{
  "vercy": "1.0-draft",
  "publication": {
    "status": "research-draft",
    "adjudicationStatus": "unreviewed",
    "publishableCanonical": false,
    "generatedAt": "2026-09-11T05:54:40Z",
    "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": "2026-10-05T13:19:55+00:00",
      "fields": [
        "agent_conduct",
        "ethics",
        "owners"
      ]
    },
    "gate": {
      "passed": true,
      "version": "1.0",
      "at": "2026-10-06T19:52:01+00:00",
      "evidence": [
        "completeness 1.00",
        "sense: Wikidata description",
        "2 live sources",
        "review by codex: pass"
      ]
    }
  },
  "metaModel": {
    "id": "THING-Q7368",
    "registryId": "vr.tr.sheep",
    "name": "sheep",
    "version": "0.2.0-wave.1",
    "entryKind": "thing",
    "family": "Thing Registry",
    "domain": [
      "PHY.LIV"
    ],
    "status": "research-draft"
  },
  "canonicalUrl": "https://ver.cy/models/thing/q7368/",
  "model": {
    "registry_id": "vr.tr.sheep",
    "name": "sheep",
    "purpose": "Let an agent handle sheep by breed, purpose, identification, health, welfare and regulation.",
    "definition": "The domestic sheep (Ovis aries), a ruminant mammal kept for wool, meat and milk in many breeds, and feral in some places.",
    "what_it_is_for": "Wool, meat, milk, grazing management and landscape.",
    "affordances": [
      "keep and breed them",
      "shear, milk or slaughter them, under law",
      "identify and register them",
      "protect their health and welfare"
    ],
    "distinguishing_features": [
      "Domesticated ruminant",
      "Hundreds of breeds for wool, meat or milk",
      "Must be individually identified in many countries",
      "Feral populations exist"
    ],
    "appearance": "A woolly or hairy ruminant with a split upper lip, often with horns; colours and wool types vary by breed.",
    "visual_identification": [
      "Wool or hair coat and body shape",
      "Ear tags and electronic identifiers",
      "Breeds such as Corino or Pampinta"
    ],
    "physical_properties": [
      {
        "quantity": "adult mass",
        "typical_range": "45-160",
        "unit": "kg",
        "note": "breed-dependent"
      },
      {
        "quantity": "wool yield",
        "typical_range": "1-10",
        "unit": "kg per year",
        "note": ""
      }
    ],
    "families_and_kinds": [
      "wool breeds",
      "meat breeds",
      "dairy breeds",
      "hair sheep",
      "feral sheep"
    ],
    "related_models": [
      {
        "relation": "is a kind of",
        "target": "animal",
        "why": "livestock"
      },
      {
        "relation": "is kept in",
        "target": "agriculture",
        "why": "farming"
      },
      {
        "relation": "produces",
        "target": "wool, meat, milk",
        "why": "products"
      },
      {
        "relation": "carries",
        "target": "zoonosis",
        "why": "diseases"
      }
    ],
    "identifiers": [
      {
        "scheme": "official ear tag",
        "value_or_pattern": "country code plus flock and individual number",
        "note": "EU identification"
      },
      {
        "scheme": "flock number",
        "value_or_pattern": "holding-specific",
        "note": "registration"
      }
    ],
    "standards_and_regulation": [
      "EU Regulation 21/2004 on sheep and goat identification",
      "Animal welfare law",
      "Animal health rules on notifiable diseases"
    ],
    "failure_modes_and_hazards": [
      "Welfare problems such as flystrike",
      "Disease outbreaks",
      "Predator and dog attacks"
    ],
    "in_scope": [],
    "out_of_scope": [],
    "characteristics": [],
    "agent_conduct": {
      "may": [
        "Read a sheep's ear tag and record it against the flock register.",
        "Monitor feed, water, shelter and signs of illness for the keeper.",
        "Report a sheep that is cast on its back, trapped or straying onto a road."
      ],
      "must_not": [
        "Hurt, chase or stress sheep, especially ewes in lamb.",
        "Give medicines or treatments a veterinarian has not prescribed.",
        "Move sheep across holdings or borders without the movement records the law requires.",
        "Leave sheep without water, shade or shelter in extreme weather."
