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leaders.","Inscriptions express the leaders' enduring presence.","The towers serve a political commemorative role.","The term identifies a specific memorial type rather than memorial towers across cultures."],"structure":{"bundles":[{"id":"understand","name":"Understand","description":"What an immortality tower is.","layers":[{"id":"definition","name":"Definition","description":"Definition.","findings":[{"id":"definition-finding","name":"Definition","description":"Definition.","questions":[{"text":"What is an immortality tower, and how does it differ from other monuments, mausoleums, minarets and observation towers?","kind":"definition"},{"text":"Does the registry label name a type or specific towers, which should be checked?","kind":"boundary"}]}]},{"id":"forms","name":"Forms","description":"Forms.","findings":[{"id":"forms-finding","name":"Forms","description":"Forms.","questions":[{"text":"What forms do memorial towers take?","kind":"definition"},{"text":"Which entry fits the 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individual residents.","Visitor conduct and published accounts can have consequences for local people."],"affectedParties":["Local residents are affected.","Visitors are affected.","Guides and site staff are affected."]},"owners":{"steward":"The responsible North Korean public authority or designated site custodian oversees each tower.","roles":[],"masterSystems":["Official monument records, where accessible, may document individual towers."]},"relations":[{"target":"Q138325572","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"},{"target":"memorial tower","type":"related","note":"in registry terms"},{"target":"mausoleum","type":"related"},{"target":"minaret","type":"related"},{"target":"observation tower","type":"related"}],"interaction":{"identity":{"applicability":"required","items":["Vercy registry: vr.tr.immortality-tower","Wikidata: Q2460906 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2460906)"]},"properties":{"applicability":"required","items":["purpose: commemoration note","label: may name a 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