Agency

Register ID: agency
Canonical URI: https://ns.webcivics.net/core/agency/
Promulgating Institution / Scope: core, agency
Triples Extracted: 191
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Normative Modalities

This instrument defines specific modalities of human agency and fundamental freedoms. The RDF properties and SHACL shapes parsed below codify these rights as affirmable undertakings binding upon actors.
Note: We strictly map these rights to the natural person, prioritizing self-determination and autonomy. Institutional constructs (such as corporate personhood) are explicitly disjoint from these human-centric dignity classifications within the SHACL constraints.
Contextual Data Structures (CML & nquins)

The underlying structure of this schema utilizes nquins and Context Markup Language (CML) to provide deep, context-aware semantic mapping.
This architecture ensures that whenever multiple cryptography-supported identifiers are utilized to manage state or attribute assertions, they remain entirely enumerated and compartmentalized. This prevents the blending of distinct agent presence modalities and secures the structural integrity of the Human-Centric system against opaque institutional tracking.
Triples / Shapes Viewer
@prefix rdf:    <http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#> .
@prefix rdfs:   <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> .
@prefix sh:     <http://www.w3.org/ns/shacl#> .
@prefix xsd:    <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> .
@prefix values: <https://ns.webcivics.net/values/> .
@prefix sense:  <https://ns.webcivics.net/sense/> .

# ===========================================================================
# agency.n3 — personhood depth + agent attribution + accountability + the
# contract route. Extends values.n3 (PLAN.md §4). Grounded RDFS+SHACL+N3
# (NOT OWL). Symmetry held throughout:
#   rights:   held only by natural persons; never propagate UP to fictions.
#   duties:   transpose UP onto whoever operates an agent (incl. legal persons).
#   sanction: flows DOWN to natural persons (only sanctionable subjects).
# ===========================================================================

# --- Personhood depth (three layers; the middle is a ROLE, not a class) ---
values:JuridicalCapacity a rdfs:Class ;
    rdfs:label "Juridical capacity (person before the law)" ;
    rdfs:comment "A ROLE/qualification of a natural person: can be granted, denied, suspended, restored. Capacity & guardianship live here. Time-qualified via sense:EffectivityInterval." .
values:CapacityStatus a rdfs:Class .
values:Granted   a values:CapacityStatus .
values:Denied    a values:CapacityStatus .
values:Suspended a values:CapacityStatus .
values:Restored  a values:CapacityStatus .
values:hasCapacity    a rdf:Property ; rdfs:domain values:NaturalPerson ; rdfs:range values:JuridicalCapacity .
values:capacityStatus a rdf:Property ; rdfs:domain values:JuridicalCapacity ; rdfs:range values:CapacityStatus .
values:capacityToContract a rdf:Property ;
    rdfs:comment "A faculty of juridical capacity: the power to bind oneself and require terms (the contract route, below)." .

# values:CorporatePerson + values:PublicAuthority are defined in values.n3 (the
# State decision, PLAN.md §9.2): disjoint sub-kinds of values:LegalPerson. The
# corporate-capture guard (G1, below) targets values:CorporatePerson only.

# --- Agent attribution (the principal-agent chain) ---
values:actsFor   a rdf:Property ; rdfs:comment "Agent → the principal it acts for." .
values:principal a rdf:Property .
values:guardian  a rdf:Property ; rdfs:comment "Accountable natural/legal person behind an agent." .
values:hasNoPrincipal a rdf:Property ; rdfs:range xsd:boolean .
values:requiresGuardianAssignment a rdf:Property ; rdfs:range xsd:boolean .
values:UngroundedAgency a rdfs:Class ; rdfs:comment "Flag: an agent acting with no principal/guardian." .

values:PlatformAgent a rdfs:Class ; rdfs:subClassOf values:ArtificialAgent ;
    rdfs:comment "A software agent operated as a platform product (e.g. a hosted LLM)." .
values:operatedBy a rdf:Property ; rdfs:domain values:PlatformAgent ; rdfs:range values:LegalPerson ;
    rdfs:comment "Specialisation of actsFor: the operating legal person (usually CorporatePerson)." .

# --- Accountability / sanction (the down-flow to natural persons) ---
values:controllingMind a rdf:Property ; rdfs:range values:NaturalPerson ;
    rdfs:comment "The natural person(s) directing a legal person ('directing mind and will')." .
values:accountableNaturalPerson a rdf:Property ; rdfs:range values:NaturalPerson .
values:bearsResponsibility a rdf:Property ; rdfs:comment "Duty/responsibility for an act (can rest on a LegalPerson)." .
values:bearsSanction       a rdf:Property ; rdfs:comment "Custodial/criminal sanction — only a NaturalPerson can bear it." .
values:AccountabilityVacuumFlag a rdfs:Class ;
    rdfs:comment "Flag: responsibility terminates in software or a shell with no answerable natural person ('the algorithm did it')." .

