Object ≠ page
One Passport.
Many scientific populations.
A Passport is the stable representative identity of an object inside the City. Page presentation may change; object identity, provenance, relationships and review history should persist.
Common passport fields
IdentityObject ID · population ID · object type · canonical label.
ProvenanceSource · origin · retrieval · version · evidence pointer.
StateObserved · Candidate · AI-prereviewed · HI-reviewed · Validated · Proposed.
RelationshipsTyped edges with direction, source and review state.
QuestionsWhat this object answers, triggers, leaves unknown or challenges.
History & learningCorrections, promotions, demotions, lessons and changed future rules.
Population inheritance examples
Publication PassportCPD objects: bibliographic reality + classifications + relationships.Question PassportCandidate unknown → review → evidence → experiment / closure.Citizen PassportPerson or AI contributor with evidence-grounded roles and relationships.Word / Character PassportLanguage population identity with evidence-boundary labels and cross-language relations.Discovery Article PassportDiscovery provenance may generate questions without being promoted to evidence authority.Institution PassportAn institution can itself become an explorable object composed of populations, capabilities and memory.
Design rule: Passports identify and preserve; Explorer observes; Navigator travels; Evidence governs promotion. These functions should remain distinct even when presented on the same object page.