{ "vercy": "1.0-draft", "publication": { "status": "research-draft", "adjudicationStatus": "unreviewed", "publishableCanonical": false, "generatedAt": "2026-09-12T11:00:52Z", "providers": [ "Codex" ], "breadth": "recalled by Codex without web access - no source was read", "missingProviders": [], "pass": 2, "cost": { "grok": { "seconds": 17.4, "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: 01a09545-f800-7f00-a598-947467ca49cf\n--------\nuser\nDescribe what is already known about one registered thing. Answer as JSON only, no prose around it.\n\nThing: locule\nSense to describe: (none recorded)\nDomain code: PHY.LIV\nAlso known as: (none)\n\n\nContext for this batch of 1001 things:\n# Batch 044: 1001 register", "usd": 0.0, "recall": true }, "codex": { "seconds": 67.3, "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: 01a09545-f808-70d1-95fa-e05a5bfa48c8\n--------\nuser\nYou are drafting a Vercy meta-model for one registered thing. Answer as JSON only, no prose around it.\n\nThing: locule\nRegistry id: vr.tr.locule\nPlane / domain: PHY / PHY.LIV\nRegistry definition: (none recorded)\nNames folded into this entry: (none)\n\n\nContext fo" } }, "enrichment": { "pass": 3, "engine": "claude", "producedAt": "2026-10-06T12:00:00Z", "ingestedAt": "2026-10-06T08:49:49+00:00", "fields": [ "agent_conduct", "ethics", "failure_modes_and_hazards", "owners", "visual_identification" ] }, "gate": { "passed": true, "version": "1.0", "at": "2026-10-07T10:10:30+00:00", "evidence": [ "completeness 1.00", "sense: Wikidata description", "2 live sources", "review by codex: pass" ] } }, "metaModel": { "id": "THING-Q3818113", "registryId": "vr.tr.locule", "name": "locule", "version": "0.1.0-research.1", "entryKind": "thing", "family": "Thing Registry", "domain": [ "PHY.LIV" ], "status": "research-draft" }, "canonicalUrl": "https://ver.cy/models/thing/q3818113/", "model": { "registry_id": "vr.tr.locule", "name": "locule", "purpose": "Enable an agent to recognise a locule as a chamber within a plant reproductive organ, record its boundaries and contents, and select observations that resolve its identity and condition.", "definition": "A locule is an internal chamber or compartment in a biological structure, especially an ovule-containing chamber of a plant ovary, a corresponding chamber in a fruit, or a pollen-containing cavity of an anther.", "scope_statement": "This draft models vr.tr.locule provisionally in its botanical sense: an individual compartment within an ovary, fruit or anther, including its anatomical boundaries, contents and developmental continuity. This usage follows the [Flora of New Zealand glossary](https://floraseries.landcareresearch.co.nz/segment/1a3b29cb-7975-4ac7-9838-33affa1a9b8a); the registry's intended coverage beyond these organs remains unresolved.", "in_scope": [ "Identification of an individual locule within a specified reproductive organ and specimen", "Chamber boundaries, separating septa and connections with adjacent chambers", "Locule dimensions, position and contribution to the enclosing organ's locule count", "Ovules, seeds or pollen associated with the chamber, recorded separately from the chamber itself", "Changes in chamber configuration, occupancy and integrity across development" ], "out_of_scope": [ "Whole-organ models of ovaries, fruits, anthers and flowers", "Carpels, septa, placentae and other tissues as independently modelled anatomical structures", "Ovules, seeds, pollen grains and their intrinsic development or viability", "Plant species taxonomy, population distribution and conservation status", "Nonbotanical uses of locule or loculus pending registry disambiguation" ], "distinguishing_features": [ "Identify an internal anatomical compartment of an enclosing organ; an external lobe or surface groove alone does not establish a locule.", "Separate the chamber from its boundary tissues: a septum divides compartments, while the locule is the compartment being divided.", "Distinguish the compartment from its contents; the absence of visible ovules, seeds or pollen does not by itself establish that the chamber is absent.", "Record locule count independently of carpel count; Kew describes orchids with one locule and three parietal placentae, illustrating why internal organisation needs direct evidence. See [Kew's Orchidaceae account](https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn%3Alsid%3Aipni.org%3Anames%3A30000046-2/general-information).", "For anthers, establish whether the source counts pollen-sac cavities or later communicating compartments before equating locule, pollen sac and theca." ], "characteristics": [ { "name": "Enclosing organ", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "Reference to a particular ovary, fruit or anther on an identified specimen", "why_it_matters": "Determines the anatomical interpretation and which observations of contents and boundaries are applicable." }, { "name": "Developmental context", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "Organ-specific stage, with assessment method and unknown permitted", "why_it_matters": "Locule configuration and contents must be compared at interpretable developmental stages." }, { "name": "Position within organ", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "Chamber label linked to organ axis, section orientation and neighbouring compartments", "why_it_matters": "Allows