{ "vercy": "1.0-draft", "publication": { "status": "research-draft", "adjudicationStatus": "unreviewed", "publishableCanonical": false, "generatedAt": "2026-09-12T11:34:01Z", "providers": [ "Codex" ], "breadth": "recalled by Codex without web access - no source was read", "missingProviders": [], "pass": 2, "cost": { "grok": { "seconds": 20.3, "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: 01a09564-2787-7aa1-ab6d-52933bf37db2\n--------\nuser\nDescribe what is already known about one registered thing. 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[Unicode Chapter 13](https://www.unicode.org/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-13/)", "Compare letter shapes and recurring combinations against identified exemplars; a Nepalese location or a Nepali-language label does not establish script identity.", "Distinguish Newa/Prachalit attribution from Ranjana attribution through comparative evidence rather than treating the names as interchangeable. [Newar encoding proposal](https://unicode.org/L2/L2012/12003-newar.pdf)", "Test whether a difference changes character identity or only its written appearance before treating a manuscript hand or font as another script.", "Identify the written language separately from the script, so visually related specimens do not automatically receive the same reading or pronunciation." ], "characteristics": [ { "name": "Registry referent resolution", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "unresolved | family-level interpretation supported | particular-script interpretation supported | conflicting evidence", "why_it_matters": "Controls whether script-specific rules can safely be applied to this registry entry." }, { "name": "Attributed tradition", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "source-qualified label such as Newa/Prachalit, Ranjana or Bhujimol; mixed; undetermined", "why_it_matters": "Keeps differences among named traditions visible without asserting an unverified classification." }, { "name": "Specimen relationship", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "identified manuscript, inscription, printed example or teaching exemplar, with locator", "why_it_matters": "Makes recognition claims inspectable against actual letterforms." }, { "name": "Written language", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "language identifier and attribution evidence; unknown or multiple allowed", "why_it_matters": "Supports orthographic interpretation without confusing script identity with language identity." }, { "name": "Orthographic profile", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "documented convention for a specified tradition, language, period and usage", "why_it_matters": "Determines how vowels, consonant combinations and other signs should be read." }, { "name": "Repertoire coverage", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "percentage of distinct signs in a named specimen set with reviewed identifications; denominator required", "why_it_matters": "Shows whether a transcription or recognition process covers the material it claims to support." }, { "name": "Digital representation", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "verified Unicode sequences | documented legacy mapping | private-use mapping | image only | unresolved", "why_it_matters": "Separates readable appearance from interoperable text." }, { "name": "Transformation readiness", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "unassessed | blocked by unresolved signs | review required | validated for a named operation", "why_it_matters": "Prevents a successful display test from being treated as evidence of accurate transcription or conversion." } ], "affordances": [ "Compare a specimen with reviewed exemplars and propose a qualified script attribution.", "Record source-specific naming equivalences and disagreements while preserving the registry entry.", "Produce a transcription with unresolved signs and editorial interventions explicitly marked.", "Validate encoding and rendering against the identified script tradition and specimen.", "Generate a transliteration through a declared mapping while recording ambiguity and information loss.", "Route uncertain letterforms, classifications or orthographic interpretations to an appropriate reviewer." ], "agent_conduct": { "may": [ "Explain what Nepalese script usually refers to, noting the ambiguity of the name.", "Transcribe or render text in the script when fonts and encoding support it." ], "must_not": [ "Present a transliteration as certain when the source is damaged or unclear.", "Treat the script as dead when communities still use and teach it.", "Confuse it with Devanagari or other scripts without saying so.", "Alter or misread inscriptions and manuscripts held as heritage." ], "requires_human": [ "Publishing readings of historical manuscripts or inscriptions." ] }, "ethics": { "considerations": [ "The script is part of the identity of Newar communities.", "Misreadings of historical texts distort history." ], "affected_parties": [ "Newar communities", "Scholars", "Learners of the script" ] }, "owners": { "steward": "Nobody owns a script; the communities that use it keep it alive.", "master_systems": [] }, "standards_and_regulation": [ "The Unicode Standard, Unicode Consortium, which encodes the Newa script." ], "what_it_is_for": [ "Nepalese script traditions are encountered in manuscripts, inscriptions and religious or cultural works associated with the Kathmandu Valley.", "They are studied and represented in language teaching, manuscript cataloguing, transcription and digital preservation, with the particular script variety identified