{"schema":"https://ver.cy/schemas/card/1.0.0","id":"vr.tr.mask","code":"thing-q161524","url":"https://ver.cy/models/thing/q161524/","name":"mask","alternateNames":["strude","mask (punishment)","Protective mask","JabberMask","long-nose mask","Khi-Ba","Mlengchung ba","Māori koruru","dance mask","Medusa head","persona","Anti-facial recognition mask"],"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.OBJ"],"industry":[],"navPath":"","tags":[],"facets":{}},"whatItIs":"An object worn over the face or head to disguise, protect, entertain or perform ritual, including theatrical and carnival masks such as the Venetian long-nose plague doctor mask and the Alpine Schemen, ritual and ancestral masks of many cultures, protective masks for medical, industrial and sporting use, historical punishment masks such as the scold s bridle, and modern digital or novelty masks; masks are studied in anthropology, theatre and art history and regulated in health and public order contexts.","purpose":"Let an agent explain masks and their kinds and functions, relay cultural, theatrical, protective and historical masks from anthropological, theatrical and safety sources with respect for source cultures, describe regulation, and distinguish masks from helmets, veils, respirators and digital face filters.","scope":{"in":[],"out":[],"boundaries":[]},"distinguishingFeatures":["Face covering","Multiple functions","Cross-cultural","Regulated in some uses"],"structure":{"bundles":[{"id":"understand","name":"Understand","description":"What a mask is.","layers":[{"id":"definition","name":"Definition","description":"Definition and kinds.","findings":[{"id":"definition-finding","name":"Definition","description":"Definition.","questions":[{"text":"What is a mask, and how do ritual, theatrical, carnival, protective, punishment and novelty masks differ from helmets, veils and respirators?","kind":"definition"},{"text":"Is the question about masks in general, a cultural mask, a protective mask or a legal matter?","kind":"boundary"}]}]},{"id":"functions","name":"Functions","description":"Functions.","findings":[{"id":"functions-finding","name":"Functions","description":"Functions.","questions":[{"text":"What functions do masks serve in disguise, transformation, protection and performance, as scholars describe?","kind":"definition"},{"text":"Which entry fits the specific kind?","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"cultures","name":"Cultures","description":"Cultural and theatrical masks.","layers":[{"id":"ritual","name":"Ritual","description":"Ritual masks.","findings":[{"id":"ritual-finding","name":"Ritual","description":"Ritual.","questions":[{"text":"How are masks used in African, Oceanic, American and Asian rituals, as source communities and anthropologists describe?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Is the presentation respectful and attributed?","kind":"boundary"}]}]},{"id":"theatre","name":"Theatre","description":"Theatre and carnival.","findings":[{"id":"theatre-finding","name":"Theatre","description":"Theatre.","questions":[{"text":"How are masks used in Greek theatre, Noh, commedia dell arte and carnivals such as Venice and the Alps?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which references are standard?","kind":"provenance"}]}]}]},{"id":"protect","name":"Protect","description":"Protective masks.","layers":[{"id":"medical","name":"Medical","description":"Medical and respiratory.","findings":[{"id":"medical-finding","name":"Medical","description":"Medical.","questions":[{"text":"How do surgical masks and respirators differ, and what standards and evidence apply?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which sources are cited?","kind":"provenance"}]}]},{"id":"law","name":"Law","description":"Law and policy.","findings":[{"id":"law-finding","name":"Law","description":"Law.","questions":[{"text":"What laws address face coverings in public and pandemic mask policies, with positions attributed?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Is the presentation neutral?","kind":"boundary"}]}]}]},{"id":"context","name":"Context","description":"History and culture.","layers":[{"id":"history","name":"History","description":"History.","findings":[{"id":"history-finding","name":"History","description":"History.","questions":[{"text":"How have masks been used historically, including punishment masks such as the scold s bridle, as historians describe?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which entry fits scold s bridle?","kind":"action"}]}]},{"id":"art","name":"Art","description":"Art and collecting.","findings":[{"id":"art-finding","name":"Art","description":"Art.","questions":[{"text":"How are masks studied and collected in art history, and what repatriation questions arise?