{"schema":"https://ver.cy/schemas/card/1.0.0","id":"vr.tr.conciliation-cross","code":"thing-q1640496","url":"https://ver.cy/models/thing/q1640496/","name":"conciliation cross","alternateNames":[],"kind":"thing","status":"published","version":"0.2.0-wave.4","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 conciliation cross is a type of old stone cross set up, mainly in central Europe in medieval and early modern times, to mark the site of a killing or as an act of atonement agreed between the offender s side and the victim s family; the registry treats it as a stone monument and murder stone. These crosses are memorials tied to a death, sometimes carved with a tool or symbol, and the entry treats them soberly and respectfully as historical monuments.","purpose":"Let an agent explain the conciliation cross, relay its purpose and history from history and heritage sources soberly, and distinguish it from a grave marker and from a religious wayside cross, treating the associated death with respect.","scope":{"in":[],"out":[],"boundaries":[]},"distinguishingFeatures":["Stone cross","Marks a killing or atonement","Medieval and early modern","Historical monument"],"structure":{"bundles":[{"id":"understand","name":"Understand","description":"What it is.","layers":[{"id":"definition","name":"Definition","description":"Definition.","findings":[{"id":"definition-finding","name":"Definition","description":"Definition.","questions":[{"text":"What is a conciliation cross, and how does it differ from a grave marker and a wayside cross?","kind":"definition"},{"text":"Is the associated 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studied?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Is the presentation respectful?","kind":"boundary"}]}]},{"id":"crosses","name":"Crosses","description":"Stone crosses.","findings":[{"id":"crosses-finding","name":"Crosses","description":"Crosses.","questions":[{"text":"How does the conciliation cross fit among stone crosses?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which entry fits stone cross?","kind":"action"}]}]}]}]},"agentConduct":{"may":["Describe conciliation crosses and their history from heritage and historical sources.","Report damage, theft or disturbance of a cross to the heritage authority."],"mustNot":["Move, damage, deface or remove a conciliation cross.","Confuse it with a grave marker or a religious wayside cross.","Treat the deaths they commemorate as entertainment or sensationalise them.","Invent legends about a specific cross as fact."],"requiresHuman":["Restoring or relocating a cross."]},"ethics":{"considerations":["The crosses commemorate real deaths and atonement, and deserve respect.","They are protected heritage of local communities."],"affectedParties":["Local communities","Heritage bodies","Descendants"]},"owners":{"steward":"The landowner and the heritage protection authority.","roles":[],"masterSystems":["Monument and heritage registers"]},"relations":[{"target":"Q17156398","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"},{"target":"Q1720510","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"},{"target":"Q3370053","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"},{"target":"stone cross","type":"related","note":"in registry terms"},{"target":"monument","type":"related"},{"target":"grave marker","type":"related"},{"target":"wayside cross","type":"related"}],"interaction":{"identity":{"applicability":"required","items":["Vercy registry: vr.tr.conciliation-cross","Wikidata: Q1640496 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1640496)"]},"properties":{"applicability":"required","items":["material: stone note","purpose: mark a killing or atonement note","registry parents: stone cross, small monument note"]},"recognition":{"applicability":"required","items":["Old stone cross marking a killing or atonement","A conciliation cross or murder stone","A grave marker stands at a burial; a wayside cross is a religious marker without the atonement link","A simple, often weathered stone cross standing in the landscape, sometimes carved with a tool or emblem."]},"capabilities":{"applicability":"required","items":["explain the monument","relay its purpose and history","distinguish it from a grave marker","treat the associated death respectfully"]},"hazards":{"applicability":"required","items":["Confusing with a grave marker","Confusing with a religious wayside cross","Insensitive treatment of the death"]},"interfaces":{"applicability":"required","items":["Heritage protection for surviving monuments"]},"context":{"applicability":"required","items":["Marking a killing or an act of atonement.","atonement crosses","murder stones"]}},"sources":[{"title":"Wikidata item Q1640496: conciliation cross","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1640496","note":"identity and sense of the item"},{"title":"Wikipedia: Conciliation cross","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conciliation_cross","note":"general description of the item"}],"openQuestions":["Should atonement crosses and murder stones be distinguished?","How should the associated death be treated respectfully?","How should the stone-cross family be linked?"],"resources":{"spec":"/models/things/publications/thing-q1640496/spec.json"},"provenance":{"origin":"thing registry research (pass 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