{"schema":"https://ver.cy/schemas/card/1.0.0","id":"vr.tr.drove","code":"thing-q1168568","url":"https://ver.cy/models/thing/q1168568/","name":"drove","alternateNames":["vereda","Cañada real"],"kind":"thing","status":"published","version":"0.2.0-wave.3","language":"en","classifiers":{"family":"Thing Registry","category":"Physical world and living systems","entryKind":"thing","plane":"PHY","domain":["PHY.BLT"],"industry":[],"navPath":"","tags":[],"facets":{}},"whatItIs":"A road or track used historically for driving livestock on foot over long distances to markets and pastures, such as the drove roads of Britain, the canadas reales of Spain and the veredas of Spain and Latin America, often wide, grassy and unfenced, with resting places and inns; droves are relics of transhumance and cattle trade, survive as rights of way, footpaths and protected routes, and are studied in landscape history.","purpose":"Let an agent explain droves and drove roads, relay their history and function in livestock trade and transhumance, identify regional forms and protected examples, and distinguish droves from ordinary roads and trails.","scope":{"in":[],"out":[],"boundaries":[]},"distinguishingFeatures":["Livestock movement","Wide and unfenced","Transhumance link","Protected rights of way"],"structure":{"bundles":[{"id":"understand","name":"Understand","description":"What a drove is.","layers":[{"id":"definition","name":"Definition","description":"Definition and function.","findings":[{"id":"definition-finding","name":"Definition","description":"Definition.","questions":[{"text":"What is a drove road, and how was it used?","kind":"definition"},{"text":"Is the route a drove or another kind of road or trail?","kind":"boundary"}]}]},{"id":"forms","name":"Forms","description":"Regional forms.","findings":[{"id":"forms-finding","name":"Forms","description":"Forms.","questions":[{"text":"How do British drove roads, Spanish canadas and other forms 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protection.","findings":[{"id":"law-finding","name":"Law","description":"Law.","questions":[{"text":"How are droves protected as rights of way and heritage routes?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which entry fits right of way?","kind":"action"}]}]},{"id":"use","name":"Use","description":"Recreation and ecology.","findings":[{"id":"use-finding","name":"Use","description":"Use.","questions":[{"text":"How are droves used for walking and as ecological corridors?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which sources are cited?","kind":"provenance"}]}]}]},{"id":"study","name":"Study","description":"Study.","layers":[{"id":"landscape","name":"Landscape","description":"Landscape history.","findings":[{"id":"landscape-finding","name":"Landscape","description":"Landscape.","questions":[{"text":"How do landscape historians identify and study droves?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which entry fits landscape 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and walkers alike."],"affectedParties":["Walkers and riders","Landowners","Herders using traditional routes"]},"owners":{"steward":"The landowner, with public authorities for rights of way and protected routes.","roles":[],"masterSystems":["Rights of way records","Heritage registers"]},"relations":[{"target":"Q11638045","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"},{"target":"Q628179","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"},{"target":"farm road","type":"related","note":"in registry terms"},{"target":"trail","type":"related","note":"in registry terms"},{"target":"transhumance","type":"related","note":"and livestock trade"},{"target":"right of way","type":"related","note":"in many countries"}],"interaction":{"identity":{"applicability":"required","items":["Vercy registry: vr.tr.drove","Wikidata: Q1168568 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1168568)"]},"properties":{"applicability":"required","items":["canada real width: about 75 m - by Spanish law","Spanish livestock routes: about 125000 km - protected network"]},"recognition":{"applicability":"required","items":["Route for driving livestock","Drove roads, canadas reales, veredas","Ordinary roads carry vehicles; trails may have other origins","A wide grassy track between hedges or walls, or an unfenced route across open country."]},"capabilities":{"applicability":"required","items":["explain the function and history","identify regional forms","relay legal status and protection","distinguish from other routes"]},"hazards":{"applicability":"required","items":["Encroachment and loss","Confusing droves with other tracks","Disputes over access"]},"interfaces":{"applicability":"required","items":["Spanish law on livestock routes of 1995","Rights of way law in Britain","Heritage and landscape protection"]},"context":{"applicability":"required","items":["Historically, moving livestock on foot; now heritage routes and paths.","British drove roads","Spanish canadas reales, cordeles and veredas","veredas in Latin America","transhumance routes in the Alps, Balkans and elsewhere","stock routes in Australia"]}},"sources":[{"title":"Wikidata item Q1168568: drove","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1168568","note":"identity and sense of the item"},{"title":"Wikipedia: Drovers' road","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drovers%27_road","note":"general description of the item"}],"openQuestions":["Should canada real be a separate entry?","How should route inventories be linked?","The registry entry has merged aliases naming Spanish forms; should they be split off?"],"resources":{"spec":"/models/things/publications/thing-q1168568/spec.json"},"provenance":{"origin":"thing registry research (pass 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