{
  "vercy": "1.0-draft",
  "publication": {
    "status": "research-draft",
    "adjudicationStatus": "unreviewed",
    "publishableCanonical": false,
    "generatedAt": "2026-09-12T03:36:19Z",
    "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": 2,
    "engine": "claude",
    "enrichment": {
      "pass": 3,
      "engine": "claude",
      "producedAt": "2026-10-06T00:30:00Z",
      "ingestedAt": "2026-10-05T20:53:59+00:00",
      "fields": [
        "agent_conduct",
        "ethics",
        "owners"
      ]
    },
    "gate": {
      "passed": true,
      "version": "1.0",
      "at": "2026-10-07T10:10:31+00:00",
      "evidence": [
        "completeness 1.00",
        "sense: Wikidata description",
        "2 live sources",
        "review by codex: pass"
      ]
    }
  },
  "metaModel": {
    "id": "THING-Q4588528",
    "registryId": "vr.tr.sacred-place",
    "name": "sacred place",
    "version": "0.2.0-wave.2",
    "entryKind": "thing",
    "family": "Thing Registry",
    "domain": [
      "PHY.PLC"
    ],
    "status": "research-draft"
  },
  "canonicalUrl": "https://ver.cy/models/thing/q4588528/",
  "model": {
    "registry_id": "vr.tr.sacred-place",
    "name": "sacred place",
    "purpose": "Let an agent explain sacred places across traditions with attribution, describe their protection and access rules, support respectful visiting and heritage questions, and support comparative and historical study.",
    "definition": "A place regarded as holy or spiritually significant within a religious or cultural tradition, including temples, shrines and sanctuaries, natural sites such as mountains, springs, groves and caves, Indigenous sacred sites, Japanese sacred precincts and pilgrimage sites, ancient sanctuaries such as the Ploutonion, and places of power in various traditions; sacred places are protected by religious custom and often by law, and are described here with attribution to the traditions that hold them sacred.",
    "what_it_is_for": "Places held holy by traditions.",
    "affordances": [
      "explain with attribution",
      "describe protection and access",
      "support respectful visiting",
      "support study"
    ],
    "distinguishing_features": [
      "Religious significance",
      "Custom and law protection",
      "Built or natural",
      "Access rules"
    ],
    "appearance": "Temples, shrines, natural sites and marked precincts.",
    "visual_identification": [
      "Held holy or spiritually significant by a tradition",
      "Built or natural",
      "A heritage site is protected for cultural value; a mythical location is not physical"
    ],
    "physical_properties": [
      {
        "quantity": "Site area",
        "unit": "m2",
        "typical_range": "",
        "note": "Measure the spatial extent using boundaries recognized by the relevant community, recording uncertainty where boundaries are not fixed."
      },
      {
        "quantity": "Elevation",
        "unit": "m",
        "typical_range": "",
        "note": "Measure the elevation of a stated reference point relative to a specified vertical datum."
      }
    ],
    "families_and_kinds": [
      "temples, shrines and sanctuaries",
      "natural sacred sites such as mountains and springs",
      "Indigenous sacred sites",
      "pilgrimage sites",
      "ancient sanctuaries"
    ],
    "related_models": [
      {
        "relation": "is a kind of",
        "target": "religious site",
        "why": "category"
      },
      {
        "relation": "is a kind of",
        "target": "geographic location",
        "why": "category"
      },
      {
        "relation": "is related to",
        "target": "pilgrimage",
        "why": "journeys to sacred places"
      },
      {
        "relation": "is related to",
        "target": "national heritage site",
        "why": "legal protection of sites"
      }
    ],
    "identifiers": [],
    "standards_and_regulation": [
      "Religious rules on access and conduct",
      "Heritage and Indigenous sacred site protection law",
      "Tourism management rules"
    ],
    "failure_modes_and_hazards": [
      "Disrespectful visiting",
      "Damage from tourism and development",
      "Unattributed claims about sacredness"
    ],
    "in_scope": [],
    "out_of_scope": [],
    "characteristics": [],
    "agent_conduct": {
      "may": [
        "Describe sacred places with sources from the traditions that hold them.",
        "Share the visiting rules, dress codes and restrictions set by custodians."