before encoding." ], "visual_identification": [ "Consonant signs carry attached vowel marks, distinguishing the writing from an alphabet that consistently writes vowels as separate letters.", "Consonant clusters can form joined or stacked signs, so one visible unit may represent several consonants.", "Letterforms vary across the tradition, and identification requires matching several characters and conjuncts to a named variety rather than relying on resemblance to other South Asian scripts." ], "failure_modes_and_hazards": [ "Treating the umbrella designation as a single script can produce incorrect catalogue records and unsuitable character encoding.", "Misreading vowel marks or conjuncts can alter names, meanings and religious passages.", "Font substitution or faulty text conversion can obscure distinctions and compromise searchable archival records." ] }, "sources": [ { "id": "wikidata", "title": "Wikidata item Q768023: Nepalese script", "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q768023", "url_status": "live", "what_it_supports": "identity and sense of the item", "checked_by": "wikidata-api" }, { "id": "wikipedia-en", "title": "Wikipedia: Nepalese scripts", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepalese_scripts", "url_status": "live", "what_it_supports": "general description of the item", "checked_by": "wikidata-api sitelink" } ], "structure": { "bundles": [ { "id": "nepalese-script-identity", "name": "Nepalese script identity", "description": "Resolve what the registry label denotes before applying a specific repertoire or encoding.", "rationale": "An undefined Nepalese script label cannot safely function as an automatic synonym for either a script family or Newa.", "layers": [ { "id": "registry-name-evidence", "name": "Registry name evidence", "description": "Connect the registered label to its originating authority and definition.", "findings": [ { "id": "referent-resolution", "name": "Referent resolution", "description": "Record an evidenced interpretation of the label and retain competing interpretations until resolved.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which upstream record supplied vr.tr.nepalese-script, and does that record identify a family, a particular script or another concept?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "referent-resolution-q01" }, { "text": "What evidence supports applying the names Nepal Lipi, Newa or Prachalit to this exact registry referent?", "kind": "definition", "id": "referent-resolution-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "named-tradition-boundaries", "name": "Named tradition boundaries", "description": "Represent relationships among names without prematurely merging or splitting their referents.", "findings": [ { "id": "tradition-relationship-claims", "name": "Tradition relationship claims", "description": "Treat classifications involving Ranjana, Bhujimol and Newa/Prachalit as source-qualified relationships.", "questions": [ { "text": "For each authority consulted, is Ranjana or Bhujimol classified as a member, variant, predecessor or separate related script?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "tradition-relationship-claims-q01" }, { "text": "Does an existing world model already cover the resolved concept, requiring this entry to link to that publication?", "kind": "action", "id": "tradition-relationship-claims-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "letterforms-and-orthography", "name": "Letterforms and orthography", "description": "Describe the graphic and combinatorial evidence needed to recognize and read the selected tradition.", "rationale": "Recognition depends on letterform distinctions and writing conventions that a broad geographic label cannot supply.", "layers": [ { "id": "repertoire-and-allographs", "name": "Repertoire and allographs", "description": "Separate sign identity from variations in handwriting, historical form and typography.", "findings": [ { "id": "reviewed-sign-identification", "name": "Reviewed sign identification", "description": "Associate each identified sign and proposed allograph with a locatable example and an explicit tradition.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which exemplar establishes the identity of each letter, numeral, punctuation mark or specialized sign in this specimen?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "reviewed-sign-identification-q01" }, { "text": "Which apparent differences are allographs within the attributed tradition, and which distinguish it from Newa/Prachalit, Ranjana or Bhujimol comparators?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "reviewed-sign-identification-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "syllable-and-cluster-rules", "name": "Syllable and cluster rules", "description": "Record the applicable conventions for interpreting vowels and consonant combinations.", "findings": [ { "id": "orthographic-sequence-interpretation", "name": "Orthographic sequence interpretation", "description": "Require a language- and tradition-specific account of how written components form readable units.", "questions": [ { "text": "How does the documented orthography represent inherent vowels, independent vowels, dependent vowels and vowel suppression?", "kind": "definition", "id": "orthographic-sequence-interpretation-q01" }, { "text": "Which consonant combinations use conjunct or reduced forms, and which apparent combinations remain undeciphered?