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  "vercy": "1.0-draft",
  "publication": {
    "status": "research-draft",
    "adjudicationStatus": "unreviewed",
    "publishableCanonical": false,
    "generatedAt": "2026-09-13T22:52:39Z",
    "providers": [
      "Claude"
    ],
    "breadth": "written by Claude from model knowledge without web access - no source was read, every claim is a lead to verify",
    "pass": 2,
    "wave": 4,
    "engine": "claude"
  },
  "metaModel": {
    "id": "THING-Q385337",
    "registryId": "vr.tr.deanery",
    "name": "deanery",
    "version": "0.2.0-wave.4",
    "entryKind": "thing",
    "family": "Thing Registry",
    "domain": [
      "PHY.PLC"
    ],
    "status": "research-draft"
  },
  "canonicalUrl": "https://ver.cy/models/thing/q385337/",
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    "registry_id": "vr.tr.deanery",
    "name": "deanery",
    "purpose": "Let an agent explain deaneries, relay structure, roles and variation across churches from canon law and church sources, describe the named forms and flag misfiled or instance aliases, and distinguish deaneries from parishes, dioceses, archdeaconries, cathedral chapters and academic deans.",
    "definition": "An ecclesiastical administrative unit grouping several parishes under a dean, known in some traditions as a rural deanery, vicariate forane or archpriesthood, headed by an archpriest or vicar forane, found in Catholic, Anglican, Lutheran and other churches, with larger units sometimes called archdeaneries; the registry aliases include suppressed deaneries, rectories in the Netherlands, local church units, and Hochtaunus, which names a district in Hesse and, if referring to a church deanery, an instance, appearing misfiled. The term deanery also names a dean s residence and the office of dean in cathedrals and universities.",
    "what_it_is_for": "Organising parishes within a diocese.",
    "affordances": [
      "explain structure and roles",
      "relay variation across churches",
      "describe named forms",
      "flag misfiled aliases"
    ],
    "distinguishing_features": [
      "Intermediate church unit",
      "Dean or archpriest",
      "Pastoral coordination",
      "Varied names"
    ],
    "appearance": "Not a physical object; shown on diocesan maps and in church directories.",
    "visual_identification": [
      "Group of parishes under a dean",
      "Archpriesthood, suppressed deanery, Hochtaunus, archdeanery, rectories in the Netherlands, vicariate forane",
      "Parishes are local units; dioceses are larger; archdeaconries are administrative areas under archdeacons; cathedral chapters are clergy bodies; academic deans head faculties"
    ],
    "physical_properties": [
      {
        "quantity": "Catholic canon law",
        "typical_range": "canons 553-555",
        "unit": "note",
        "note": "vicar forane"
      },
      {
        "quantity": "Anglican rural dean",
        "typical_range": "appointed by bishop",
        "unit": "note",
        "note": ""
      },
      {
        "quantity": "registry parent",
        "typical_range": "religious administrative territorial entity",
        "unit": "note",
        "note": ""
      }
    ],
    "families_and_kinds": [
      "Catholic vicariates forane",
      "Anglican rural deaneries",
      "Lutheran and Evangelical deaneries",
      "Orthodox deaneries",
      "suppressed or merged deaneries"
    ],
    "related_models": [
      {
        "relation": "is a kind of",
        "target": "religious administrative territorial entity",
        "why": "in registry terms"
      },
      {
        "relation": "is part of",
        "target": "diocese",
        "why": ""
      },
      {
        "relation": "contains",
        "target": "parish",
        "why": ""
      },
      {
        "relation": "is contrasted with",
        "target": "Hochtaunuskreis",
        "why": "misfiled alias"
      }
    ],
    "identifiers": [],
    "standards_and_regulation": [
      "1983 Code of Canon Law",
      "Church of England Measures",
      "Regional church constitutions"
    ],
    "failure_modes_and_hazards": [
      "Confusing ecclesiastical and academic deans",
      "Stale unit lists after mergers",
      "Misfiled place alias"
    ],
    "in_scope": [],
    "out_of_scope": [],
    "characteristics": []
  },
  "sources": [],
  "structure": {
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      {
        "id": "understand",
        "name": "Understand",
        "description": "What a deanery is.",
        "rationale": "Definition.",
        "layers": [
          {
            "id": "definition",
            "name": "Definition",
            "description": "Definition.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "definition-finding",
                "name": "Definition",
                "description": "Definition.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "What is a deanery, and how does it differ from parishes, dioceses, archdeaconries, cathedral chapters and academic deans?",
                    "kind": "definition"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Is the question about church governance, a specific area or genealogy records?",
                    "kind": "boundary"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "id": "forms",
            "name": "Forms",
            "description": "Named forms.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "forms-finding",
                "name": "Forms",
                "description": "Forms.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "What are archpriesthoods, archdeaneries, suppressed deaneries and Dutch rectories, and what is Hochtaunus?",
                    "kind": "definition"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Which entry fits the specific form?",
                    "kind": "action"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "governance",
        "name": "Governance",
        "description": "Governance.",
        "rationale": "Regulation.",
        "layers": [
          {
            "id": "catholic",
            "name": "Catholic",
            "description": "Vicars forane.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "catholic-finding",
                "name": "Catholic",
                "description": "Catholic.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "What does canon law say about vicars forane?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Which references are standard?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "id": "anglican",
            "name": "Anglican",
            "description": "Rural deans.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "anglican-finding",
                "name": "Anglican",
                "description": "Anglican.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "What do rural deans and deanery synods do in the Church of England?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Which sources are cited?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "change",
        "name": "Change",
        "description": "Reorganisation.",
        "rationale": "Attribution.",
        "layers": [
          {
            "id": "mergers",
            "name": "Mergers",
            "description": "Mergers.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "mergers-finding",
                "name": "Mergers",
                "description": "Mergers.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "Why are deaneries merged or suppressed, as churches report?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Is the information current?",
                    "kind": "boundary"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "id": "protestant",
            "name": "Protestant",
            "description": "Protestant deaneries.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "protestant-finding",
                "name": "Protestant",
                "description": "Protestant.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "How do German Evangelical churches organise Dekanate?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Which entry fits Evangelical Church in Hesse and Nassau?",
                    "kind": "action"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "context",
        "name": "Context",
        "description": "Other senses.",
        "rationale": "Context.",
        "layers": [
          {
            "id": "residence",
            "name": "Residence",
            "description": "Dean s residence.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "residence-finding",
                "name": "Residence",
                "description": "Residence.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "What is a deanery as a building?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Which entry fits clergy house?",
                    "kind": "action"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "id": "records",
            "name": "Records",
            "description": "Records.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "records-finding",
                "name": "Records",
                "description": "Records.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "How are deanery records used in genealogy?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Which entry fits parish register?",
                    "kind": "action"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "openQuestions": [
    "The registry alias Hochtaunus should be reviewed as a district or a specific deanery instance",
    "Should rectories in the Netherlands be moved to Dutch church entries?",
    "How should diocesan directories be linked?"
  ],
  "statistics": {
    "bundles": 4,
    "layers": 8,
    "findings": 8,
    "questions": 16
  }
}