports.", "Downplay concussions and brain injury risk when describing the sport.", "Spread abuse of players, officials or fans." ], "requires_human": [ "Correcting results or records after a ruling." ] }, "ethics": { "considerations": [ "Repeated head impacts in the sport have caused lasting brain injury.", "Players' bodies and health data are commercially valuable and easily exploited." ], "affected_parties": [ "Players and former players", "Fans", "Families of injured players" ] }, "owners": { "steward": "The national association football governing body responsible for the competition and the custodians of its historical records.", "master_systems": [ "Official competition archives hold season, club, match and player records." ] }, "visual_identification": [ "Association football imagery may show players on a pitch with a goal and net at each end, but it does not identify this competition by itself.", "Captions, competition markings and dated records must connect an image to India's National Football League during 1996 to 2007." ], "failure_modes_and_hazards": [ "Concussions and chronic traumatic brain injury.", "Serious knee and spinal injuries." ], "what_it_is_for": [ "The National Football League was an Indian association football competition operating from 1996 to 2007.", "It appears in historical accounts of Indian club football, season results and the development of national league competition.", "References in this sense concern the Indian competition administered by the All India Football Federation." ], "standards_and_regulation": [ "The Laws of the Game, issued by the International Football Association Board, supplied the association football playing rules applicable to matches in the relevant seasons." ] }, "sources": [ { "id": "wikidata", "title": "Wikidata item Q370883: National Football League", "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q370883", "url_status": "live", "what_it_supports": "identity and sense of the item", "checked_by": "wikidata-api" }, { "id": "wikipedia-en", "title": "Wikipedia: National Football League (India)", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Football_League_%28India%29", "url_status": "live", "what_it_supports": "general description of the item", "checked_by": "wikidata-api sitelink" } ], "structure": { "bundles": [ { "id": "league-identity-and-membership", "name": "League identity and membership", "description": "Recognises the continuing NFL and the franchises that constitute its competition at a given time.", "rationale": "The registry's event-domain placement risks conflating an enduring league with one edition of its competition.", "layers": [ { "id": "institutional-continuity", "name": "Institutional continuity", "description": "Separates the NFL's identity from historical names, related entities and recurring events.", "findings": [ { "id": "continuing-league-boundary", "name": "Continuing league boundary", "description": "Record evidence establishing when a reference denotes the NFL itself, a predecessor relationship, an affiliated entity or a season.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which authoritative records establish the NFL's names and institutional continuity across historical changes?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "continuing-league-boundary-q01" }, { "text": "Does this reference identify the continuing NFL, a legally distinct affiliate or a particular competition edition?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "continuing-league-boundary-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "franchise-configuration", "name": "Franchise configuration", "description": "Tracks league membership and competitive grouping without confusing franchise continuity with branding or location.", "findings": [ { "id": "dated-franchise-membership", "name": "Dated franchise membership", "description": "Represent membership, conference and division assignments with their applicable dates and supporting league records.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which franchises were NFL members and assigned to each conference and division for the season being assessed?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "dated-franchise-membership-q01" }, { "text": "Does a relocation, renaming or ownership change preserve the franchise identity, and which authority establishes that treatment?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "dated-franchise-membership-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "season-and-championship-pathway", "name": "Season and championship pathway", "description": "Connects the league's recurring season structure to scheduling, standings and championship progression.", "rationale": "An agent must interpret NFL competition using the format applicable to the season rather than extrapolating from another year.", "layers": [ { "id": "season-calendar-and-fixtures", "name": "Season calendar and fixtures", "description": "Distinguishes season labels, calendar dates, phases and changes to scheduled games.", "findings": [ { "id": "season-temporal-boundary", "name": "Season temporal boundary", "description": "Record how a named NFL season maps to dated competition phases and linked game events.", "questions": [ { "text": "How does the NFL identify this season when its games or championship extend into another calendar year?", "kind": "definition", "id": "season-temporal-boundary-q01" }, { "text": "Which official schedule updates establish phase boundaries and the status of postponed, relocated or cancelled games?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "season-temporal-boundary-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "standings-and-postseason", "name": "Standings and postseason", "description": "Links regular-season outcomes to qualification, seeding and championship progression.", "findings": [ { "id": "qualification-and-seeding-basis", "name": "Qualification and seeding basis", "description": "Require season-specific qualification and tiebreaking rules before deriving postseason positions.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which qualification, seeding and tiebreaking rules govern this NFL season?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "qualification-and-seeding-basis-q01" }, { "text": "Given the sourced results and remaining fixtures, is a claimed qualification or elimination mathematically established?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "qualification-and-seeding-basis-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "governance-and-competitive-integrity", "name": "Governance and competitive integrity", "description": "Identifies who can make NFL decisions and how applicable competition rules are interpreted and enforced.", "rationale": "League announcements, club preferences, officiating decisions and disciplinary rulings carry different authority and review paths.", "layers": [ { "id": "league-decision-rights", "name": "League decision rights", "description": "Maps proposed institutional changes to the actors and procedures empowered to approve them.", "findings": [ { "id": "approval-authority", "name": "Approval authority", "description": "Record decision-specific powers and approval conditions for matters such as membership, relocation and rule changes.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which governing instrument assigns authority over the proposed NFL decision to the commissioner, member clubs or another body?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "approval-authority-q01" }, { "text": "What approvals and procedural steps must be evidenced before the proposal can be treated as effective?", "kind": "action", "id": "approval-authority-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "rules-and-review", "name": "Rules and review", "description": "Separates playing-rule application from league discipline and identifies applicable review procedures.", "findings": [ { "id": "rule-applicability-and-disposition", "name": "Rule applicability and disposition", "description": "Associate each assessed incident with the relevant rule version, decision-maker and review status.", "questions": [ { "text": "Is the issue governed by on-field playing rules, a league conduct policy or a collectively negotiated procedure?