Tiering

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.

@prefix rdf:    <http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#> .
@prefix rdfs:   <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> .
@prefix xsd:    <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> .
@prefix dc:     <http://purl.org/dc/terms/> .
@prefix values: <https://ns.webcivics.net/values/> .

# ===========================================================================
# tiering.n3 — machine-readable tier / legal-form / binding / curation terms.
# Extends values.n3 (PLAN.md §1, §8.1, §9.1). Pure vocabulary (no rules).
# Lets SHACL/deontic rules and the governance gap-report key on these instead
# of prose. Durable Tier A baseline vs versioned Tier B (mutable) law.
# ===========================================================================

# --- Tier: durable core vs mutable (subject-to-update) law ---
values:Tier a rdfs:Class ; rdfs:label "Instrument tier" .
values:Core    a values:Tier ; rdfs:comment "Stable, foundational; the durable baseline." .
values:Mutable a values:Tier ; rdfs:comment "Subject to updates (statute); versioned, kept separate from baseline reasoning." .
values:tier a rdf:Property ; rdfs:domain values:ValuesCredential ; rdfs:range values:Tier .

# --- Legal form (what kind of instrument) ---
values:LegalForm a rdfs:Class ; rdfs:label "Legal form" .
values:Treaty           a values:LegalForm .
values:UNGAResolution   a values:LegalForm .
values:Recommendation   a values:LegalForm .
values:Statute          a values:LegalForm .
values:Constitutional   a values:LegalForm .
values:Declaration      a values:LegalForm .
values:JudicialReasoning a values:LegalForm .
values:legalForm a rdf:Property ; rdfs:domain values:ValuesCredential ; rdfs:range values:LegalForm .

# --- Binding status (how it binds; see also the contract route, agency.n3) ---
values:BindingStatus a rdfs:Class ; rdfs:label "Binding status" .
values:Binding               a values:BindingStatus ; rdfs:comment "Legally binding (treaty/in-force statute)." .
values:AffirmativeNonBinding a values:BindingStatus ; rdfs:comment "Soft-law / affirmable undertaking; authoritative floor, not a hard duty." .
values:ContractuallyBinding  a values:BindingStatus ; rdfs:comment "Bound between parties via contract (incorporation by reference; agency.n3 §4.4)." .
values:bindingStatus a rdf:Property ; rdfs:range values:BindingStatus .

# --- Curation status (review provenance; prevents silent drift) ---
values:CurationStatus a rdfs:Class ; rdfs:label "Curation status" .
values:HeuristicDerived a values:CurationStatus ; rdfs:comment "Lexical/auto heuristic; pending review." .
values:Curated          a values:CurationStatus ; rdfs:comment "Reviewed by a human curator." .
values:NeedsReview      a values:CurationStatus ; rdfs:comment "Flagged for review." .
values:curationStatus a rdf:Property ; rdfs:range values:CurationStatus .

# categoryStatus (already used in the corpus) — make the values explicit
values:CategoryStatus a rdfs:Class .
values:AutoAssigned a values:CategoryStatus .
values:Confirmed    a values:CategoryStatus .
values:categoryStatus a rdf:Property ; rdfs:range values:CategoryStatus .

# --- Interpretive weight (e.g. AU reconciliation docs preferred in AU context
#     without false equivalence to binding treaties) ---
values:interpretiveWeight a rdf:Property ; rdfs:range xsd:decimal ;
    rdfs:comment "Relative weight for context-sensitive querying; 0..1." .

# --- Tier B manifest fields (per dated file; mutable law) ---
values:asAtDate      a rdf:Property ; rdfs:range xsd:date .
values:sourceURL     a rdf:Property ; rdfs:range xsd:anyURI .
values:integrityHash a rdf:Property ; rdfs:comment "Hash of the source text this file reflects (tamper-evidence)." .
values:reviewCadence a rdf:Property ; rdfs:comment "How often this mutable instrument must be re-checked." .
values:lastReviewed  a rdf:Property ; rdfs:range xsd:date .

# --- Watchlist / in-force status (not-yet-in-force or pending instruments,
#     e.g. the BHR treaty) — avoids freezing a 2026 planning note as durable truth ---
values:inForceStatus   a rdf:Property ; rdfs:comment "in-force | not-in-force | pending." .
values:notBeforeDate   a rdf:Property ; rdfs:range xsd:date .
values:lastChecked     a rdf:Property ; rdfs:range xsd:date .
values:watchlistStatus a rdf:Property .

# --- Acquisition freshness (current/pending legal material; Codex 2nd pass) ---
values:retrievalDate    a rdf:Property ; rdfs:range xsd:date .
values:sourceContentHash a rdf:Property .
values:generatorVersion a rdf:Property .