{ "vercy": "1.0-draft", "publication": { "status": "research-draft", "adjudicationStatus": "unreviewed", "publishableCanonical": false, "generatedAt": "2026-09-12T10:42:36Z", "providers": [ "Codex" ], "breadth": "recalled by Codex without web access - no source was read", "missingProviders": [], "pass": 2, "cost": { "grok": { "seconds": 14.4, "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: 01a09535-37e0-73f2-af86-e1ac2776155e\n--------\nuser\nDescribe what is already known about one registered thing. 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See [Kaitags](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaitags).", "in_scope": [ "Kaitag collective names, self-identification and externally assigned classifications", "Relationships between Kaitag identity and broader Dargin identification", "Community connections to settlements, historical territories and migration destinations", "Relationships between collective identity, language use and cultural transmission", "Population evidence, community representation and limits on claims made for the whole community" ], "out_of_scope": [ "Individual biographies and person-level ethnicity classification", "The grammar, vocabulary and linguistic classification of the Kaitag language", "The complete history and governance of the Kaitag Utsmiate", "Administrative management of present-day districts and settlements", "Individual textiles, museum collections and commercial authentication of Kaitag embroidery", "The full model of the Dargins or other Dagestani peoples" ], "distinguishing_features": [ "The referent must be a community of people; references to a language, historical polity, territory or textile tradition require neighbouring models.", "A source must explicitly identify Kaitags or establish an equivalent community name; a reference to Dargins alone does not establish Kaitag-specific coverage.", "Residence in a place associated with Kaitag does not by itself establish Kaitag identity.", "Speaking Kaitag and identifying as Kaitag are separately evidenced relationships, not interchangeable membership tests.", "The occupation-oriented batch guidance does not apply: Kaitags denotes a collective identity, not a profession, qualification or employment role." ], "characteristics": [ { "name": "Community designation", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "Name with language, script, transliteration, speaker or author, and period of use", "why_it_matters": "Distinguishes genuine alternative community names from labels for the language, territory or artefacts." }, { "name": "Relationship to Dargin identification", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "Self-described affiliation; source-assigned subgroup; separately enumerated identity; contested; unestablished", "why_it_matters": "Preserves overlapping identities and competing classifications without silently merging them." }, { "name": "Settlement association", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "Place linked by residence, origin, migration or cultural attachment, with date and evidence", "why_it_matters": "Separates community geography from administrative boundaries." }, { "name": "Reported population", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Persons, accompanied by reference date, geography, enumeration category, method and uncertainty", "why_it_matters": "Prevents comparison of counts that measure different identity categories or populations." }, { "name": "Community language relationship", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "Language or variety linked by reported use, heritage attachment, teaching or transmission", "why_it_matters": "Records the role of Kaitag and other languages without treating fluency as an identity requirement." }, { "name": "Cultural transmission evidence", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "Documented active transmission; reported interruption; revitalisation activity; disputed; unknown, scoped to a practice and locality", "why_it_matters": "Supports specific assessments without declaring the entire community culturally thriving or declining." }, { "name": "Representative mandate", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "Person or organisation linked to a constituency, subject, authorisation basis and validity period", "why_it_matters": "Distinguishes a contributor's knowledge from authority to speak or decide for others." } ], "affordances": [ "Resolve a Kaitag-related reference to the people, language, territory, historical polity or cultural object.", "Compare descriptions of Kaitag-Dargin affiliation while retaining each source's terminology and date.", "Assess whether population figures have compatible geographic and identity boundaries.", "Map documented settlement and migration relationships at community level.", "Identify evidence gaps concerning language and cultural transmission for community consultation.", "Determine whom to consult about a proposed cultural documentation activity and what their mandate covers." ], "agent_conduct": { "may": [ "Describe the Kaitags and their language and history, citing ethnographic sources.", "Note debates over their classification within the Dargins." ], "must_not": [ "Settle classification debates against the community's view.", "Stereotype the community.", "Treat the Kaitag language as a dialect without noting debate.", "Share sacred practices without consent." ], "requires_human": [ "Publishing material on identity disputes." ] }, "ethics": { "considerations": [ "Small peoples face pressure on identity and language.", "Classification decisions affect recognition." ], "affected_parties": [ "Kaitag community", "Speakers of Kaitag" ] }, "owners": { "steward": "The Kaitag community.", "master_systems": [] }, "what_it_is_for": [ "References to the Kaitags occur in accounts of Dagestan's history, languages, communities and cultural heritage.", "The term supports ethnographic description, archival indexing and community-directed documentation when sources distinguish local identity from broader Dargin classifications." ], "standards_and_regulation": [ "The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly, protects ethnic, religious and linguistic minority rights under Article 27 in states parties.", "The International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly, addresses discrimination based on descent or national or ethnic origin in states parties." ], "failure_modes_and_hazards": [ "Inferring