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "rule-applicability-and-disposition-q01" }, { "text": "Which review or appeal route applies, and what evidence establishes whether the ruling is final or still contested?", "kind": "action", "id": "rule-applicability-and-disposition-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "participation-and-commercial-rights", "name": "Participation and commercial rights", "description": "Connects NFL operations to player participation arrangements and the authority to exploit league-related commercial assets.", "rationale": "Eligibility to participate and permission to use NFL content or branding depend on distinct agreements and rights holders.", "layers": [ { "id": "player-participation-framework", "name": "Player participation framework", "description": "Locates league-level eligibility and labour constraints while linking individual cases to player and team models.", "findings": [ { "id": "participation-authority", "name": "Participation authority", "description": "Identify the rules and agreements needed to assess a player's permitted participation at a specified time.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which applicable league rules and collective bargaining provisions govern the participation question?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "participation-authority-q01" }, { "text": "Which eligibility, roster or suspension determinations must be resolved before participation can be treated as authorised?", "kind": "action", "id": "participation-authority-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "media-and-brand-permissions", "name": "Media and brand permissions", "description": "Distinguishes control of league marks, game media and other commercial assets by use, territory and time.", "findings": [ { "id": "rights-holder-and-use-boundary", "name": "Rights holder and use boundary", "description": "Require evidence of the relevant rights holder and permission scope before asserting that an NFL-related use is authorised.", "questions": [ { "text": "Does the proposed use concern NFL marks, club marks, game footage, player likenesses or another separately controlled asset?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "rights-holder-and-use-boundary-q01" }, { "text": "Which licence or other documented basis covers the intended use, territory, distribution channel and period?", "kind": "action", "id": "rights-holder-and-use-boundary-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": [ "The conventional referent is an organization and continuing sports competition; ACT.EVT should not imply that it is a single bounded event.", "Rule editions, labor-agreement provisions, medical protocols and international hosting arrangements require verification before operational use.", "This description is recalled knowledge; no sources were consulted and no formal registry identifier is asserted." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-confidence-notes-q01", "text": "Which of these check these first hold for the sense of National Football League 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": "Conventional abbreviation", "value_or_pattern": "NFL", "note": "A widely recognized abbreviation, not a globally unique registry identifier." } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-identifiers-q01", "text": "Which of these identifiers and schemes hold for the sense of National Football League 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": [ "Official Playing Rules of the National Football League, issued by the NFL.", "NFL Constitution and Bylaws, governing league organization and member franchises.", "Collective Bargaining Agreement between the NFL Management Council and the NFL Players Association, governing player employment and labor relations.", "NFL-NFLPA concussion evaluation and management protocol." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-standards-and-regulation-q01", "text": "Which of these standards and regulation hold for the sense of National Football League 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": [ "Organizing professional American football schedules, standings, playoffs and championships.", "Providing a framework for franchise membership and player employment.", "Licensing broadcasting, sponsorship and merchandise rights.", "Maintaining competition rules and official performance records." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-real-world-use-q01", "text": "Which of these real-world use hold for the sense of National Football League 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": "Regulation playing time per game", "typical_range": "60, divided into four 15-minute quarters; excludes overtime and clock stoppages", "unit": "minute" }, { "quantity": "Players on the field per team during a play", "typical_range": "11", "unit": "player" } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-measurements-q01", "text": "Which of these typical measurements hold for the sense of National Football League 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": [ "Player injuries, including concussion and musculoskeletal trauma.", "Long-term health risks associated with repeated head impacts.", "Labor disputes that interrupt league operations.", "Officiating errors and inconsistent rule enforcement affecting competitive outcomes.", "Gambling-related misconduct and other threats to competition integrity." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards-q01", "text": "Which of these failure modes and hazards hold for the sense of National Football League 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": [ "Franchises represent distinct United States markets within a shared league structure.", "Selected games are staged outside the United States under NFL playing rules." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-regional-variation-q01", "text": "Which of these regional variation hold for the sense of National Football League 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": "American football", "difference": "American football is the sport; the NFL is one organization operating a professional competition in that sport." }, { "name": "Super Bowl", "difference": "The Super Bowl is the NFL championship game, not the league itself." }, { "name": "American Football Conference", "difference": "The AFC is a constituent conference of the NFL." }, { "name": "National Football Conference", "difference": "The NFC is a constituent conference of the NFL." }, { "name": "NFL season", "difference": "A season is a bounded cycle of competition; the league persists across seasons." }, { "name": "Canadian Football League", "difference": "The CFL is a separate professional league playing Canadian football under a different rule set." } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-neighbours-q01", "text": "Which of these neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart hold for the sense of National Football League this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] } ] } ] } ] }, "openQuestions": [ "Does an existing Vercy world model already own the NFL concept, requiring this registry entry to link to it instead of creating another publication?", "Should the ACT / ACT.EVT classification be retained as a competition-oriented view or corrected to reflect the NFL's continuing institutional identity?", "Which primary records settle historical continuity and the boundary between the league and legally distinct affiliated entities?", "What authoritative, accessible instruments establish decision powers, approval thresholds and dispute procedures for the intended modelling period?", "Which season and as-of date should anchor membership, competition rules, participation agreements and commercial-rights research?" ], "statistics": { "bundles": 5, "layers": 9, "findings": 16, "questions": 24 } }