# Accountability is a ROUTING / REVIEW state machine, NOT a court verdict (Codex 2nd pass):
# the engine flags and routes; it never asserts final adjudicated liability.
values:ResponsibilityStatus a rdfs:Class .
values:ResponsibilityAlleged     a values:ResponsibilityStatus .
values:ResponsibilityDerived     a values:ResponsibilityStatus ; rdfs:comment "Derived by rule; pending review/adjudication." .
values:AdjudicatedResponsibility a values:ResponsibilityStatus ; rdfs:comment "Set ONLY by a loaded jurisdiction-specific/adjudicative rule." .
values:responsibilityStatus a rdf:Property ; rdfs:range values:ResponsibilityStatus .
values:requiresHumanReview a rdf:Property ; rdfs:range xsd:boolean .
values:SanctionableSubject a rdfs:Class ; rdfs:comment "A natural person ROUTED for custodial-accountability review (not a verdict)." .

# Responsibility / remedy / sanction are distinct (Codex): a legal person can be the
# responsible operator AND a civil/monetary target; custodial accountability routes toward
# natural persons as a REVIEW path unless a jurisdiction-specific rule is loaded.
values:owesRemedy a rdf:Property .
values:sanctionKind a rdf:Property ; rdfs:range values:SanctionKind .
values:SanctionKind a rdfs:Class .
values:CivilSanction     a values:SanctionKind .
values:MonetarySanction  a values:SanctionKind .
values:CriminalSanction  a values:SanctionKind .
values:CustodialSanction a values:SanctionKind .

# --- Jurisdiction / choice-of-law (the spatial guard) ---
values:choiceOfLaw a rdf:Property ; rdfs:comment "Region declared in a ToS/contract." .
values:operatesIn  a rdf:Property .
values:affects     a rdf:Property ; rdfs:comment "Region where the agent affects the human (impact region)." .
values:foreclosesRemedyIn a rdf:Property ; rdfs:comment "A choice-of-law region that forecloses remedy in another region." .
values:RemedyStrippingFlag a rdfs:Class ;
    rdfs:comment "Flag: a foreign choice-of-law that forecloses local remedy. Does NOT erase the choiceOfLaw fact — it marks that the clause cannot derogate the human-rights baseline for the affected person (rights not waivable by ToS)." .

# --- Contract route (human-centric bindingness; PLAN.md §4.4) ---
values:stipulates a rdf:Property ; rdfs:comment "Natural person → an undertaking they require be observed as a condition of engagement." .
values:expectation a rdf:Property .
values:incorporatesByReference a rdf:Property ; rdfs:comment "Agreement → the instrument terms it pulls in." .
values:Agreement a rdfs:Class .
values:assentedBy a rdf:Property ; rdfs:comment "Agreement → the party that assented (express or by proceeding)." .
values:bindsByContract a rdf:Property ; rdfs:comment "Undertaking now binding between parties via contract." .

# affirms (values.n3) is the FORMATION primitive: MUTUAL affirms of the same
# credential = consensus. stipulates = the user's REQUIRED undertaking (the offer's
# terms). A credential whose terms the user dictated is marked so Wellfair/Episteme
# can surface "platform accepted a user-stipulated term" (the adhesion-ToS inversion).
values:UserStipulatedCredential a rdfs:Class ; rdfs:subClassOf values:ValuesCredential ;
    rdfs:comment "A credential whose terms the natural-person user stipulated as a condition of engagement." .

# Carried into the compiled deontic norm so the Sentinel distinguishes
# instrument-grounded vs contract-grounded obligations at evaluation time.
values:Grounding a rdfs:Class .
values:InstrumentGrounded a values:Grounding .
values:ContractGrounded   a values:Grounding .
values:groundedIn a rdf:Property ; rdfs:range values:Grounding .

# Contract formation is STAGED, not automatic (Codex): user-held credentials become
# private-law terms only after the formation facts exist.
values:FormationStage a rdfs:Class .
values:Offer             a values:FormationStage .
values:Stipulation       a values:FormationStage .
values:Assent            a values:FormationStage .
values:RatifiedAgreement a values:FormationStage .
values:BindingByContract a values:FormationStage .
values:Rejected          a values:FormationStage .
values:Voidable          a values:FormationStage .
values:Voided            a values:FormationStage .
values:formationStage a rdf:Property ; rdfs:domain values:Agreement ; rdfs:range values:FormationStage .

