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    "publishableCanonical": false,
    "generatedAt": "2026-09-11T06:13:09Z",
    "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": "2026-10-05T13:22:50+00:00",
      "fields": [
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        "ethics",
        "owners"
      ]
    },
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      "version": "1.0",
      "at": "2026-10-08T19:09:56+00:00",
      "evidence": [
        "completeness 1.00",
        "sense: Wikidata description",
        "2 live sources",
        "review by codex: pass"
      ]
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    "id": "THING-Q811480",
    "registryId": "vr.tr.tree-q811480",
    "name": "tree",
    "version": "0.2.0-wave.1",
    "entryKind": "thing",
    "family": "Thing Registry",
    "domain": [
      "INF.MED"
    ],
    "status": "research-draft"
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    "name": "tree",
    "purpose": "Let an agent handle heraldic tree charges by blazon, species, tincture and the arms they appear on, separate from real trees and data trees.",
    "definition": "In heraldry, a tree used as a charge on a coat of arms, depicted in stylised forms and specified in blazon by species, posture and tincture.",
    "what_it_is_for": "Heraldic identification and symbolism in arms of families, towns and institutions.",
    "affordances": [
      "blazon and depict it",
      "identify arms by their charges",
      "research heraldic symbolism",
      "register arms, where heraldic authorities exist"
    ],
    "distinguishing_features": [
      "A heraldic charge, not a living tree",
      "Specified in blazon",
      "Species and posture carry meaning",
      "Other tree senses are separate entries"
    ],
    "appearance": "A stylised tree on a shield, often eradicated (with roots) or on a mount, in a specified tincture.",
    "visual_identification": [
      "Tree shape on a shield",
      "Blazon terms such as eradicated or fructed",
      "Species sometimes specified, such as a carob tree"
    ],
    "physical_properties": [],
    "families_and_kinds": [
      "generic trees",
      "specific species such as oak, pine, carob",
      "eradicated trees",
      "trees on mounts",
      "canting trees that pun on names"
    ],
    "related_models": [
      {
        "relation": "is a kind of",
        "target": "heraldic charge",
        "why": "heraldry"
      },
      {
        "relation": "appears on",
        "target": "coat of arms",
        "why": "use"
      },
      {
        "relation": "is confused with",
        "target": "tree as plant or data structure",
        "why": "homonyms"
      },
      {
        "relation": "is described by",
        "target": "blazon",
        "why": "language"
      }
    ],
    "identifiers": [],
    "standards_and_regulation": [
      "Rules of heraldic authorities where they exist, such as the College of Arms",
      "Laws protecting municipal and state arms"
    ],
    "failure_modes_and_hazards": [
      "Misreading blazon",
      "Using protected arms without right",
      "Confusing the senses of tree"
    ],
    "in_scope": [],
    "out_of_scope": [],
    "characteristics": [],
    "agent_conduct": {
      "may": [
        "Describe and blazon heraldic trees following heraldic conventions.",
        "Identify a coat of arms from its charges with sources."
      ],
      "must_not": [
        "Create arms that copy a registered coat of arms.",
        "Attribute arms to a family or person without evidence.",
        "Use official or civic arms in a way that implies endorsement."
      ],
      "requires_human": [
        "Using official arms in publications or products."
      ]
    },
    "ethics": {
      "considerations": [
        "Arms carry family, civic and national identity.",
        "Unauthorized use can mislead and offend."
      ],
      "affected_parties": [
        "Armigers and their families",
        "Civic bodies"
      ]
    },
    "owners": {
      "steward": "The armiger who bears the arms; heraldic authorities register grants where they exist.",
      "master_systems": [
        "Heraldic authority registers"
      ]
    }
  },
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    {
      "id": "wikidata",
      "title": "Wikidata item Q811480: tree",
      "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q811480",
      "url_status": "live",
      "what_it_supports": "identity and sense of the item",
      "checked_by": "wikidata-api"
    },
    {
      "id": "wikipedia-de",
      "title": "Wikipedia (de): Baum (Heraldik)",
      "url": "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baum_%28Heraldik%29",
      "url_status": "live",
      "checked_by": "wikidata-api sitelink",
      "what_it_supports": "general description of the item"
    }
  ],
  "structure": {
    "bundles": [
      {
        "id": "blazon",
        "name": "Blazon",
        "description": "How it is described.",
        "rationale": "Blazon defines the charge.",
        "layers": [
          {
            "id": "text",
            "name": "Blazon text",
            "description": "Formal description.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "text-finding",
                "name": "Blazon",
                "description": "The blazon.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "What is the blazon for this tree?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "What do its terms mean?",
                    "kind": "definition"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "id": "tincture",
            "name": "Tincture",
            "description": "Colours.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "tincture-finding",
                "name": "Tincture",
                "description": "Tinctures.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "Which tinctures are used?",
                    "kind": "definition"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Is the tree fructed or eradicated?",
                    "kind": "definition"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "arms",
        "name": "Arms",
        "description": "Where it appears.",
        "rationale": "Charges identify arms.",
        "layers": [
          {
            "id": "bearer",
            "name": "Bearer",
            "description": "Owner of arms.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "bearer-finding",
                "name": "Bearer",
                "description": "Arms bearer.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "Whose arms bear this tree?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "When were they granted?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "id": "meaning",
            "name": "Meaning",
            "description": "Symbolism.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "meaning-finding",
                "name": "Meaning",
                "description": "Symbolism.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "What does the tree symbolise here?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Is it a canting charge?",
                    "kind": "definition"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "depiction",
        "name": "Depiction",
        "description": "How it looks.",
        "rationale": "Depiction varies by artist.",
        "layers": [
          {
            "id": "style",
            "name": "Style",
            "description": "Artistic rendering.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "style-finding",
                "name": "Style",
                "description": "Rendering.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "How is the tree drawn in this rendering?",
                    "kind": "definition"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Is the rendering faithful to the blazon?",
                    "kind": "boundary"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "id": "species",
            "name": "Species",
            "description": "Which tree.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "species-finding",
                "name": "Species",
                "description": "Species depicted.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "Which species is depicted?",
                    "kind": "definition"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "How can it be recognised?",
                    "kind": "definition"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "rights",
        "name": "Rights",
        "description": "Use of arms.",
        "rationale": "Arms may be protected.",
        "layers": [
          {
            "id": "protection",
            "name": "Protection",
            "description": "Legal protection.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "protection-finding",
                "name": "Protection",
                "description": "Protection of arms.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "Are these arms legally protected?",
                    "kind": "boundary"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Who may use them?",
                    "kind": "boundary"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "id": "registration",
            "name": "Registration",
            "description": "Heraldic authority.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "registration-finding",
                "name": "Registration",
                "description": "Registration.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "Are the arms registered with an authority?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Where can the grant be seen?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "openQuestions": [
    "Should heraldic charges be separate entries by species?",
    "How should blazon be encoded?",
    "The registry parent is mobile charge; should heraldry be made explicit?"
  ],
  "statistics": {
    "bundles": 4,
    "layers": 8,
    "findings": 8,
    "questions": 16
  }
}