{"schema":"https://ver.cy/schemas/card/1.0.0","id":"vr.tr.locket","code":"thing-q2990570","url":"https://ver.cy/models/thing/q2990570/","name":"locket","alternateNames":[],"kind":"thing","status":"published","version":"0.1.0-research.1","language":"en","classifiers":{"family":"Thing Registry","category":"Physical world and living systems","entryKind":"thing","plane":"PHY","domain":["PHY.OBJ"],"industry":[],"navPath":"","tags":[],"facets":{}},"whatItIs":"A locket is a small wearable ornamental case, typically suspended as a pendant, that opens to hold a portrait, hair, or another personal keepsake.","purpose":"Enable an agent to recognise a locket, assess its enclosure and contents, and decide how it may be worn, opened, preserved or transferred.","scope":{"in":["Identity as an ornament designed to enclose a small image or keepsake","Body, compartment geometry and access mechanism","Closure, hinges and content-retention features where present","Integral suspension or wearable attachment features","Relationship to enclosed contents and associated handling permissions","Condition affecting wear, opening and preservation"],"out":["Necklaces, chains and bracelets as independently modelled carriers","Photographs, hair, inscriptions and other keepsakes as independent informational or material objects","General jewellery manufacturing and repair processes","People and relationships commemorated by the locket","Ownership, inheritance and sale transactions","Standalone reliquaries, pill containers and watches whose identity is not that of a locket"],"boundaries":[]},"distinguishingFeatures":["Has an intentional enclosure for a small image or keepsake; a solid pendant or an ornament with only a decorative recess does not establish this identity.","Is intended as a wearable ornament; a freestanding miniature picture case requires a different primary classification.","Has, or originally had, a means of inserting or enclosing contents; a missing lid or broken hinge may indicate an incomplete locket rather than a different object kind.","Contains a compartment whose keepsake function distinguishes it from an otherwise similar watch case or purpose-built pill container.","May also be a pendant, brooch or bracelet component: those terms identify its wearing arrangement and do not exclude locket identity."],"structure":{"bundles":[{"id":"locket-identity-and-boundaries","name":"Locket identity and boundaries","description":"Establishes the combination of wearable ornament and keepsake enclosure that identifies a locket.","layers":[{"id":"keepsake-enclosure","name":"Keepsake enclosure","description":"Examines evidence that the ornament was designed to enclose an image or keepsake.","findings":[{"id":"intentional-content-space","name":"Intentional content space","description":"Record the compartment and evidence of its intended role, separating observed construction from an inferred use.","questions":[{"text":"What compartment, insert frame or other construction indicates that this ornament was intended to enclose a keepsake?","id":"intentional-content-space-q01","kind":"definition"},{"text":"What distinguishes its intended function from that of a watch case, pill container or decorative hollow pendant?","id":"intentional-content-space-q02","kind":"boundary"}]}]},{"id":"wearable-form-and-completeness","name":"Wearable form and completeness","description":"Identifies the wearing arrangement and recognises missing parts or later conversions.","findings":[{"id":"original-and-current-form","name":"Original and current form","description":"Record how the locket is worn and whether missing or altered features obscure its original identity.","questions":[{"text":"Which features establish whether the locket is a pendant, brooch, bracelet component or another wearable form?","id":"original-and-current-form-q01","kind":"definition"},{"text":"What evidence supports any claim that a lid, bail, pin or compartment was removed, replaced or added later?","id":"original-and-current-form-q02","kind":"provenance"}]}]}]},{"id":"compartment-access-and-retention","name":"Compartment access and retention","description":"Describes how the enclosure opens, holds its contents and closes.","layers":[{"id":"opening-and-closure","name":"Opening and closure","description":"Identifies the intended access method and the condition of moving or mating parts.","findings":[{"id":"controlled-compartment-access","name":"Controlled compartment access","description":"Record the opening mechanism, operating condition and evidence needed before attempting access.","questions":[{"text":"Where is the intended opening point, and what motion releases the cover without forcing the body or hinge?","id":"controlled-compartment-access-q01","kind":"action"},{"text":"Does the closure engage securely, and is there distortion, binding or looseness that limits opening or wear?","id":"controlled-compartment-access-q02","kind":"measurement"}]}]},{"id":"insert-fit-and-retainers","name":"Insert fit and retainers","description":"Assesses available space and the means of keeping contents in position.","findings":[{"id":"usable-keepsake-capacity","name":"Usable keepsake capacity","description":"Record usable compartment dimensions and retainer constraints rather than inferring capacity from external size.","questions":[{"text":"What are the usable dimensions of each compartment after accounting for its frame, glazing and closure clearance?","id":"usable-keepsake-capacity-q01","kind":"measurement"},{"text":"Can the proposed insert be fitted or removed without disturbing a retainer, existing contents or an adhesive bond?","id":"usable-keepsake-capacity-q02","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"keepsake-association-and-permissions","name":"Keepsake association and permissions","description":"Connects the locket to its contents, commemorative associations and permitted access.","layers":[{"id":"contents-and-association","name":"Contents and association","description":"Separates observed contents from claims about their origin or meaning.","findings":[{"id":"documented-content-relationship","name":"Documented content relationship","description":"Record what is enclosed and the evidence connecting it to the locket or a commemorated person.","questions":[{"text":"What contents are directly observed, and what remains unknown because the compartment has not been opened?","id":"documented-content-relationship-q01","kind":"definition"},{"text":"What evidence supports the identity, date or association of each keepsake, including whether it is original to this locket?","id":"documented-content-relationship-q02","kind":"provenance"}]}]},{"id":"viewing-and-content-changes","name":"Viewing and content changes","description":"Establishes constraints on exposing, recording or replacing enclosed material.","findings":[{"id":"permitted-keepsake-handling","name":"Permitted keepsake handling","description":"Record any access restrictions and the authority for changing the arrangement of contents.","questions":[{"text":"What