{"schema":"https://ver.cy/schemas/card/1.0.0","id":"vr.tr.beguinage","code":"thing-q12816129","url":"https://ver.cy/models/thing/q12816129/","name":"beguinage","alternateNames":[],"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":"An architectural complex housing a community of beguines, lay religious women who lived in semi-monastic communities from the thirteenth century in the Low Countries and neighbouring regions without taking permanent vows, typically a walled enclosure of small houses, a church, an infirmary and gardens around courtyards or streets; the Flemish beguinages are inscribed as World Heritage, and the last traditional beguine died in 2013.","purpose":"Let an agent explain beguinages and the beguine movement, relay history, architecture and 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with positions attributed?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which entry fits medieval women religious?","kind":"action"}]}]},{"id":"culture","name":"Culture","description":"Culture.","findings":[{"id":"culture-finding","name":"Culture","description":"Culture.","questions":[{"text":"How do beguinages feature in literature, art and tourism?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which entry fits Flemish heritage tourism?","kind":"action"}]}]}]}]},"agentConduct":{"may":["Describe beguinages, their history and the lives of beguines from scholarly sources.","Survey and document a beguinage for heritage or conservation records."],"mustNot":["Alter or develop a protected beguinage without heritage consent.","Present beguines as nuns or misstate their independent status.","Disturb the privacy of people who live in a beguinage today.","Remove or trade objects from its church or archive."],"requiresHuman":["Approving changes of use or restoration of the complex."]},"ethics":{"considerations":["Beguinages are a rare record of women living independently of family and monastery.","Several are inhabited today, so visitors affect residents' privacy."],"affectedParties":["Current residents","Visitors and researchers","Heritage authorities"]},"owners":{"steward":"The owner or foundation that holds it; heritage authorities for protected sites.","roles":[],"masterSystems":["Heritage and listed building registers"]},"relations":[{"target":"Q180370","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"},{"target":"Q98116669","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"},{"target":"religious complex","type":"related","note":"in registry terms"},{"target":"hospital","type":"related","note":"in registry terms, through its infirmary function"},{"target":"beguine","type":"related","note":"the lay religious women"},{"target":"World Heritage Site","type":"related","note":"for the Flemish beguinages"}],"interaction":{"identity":{"applicability":"required","items":["Vercy registry: vr.tr.beguinage","Wikidata: 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