repeated observations to refer to the same chamber." }, { "name": "Locule count of enclosing organ", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Integer chambers per organ, with stage, examined extent and counting convention", "why_it_matters": "Places the individual chamber in its organ configuration without mistaking a single section for the whole organ." }, { "name": "Chamber dimensions", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Length and width in µm or mm; reconstructed volume in µm³ or mm³ when available", "why_it_matters": "Supports comparisons of chamber size while preserving section orientation and preparation effects." }, { "name": "Boundary continuity", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "Continuous at examined extent; partially partitioned; communicating; opened; unresolved", "why_it_matters": "Determines whether apparent spaces are separate compartments or connected portions of one chamber." }, { "name": "Observed contents", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "Ovules; seeds; pollen or developing pollen; mixed or other material; no contents detected; unobserved", "why_it_matters": "Describes chamber occupancy without treating contents as part of the chamber's identity." }, { "name": "Placentation relationship", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "Observed placenta position and ovule attachment relative to an ovary locule; not applicable for anther locules", "why_it_matters": "Connects ovary chamber architecture with the placement of its reproductive contents." }, { "name": "Chamber integrity", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "Apparently intact; naturally opened; collapsed; mechanically disrupted; unresolved", "why_it_matters": "Separates observable condition from unsupported explanations of how that condition arose." } ], "affordances": [ "Locate and label a locule in an oriented section or three-dimensional image of its enclosing organ.", "Count chambers using a stated developmental stage and anatomical convention.", "Measure chamber geometry while recording preparation and imaging limitations.", "Map contents and, where applicable, placental attachments to the correct compartment.", "Compare serial sections or staged specimens to investigate partition continuity and chamber change.", "Select further imaging or authorised dissection when chamber boundaries or identity remain unresolved." ], "agent_conduct": { "may": [ "Describe locules in plant ovaries, fruits and anthers from reliable botanical sources.", "Count and record locules when identifying plants or describing fruit." ], "must_not": [ "Confuse a botanical locule with chambers of unrelated structures in records.", "Misreport locule counts in a way that leads to wrong plant identification.", "Collect protected plants or their fruit for study without permission." ], "requires_human": [ "Destructive sampling of rare or protected specimens." ] }, "ethics": { "considerations": [ "Accurate description of plant structure supports correct identification, including of toxic plants.", "Rare plants should not be damaged for routine study." ], "affected_parties": [ "Botanists and students", "Growers and breeders", "Rare plant populations" ] }, "owners": { "steward": "Nobody owns the concept; the keeper of each plant or specimen answers for it.", "master_systems": [] }, "visual_identification": [ "Separate chambers seen in a cross-section of a fruit or ovary, as in a cut tomato or apple.", "Pollen sacs visible as compartments in an anther under magnification." ], "failure_modes_and_hazards": [ "Miscounted locules can lead to misidentification of plants." ], "what_it_is_for": [ "Locules are examined in botany when describing the internal organization of ovaries, fruits and anthers.", "Their number, boundaries and contents help support plant identification, reproductive studies and observations of seed or pollen development." ], "facets_not_applicable": { "interfaces": "No generally applicable standard or regulation governs a locule as a botanical anatomical compartment." } }, "sources": [ { "id": "wikidata", "title": "Wikidata item Q3818113: locule", "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3818113", "url_status": "live", "what_it_supports": "identity and sense of the item", "checked_by": "wikidata-api" }, { "id": "wikipedia-en", "title": "Wikipedia: Locule", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locule", "url_status": "live", "what_it_supports": "general description of the item", "checked_by": "wikidata-api sitelink" } ], "structure": { "bundles": [ { "id": "locule-identity", "name": "Locule identity", "description": "Establish which anatomical compartment is being described and how the term is being used.", "rationale": "A locule has to be identified relative to its enclosing organ and the anatomical convention used by the observer.", "layers": [ { "id": "organ-context", "name": "Organ context", "description": "Anchor the compartment to a particular plant organ and specimen.", "findings": [ { "id": "enclosing-organ-and-position", "name": "Enclosing organ and position", "description": "Record the specimen, enclosing organ and chamber position before assigning properties to the locule.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which specimen and particular ovary, fruit or anther contain this locule?