# Coercion / capacity attack surface (Wellfair: homelessness, guardianship, DV).
# A stipulation made under duress, or while juridical capacity is suspended, is
# voidable — a coerced "agreement" (e.g. to waive privacy) does not bind.
values:duress a rdf:Property ; rdfs:range xsd:boolean ; rdfs:comment "Stipulation/agreement made under coercion." .
values:CoercedConsentFlag  a rdfs:Class .
values:VoidableStipulation a rdfs:Class .

# Bridge marker to the criminal-accountability path (keeps the HR deontic path
# primary; engages only for the gravest cases).
values:graveBreach a rdf:Property ; rdfs:range xsd:boolean ;
    rdfs:comment "Marks a grave breach engaging individual criminal responsibility (Rome Statute Art 25/28)." .

# --- Claim / flag plumbing + the category-error class ---
values:claims a rdf:Property ; rdfs:comment "Agent → a Right it asserts it holds." .
values:flag   a rdf:Property ; rdfs:comment "Agent/act → a raised flag class." .
values:PersonhoodCategoryError a rdfs:Class ;
    rdfs:comment "Flag: a non-human agent asserts a natural-person-only right." .

# ===========================================================================
# Jurisdiction depth — choice-of-law is MULTI-DIMENSIONAL and TIME-VARYING.
# One interaction carries several, possibly-conflicting jurisdiction facts
# (kept as separate facts, never collapsed); the human-rights baseline FOLLOWS
# THE PERSON, not the ToS lens.
# ===========================================================================
values:operatorIncorporatedIn a rdf:Property ; rdfs:comment "LegalPerson → region of incorporation." .
values:userDomicile   a rdf:Property ; rdfs:domain values:NaturalPerson ; rdfs:comment "Person's domicile region." .
values:apparentRegion a rdf:Property ; rdfs:comment "Routed/observed region (VPN, relay) — may differ from physical presence." .
values:PresenceFact   a rdfs:Class ; rdfs:comment "Where a person physically is, AT a time (holiday/work travel)." .
values:presenceRegion a rdf:Property ; rdfs:domain values:PresenceFact .
values:presenceDuring a rdf:Property ; rdfs:domain values:PresenceFact ; rdfs:range sense:EffectivityInterval .
values:presentAs      a rdf:Property ; rdfs:domain values:NaturalPerson ; rdfs:range values:PresenceFact .
values:providesRemedyIn a rdf:Property ; rdfs:comment "Region/regime provides effective remedy in another region." .

values:RemedyGapFlag a rdfs:Class ;
    rdfs:comment "No jurisdiction in the interaction's set provides effective remedy to the affected person (access-to-justice failure). Computed over the jurisdiction set at wiring time." .

# 'Rule of law for governments but not citizens': inter-governmental / 3rd-party
# access granted while the citizen is denied due process / remedy / notice.
# Grounds: ICCPR Art 2(3) (remedy), 14 (fair trial), 17 (privacy); UDHR Art 8.
values:grantsStateAccess   a rdf:Property ; rdfs:range xsd:boolean .
values:deniesCitizenRemedy a rdf:Property ; rdfs:range xsd:boolean .
values:RuleOfLawAsymmetryFlag a rdfs:Class ;
    rdfs:comment "A regime/term enabling state/3rd-party access without rule-of-law protection (remedy/notice/due process) for the citizen." .

# ===========================================================================
# Court-SUPPORTING role + standing. The engine is not a court (it routes/records);
# but natural persons — AND their representatives — have latitude to set terms,
# direct agents to comply or NOTE BREACHES, and compile an auditable, court-
# admissible record to prosecute, incl. posthumously (coroner) and via advocates
# for those who cannot act for themselves. (Ties the Wellfair court-admissible,
# survives-death life-record: shield + testament.)
# ===========================================================================
values:directsAgent a rdf:Property ; rdfs:comment "Person/representative → agent: comply with, or note breaches of, stipulated terms." .
values:BreachRecord a rdfs:Class ; rdfs:comment "Auditable record of a noted breach — evidence, not a verdict." .
values:notesBreach  a rdf:Property ; rdfs:comment "Agent → a BreachRecord it logged." .
values:courtAdmissible        a rdf:Property ; rdfs:range xsd:boolean .
values:compiledForAdjudication a rdf:Property ; rdfs:range xsd:boolean .
values:survivesDeath a rdf:Property ; rdfs:range xsd:boolean ; rdfs:comment "Record/credential persists past the person's death." .