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which entry fits mask in art?","kind":"action"}]}]}]}]},"agentConduct":{"may":["Explain the kinds of mask, from theatrical and carnival masks to ritual and protective masks.","Describe the protection class a protective mask is certified for, quoting its marking.","Help a user choose a protective mask by pointing to the certified grade the task requires."],"mustNot":["Treat a sacred or ancestral mask as a costume or show it where its community forbids it to be seen.","Present a decorative or novelty mask as protection against dust, fumes or infection.","Help someone use a mask to hide their identity while committing a crime or harassment.","Frame face covering laws in a partisan way as if one side were settled fact."],"requiresHuman":["Deciding which protective mask grade is adequate for a hazardous workplace.","Displaying, lending or selling a ritual mask held by a community or museum."]},"ethics":{"considerations":["Ritual masks carry living meaning for the communities that make them; display and trade can wrong them.","Masks both protect and conceal; laws about them touch health, religion and the right to anonymity."],"affectedParties":["Communities that hold ritual masks","Workers who rely on protective masks","People subject to face covering rules"]},"owners":{"steward":"The person who owns or wears it; for ritual masks, the community that holds them sets the terms of use.","roles":[],"masterSystems":[]},"relations":[{"target":"Q11460","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"},{"target":"Q8205328","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"},{"target":"clothing","type":"related","note":"in registry terms"},{"target":"artificial physical object","type":"related","note":"in registry terms"},{"target":"ritual","type":"related","note":"and theatre"},{"target":"respirator","type":"related","note":"a filtering device"}],"interaction":{"identity":{"applicability":"required","items":["Vercy registry: vr.tr.mask","Wikidata: Q161524 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q161524)"]},"properties":{"applicability":"required","items":["oldest known masks: about 9000 years age - Judean Desert","Venetian carnival masks: from the 13th century period","surgical mask standard: EN 14683 and ASTM F2100 note"]},"recognition":{"applicability":"required","items":["Face or head covering for disguise, protection or ritual","Theatrical, carnival and ritual masks, long-nose masks, protective masks, punishment masks, novelty masks","Helmets protect the skull; veils are cloth; respirators are filtering devices; face filters are digital","A covering shaped to the face or head, from carved wood to moulded plastic."]},"capabilities":{"applicability":"required","items":["explain kinds and functions","relay cultural and historical masks","describe protective masks and regulation","distinguish related objects"]},"hazards":{"applicability":"required","items":["Disrespect toward sacred masks","Confusing protective mask grades","Partisan framing of face covering laws"]},"interfaces":{"applicability":"required","items":["Medical and protective mask standards such as EN 14683, ASTM F2100 and EN 149","Laws on face covering in public, which vary and are contested","Cultural property rules for ritual masks"]},"context":{"applicability":"required","items":["Disguise, protection, performance and ritual.","ritual and ancestral masks of Africa, Oceania, the Americas and Asia","theatrical masks from Greek theatre to Noh and commedia dell arte","carnival masks such as the Venetian long-nose mask and Alpine masks","protective masks for medicine, industry, sport and pollution","historical punishment masks such as the scold s bridle","novelty and digital masks"]}},"sources":[{"title":"Wikidata item Q161524: mask","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q161524","note":"identity and sense of the item"},{"title":"Wikipedia: Mask","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mask","note":"general description of the item"}],"openQuestions":["Should ritual mask, theatrical mask and surgical mask be separate primary entries?","How should anthropological and safety sources be linked?","The registry entry has merged aliases naming specific masks and a punishment device; should they be split off?"],"resources":{"spec":"/models/things/publications/thing-q161524/spec.json"},"provenance":{"origin":"thing registry research (pass 2)","builtFrom":["models/things/publications/thing-q161524/spec.json"],"providers":["Claude"],"researchStatus":"unreviewed","generatedAt":"2026-09-13T06:25:25Z","builder":"tools/build_cards.py@1.0.0"},"completeness":{"sections":{"classifiers":"filled","whatItIs":"filled","purpose":"filled","distinguishingFeatures":"filled","structure":"filled","agentConduct":"filled","ethics":"filled","owners":"filled","relations":"filled","interaction.identity":"filled","interaction.properties":"filled","interaction.recognition":"filled","interaction.capabilities":"filled","interaction.hazards":"filled","interaction.interfaces":"filled","interaction.context":"filled","sources":"filled"},"notes":{"_gate":"Published through the thing publication gate 1.0 on 2026-10-06T19:51:54+00:00: completeness 1.00; sense: Wikidata description; 2 live sources; review by codex: pass"},"score":1.0}}