Kaitag identity from appearance, surname or residence can misidentify people and reinforce stereotypes.", "Treating broad administrative classifications as definitive can erase community distinctions and self-identification.", "Publishing sensitive personal or cultural information without appropriate consent can expose community members to discrimination or unwanted attention." ], "facets_not_applicable": { "recognition": "Ethnic membership cannot be reliably identified from physical appearance, clothing or other visual cues." } }, "sources": [ { "id": "wikidata", "title": "Wikidata item Q3827200: Kaitags", "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3827200", "url_status": "live", "what_it_supports": "identity and sense of the item", "checked_by": "wikidata-api" }, { "id": "wikipedia-en", "title": "Wikipedia: Kaitags", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaitags", "url_status": "live", "what_it_supports": "general description of the item", "checked_by": "wikidata-api sitelink" } ], "structure": { "bundles": [ { "id": "kaitag-identity-and-naming", "name": "Kaitag identity and naming", "description": "Establishes what the registry name denotes and how Kaitag identity is described alongside Dargin identification.", "rationale": "Name ambiguity and variable classification can otherwise cause incorrect merging or splitting of the registered community.", "layers": [ { "id": "community-name-resolution", "name": "Community name resolution", "description": "Distinguishes names for Kaitag people from related uses of Kaitag.", "findings": [ { "id": "people-name-referent", "name": "People-name referent", "description": "Record an ethnonym as equivalent only when its context establishes that it denotes the community.", "questions": [ { "text": "Does this occurrence of Kaitag or Kaitags denote people, a language, a place, a polity or a textile?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "people-name-referent-q01" }, { "text": "Who uses this community name, in which language and script, and where was that usage documented?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "people-name-referent-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "kaitag-dargin-affiliation", "name": "Kaitag-Dargin affiliation", "description": "Keeps self-identification distinct from scholarly and administrative classifications.", "findings": [ { "id": "attributed-identity-classification", "name": "Attributed identity classification", "description": "Treat descriptions of Kaitags as a Dargin subgroup or a separate people as attributed classifications rather than exclusive identity rules.", "questions": [ { "text": "Is this Kaitag-Dargin relationship a community self-description, an ethnographic classification or an enumeration rule?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "attributed-identity-classification-q01" }, { "text": "Does the evidence allow simultaneous Kaitag and Dargin identification, and whose perspective does it represent?", "kind": "definition", "id": "attributed-identity-classification-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "kaitag-geography-and-population", "name": "Kaitag geography and population", "description": "Connects community presence to places and makes population evidence interpretable.", "rationale": "Territorial names, district populations and ethnic counts can refer to different populations.", "layers": [ { "id": "settlement-and-territory", "name": "Settlement and territory", "description": "Separates community settlement evidence from historical and administrative geography.", "findings": [ { "id": "dated-community-place-links", "name": "Dated community-place links", "description": "Record each place association by its meaning and period without treating territory as proof of membership.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which settlements are documented as having Kaitag communities, and for what periods?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "dated-community-place-links-q01" }, { "text": "Does this geographic claim concern community residence, historical Kaitag territory or a present administrative district?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "dated-community-place-links-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "enumeration-and-comparability", "name": "Enumeration and comparability", "description": "Assesses what reported Kaitag population figures actually count.", "findings": [ { "id": "kaitag-count-denominator", "name": "Kaitag count denominator", "description": "Attach the identity category, geographic coverage and enumeration method to every count; do not substitute Dargin totals or Kaitag speaker estimates.", "questions": [ { "text": "Does this figure count people identifying as Kaitag, Kaitag speakers, residents of a territory or an estimated subgroup?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "kaitag-count-denominator-q01" }, { "text": "Were Kaitags separately enumerated or included under another category, and can this figure be compared with the proposed baseline?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "kaitag-count-denominator-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "kaitag-language-and-cultural-continuity", "name": "Kaitag language and cultural continuity", "description": "Records how language and attributed cultural practices relate to community life and transmission.", "rationale": "The community must remain distinguishable from both its associated language and objects marketed or catalogued as Kaitag.", "layers": [ { "id": "language-use-and-transmission", "name": "Language use and transmission", "description": "Links language evidence to particular community settings and generations.", "findings": [ { "id": "identity-independent-of-fluency", "name": "Identity independent of fluency", "description": "Record reported language use and transmission without deriving ethnic membership from speaking ability or a source's language-versus-dialect terminology.", "questions": [ { "text": "What evidence describes Kaitag language use and intergenerational transmission in the community setting being modelled?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "identity-independent-of-fluency-q01" }, { "text": "Does this source distinguish ethnic identification, heritage-language attachment and demonstrated speaking ability?