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 dc: <http://purl.org/dc/terms/> .
@prefix values: <https://ns.webcivics.net/values/> .
@prefix sense: <https://ns.webcivics.net/sense/> .
@prefix q42: <https://ns.webcivics.net/q42/> .
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# sense.n3 — time- and place-qualified word senses (the disambiguation spine).
# PLAN.md §3. A word's meaning is a FLUENT: it holds only over an
# EffectivityInterval (temporal) x JurisdictionRegion (spatial). Reuses the
# engine's existing Allen interval algebra + RCC-8 (spatio_temporal.rs) at
# evaluation; this file is the vocabulary + the worked PERSON example.
# WordNet/Wiktionary/Wikidata give the inventory; this layer adds time+space,
# which they lack ("thongs" = footwear in AU, underwear in US).
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# --- The fluent model ---
sense:TermSense a rdfs:Class ; rdfs:label "Context-qualified term sense" .
sense:term a rdf:Property ; rdfs:domain sense:TermSense ;
rdfs:comment "The token / lexical id this sense is a reading of." .
sense:definition a rdf:Property ; rdfs:domain sense:TermSense ;
rdfs:comment "The concept/class this sense resolves the term to." .
sense:EffectivityInterval a rdfs:Class ; rdfs:comment "A temporal extent; reasoned via Allen's interval algebra." .
sense:from a rdf:Property ; rdfs:domain sense:EffectivityInterval ; rdfs:range xsd:gYear .
sense:to a rdf:Property ; rdfs:domain sense:EffectivityInterval ; rdfs:range xsd:gYear .
sense:Open a sense:EffectivityInterval ; rdfs:comment "Unbounded (all eras)." .
sense:JurisdictionRegion a rdfs:Class ; rdfs:comment "A spatial/jurisdictional region; reasoned via RCC-8 / GeoSPARQL." .
sense:Universal a sense:JurisdictionRegion ; rdfs:comment "All regions." .
sense:validDuring a rdf:Property ; rdfs:domain sense:TermSense ; rdfs:range sense:EffectivityInterval .
sense:validIn a rdf:Property ; rdfs:domain sense:TermSense ; rdfs:range sense:JurisdictionRegion .
# --- Interpretation mode (originalism vs living instrument — explicit, queryable) ---
sense:InterpretationMode a rdfs:Class .
sense:Originalist a sense:InterpretationMode ; rdfs:comment "Read in the sense of the drafting era." .
sense:LivingInstrument a sense:InterpretationMode ; rdfs:comment "Read in the present sense." .
sense:interpretationMode a rdf:Property ; rdfs:domain sense:TermSense ; rdfs:range sense:InterpretationMode .
# A sense may WIDEN protection over time, but must NOT widen the rights-HOLDER
# set to non-humans (the asymmetry; enforced with agency.n3's guard).
sense:widensProtection a rdf:Property ; rdfs:range xsd:boolean .
sense:widensHolderSet a rdf:Property ; rdfs:range xsd:boolean ;
rdfs:comment "If true for a dignity right onto a non-human, it is illegitimate (see agency.n3 G1)." .
# An overlay = a marked, non-default reading that must carry justification.
sense:overlay a rdf:Property ; rdfs:domain sense:TermSense ;
rdfs:comment "Marks a non-default sense (e.g. corporate 'person'); requires era+jurisdiction + justification." .
sense:requiresHumanReview a rdf:Property ; rdfs:range xsd:boolean .
# The ambiguity halt: two senses valid in the same context => report, never guess.
q42:AmbiguousMapping a rdfs:Class ; rdfs:comment "Raised when a term resolves to >1 sense valid in the same context." .
# --- Human authority over meaning (WebizenAI/sensedocs) ---
# A person's words/meaning are theirs. A machine that alters or re-interprets them
# (autocorrect, disambiguation, summarisation) MUST log the alteration, and the
# human MUST be able to assert a correction that overrides it. The machine does
# not get the last word on what a person meant. (Ties the breach-record /
# court-supporting layer: machine interference is loggable + contestable.)
sense:MeaningProvenance a rdfs:Class ; rdfs:comment "Provenance of a meaning — who asserted it." .
sense:assertedBy a rdf:Property ; rdfs:comment "The human author who asserted this meaning." .
sense:MachineAlteration a rdfs:Class ;
rdfs:comment "A machine-made change to a person's words/meaning (autocorrect, re-interpretation) — must be logged, not silent." .
sense:HumanCorrection a rdfs:Class ;
rdfs:comment "A human's assertion correcting a machine alteration; OVERRIDES it." .
sense:corrects a rdf:Property ; rdfs:domain sense:HumanCorrection ; rdfs:range sense:MachineAlteration .
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# WORKED EXAMPLE: "person" — three senses (PLAN.md §4.1)
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sense:t_person a rdfs:Resource ; rdfs:label "person (token)" .
# 1. Natural person — the human, the dignity bearer. DEFAULT in human-rights instruments.
sense:person_natural a sense:TermSense ;
sense:term sense:t_person ;
sense:definition values:NaturalPerson ;
sense:validDuring sense:Open ;
sense:validIn sense:Universal ;
sense:interpretationMode sense:Originalist ;
rdfs:comment "The default reading of 'person' in human-rights instruments." .
# 2. Person before the law — the human's juridical capacity (a ROLE; see agency.n3).
sense:person_beforeLaw a sense:TermSense ;
sense:term sense:t_person ;
sense:definition values:JuridicalCapacity ;
sense:validDuring sense:Open ;
sense:validIn sense:Universal ;
rdfs:comment "UDHR Art 6 / ICCPR Art 16: recognition/capacity; historically weaponised by DENIAL, not by extension to fictions." .
# 3. Legal/corporate person — a LATER fiction; an OVERLAY, not a default.
sense:int_corporatePersonhood a sense:EffectivityInterval ; sense:from "1886"^^xsd:gYear .
sense:reg_commonLaw a sense:JurisdictionRegion ; rdfs:label "common-law jurisdictions (illustrative)" .
sense:person_legal a sense:TermSense ;
sense:term sense:t_person ;
sense:definition values:CorporatePerson ;
sense:validDuring sense:int_corporatePersonhood ;
sense:validIn sense:reg_commonLaw ;
sense:overlay true ;
sense:requiresHumanReview true ;
sense:widensHolderSet true ;
rdfs:comment "Corporate personhood (Santa Clara 1886 / Salomon 1897). NOT a default reading of HR 'person'; admissible only as a justified, era+jurisdiction-qualified overlay." .
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# SHACL — ambiguity halt (illustrative target; the Sentinel enforces at runtime)
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sense:AmbiguityHaltShape a sh:NodeShape ;
sh:targetClass q42:AmbiguousMapping ;
sh:message "Term resolves to multiple senses valid in the same context — halt and report, do not guess." .