      ],
      "must_not": [
        "Share locations or images of sacred places that communities keep restricted.",
        "Encourage visits that break custodians' rules or damage the site.",
        "Disparage the beliefs attached to a sacred place.",
        "Present a contested sacred site as belonging to one side."
      ],
      "requires_human": [
        "Publishing material about indigenous or restricted sacred sites.",
        "Advising on development or tourism at sacred sites."
      ]
    },
    "ethics": {
      "considerations": [
        "Sacred places hold deep meaning; damage or disrespect wounds communities.",
        "Many sacred sites are contested between groups."
      ],
      "affected_parties": [
        "Religious and indigenous communities",
        "Custodians",
        "Visitors"
      ]
    },
    "owners": {
      "steward": "The community or custodians who hold the place sacred; heritage law may also protect it.",
      "master_systems": [
        "Heritage site registers where they apply"
      ]
    }
  },
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "wikidata",
      "title": "Wikidata item Q4588528: sacred place",
      "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4588528",
      "url_status": "live",
      "what_it_supports": "identity and sense of the item",
      "checked_by": "wikidata-api"
    },
    {
      "id": "wikipedia-en",
      "title": "Wikipedia: Sacred space",
      "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacred_space",
      "url_status": "live",
      "what_it_supports": "general description of the item",
      "checked_by": "wikidata-api sitelink"
    }
  ],
  "structure": {
    "bundles": [
      {
        "id": "understand",
        "name": "Understand",
        "description": "What sacred places are.",
        "rationale": "Attribution.",
        "layers": [
          {
            "id": "concept",
            "name": "Concept",
            "description": "Concept across traditions.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "concept-finding",
                "name": "Concept",
                "description": "Concept.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "How do traditions define and recognise sacred places, in their own terms, and what do scholars say about the concept?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Is the presentation attributed and respectful?",
                    "kind": "boundary"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "id": "kinds",
            "name": "Kinds",
            "description": "Kinds of sacred places.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "kinds-finding",
                "name": "Kinds",
                "description": "Kinds.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "What kinds of sacred places exist, from temples and shrines to mountains, springs and Indigenous sites?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Which entry fits a specific place?",
                    "kind": "action"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "visit",
        "name": "Visit",
        "description": "Access and visiting.",
        "rationale": "Practice.",
        "layers": [
          {
            "id": "etiquette",
            "name": "Etiquette",
            "description": "Etiquette.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "etiquette-finding",
                "name": "Etiquette",
                "description": "Etiquette.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "What conduct, dress and access rules apply to visiting a given sacred place, according to its custodians?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Is the place closed to outsiders or restricted?",
                    "kind": "boundary"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "id": "tourism",
            "name": "Tourism",
            "description": "Tourism and management.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "tourism-finding",
                "name": "Tourism",
                "description": "Tourism.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "How are sacred places managed for tourism while protecting their significance?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Which entry fits religious tourism?",
                    "kind": "action"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "protect",
        "name": "Protect",
        "description": "Protection.",
        "rationale": "Law.",
        "layers": [
          {
            "id": "law",
            "name": "Law",
            "description": "Legal protection.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "law-finding",
                "name": "Law",
                "description": "Law.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "How are sacred places protected by heritage, religious and Indigenous rights law?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Which entry fits heritage law?",
                    "kind": "action"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "id": "disputes",
            "name": "Disputes",
            "description": "Disputes.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "disputes-finding",
                "name": "Disputes",
                "description": "Disputes.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "What disputes over sacred places and development or shared use exist, with positions attributed?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Is the presentation neutral?",
                    "kind": "boundary"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "learn",
        "name": "Learn",
        "description": "History and study.",
        "rationale": "Education.",
        "layers": [
          {
            "id": "history",
            "name": "History",
            "description": "History.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "history-finding",
                "name": "History",
                "description": "History.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "How have sacred places developed, changed hands and been reinterpreted historically?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Which references are standard?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "id": "study",
            "name": "Study",
            "description": "Comparative study.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "study-finding",
                "name": "Study",
                "description": "Study.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "How do religious studies, anthropology and geography study sacred places?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Which misconceptions arise?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "openQuestions": [
    "Should each major sacred place be a separate entry?",
    "How should protection laws be linked?",
    "How should community protocols be linked?"
  ],
  "statistics": {
    "bundles": 4,
    "layers": 8,
    "findings": 8,
    "questions": 16
  }
}