{"topic_id":"companion_breed_standard_balinese_cat","category":"companion-breed-standard","context":"---\ntopic_id: companion_breed_standard_balinese_cat\ncategory: companion-breed-standard\ntitle: \"Balinese — breed standard (CFA & TICA: size, coat, temperament, type)\"\nlang: en\nsource: \"CFA (Cat Fanciers' Association) & TICA (The International Cat Association) official breed-standard factual data for Balinese, extracted verbatim (field values + section outline) from source_file; C1 substring-verified. Pulled 2026-08-02.\"\nsource_file: pdf-raw/breed-standard/balinese_combined.txt\ndate_parsed: 2026-08-02\ntokens_estimated: 0\nverification:\n  method: paraphrase\n  claims: 7\n  passed: 7\n  date: 2026-08-05\nrecovered: false\npath: companion-breed-standard/companion_breed_standard_balinese_cat/01_companion_breed_standard_balinese_cat.md\nsource_document: \"CFA (Cat Fanciers' Association) & TICA (The International Cat Association)\"\ncitation:\n  authority: \"CFA (Cat Fanciers' Association) & TICA (The International Cat Association)\"\n  title: \"Balinese — breed standard (CFA & TICA: size, coat, temperament, type)\"\n  url: \"https://www.cfa.org\"\n  retrieved: \"2026-08-02\"\n  ref: \"Official breed standards (factual data points + section outline extracted verbatim)\"\n  doc_type: \"official kennel-club breed standards\"\n  needs_review: false\nlicense: paraphrase\ncopyright_note: \"Sources (CFA & TICA breed-standard texts) are not openly licensed; per COPYRIGHT_POLICY §3 every claim is a paraphrased derived fact summary (numbers and proper nouns preserved, sentences rewritten), not a verbatim quotation.\"\nauthority_tier: T1\nauthority_tier_basis: \"T1:kennel-club-breed-standard\"\nauthority_tier_date: 2026-08-05\n---\n\n# Balinese — breed standard (CFA & TICA: size, coat, temperament, type)\n\n## Claims\n\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* The CFA describes the Balinese as a svelte, medium-sized semi-longhair pointed cat of oriental type, with a long tapering wedge-shaped head.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Under the CFA point schedule the breed is allocated HEAD 20, EYES 5, BODY 30, COAT 20 and COLOR 25.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Under the TICA Siamese Breed Group schedule the Balinese is scored HEAD 35, BODY 35 and COAT/COLOR/PATTERN 30.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* The coat is of medium length, longest on the tail, fine and silky with no downy undercoat, and may appear shorter than it is.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Required eye colour is a deep, vivid blue (CFA); TICA likewise requires blue eyes, and any other eye colour is a disqualification.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* The body is an even colour with only subtle shading, while the points (mask, ears, legs, feet, tail) are dense and clearly defined in a single shade, linked by tracings.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* The CFA disqualifies cats showing illness or poor health, crossed eyes, white toes or feet, an incorrect toe count, or a definite double (downy) coat.\n","sources":["companion-breed-standard — Balinese — breed standard (CFA & TICA: size, coat, temperament, type) (retrieved 2026-08-02)"],"source":{"authority":"companion-breed-standard","title":"Balinese — breed standard (CFA & TICA: size, coat, temperament, type)","url":"https://www.cfa.org","retrieved":"2026-08-02","ref":"","doc_type":"official PDF","source_document":"CFA (Cat Fanciers' Association) & TICA (The International Cat Association)","verification_file":"pdf-raw/breed-standard/balinese_combined.txt"},"source_document":"CFA (Cat Fanciers' Association) & TICA (The International Cat Association)","source_file":"pdf-raw/breed-standard/balinese_combined.txt","trust":{"authority_tier":"T1","fidelity":"paraphrase","license":"paraphrase","display_grade":"C"},"tokens_estimated":508,"generated_at":null,"tip":"Use /api/v1/topics to discover more topics. /api/v1/nutrient for precise single-point queries. /api/v1/cross_compare for 2-3 standard comparisons."}