      ],
      "requires_human": [
        "Slaughter, culling or sale of sheep.",
        "Shearing, tail docking or other procedures on the animal."
      ]
    },
    "ethics": {
      "considerations": [
        "Sheep feel pain and fear, and their welfare depends on attentive keepers.",
        "Disease in one flock can spread across a region and ruin farmers."
      ],
      "affected_parties": [
        "The sheep",
        "Farmers and shepherds",
        "Neighbouring flocks"
      ]
    },
    "owners": {
      "steward": "The registered keeper of the flock; veterinary authorities oversee disease control.",
      "master_systems": [
        "National livestock identification and movement registers"
      ]
    }
  },
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "wikidata",
      "title": "Wikidata item Q7368: sheep",
      "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7368",
      "url_status": "live",
      "what_it_supports": "identity and sense of the item",
      "checked_by": "wikidata-api"
    },
    {
      "id": "wikipedia-en",
      "title": "Wikipedia: Sheep",
      "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheep",
      "url_status": "live",
      "what_it_supports": "general description of the item",
      "checked_by": "wikidata-api sitelink"
    }
  ],
  "structure": {
    "bundles": [
      {
        "id": "identity",
        "name": "Identity",
        "description": "Which sheep.",
        "rationale": "Identification is a legal duty.",
        "layers": [
          {
            "id": "tag",
            "name": "Identification",
            "description": "Tags.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "tag-finding",
                "name": "Identification",
                "description": "Individual identification.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "What is the sheep identification number?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Which flock is it from?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "id": "breed",
            "name": "Breed",
            "description": "Type.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "breed-finding",
                "name": "Breed",
                "description": "Breed.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "Which breed is it?",
                    "kind": "definition"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "What is it kept for?",
                    "kind": "definition"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "health",
        "name": "Health",
        "description": "Disease and care.",
        "rationale": "Health affects welfare and trade.",
        "layers": [
          {
            "id": "conditions",
            "name": "Conditions",
            "description": "Common diseases.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "conditions-finding",
                "name": "Conditions",
                "description": "Health conditions.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "What health conditions affect this flock?",
                    "kind": "measurement"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "When is a vet needed?",
                    "kind": "action"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "id": "notifiable",
            "name": "Notifiable diseases",
            "description": "Reporting.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "notifiable-finding",
                "name": "Reporting",
                "description": "Reporting duties.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "Which diseases must be reported?",
                    "kind": "boundary"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "To whom?",
                    "kind": "action"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "welfare",
        "name": "Welfare",
        "description": "Needs.",
        "rationale": "Welfare is a legal duty.",
        "layers": [
          {
            "id": "needs",
            "name": "Needs",
            "description": "Shelter, food, shearing.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "needs-finding",
                "name": "Needs",
                "description": "Welfare needs.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "Are welfare needs met, including shearing and shelter?",
                    "kind": "boundary"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Which code of practice applies?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "id": "protection",
            "name": "Protection",
            "description": "Predators and dogs.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "protection-finding",
                "name": "Protection",
                "description": "Protection from attacks.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "How are sheep protected from dogs and predators?",
                    "kind": "action"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "What should be done after an attack?",
                    "kind": "action"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "products",
        "name": "Products",
        "description": "Wool, meat, milk.",
        "rationale": "Products are regulated.",
        "layers": [
          {
            "id": "wool",
            "name": "Wool",
            "description": "Shearing and quality.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "wool-finding",
                "name": "Wool",
                "description": "Wool quality.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "What wool quality and yield?",
                    "kind": "measurement"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "How is it marketed?",
                    "kind": "definition"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "id": "food",
            "name": "Food",
            "description": "Meat and milk.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "food-finding",
                "name": "Food",
                "description": "Food rules.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "Which food safety rules apply to meat and milk?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Are withdrawal periods for medicines respected?",
                    "kind": "boundary"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "openQuestions": [
    "Should breeds be separate entries?",
    "How should identification schemes be linked?",
    "How should feral sheep be handled?"
  ],
  "statistics": {
    "bundles": 4,
    "layers": 8,
    "findings": 8,
    "questions": 16
  }
}