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vr.wm-liv-005 · wm-liv-005-wildlife

Organize evidence about wild animal life and populations within a defined geographic, temporal and taxonomic scope.

World Models Physical world and living systems PHY.LIV.WLD

Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Classifiers What it is Why it exists Distinguishing features What robots and AI may and may not do Moral aspects Owners Links to other meta-models Identity and identifiers Direct properties Recognition Capabilities and actions Hazards and failure modes Standards and interfaces Context of use Sources

Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled

6 bundles · 12 layers · 12 findings · 36 questions

Scope and identity Define the wildlife dossier and resolve referenced biological subjects without taking over their masters.

Dossier boundary

One aggregate is a governed wildlife dossier for an explicit area, period and taxonomic remit. It may span multiple wild animal taxa and populations. The dossier has its own identity; its members retain theirs. Uncertain wild, feral, introduced, captive or managed status is recorded with evidence and dates, rather than inferred from a name.

Wildlife scope and taxon binding

What area, period and animal scope delimit this wildlife dossier? definition
Which versioned taxon concepts support the accepted and unresolved animal identifications? classification
Which evidence justifies wild or managed status and any transition across that boundary? constraint

Individual continuity

Individual identification is optional for anonymous observations. Identity claims link to the organism master and preserve uncertain matches. Tag codes, names and repeated sightings are evidence, not sufficient identity keys. A corrected identification need not change the occurrence identity.

Animal identity references

Which organism master identifies the animal, or why is individual identity unresolved? identity
What evidence supports merging or separating suspected sightings of the same animal? evidence
How are identity corrections propagated without rewriting original observations? lifecycle

Observation and survey Retain detections, identification evidence and sampling context separately from inferred population properties.

Detection evidence

Record what was detected, where and when, the evidence modality and identification history. A photograph, sound or genetic evidence reference requires method-specific review; automated recognition remains an attributed assertion. Non-detection needs defined search scope and effort, and missing records are not absences.

Occurrence and identification

What observation supports the occurrence assertion and its identification confidence? provenance
Which event time, location, datum and spatial uncertainty describe the detection? spatial
What distinguishes a non-detection from an unsampled or unreported taxon? quality

Sampling context

Link sampling events to the survey design, targets, exclusions, effort and reporting completeness. Preserve nesting without assuming that every child is disjoint or exhaustive. Survey declarations describe reported effort; they do not prove perfect detection.

Survey design and coverage

Which sampling protocol, target scope and event hierarchy produced the observations? composition
What effort and sampling extent were actually achieved relative to the planned design? measurement
Which completeness and overlap rules permit comparison or aggregation of these survey events? validation

Population and properties Provide wildlife-specific views over population estimates and observed animal characteristics.

Population evidence

A population master defines the biological unit. This dossier references versioned counts, indices or estimates and the analysis that produced them. Values with different units, seasonal windows or inclusion rules cannot be silently combined. Demographic and mortality summaries require evidence and do not establish cause.

Population estimate and trend reference

Which population unit, period and metric does this estimate or count describe? relationship
What analysis assumptions and uncertainty accompany the reported population value? measurement
Which demographic strata and method changes affect an apparent population trend? temporal

Traits and behavior

Wild animals have physical properties and observed behaviors; the aggregate itself has no body mass or locomotion. Bind measurements and behavior assertions to an individual, taxon or population explicitly. A species-level capability must not be asserted as an observed act by a particular animal. Health concerns are attributed reports for specialist referral, not diagnoses.

Observed properties and behavior

Which subject, method, units and conditions qualify the measured physical property? measurement
Is the reported behavior directly observed, inferred or a general capability claim? state
Which uncertainty or welfare concern requires specialist review before using these observations? exception

Movement and habitat Connect animal movement evidence and qualified spatial interpretations to external habitat masters.

Deployment and track

A tag can serve different animals over time and an animal can have multiple deployments. Keep sensor events tied to a deployment before attributing them to an animal. Gaps, outliers, clock errors and out-of-deployment records remain visible quality states. No capture or tagging operation is specified.

Telemetry association

Which animal, tag, sensor and deployment interval explain each admitted tracking event? relationship
How are outliers, missing fixes and clock or coordinate errors represented in the track? quality
Which approved purpose and disclosure delay govern access to this movement series? access

Range and habitat association

Observed points, inferred range and habitat suitability are different products. Store season, time interval, geometry version, method and uncertainty. A suitable site is not proof of occupancy, and an ecological habitat requirement is not a statutory habitat designation. Habitat condition and ecosystem lifecycle remain external.

