{ "vercy": "1.0-draft", "publication": { "status": "research-draft", "adjudicationStatus": "unreviewed", "publishableCanonical": false, "generatedAt": "2026-09-12T09:35:42Z", "providers": [ "Codex" ], "breadth": "recalled by Codex without web access - no source was read", "missingProviders": [], "pass": 2, "cost": { "grok": { "seconds": 20.5, "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: 01a094f8-25df-7041-bda1-a534751afc8b\n--------\nuser\nDescribe what is already known about one registered thing. Answer as JSON only, no prose around it.\n\nThing: excise stamp\nSense to describe: (none recorded)\nDomain code: INF.KNW\nAlso known as: (none)\n\n\nContext for this batch of 1001 things:\n# Batch 043: 1001 re", "usd": 0.0, "recall": true }, "codex": { "seconds": 57.8, "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: 01a094f8-25df-72c0-9667-18035f65eab5\n--------\nuser\nYou are drafting a Vercy meta-model for one registered thing. Answer as JSON only, no prose around it.\n\nThing: excise stamp\nRegistry id: vr.tr.excise-stamp\nPlane / domain: INF / INF.KNW\nRegistry definition: (none recorded)\nNames folded into this entry: (none)\n" } }, "enrichment": { "pass": 3, "engine": "claude", "producedAt": "2026-10-06T12:00:00Z", "ingestedAt": "2026-10-06T08:44:32+00:00", "fields": [ "agent_conduct", "ethics", "failure_modes_and_hazards", "owners", "standards_and_regulation", "visual_identification" ] }, "revisions": [ { "at": "2026-10-07T11:40:23+00:00", "engine": "codex", "fields": [ "definition", "distinguishing_features", "scope_statement" ], "answering_review": "45e899d75f3def562d19a73f62ed6dc996649115e9651bfe3415f1b42a48735e" } ], "gate": { "passed": true, "version": "1.0", "at": "2026-10-07T12:16:34+00:00", "evidence": [ "completeness 1.00", "sense: Wikidata description", "2 live sources", "review by codex: pass" ] } }, "metaModel": { "id": "THING-Q806294", "registryId": "vr.tr.excise-stamp", "name": "excise stamp", "version": "0.1.0-research.1", "entryKind": "thing", "family": "Thing Registry", "domain": [ "INF.KNW" ], "status": "research-draft" }, "canonicalUrl": "https://ver.cy/models/thing/q806294/", "model": { "registry_id": "vr.tr.excise-stamp", "name": "excise stamp", "purpose": "Enable an agent to recognise an excise stamp, assess what its markings and condition support, and identify permitted handling or verification steps under the applicable excise scheme.", "definition": "An excise stamp is an officially authorized revenue stamp affixed to excisable goods or their packaging to indicate that the required excise tax has been paid.", "scope_statement": "This model owns the excise stamp as an authority-controlled revenue stamp indicating payment of required excise tax, including its represented meaning, identifying features, relationship to excisable goods, and lifecycle; physical carriers are included where they affect interpretation or validity.", "in_scope": [ "Issuing authority, applicable excise scheme, jurisdiction, and stamp series", "Fiscal meaning asserted by the stamp and evidence needed to establish that meaning", "Visible inscriptions, identifiers, security features, and verification results", "Association with a product, package, quantity, or liable operator", "Issue, custody, application, cancellation, and retirement states" ], "out_of_scope": [ "Calculation and settlement of an operator's overall excise liability", "Composition, quality, or safety certification of the stamped goods", "General revenue stamps used for transactions unrelated to excise goods", "Postage stamps and postal service entitlements", "Complete supply-chain tracking systems and enforcement proceedings" ], "distinguishing_features": [ "Its claimed function is to indicate payment of required excise tax on goods; resemblance to a government label alone does not establish that function.", "Its fiscal meaning must be attributable to an issuing authority and scheme, distinguishing it from an ordinary brand label or private security seal.", "Although it represents tax payment, its presence alone does not prove payment because authenticity, validity and association with the goods require verification.", "A seal, barcode, or tracking identifier qualifies in this sense only when it serves as an officially authorized revenue stamp indicating payment of required excise tax.", "A detached collector specimen remains identifiable as an excise stamp but does not thereby establish the fiscal status of any current product." ], "characteristics": [ { "name": "Issuing scheme", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "Issuing authority, jurisdiction, scheme reference, and effective version", "why_it_matters": "Determines how markings, validity, and permitted actions must be interpreted." }, { "name": "Asserted fiscal meaning", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "Scheme-defined assertion; unresolved", "why_it_matters": "Prevents an agent from treating every stamp as equivalent evidence of duty payment." }, { "name": "Stamp series and identifier", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "Series, denomination or class, serial number or encoded identifier where present; absent; unreadable", "why_it_matters": "Supports recognition, lookup, and distinction between specimens without assuming universal serialization." }, { "name": "Carrier and application form", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "Adhesive label; band or strip; direct mark; other scheme-defined form; unresolved", "why_it_matters": "Controls which attachment, damage, and transfer observations are meaningful." }, { "name": "Represented quantity or fiscal value", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Numeric value with scheme-defined currency, product unit, or package quantity; not represented; unknown", "why_it_matters": "Allows comparison with the associated goods without confusing a monetary denomination with a product quantity." }, { "name": "Associated goods", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "Product class and linked package, lot, or item, with evidence for the association", "why_it_matters": "A genuine stamp may still be inappropriate for the goods carrying it." }, { "name": "Lifecycle status", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "Unissued; issued; applied; cancelled; returned; destroyed; unknown, subject to scheme terminology", "why_it_matters": "Separates possession of a stamp from eligibility to use it." }, { "name": "Physical condition", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "Intact; torn; detached; altered; partly illegible; other observed condition", "why_it_matters": "Records observable evidence without prematurely deciding legal validity." }, { "name": "Verification outcome", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "Unchecked; inconclusive; consistent with reference; confirmed by authority; rejected by authority, with method and timestamp", "why_it_matters": "Keeps visual plausibility distinct from authoritative verification." } ], "affordances": [ "Identify the issuing scheme and interpret the stamp's inscriptions against an appropriate reference.", "Compare the stamp's product class, quantity, or denomination with its associated goods.", "Record condition and signs of alteration, detachment, or possible reuse.", "Verify identifiers or security features through an authorised method and retain the result.", "Determine which application, transfer, cancellation, return, or disposal actions require scheme-specific authority.", "Flag unresolved authenticity or applicability for review without asserting that the goods are lawful or unlawful." ], "agent_conduct": { "may": [ "Read, record and verify excise stamps on goods for authorized inspection or inventory.", "Report suspected counterfeit or missing stamps to the responsible authority or owner." ], "must_not": [ "Make, copy, transfer or reuse excise stamps.", "Help sell goods without required stamps or evade excise duty.", "Remove or damage stamps on goods held for inspection.", "Accuse a seller of evasion based on unverified stamp checks." ], "requires_human": [ "Seizing or destroying goods on the basis of stamp findings." ] }, "ethics": { "considerations": [ "Excise stamps protect public revenue and help keep illicit tobacco and alcohol off the market.", "Wrongful accusations can harm small sellers." ], "affected_parties": [ "Consumers", "Legitimate sellers", "Tax authorities and the public" ] }, "owners": { "steward": "The issuing tax or customs authority.", "master_systems": [ "Tax authority excise registers and track-and-trace systems" ] }, "visual_identification": [ "A printed fiscal label or band with security features, applied across the closure of tobacco or alcohol packs.", "Often carries a unique code, hologram or colour-shifting ink." ], "failure_modes_and_hazards": [ "Counterfeit stamps enable the sale of illicit and unsafe goods.", "Damaged or missing stamps can lead to seizure of legitimate goods." ], "standards_and_regulation": [ "Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products, WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control." ], "what_it_is_for": [ "Excise stamps appear on goods or packaging subject to an official excise-control scheme, commonly including tobacco products and alcoholic beverages.", "They support fiscal inspection, supply-chain checks and verification of compliance with the issuing jurisdiction's requirements.", "Their evidential meaning depends on the scheme, so a visible stamp alone does not establish authenticity or current tax compliance." ] }, "sources": [ { "id": "wikidata", "title": "Wikidata item Q806294: excise stamp", "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q806294", "url_status": "live", "what_it_supports": "identity and sense of the item", "checked_by": "wikidata-api" }, { "id": "wikipedia-en", "title": "Wikipedia: Excise stamp", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Excise_stamp", "url_status": "live", "what_it_supports": "general description of the item", "checked_by": "wikidata-api sitelink" } ], "structure": { "bundles": [ { "id": "fiscal-identity-and-meaning", "name": "Fiscal identity and meaning", "description": "Establishes what kind of excise stamp is represented and what claim it makes.", "rationale": "An excise stamp is meaningful through a particular fiscal scheme, not through its appearance alone.", "layers": [ { "id": "authority-and-scheme", "name": "Authority and scheme", "description": "Connects the stamp to its issuing authority and applicable rules.", "findings": [ { "id": "issuing-basis", "name": "Issuing basis", "description": "Record the authority, jurisdiction, and scheme reference supporting identification as an excise stamp.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which authority and scheme identify this mark as an excise stamp?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "issuing-basis-q01" }, { "text": "Which scheme version or effective period governs this stamp series?