{"schema":"https://ver.cy/schemas/card/1.0.0","id":"vr.tr.westwork","code":"thing-q1461541","url":"https://ver.cy/models/thing/q1461541/","name":"westwork","alternateNames":[],"kind":"thing","status":"research-draft","version":"0.2.0-wave.3","language":"en","classifiers":{"family":"Thing Registry","category":"","entryKind":"","plane":"","domain":["PHY.BLT"],"industry":[],"navPath":"","tags":[],"facets":{}},"whatItIs":"A monumental western entrance section of a Carolingian, Ottonian or Romanesque church, typically with a tower or towers, a ground-floor vestibule and an upper chapel or gallery open to the nave, built between the ninth and twelfth centuries in the Frankish and German lands; westworks served liturgical, imperial and defensive functions and survive at churches such as Corvey, and they preceded the twin-towered facades of later medieval churches.","purpose":"Let an agent explain what a westwork is and how it functioned, identify surviving examples and their features, relay 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building research study westworks?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which sources are cited?","kind":"provenance"}]}]},{"id":"conservation","name":"Conservation","description":"Conservation.","findings":[{"id":"conservation-finding","name":"Conservation","description":"Conservation.","questions":[{"text":"How are surviving westworks conserved and presented?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which entry fits heritage conservation?","kind":"action"}]}]}]}]},"agentConduct":{"may":["explain the form and its functions","identify surviving examples","relay interpretations with attribution","distinguish from related forms"],"mustNot":[],"requiresHuman":[]},"ethics":{"considerations":[],"affectedParties":[]},"owners":{"steward":"","roles":[],"masterSystems":[]},"relations":[{"target":"building division","type":"related","note":"in registry terms"},{"target":"church building","type":"related","note":"the western end"},{"target":"twin-tower facade","type":"related","note":"in medieval 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