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "identity-independent-of-fluency-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "practice-attribution-and-continuity", "name": "Practice attribution and continuity", "description": "Distinguishes documented community practice from external cultural labels.", "findings": [ { "id": "kaitag-cultural-attribution", "name": "Kaitag cultural attribution", "description": "A Kaitag label attached to embroidery or another practice requires evidence about makers, locality, use and community interpretation before supporting a claim about the people.", "questions": [ { "text": "Is this Kaitag attribution supported by maker testimony, collection provenance, field documentation or only a market label?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "kaitag-cultural-attribution-q01" }, { "text": "Who currently practises or transmits it, and how narrowly should the evidence be scoped by locality and generation?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "kaitag-cultural-attribution-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "kaitag-history-and-community-agency", "name": "Kaitag history and community agency", "description": "Separates historical associations from present identity and establishes the basis for community-facing actions.", "rationale": "Historical political affiliation does not establish present membership, and a knowledgeable source does not automatically represent all Kaitags.", "layers": [ { "id": "historical-polity-boundary", "name": "Historical polity boundary", "description": "Links relevant historical records while preserving the distinction between a people and a political entity.", "findings": [ { "id": "utsmiate-and-community-distinction", "name": "Utsmiate and community distinction", "description": "References to the Kaitag Utsmiate must be resolved separately from references to the ethnic community; continuity claims require their own evidence.", "questions": [ { "text": "Does this historical source identify an ethnic community or describe subjects, rulers or territory of the Kaitag Utsmiate?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "utsmiate-and-community-distinction-q01" }, { "text": "What evidence supports the claimed connection between that historical population and the Kaitag community under discussion?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "utsmiate-and-community-distinction-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "community-voice-and-action", "name": "Community voice and action", "description": "Determines whose perspective is represented and what proposed documentation or cultural work they can authorise.", "findings": [ { "id": "bounded-community-mandate", "name": "Bounded community mandate", "description": "Record the constituency and subject of a representative's mandate, preserving differences among local communities and contributors.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which Kaitag constituency does this person or organisation represent, and what evidence establishes that mandate?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "bounded-community-mandate-q01" }, { "text": "Who should review the proposed description, recording or reuse, and what decisions are they authorised to make?", "kind": "action", "id": "bounded-community-mandate-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 name is interpreted as an ethnonym, not an occupation, despite the batch's occupation-oriented guidance.", "Classification as a Dargin subgroup should be checked against contemporary scholarship and community self-identification.", "No sources were consulted; population figures, internal subdivisions and formal identifiers are omitted." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-confidence-notes-q01", "text": "Which of these check these first hold for the sense of Kaitags 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": [ "Ethnographic description of communities in Dagestan.", "Study of Kaitag linguistic and cultural heritage.", "Historical study of the Kaitag utsmiate." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-real-world-use-q01", "text": "Which of these real-world use hold for the sense of Kaitags 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": [ "Conflating ethnic identity, language use and administrative census classification.", "Confusing the people with textiles described as Kaitag embroideries.", "Treating historical political boundaries as the present distribution of the community." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards-q01", "text": "Which of these failure modes and hazards hold for the sense of Kaitags 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": [ "The community is associated principally with southeastern Dagestan, within the Russian Federation." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-regional-variation-q01", "text": "Which of these regional variation hold for the sense of Kaitags 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": "Dargins", "difference": "Dargins is the broader ethnic category within which Kaitags are commonly classified; Kaitag denotes a more specific community." }, { "name": "Kaitag language", "difference": "The language is a linguistic system, whereas the Kaitags are a community whose identity does not require every member to speak it." }, { "name": "Kaitag utsmiate", "difference": "The utsmiate was a historical polity, rather than the ethnic community itself." } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-neighbours-q01", "text": "Which of these neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart hold for the sense of Kaitags this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] } ] } ] } ] }, "openQuestions": [ "Which community-authored sources best establish preferred names, spellings and present understandings of Kaitag-Dargin affiliation?", "Which enumeration sources distinguish Kaitags explicitly, and can a current population estimate be supported without substituting Dargin totals or speaker counts?", "Which settlements and migration destinations have documented Kaitag communities, and how have those relationships changed over time?", "What locally grounded evidence establishes current language transmission and the continuity of practices attributed to Kaitags?", "Which community bodies or contributors have recognised mandates for consultation, and does the existing Vercy catalogue already contain a model that should remain the single source of truth?" ], "statistics": { "bundles": 5, "layers": 9, "findings": 13, "questions": 21 } }