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "issuing-basis-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "represented-fiscal-claim", "name": "Represented fiscal claim", "description": "Separates the stamp's intended assertion from conclusions about the goods or taxpayer.", "findings": [ { "id": "meaning-of-presence", "name": "Meaning of presence", "description": "Capture the scheme-defined meaning of an issued or applied stamp and the limits of that meaning.", "questions": [ { "text": "What does this scheme say the stamp demonstrates about the goods or their excise treatment?", "kind": "definition", "id": "meaning-of-presence-q01" }, { "text": "What additional evidence is needed before interpreting its presence as evidence of duty payment?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "meaning-of-presence-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "markings-and-authentication", "name": "Markings and authentication", "description": "Captures stamp recognition features and the evidence supporting authenticity assessments.", "rationale": "A copied design, a valid identifier, and a genuine issued stamp are different evidential claims.", "layers": [ { "id": "series-and-inscriptions", "name": "Series and inscriptions", "description": "Records the visible or encoded information used to classify a stamp.", "findings": [ { "id": "stamp-reference-match", "name": "Stamp reference match", "description": "Compare inscriptions, design, denomination, and identifiers with a documented series reference.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which inscriptions, colours, dimensions, or encoded fields identify the proposed stamp series?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "stamp-reference-match-q01" }, { "text": "Which authority-issued reference supports that match, and what portions of the stamp are unreadable?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "stamp-reference-match-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "verification-evidence", "name": "Verification evidence", "description": "Records how authenticity was checked and how far the result can be trusted.", "findings": [ { "id": "authentication-result", "name": "Authentication result", "description": "Retain the verification method, evidence, timestamp, and outcome without equating an identifier match with full authenticity.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which authorised inspection or lookup method is available for this stamp series?", "kind": "action", "id": "authentication-result-q01" }, { "text": "Does the result validate the identifier, the physical stamp, its current status, or only some of these?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "authentication-result-q02" }, { "text": "What evidence records the verification result and when it was obtained?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "authentication-result-q03" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "goods-binding-and-application", "name": "Goods binding and application", "description": "Examines which goods the stamp covers and how its attachment supports that association.", "rationale": "Authenticity alone does not establish that a stamp belongs on a particular package.", "layers": [ { "id": "product-and-quantity-fit", "name": "Product and quantity fit", "description": "Matches the stamp's authorised coverage to the goods presented.", "findings": [ { "id": "coverage-match", "name": "Coverage match", "description": "Record product class, quantity, denomination, and any market restriction relevant to stamp applicability.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which product classes, quantities, or market destinations may this stamp cover under its scheme?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "coverage-match-q01" }, { "text": "Do the observed package contents and declared quantity match that coverage?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "coverage-match-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "attachment-and-integrity", "name": "Attachment and integrity", "description": "Records placement and condition where these affect the stamp-to-goods relationship.", "findings": [ { "id": "application-evidence", "name": "Application evidence", "description": "Document whether the stamp is attached as required and whether damage or detachment weakens its association with the goods.", "questions": [ { "text": "Where and how must this stamp be applied, and does its observed placement satisfy that requirement?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "application-evidence-q01" }, { "text": "Does opening the package have a scheme-defined effect on the stamp, and what condition is observed?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "application-evidence-q02" }, { "text": "What observations suggest removal, substitution, or reuse and require further review?", "kind": "action", "id": "application-evidence-q03" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "controlled-lifecycle-and-use", "name": "Controlled lifecycle and use", "description": "Tracks the stamp's issuance, custody, use eligibility, and withdrawal from use.", "rationale": "A genuine stamp can occupy a lifecycle state that prevents its application or continued reliance.", "layers": [ { "id": "issuance-and-custody", "name": "Issuance and custody", "description": "Connects the stamp to allocation records and authorised holders.", "findings": [ { "id": "allocation-and-use-eligibility", "name": "Allocation and use eligibility", "description": "Establish the evidence for issue, possession, and permission to apply the stamp.", "questions": [ { "text": "What issuance or allocation record links this stamp or stamp range to an authorised recipient?