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "orthographic-sequence-interpretation-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "attestation-and-language-use", "name": "Attestation and language use", "description": "Ground script attribution in specimens while keeping language and historical context distinct.", "rationale": "A manuscript's location, date or language can support attribution but cannot substitute for evidence from its writing.", "layers": [ { "id": "specimen-attribution", "name": "Specimen attribution", "description": "Track the evidence supporting classification of a particular hand or inscription.", "findings": [ { "id": "locatable-script-evidence", "name": "Locatable script evidence", "description": "Anchor an attribution to an inspectable region and distinguish observed features from catalogue labels.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which repository identifier and folio, line or image region allow another reader to inspect the attributed Nepalese letterforms?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "locatable-script-evidence-q01" }, { "text": "Does the attribution come from direct comparison, a catalogue description or a later scholarly identification, and where do these disagree?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "locatable-script-evidence-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "language-and-use-context", "name": "Language and use context", "description": "Connect orthographic choices to evidenced language and usage without inferring them from the script name.", "findings": [ { "id": "language-conditioned-reading", "name": "Language-conditioned reading", "description": "Record the language and usage conditions that constrain a proposed reading.", "questions": [ { "text": "What textual evidence supports identifying the language as Nepal Bhasa, Sanskrit, Nepali or another language?", "kind": "definition", "id": "language-conditioned-reading-q01" }, { "text": "Which spelling or sign-use conventions are demonstrated for this language and period rather than borrowed from a modern teaching alphabet?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "language-conditioned-reading-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "encoding-and-rendering", "name": "Encoding and rendering", "description": "Determine whether a digital representation preserves the identified writing rather than only resembling it.", "rationale": "A Nepal Lipi label or visually plausible font does not establish that character identities and combinations are encoded correctly.", "layers": [ { "id": "character-mapping", "name": "Character mapping", "description": "Assess encoding applicability and maintain explicit mappings for legacy material.", "findings": [ { "id": "tradition-specific-encoding-fit", "name": "Tradition-specific encoding fit", "description": "Evaluate the selected standard against the resolved tradition and observed repertoire, including unmapped signs.", "questions": [ { "text": "Does the documented scope of the selected encoding cover the attributed tradition, or is Newa being assumed solely from the Nepalese script label?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "tradition-specific-encoding-fit-q01" }, { "text": "Which observed signs have verified mappings, and which rely on legacy positions, private-use characters or image retention?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "tradition-specific-encoding-fit-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "shaping-and-display-validation", "name": "Shaping and display validation", "description": "Compare rendered sequences with expected letterforms and combinations.", "findings": [ { "id": "rendered-sequence-fidelity", "name": "Rendered sequence fidelity", "description": "Record display results for representative vowels, clusters and marks in the intended software environment.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which representative sequences expose misplaced vowel signs, broken conjuncts or font fallback in the chosen renderer?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "rendered-sequence-fidelity-q01" }, { "text": "What font and shaping configuration has been checked against reviewed exemplars before this text is distributed?", "kind": "action", "id": "rendered-sequence-fidelity-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "transcription-and-controlled-conversion", "name": "Transcription and controlled conversion", "description": "Set the evidence and fidelity conditions for converting specimens into searchable or transliterated text.", "rationale": "Reading damaged letterforms, normalizing spelling and transliterating across scripts introduce different uncertainties that must remain visible.", "layers": [ { "id": "transcription-review", "name": "Transcription review", "description": "Keep observed writing distinguishable from inferred readings and editorial restoration.", "findings": [ { "id": "auditable-reading-decisions", "name": "Auditable reading decisions", "description": "Link uncertain readings and restorations to their source regions and review decisions.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which readings are uncertain because of damage, unfamiliar allographs or ambiguous consonant combinations?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "auditable-reading-decisions-q01" }, { "text": "What notation will preserve illegible signs, alternate readings and restored text without presenting them as directly observed characters?", "kind": "action", "id": "auditable-reading-decisions-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "transliteration-and-loss", "name": "Transliteration and loss", "description": "Control mappings to another script or a normalized representation.", "findings": [ { "id": "declared-conversion-contract", "name": "Declared conversion contract", "description": "Specify the transformation, its language assumptions and the distinctions it cannot preserve.