Spatial interpretation

Does this geometry represent detections, inferred distribution or potential habitat suitability? classification
Which seasonal and temporal bounds limit the animal-habitat association? temporal
What evidence distinguishes a range shift from changed survey coverage or spatial resolution? decision

Conservation and controls Reference assessments and legal instruments without converting scientific evidence into legal authority.

Assessment context

Reference a separately governed assessment, its taxonomic concept, geographic scale, date and framework version. Scientific assessment and statutory listing are separate assertions. This draft does not calculate categories, reproduce thresholds or certify that any species has a current status.

Conservation assessment reference

Which assessment authority, version and geographic scale support the cited conservation status? authority
Which taxon concept and evidence period does the assessment actually cover? classification
What review state prevents an old, missing or disputed assessment from being treated as current? lifecycle

Listing and authority

Keep protective and trade-control assertions tied to the applicable authority, instrument, jurisdiction, effective period and taxonomic scope. A listing reference is not a permit or an authorization to take, possess, move or trade an animal. Legal interpretation and intervention approval require qualified review outside this dossier.

Legal control references

Which authoritative instrument and effective interval support the claimed wildlife control? authority
Which population, taxon or specimen scope and annotations limit that control reference? constraint
Which competent review is required before a regulated activity can rely on this record? requirement

Disclosure and continuity Control derived releases and preserve the provenance of changing wildlife evidence.

Sensitive information

Sensitivity covers coordinates, time, tracks and revealing text or media. Proposed release rules examine the whole projection, including joins and metadata. Record reasons, transformations and review dates. A public projection is separate from the restricted original; license permission does not by itself establish safe disclosure.

Recipient-specific disclosure

Which fields or linked artifacts reveal sensitive wildlife locations to this recipient? security
What generalization or withholding rule produces a useful and accurately described release? process
Who is responsible for reviewing a restriction or an exceptional access request? ownership

Provenance and revisions

Retain source attribution and the relationship between inputs, transformations and released revisions. Corrections do not establish biological change. Local retention decisions may retire or erase payloads under an applicable policy while preserving only lawful minimum tombstones. This dossier does not own the audit service or deletion of external masters.

Evidence lineage and retirement

Which inputs, responsible roles and processing versions produced this evidence revision? provenance
Which schema binding preserves meaning when exchanging this wildlife dossier? interoperability
Which retention rule governs retirement, lawful erasure and remaining references? retention

Classifiers Filled

Family: World Models
Category: Physical world and living systems
Entry kind: aggregate
Navigation path: NAV.PHY.LIV.WLD
Domain: PHY.LIV.WLD
Industry: Cross-industry
Tags: wildlifephy.liv.wld
Also called: P7

What it is Filled

A governed wildlife dossier aggregating referenced taxa, populations, individual animals, observations, movement and conservation context. The aggregate owns scope, evidence links and qualified wildlife views, not the independent biological masters or operational authorities.

In scope

Explicit dossier identity, scope and uncertain wildlife-status assertions
Identification evidence, survey context, population evidence views and animal property assertions
Deployment-qualified movement and range interpretations with habitat links
Attributed assessment and legal-control references, disclosure and evidence continuity

Out of scope

Authoring taxonomic classifications, population estimation algorithms or independent animal master lifecycles
Husbandry production, habitat management, ecosystem simulation and statutory assessment decisions
Clinical diagnosis, pathogen procedures, capture, tagging, animal handling, lethal control or trade operations
Current legal advice, permitting, enforcement, automated public disclosure and external audit-service execution

Why it exists Filled

Organize evidence about wild animal life and populations within a defined geographic, temporal and taxonomic scope.

