{ "vercy": "1.0-draft", "publication": { "status": "research-draft", "adjudicationStatus": "unreviewed", "publishableCanonical": false, "generatedAt": "2026-09-11T04:35:51Z", "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": 1, "engine": "claude", "enrichment": { "pass": 3, "engine": "claude", "producedAt": "2026-10-05T16:30:00Z", "ingestedAt": "2026-10-05T13:18:27+00:00", "fields": [ "agent_conduct", "ethics", "owners" ] }, "gate": { "passed": true, "version": "1.0", "at": "2026-10-06T19:52:00+00:00", "evidence": [ "completeness 1.00", "sense: Wikidata description", "2 live sources", "review by codex: pass" ] } }, "metaModel": { "id": "THING-Q523", "registryId": "vr.tr.star", "name": "star", "version": "0.2.0-wave.1", "entryKind": "thing", "family": "Thing Registry", "domain": [ "PHY.SPC" ], "status": "research-draft" }, "canonicalUrl": "https://ver.cy/models/thing/q523/", "model": { "registry_id": "vr.tr.star", "name": "star", "purpose": "Let an agent describe stars by spectral type, mass, luminosity, distance and evolutionary stage, and identify them across catalogues.", "definition": "A luminous sphere of plasma held together by its own gravity, producing energy by nuclear fusion in its core for most of its life.", "what_it_is_for": "Understanding the universe, navigation, timekeeping and the origin of chemical elements.", "affordances": [ "observe it, by eye or telescope", "classify it, by spectral type and luminosity class", "measure it, for distance, mass, temperature and composition", "navigate by it, in celestial navigation" ], "distinguishing_features": [ "Self-luminous through fusion, unlike planets", "Classified on the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram", "Evolves through stages from protostar to remnant", "The Sun is a star" ], "appearance": "A point of light in the night sky, twinkling from the ground; colour ranges from blue-white to red.", "visual_identification": [ "Point sources that do not move against each other over a night, unlike planets", "Colour indicates temperature", "Bright stars have proper names; most have only catalogue numbers" ], "physical_properties": [ { "quantity": "mass", "typical_range": "0.08-150+", "unit": "solar masses", "note": "" }, { "quantity": "surface temperature", "typical_range": "2000-50000", "unit": "K", "note": "" }, { "quantity": "luminosity", "typical_range": "10^-4 to 10^6", "unit": "solar luminosities", "note": "" } ], "families_and_kinds": [ "by spectral type: O, B, A, F, G, K, M", "by luminosity class: supergiant to dwarf", "remnants: white dwarf, neutron star, black hole", "variable and binary stars" ], "related_models": [ { "relation": "is a kind of", "target": "astronomical object", "why": "the most studied class" }, { "relation": "hosts", "target": "planet", "why": "planetary systems orbit stars" }, { "relation": "is part of", "target": "galaxy", "why": "stars group into galaxies" }, { "relation": "is confused with", "target": "star as celebrity or symbol", "why": "homonyms" } ], "identifiers": [ { "scheme": "HD number", "value_or_pattern": "Henry Draper catalogue", "note": "bright stars" }, { "scheme": "Gaia DR3 source id", "value_or_pattern": "numeric", "note": "about 1.8 billion sources" }, { "scheme": "Bayer designation", "value_or_pattern": "Greek letter plus constellation", "note": "for example Alpha Centauri" } ], "standards_and_regulation": [ "IAU Working Group on Star Names", "Commercial \"star naming\" has no official standing" ], "failure_modes_and_hazards": [ "Believing purchased star names are official", "Mixing apparent and absolute magnitude", "Treating a binary system as one star" ], "in_scope": [], "out_of_scope": [], "characteristics": [], "agent_conduct": { "may": [ "Report a star's designation, position, magnitude and type from astronomical catalogues.", "Explain whether a magnitude is apparent or absolute." ], "must_not": [ "Tell people that a star name bought from a commercial service is official.", "Treat a known binary or multiple system as a single star.", "Advise looking at the Sun without proper eye protection." ], "requires_human": [ "Correcting a published catalogue record that others rely on." ] }, "ethics": { "considerations": [ "Selling star names exploits trust and grief; honesty about naming protects people.", "Stars belong to everyone's sky, and light pollution takes them away." ], "affected_parties": [ "Buyers of novelty star names", "Sky watchers and astronomers" ] }, "owners": { "steward": "Nobody owns a star; the International Astronomical Union governs official names.", "master_systems": [ "Star catalogues maintained by