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which declared mapping governs conversion to Latin or Devanagari, and does it preserve the distinctions needed for the intended use?", "kind": "action", "id": "declared-conversion-contract-q01" }, { "text": "Which original signs or distinctions cannot be recovered from the converted output, and how will the original transcription remain linked?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "declared-conversion-contract-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 registry supplies no sense; first establish whether the name denotes Nepal Lipi collectively, Newa specifically, or another script used in Nepal.", "Historical classifications and the boundaries between Prachalit, Ranjana and Bhujimol require specialist verification.", "This account is recalled knowledge, not source-checked research; encoding coverage should be checked separately for each intended variety." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-confidence-notes-q01", "text": "Which of these check these first hold for the sense of Nepalese script this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-kinds", "name": "Kinds and varieties", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "Prachalit", "Ranjana", "Bhujimol" ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-kinds-q01", "text": "Which of these kinds and varieties hold for the sense of Nepalese script this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-identifiers", "name": "Identifiers and schemes", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ { "scheme": "ISO 15924", "value_or_pattern": "Newa", "note": "Identifies Newa script; it should not automatically be assigned to every historical script described as Nepalese." } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-identifiers-q01", "text": "Which of these identifiers and schemes hold for the sense of Nepalese script this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-standards-and-regulation", "name": "Standards and regulation", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "The Unicode Standard, maintained by the Unicode Consortium, includes a Newa script encoding." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-standards-and-regulation-q01", "text": "Which of these standards and regulation hold for the sense of Nepalese script 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": [ "Writing Nepal Bhasa and Sanskrit manuscripts", "Transmitting Buddhist and Hindu religious texts", "Producing inscriptions and ritual lettering", "Teaching and preserving Newar written heritage", "Digital publication using encoded Newa text" ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-real-world-use-q01", "text": "Which of these real-world use hold for the sense of Nepalese script 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": [ "Confusing Nepalese scripts with Devanagari, which is widely used for the Nepali language", "Treating a script designation as a language identifier", "Assuming distinct historical varieties share identical character inventories or encoding coverage", "Losing conjunct forms and vowel positioning through inadequate font support or text shaping", "Misreading manuscript letterforms during transcription or optical character recognition" ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards-q01", "text": "Which of these failure modes and hazards hold for the sense of Nepalese script 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 tradition is particularly associated with Newar communities of the Kathmandu Valley.", "Ranjana also occurs in Buddhist contexts beyond Nepal, including Tibetan cultural settings." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-regional-variation-q01", "text": "Which of these regional variation hold for the sense of Nepalese script 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": "Devanagari", "difference": "Devanagari is a distinct script used for Nepali and many other languages; use in Nepal does not make it part of Nepal Lipi." }, { "name": "Nepali language", "difference": "Nepali is a language, whereas a script is a system for writing languages." }, { "name": "Nepal Bhasa (Newar)", "difference": "Nepal Bhasa is a language historically written in Nepalese scripts and also written in Devanagari." }, { "name": "Newa script", "difference": "Newa is a specific standardized script designation; the broader expression Nepalese script may encompass several historical varieties." } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-neighbours-q01", "text": "Which of these neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart hold for the sense of Nepalese script this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] } ] } ] } ] }, "openQuestions": [ "Does the originating registry record mean the Nepal Lipi family, Newa/Prachalit specifically, or a different historical usage of Nepalese script?", "Which authoritative classification should govern relationships among Newa/Prachalit, Ranjana and Bhujimol where terminology differs?", "Which existing Vercy world model, if any, already owns the resolved concept?", "Which reviewed specimen collections adequately cover the historical and orthographic range intended by this entry?", "For each tradition ultimately included, which encoding, font and conversion combinations preserve the required distinctions, and which signs remain unsupported?" ], "statistics": { "bundles": 6, "layers": 11, "findings": 18, "questions": 28 } }