Distinguishing features Derived, awaiting review

Unlike WM-LIV-001 Taxon: Taxon concepts and naming decisions are external masters; this dossier binds their versions and preserves unresolved identifications.
Unlike WM-LIV-002 Organism Individual: The animal master owns organism identity and lifecycle; this dossier only relates wildlife observations and identity evidence.
Unlike WM-LIV-003 Population: Population boundaries, demographic analyses and their lifecycle remain external; the dossier retains qualified evidence views.
Unlike WM-LIV-010 Habitat: Habitat extent and condition have separate identity; wildlife-specific associations reference them with time and evidence.
Unlike WM-LIV-006 Ecosystem / Biome: Ecosystem composition and processes are not replaced by the animal-focused dossier.
Unlike WM-LIV-022 Conservation Status Assessment: Assessment production and category assignment are delegated; local status views remain attributed references.
Unlike WM-LIV-009 Cultivated Organism: Managed animal production is external; feral, captive and release transitions require explicit status history rather than duplicate masters.
Unlike WM-ACT-011 Agriculture Operation: Husbandry operations are not wildlife dossier functions, including for animals with historical wild origin.
Unlike WM-LIV-004 Vegetation Cover: Only conceptual alignment of biodiversity record patterns; plant cover and plant biology are not duplicated.
Unlike WM-ACT-023 Public Health / Epidemiology: Health surveillance may reference wildlife observations; diagnosis, outbreak management and clinical actions are external.
Unlike WM-XCT-003 Projection / Disclosure Policy: Disclosure-policy execution remains external; this dossier supplies sensitivity evidence and approved policy bindings.

Note: Derived from boundary notes against neighbouring models.

What robots and AI may and may not do Derived, awaiting review

Must not

Unknown values cannot be converted to zero or safe status.
Deny access to restricted precise observations and sensitive artifacts unless an explicit purpose-bound grant permits it; allow approved public derivatives only.
Time-limited exceptional access requires the designated disclosure authority, purpose, recipient and review record; it is never implied by scientific interest.

May

Bind subject reference: Proposed local record operation, not an implemented capability. Propose a versioned subject link and flag ambiguity.
Admit observation evidence: Proposed local record operation, not an implemented capability. Check a candidate detection against declared survey and evidence context.
Qualify track association: Proposed local record operation, not an implemented capability. Check whether referenced sensor events have a defensible animal deployment binding.
Attach contextual assessment: Proposed local record operation, not an implemented capability. Check scope and version compatibility of an external assessment or control reference.
Prepare disclosure proposal: Proposed local record operation, not an implemented capability. Describe a recipient-specific projection for authorized review.
Revise evidence view: Proposed local record operation, not an implemented capability. Record correction, supersession or retirement of local dossier evidence.

Note: Derived from functions, policies, CRUD and access rules; prohibitions were not authored for agents as such.

Moral aspects Derived, awaiting review

Refer authority, welfare and legal questions to qualified roles.
Data licensing and personal privacy are profile dependencies; no universal national-law or data-reuse permission is asserted.
Jurisdiction-specific wildlife definitions, animal welfare, data rights, privacy, Indigenous and community data governance require local review.
Health surveillance may reference wildlife observations; diagnosis, outbreak management and clinical actions are external.

Note: Sentences mentioning harm, privacy, consent or similar, collected from the specification.

Owners Filled

Steward

Use a generic ecology steward role for package governance; do not imply ownership of wild animals.

Roles

Ecology steward: Own dossier scope and approve governance profiles.
Evidence curator: Check source links, methods, versioning and unresolved identity.
Scientific reviewer: Evaluate interpretation and uncertainty without assuming legal authority.
Disclosure reviewer: Assess recipient-specific wildlife sensitivity and residual inference risk.
Authorized reader: Observe purpose limits, attribution and redistribution restrictions.

Links to other meta-models Filled

references

WM-LIV-001 - Proposed binding, not a ratified registry edge. Taxon concepts and naming decisions are external masters; this dossier binds their versions and preserves unresolved identifications.
WM-LIV-002 - Proposed binding, not a ratified registry edge. The animal master owns organism identity and lifecycle; this dossier only relates wildlife observations and identity evidence.
WM-LIV-003 - Proposed binding, not a ratified registry edge. Population boundaries, demographic analyses and their lifecycle remain external; the dossier retains qualified evidence views.
WM-LIV-010 - Proposed binding, not a ratified registry edge. Habitat extent and condition have separate identity; wildlife-specific associations reference them with time and evidence.
WM-LIV-006 - Proposed binding, not a ratified registry edge. Ecosystem composition and processes are not replaced by the animal-focused dossier.
WM-LIV-022 - Proposed binding, not a ratified registry edge. Assessment production and category assignment are delegated; local status views remain attributed references.
WM-LIV-009 - Proposed binding, not a ratified registry edge. Managed animal production is external; feral, captive and release transitions require explicit status history rather than duplicate masters.
WM-ACT-011 - Proposed binding, not a ratified registry edge. Husbandry operations are not wildlife dossier functions, including for animals with historical wild origin.
WM-ACT-023 - Proposed binding, not a ratified registry edge. Health surveillance may reference wildlife observations; diagnosis, outbreak management and clinical actions are external.
WM-XCT-003 - Proposed binding, not a ratified registry edge. Disclosure-policy execution remains external; this dossier supplies sensitivity evidence and approved policy bindings.