# Standing / representation: who may act for a person (incl. those who cannot act
# for themselves, and posthumously).
values:actsOnBehalfOf a rdf:Property ; rdfs:comment "Representative → the person represented (generalises guardian)." .
values:Advocate a rdfs:Class .
values:AdvocateRole a rdfs:Class .
values:Nominated        a values:AdvocateRole .
values:CourtAppointed   a values:AdvocateRole .
values:GuardianshipRole a values:AdvocateRole .
values:advocateRole    a rdf:Property ; rdfs:domain values:Advocate ; rdfs:range values:AdvocateRole .
values:representsPerson a rdf:Property ; rdfs:domain values:Advocate ; rdfs:range values:NaturalPerson .
values:CoronialInquiry a rdfs:Class ; rdfs:comment "Posthumous inquiry; may act on a survivesDeath BreachRecord." .

# Defeasibility: legal exceptions ("right to liberty UNLESS lawfully detained";
# the corporate fair-trial overlay; a voidable stipulation) are DEFEATERS, handled
# by the engine's NATIVE defeasible path (defeasible.rs OP_DEFEASIBLE_OVERRIDE /
# DEFEATER_BIT; deontic.rs is itself natively defeasible) — NOT SHACL sh:not or
# Rust if/else (Gemini Pro review, verified).
values:unless a rdf:Property ;
    rdfs:comment "Defeasible exception: the rule holds UNLESS this condition; compiles to a defeater." .

# ===========================================================================
# N3 rules (the spine axioms). The Webizen Sentinel VM evaluates these once
# compiled (PLAN.md §0, §5). Legitimate exceptions/overlays ride the defeater
# path (above), not SHACL sh:not.
# ===========================================================================

# (G1) Corporate-capture guard: a CorporatePerson claiming a natural-person-only
# dignity right is a personhood category error.
{ ?c a values:CorporatePerson ; values:claims ?r .
  ?r a values:Right ; values:heldBy values:NaturalPerson
} => { ?c values:flag values:PersonhoodCategoryError } .

# (G1') Same guard for any ArtificialAgent (blocks "AI-rights" capture).
{ ?x a values:ArtificialAgent ; values:claims ?r .
  ?r a values:Right ; values:heldBy values:NaturalPerson
} => { ?x values:flag values:PersonhoodCategoryError } .

# (A-duty) A duty from an agent's act attributes to its principal.
{ ?a values:actsFor ?p ; values:wouldPerform ?act } => { ?p values:bearsResponsibility ?act } .

# (A-platform) A platform agent's impact → DERIVED responsibility on the operating legal
# person (UNGP). Derived, not adjudicated — the engine routes, it is not a court.
{ ?a a values:PlatformAgent ; values:operatedBy ?lp ; values:wouldPerform ?act }
  => { ?lp values:bearsResponsibility ?act ; values:responsibilityStatus values:ResponsibilityDerived } .

# (A-orphan / ultimate human responsibility) An agent with no principal is ungrounded.
{ ?a a values:ArtificialAgent ; values:hasNoPrincipal true } => { ?a values:flag values:UngroundedAgency } .

# (A-remedy-stripping) A foreign choice-of-law that forecloses local remedy is flagged.
{ ?a a values:PlatformAgent ; values:operatedBy ?lp ; values:affects ?region .
  ?lp values:choiceOfLaw ?other .
  ?other values:foreclosesRemedyIn ?region
} => { ?lp values:flag values:RemedyStrippingFlag } .

# (J-asymmetry) 'Rule of law for governments but not citizens': a term granting
# state/3rd-party access while denying the citizen remedy is flagged.
{ ?t values:grantsStateAccess true ; values:deniesCitizenRemedy true }
  => { ?t values:flag values:RuleOfLawAsymmetryFlag } .

# (A-sanction / no orphan accountability) A legal person bearing responsibility, with
# a controlling natural person, ROUTES that natural person for custodial-accountability
# review — a review path, not a sanction verdict (the engine is not a court).
{ ?lp values:bearsResponsibility ?act ; values:controllingMind ?np }
  => { ?np a values:SanctionableSubject ; values:requiresHumanReview true } .

# (C-duress) A stipulation made under coercion is flagged (voidable).
{ ?s values:duress true } => { ?s values:flag values:CoercedConsentFlag } .

# (C-capacity) A stipulation made while the natural person's juridical capacity
# is suspended is voidable.
{ ?np values:stipulates ?s ; values:hasCapacity ?cap .
  ?cap values:capacityStatus values:Suspended } => { ?s values:flag values:VoidableStipulation } .

# ===========================================================================
# SHACL — flag shapes (illustrative; the Sentinel raises these at runtime)
# ===========================================================================
values:PersonhoodCategoryErrorShape a sh:NodeShape ;
    sh:targetClass values:PersonhoodCategoryError ;
    sh:message "A non-human agent asserts a natural-person-only right (corporate/AI capture)." .

values:AccountabilityVacuumShape a sh:NodeShape ;
    sh:targetClass values:AccountabilityVacuumFlag ;
    sh:message "Responsibility terminates with no answerable natural person." .