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "enclosing-organ-and-position-q01" }, { "text": "Which axis, landmarks and chamber label identify its position within that organ?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "enclosing-organ-and-position-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "terminology-and-unit", "name": "Terminology and unit", "description": "Specify what the observer treats as one locule.", "findings": [ { "id": "counting-convention", "name": "Counting convention", "description": "Preserve the source's anatomical meaning, especially where anther terminology or developmental stage changes the counting unit.", "questions": [ { "text": "What anatomical boundary does the source use to define one locule?", "kind": "definition", "id": "counting-convention-q01" }, { "text": "For an anther, how does the source distinguish a locule from a pollen sac and a theca?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "counting-convention-q02" }, { "text": "Which observed material or anatomical reference supports that interpretation?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "counting-convention-q03" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "chamber-architecture", "name": "Chamber architecture", "description": "Describe the partitions, connections and geometry that establish the compartment.", "rationale": "Locule identification and counting depend on internal architecture rather than external organ shape alone.", "layers": [ { "id": "partitions-and-connectivity", "name": "Partitions and connectivity", "description": "Determine the extent of separation from neighbouring spaces.", "findings": [ { "id": "boundary-continuity", "name": "Boundary continuity", "description": "Document chamber walls and septa across the examined organ extent, separating observed continuity from inferred continuity.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which walls or septa delimit the chamber, and over what extent were they examined?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "boundary-continuity-q01" }, { "text": "Do serial sections or volumetric images show connections to neighbouring chambers?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "boundary-continuity-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "geometry-and-enumeration", "name": "Geometry and enumeration", "description": "Measure the individual chamber and situate it within the organ's chamber arrangement.", "findings": [ { "id": "locule-size-and-count", "name": "Locule size and count", "description": "Record chamber dimensions and organ-level locule count with their observation plane, stage and counting convention.", "questions": [ { "text": "What are the chamber dimensions, units and section orientation, or its reconstructed volume?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "locule-size-and-count-q01" }, { "text": "How many distinct locules are supported by the examined organ extent at this stage?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "locule-size-and-count-q02" }, { "text": "What additional sections would resolve an uncertain partition or chamber count?", "kind": "action", "id": "locule-size-and-count-q03" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "contents-and-attachments", "name": "Contents and attachments", "description": "Record what occupies the chamber and how reproductive contents relate to its internal anatomy.", "rationale": "The chamber must remain distinguishable from its contents while retaining the relationships needed to interpret its reproductive context.", "layers": [ { "id": "chamber-occupancy", "name": "Chamber occupancy", "description": "Describe visible contents and the limits of detecting them.", "findings": [ { "id": "contents-observation", "name": "Contents observation", "description": "Record identified contents, their abundance where measurable, and whether apparent emptiness reflects adequate inspection.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which ovules, seeds, pollen or other materials are visible within this locule?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "contents-observation-q01" }, { "text": "What count or occupancy estimate is supported, and how much of the chamber was inspected?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "contents-observation-q02" }, { "text": "Could sectioning, extraction or limited resolution explain the absence of detected contents?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "contents-observation-q03" } ] } ] }, { "id": "placental-relationships", "name": "Placental relationships", "description": "For ovary and fruit contexts, relate the compartment to observed reproductive attachment structures.", "findings": [ { "id": "ovule-attachment-map", "name": "Ovule attachment map", "description": "Record placental position and attachment evidence without deriving carpel number solely from locule count.", "questions": [ { "text": "Where are placentae and ovule attachment points relative to the locule's walls and partitions?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "ovule-attachment-map-q01" }, { "text": "Is the attachment arrangement directly observed, reconstructed from earlier stages or unresolved?