aligned

WM-LIV-004 - Proposed binding, not a ratified registry edge. Only conceptual alignment of biodiversity record patterns; plant cover and plant biology are not duplicated.
Darwin Core - Candidate term mapping for referenced occurrences and identifications; no conformance assertion.
Humboldt Extension 2024-03-26 - Candidate survey-context mapping; dated snapshot only.
PROV-O - Candidate derivation and attribution mapping; no runtime audit ownership.

neighbor

WM-LIV-001 Taxon - Taxon concepts and naming decisions are external masters; this dossier binds their versions and preserves unresolved identifications.
WM-LIV-002 Organism Individual - The animal master owns organism identity and lifecycle; this dossier only relates wildlife observations and identity evidence.
WM-LIV-003 Population - Population boundaries, demographic analyses and their lifecycle remain external; the dossier retains qualified evidence views.
WM-LIV-010 Habitat - Habitat extent and condition have separate identity; wildlife-specific associations reference them with time and evidence.
WM-LIV-006 Ecosystem / Biome - Ecosystem composition and processes are not replaced by the animal-focused dossier.
WM-LIV-022 Conservation Status Assessment - Assessment production and category assignment are delegated; local status views remain attributed references.
WM-LIV-009 Cultivated Organism - Managed animal production is external; feral, captive and release transitions require explicit status history rather than duplicate masters.
WM-ACT-011 Agriculture Operation - Husbandry operations are not wildlife dossier functions, including for animals with historical wild origin.
WM-LIV-004 Vegetation Cover - Only conceptual alignment of biodiversity record patterns; plant cover and plant biology are not duplicated.
WM-ACT-023 Public Health / Epidemiology - Health surveillance may reference wildlife observations; diagnosis, outbreak management and clinical actions are external.
WM-XCT-003 Projection / Disclosure Policy - Disclosure-policy execution remains external; this dossier supplies sensitivity evidence and approved policy bindings.

What else AI and robots need to interact with it Incomplete

Sources Filled

Darwin Core Quick Reference Guide - Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG)
Humboldt Extension Vocabulary List of Terms - Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG)
Guide for publishing biological survey and monitoring data to GBIF - Global Biodiversity Information Facility
Movebank data model - Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior
IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria: Version 3.1, second edition - International Union for Conservation of Nature
Text of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora - CITES Secretariat
Current Best Practices for Generalizing Sensitive Species Occurrence Data - Global Biodiversity Information Facility
PROV-O: The PROV Ontology - World Wide Web Consortium

Open questions

Complete direct source checks, inspect full IUCN and treaty documents, confirm version pins and establish the applicable local profile before relying on status or control references.
Develop and test instance schemas and adapters using identity ambiguity, tag reassignment, non-detection, overlapping surveys, uncertain dates, changed taxonomy and sensitive-data inference cases.
Restore independent external review before canonical or publishable-draft promotion; retain the provider waiver visibly until then.
Independent external review is absent; this is a local Codex research and self-audit workflow.
Direct HTTP source status and content hashes are unmeasured in the restricted sandbox; coordinator checks and version pins remain pending.
Full IUCN criteria and CITES text retrieval failed; only indexed bibliographic evidence and selected treaty excerpts were available. No current category, threshold or species listing is established.
Executable nested instance schemas, adapter implementations, vocabulary mappings and conformance fixtures remain to be developed.
Jurisdiction-specific wildlife definitions, animal welfare, data rights, privacy, Indigenous and community data governance require local review.
Population estimator validation, species-specific recognition, trait ontologies, health interpretation and habitat modeling are delegated and unvalidated.

Machine files

Card as JSON Specification AGENTS.md Source Card backlog vercy.card/1

Provenance

world-models research · reviewable-draft

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