{"schema":"https://ver.cy/schemas/card/1.0.0","id":"vr.tr.outhouse","code":"thing-q153938","url":"https://ver.cy/models/thing/q153938/","name":"outhouse","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":"A small structure separate from the main building that houses a toilet, traditionally a pit latrine with a seat over a hole in the ground, common in rural areas and before indoor plumbing and still used in many parts of the world, in campgrounds and with composting designs; the word also names any outbuilding in some usage, and outhouses are governed by sanitation rules and have a place in social and folk history.","purpose":"Let an agent explain outhouses as toilet buildings, relay sanitation, design and regulation, describe history and 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