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "allocation-and-use-eligibility-q01" }, { "text": "May the current holder apply or transfer this stamp, and under what documented conditions?", "kind": "action", "id": "allocation-and-use-eligibility-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "cancellation-and-exceptions", "name": "Cancellation and exceptions", "description": "Handles stamps withdrawn from use or affected by exceptional events.", "findings": [ { "id": "use-blocking-status", "name": "Use-blocking status", "description": "Record cancellation, withdrawal, loss, theft, return, or destruction evidence and its effect under the scheme.", "questions": [ { "text": "Is there an authoritative record that this stamp or series has been cancelled, withdrawn, reported missing, or otherwise restricted?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "use-blocking-status-q01" }, { "text": "Which documented action applies to an unused, damaged, detached, or restricted stamp?", "kind": "action", "id": "use-blocking-status-q02" }, { "text": "What evidence is required to close its lifecycle through return, cancellation, or destruction?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "use-blocking-status-q03" } ] } ] } ] }, { "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": [ "This describes the fiscal-mark sense; excise stamp is not a discipline or field of knowledge.", "Stamp requirements and evidentiary meaning need checking for the particular jurisdiction, product and period.", "No specific regulations, numbering formats or security specifications are asserted from recall." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-confidence-notes-q01", "text": "Which of these check these first hold for the sense of excise stamp 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": [ "Tobacco excise stamps", "Alcohol excise stamps", "Adhesive excise stamps", "Banderole excise stamps spanning a package closure" ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-kinds-q01", "text": "Which of these kinds and varieties hold for the sense of excise stamp 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": "Issuing authority's stamp series and serial numbering", "value_or_pattern": "Series designation and individual serial number, where required", "note": "Formats and uniqueness rules depend on the issuing jurisdiction and stamp system." } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-identifiers-q01", "text": "Which of these identifiers and schemes hold for the sense of excise stamp 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": [ "Marking cigarette packs and other tobacco packaging for excise control", "Marking alcoholic beverage containers for excise control", "Supporting inspections for illicit or improperly taxed goods", "Providing evidence of opening when the stamp spans a closure", "Collecting and studying fiscal stamps in revenue philately" ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-real-world-use-q01", "text": "Which of these real-world use hold for the sense of excise stamp 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": [ "Counterfeit stamps can make illicit goods appear compliant.", "Genuine stamps can be diverted or reused on unauthorized goods.", "Damage or poor application can make a stamp difficult to authenticate.", "A genuine stamp does not by itself establish product safety or authenticity." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards-q01", "text": "Which of these failure modes and hazards hold for the sense of excise stamp 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": [ "Jurisdictions differ in which goods require excise stamps and whether physical stamps are used.", "The legal significance of a stamp varies: it may attest to tax payment or fulfil another excise-control requirement.", "Designs, security features, denominations and electronic verification arrangements vary by issuing authority." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-regional-variation-q01", "text": "Which of these regional variation hold for the sense of excise stamp 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": "Revenue stamp", "difference": "Revenue stamp is the broader category; an excise stamp specifically concerns excise-controlled goods." }, { "name": "Postage stamp", "difference": "A postage stamp concerns payment for postal service rather than excise control." }, { "name": "Tamper-evident seal", "difference": "A tamper-evident seal indicates opening or interference; an excise stamp has an official fiscal function and may also act as a seal." }, { "name": "Excise duty", "difference": "Excise duty is the tax obligation; an excise stamp is a mark used in administering or evidencing compliance." } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-neighbours-q01", "text": "Which of these neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart hold for the sense of excise stamp this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] } ] } ] } ] }, "openQuestions": [ "Does the registry intend excise stamp to include direct impressions and electronic fiscal marks, or only stamps with a physical carrier?", "Which jurisdictional schemes should anchor the initial model, and what fiscal meaning does each assign to its stamps?", "Which schemes distinguish stamp designs, issued batches, and individual serialized stamps, and at which level should observations attach?", "Which authoritative references and verification services are available for authenticity, cancellation, and withdrawn-series checks?", "Does an existing Vercy world model already cover excise stamps or fiscal stamps sufficiently to serve as the single source of truth?" ], "statistics": { "bundles": 5, "layers": 9, "findings": 15, "questions": 26 } }