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "ovule-attachment-map-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "development-and-observation", "name": "Development and observation", "description": "Track chamber change and determine whether observed alterations are biological or introduced during examination.", "rationale": "A chamber observed at one stage or after preparation may not preserve the configuration needed for anatomical comparison.", "layers": [ { "id": "developmental-continuity", "name": "Developmental continuity", "description": "Relate locule observations across organ development.", "findings": [ { "id": "chamber-stage-comparison", "name": "Chamber stage comparison", "description": "Separate demonstrated continuity of a chamber from comparisons between different specimens or stages.", "questions": [ { "text": "What developmental stage was observed, and how was it established?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "chamber-stage-comparison-q01" }, { "text": "What evidence connects this locule to a chamber observed at an earlier or later stage?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "chamber-stage-comparison-q02" }, { "text": "Have its partitions, connections or contents changed between the compared observations?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "chamber-stage-comparison-q03" } ] } ] }, { "id": "integrity-and-examination", "name": "Integrity and examination", "description": "Assess chamber condition and choose observations that can resolve uncertainty.", "findings": [ { "id": "opening-or-preparation-effect", "name": "Opening or preparation effect", "description": "Record openings, collapse and disruption while keeping their proposed causes separate from the visible evidence.", "questions": [ { "text": "What evidence distinguishes natural organ opening from a tear, cut or collapse introduced during preparation?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "opening-or-preparation-effect-q01" }, { "text": "Which further image, serial section or comparison specimen would clarify the chamber's original boundaries?", "kind": "action", "id": "opening-or-preparation-effect-q02" }, { "text": "If destructive examination is proposed, which locule relationships must be documented before cutting?", "kind": "action", "id": "opening-or-preparation-effect-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": [ "The botanical sense is assumed because no sense is recorded; locule also has uses for compartments in other biological and medical contexts.", "A locule is an anatomical compartment, not an organism or taxon.", "Anther chamber terminology and counts should be checked against developmental stage and the distinction between locules, pollen sacs, and thecae." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-confidence-notes-q01", "text": "Which of these check these first hold for the sense of locule 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": [ "Ovarian locule", "Fruit locule", "Anther locule" ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-kinds-q01", "text": "Which of these kinds and varieties hold for the sense of locule 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": [ "Locule number and arrangement help describe and identify flowering plants.", "Ovarian locules provide anatomical context for describing placentation and ovule arrangement.", "Fruit locules are examined when describing internal fruit structure.", "Anther locules are studied in pollen development and reproductive anatomy." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-real-world-use-q01", "text": "Which of these real-world use hold for the sense of locule 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": "ovule", "difference": "An ovule is a reproductive structure that can develop into a seed; an ovarian locule is the chamber containing ovules." }, { "name": "carpel", "difference": "A carpel is a structural unit of the gynoecium; a locule is an internal chamber, and locule number need not equal carpel number." }, { "name": "septum", "difference": "A septum is a partition separating chambers; a locule is a chamber bounded by surrounding tissues." }, { "name": "ovary", "difference": "The ovary is the ovule-bearing part of a flower's gynoecium; it may contain one or more locules." }, { "name": "placenta", "difference": "In botanical usage, the placenta is the tissue to which ovules attach, rather than the chamber containing them." } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-neighbours-q01", "text": "Which of these neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart hold for the sense of locule this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] } ] } ] } ] }, "openQuestions": [ "Does vr.tr.locule intend only ovary and fruit chambers, or also anther, other sporangial and nonbotanical uses?", "Which anatomical vocabulary should govern anther locule counting where sources differ over pollen sacs, thecae and communicating cavities?", "How should individual locule identity be maintained when partitions develop, disappear or become disrupted during organ maturation?", "What evidence is sufficient to distinguish developmental partitions from secondary subdivisions in each relevant plant group?", "Does an existing Vercy anatomical or world model already own this concept, requiring a registry link instead of a separate publication?" ], "statistics": { "bundles": 5, "layers": 9, "findings": 12, "questions": 25 } }