the astronomical community" ] } }, "sources": [ { "id": "wikidata", "title": "Wikidata item Q523: star", "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q523", "url_status": "live", "what_it_supports": "identity and sense of the item", "checked_by": "wikidata-api" }, { "id": "wikipedia-en", "title": "Wikipedia: Star", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star", "url_status": "live", "what_it_supports": "general description of the item", "checked_by": "wikidata-api sitelink" } ], "structure": { "bundles": [ { "id": "identity", "name": "Identity", "description": "Names and catalogue numbers.", "rationale": "Stars carry many designations; cross-identification avoids duplicates.", "layers": [ { "id": "names", "name": "Names", "description": "Proper names and designations.", "findings": [ { "id": "names-finding", "name": "Designations", "description": "The names and catalogue numbers.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which designations identify this star?", "kind": "provenance" }, { "text": "Is its proper name IAU-approved?", "kind": "provenance" } ] } ] }, { "id": "multiplicity", "name": "Multiplicity", "description": "Single or multiple.", "findings": [ { "id": "multiplicity-finding", "name": "System membership", "description": "Whether it is part of a multiple system.", "questions": [ { "text": "Is this a single star or part of a multiple system?", "kind": "definition" }, { "text": "Which component is meant?", "kind": "boundary" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "classification", "name": "Classification", "description": "Spectral type and stage.", "rationale": "Classification summarises temperature, size and evolution.", "layers": [ { "id": "spectral", "name": "Spectral type", "description": "Type and luminosity class.", "findings": [ { "id": "spectral-finding", "name": "Spectral class", "description": "The spectral classification.", "questions": [ { "text": "What is its spectral type and luminosity class?", "kind": "definition" }, { "text": "How was it classified?", "kind": "provenance" } ] } ] }, { "id": "stage", "name": "Evolutionary stage", "description": "Main sequence, giant, remnant.", "findings": [ { "id": "stage-finding", "name": "Stage", "description": "The stage of evolution.", "questions": [ { "text": "What evolutionary stage is it in?", "kind": "definition" }, { "text": "How will it evolve?", "kind": "definition" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "physical", "name": "Physical properties", "description": "Mass, temperature and distance.", "rationale": "Physical parameters are what science uses.", "layers": [ { "id": "parameters", "name": "Parameters", "description": "Mass, radius, temperature, luminosity.", "findings": [ { "id": "parameters-finding", "name": "Parameters", "description": "Measured or derived values.", "questions": [ { "text": "What are its mass, radius, temperature and luminosity?", "kind": "measurement" }, { "text": "Which are measured and which modelled?", "kind": "provenance" } ] } ] }, { "id": "distance", "name": "Distance", "description": "Parallax and other methods.", "findings": [ { "id": "distance-finding", "name": "Distance", "description": "The distance and method.", "questions": [ { "text": "How far away is it, and by which method?", "kind": "measurement" }, { "text": "What is the uncertainty?", "kind": "measurement" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "observation", "name": "Observation", "description": "Seeing and using it.", "rationale": "Stars are observed and used in navigation and culture.", "layers": [ { "id": "visibility", "name": "Visibility", "description": "Magnitude and position.", "findings": [ { "id": "visibility-finding", "name": "Visibility", "description": "Brightness and when it is visible.", "questions": [ { "text": "What is its apparent magnitude, and when is it visible?", "kind": "measurement" }, { "text": "In which constellation is it?", "kind": "definition" } ] } ] }, { "id": "variability", "name": "Variability", "description": "Changes in brightness.", "findings": [ { "id": "variability-finding", "name": "Variability", "description": "Whether it varies.", "questions": [ { "text": "Is its brightness variable, with what period?", "kind": "measurement" }, { "text": "What causes the variation?", "kind": "definition" } ] } ] } ] } ] }, "openQuestions": [ "Should named stars be registered as instances with Gaia identifiers?", "How should multiple star systems be modelled?", "Which spectral classification version should be used?" ], "statistics": { "bundles": 4, "layers": 8, "findings": 8, "questions": 16 } }