permission or restriction governs opening the locket and viewing or photographing its contents?","id":"permitted-keepsake-handling-q01","kind":"action"},{"text":"May its contents be removed or replaced, and what record must preserve their previous arrangement and association?","id":"permitted-keepsake-handling-q02","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"wear-and-preservation","name":"Wear and preservation","description":"Assesses attachment reliability and preservation needs of the enclosure together with its contents.","layers":[{"id":"suspension-and-loss-risk","name":"Suspension and loss risk","description":"Examines the features connecting the locket to its carrier or clothing.","findings":[{"id":"wearing-attachment-integrity","name":"Wearing attachment integrity","description":"Record wear, deformation and compatibility at the locket's attachment points.","questions":[{"text":"What wear, cracking or deformation is visible in the bail, attachment loop, brooch pin or integral mounting?","id":"wearing-attachment-integrity-q01","kind":"measurement"},{"text":"Can the intended chain, bracelet or clothing attachment support this locket without obstructing its closure or stressing its fittings?","id":"wearing-attachment-integrity-q02","kind":"action"}]}]},{"id":"enclosure-content-preservation","name":"Enclosure and content preservation","description":"Considers treatment and storage constraints across the locket's material interfaces.","findings":[{"id":"compatible-care","name":"Compatible care","description":"Record materials, deterioration and uncertainties that determine an appropriate care method.","questions":[{"text":"Which body, lining, glazing or content materials are identified, and where are staining, corrosion, cracking or trapped moisture observed?","id":"compatible-care-q01","kind":"measurement"},{"text":"What evidence supports a cleaning or storage method that will preserve both the enclosure and its contents?","id":"compatible-care-q02","kind":"action"},{"text":"Which condition issues require specialist assessment before the locket is opened, cleaned or worn?","id":"compatible-care-q03","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"evidence-and-external-alignment","name":"Evidence and external alignment","description":"What the world already says about this thing, gathered so the model can be checked against it.","layers":[{"id":"reported-evidence","name":"Reported evidence","description":"Findings from the breadth pass, kept separate from the structural claims.","findings":[{"id":"evidence-confidence-notes","name":"Check these first","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these check these first hold for the sense of locket this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-confidence-notes-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-kinds","name":"Kinds and varieties","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these kinds and varieties hold for the sense of locket this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-kinds-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-real-world-use","name":"Real-world use","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these real-world use hold for the sense of locket this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-real-world-use-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards","name":"Failure modes and hazards","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these failure modes and hazards hold for the sense of locket this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-neighbours","name":"Neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart hold for the sense of locket this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-neighbours-q01","kind":"provenance"}]}]}]}]},"agentConduct":{"may":["Describe lockets and their history as keepsakes and mourning jewellery.","Catalogue, value or repair a locket for its owner."],"mustNot":["Open, copy or share the portrait, hair or keepsake inside someone else's locket without permission.","Sell plated or base-metal lockets as solid gold or silver.","Treat mourning lockets holding human hair or remains as ordinary stock without disclosure."],"requiresHuman":["Deciding what to do with a locket's contents, such as hair or photographs, after its owner dies."]},"ethics":{"considerations":["Lockets hold private memories of loved ones, sometimes their remains.","Small parts and cheap metals can harm children who wear them."],"affectedParties":["Owners and their families","Children who wear jewellery","Buyers"]},"owners":{"steward":"The person who owns and wears it.","roles":[],"masterSystems":[]},"relations":[{"target":"Q4470686","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"}],"interaction":{"identity":{"applicability":"required","items":["Vercy registry: vr.tr.locket","Wikidata: Q2990570 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2990570)"]},"properties":{"applicability":"required","items":["Wearing arrangement: pendant; brooch; bracelet-mounted; other; unknown","Enclosure dimensions: external height, width and closed thickness in mm","Usable compartment geometry: compartment count; usable height, width and depth in mm; shape recorded separately","Access mechanism: hinged; sliding; threaded; separable cover; sealed; other; unknown","Closure condition: secure; loose; jammed; damaged; missing; untested; not applicable","Body and interior materials: identified or suspected body metal, coating, glazing, lining and adhesive materials, with confidence","Enclosed keepsake: linked content item or description; empty; contents unknown","Content retention: frame; glazing; retaining lip; adhesive; loose placement; sealed chamber; other; unknown","Attachment condition: intact; worn; deformed; cracked; missing; untested"]},"recognition":{"applicability":"required","items":["A small hinged pendant case, often oval or heart-shaped, on a chain.","Opens to reveal a photograph, a lock of hair or an engraving inside."]},"capabilities":{"applicability":"required","items":["Identify the locket's wearing arrangement and select a compatible carrier.","Inspect the closure and attachment features before recommending wear.","Open and close it using its identified access mechanism when condition and permission allow.","Assess whether an image or keepsake can be inserted or removed without damage.","Document interior contents while respecting restrictions on viewing or reproduction.","Select storage or refer for repair based on both enclosure materials and enclosed keepsakes."]},"hazards":{"applicability":"required","items":["Cheap jewellery may contain lead, cadmium or nickel that harms wearers.","Small lockets and chains are choking and strangling hazards for young children."]},"interfaces":{"applicability":"required","items":["Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 (REACH), Annex XVII restrictions on lead, cadmium and nickel in jewellery, European Union."]},"context":{"applicability":"required","items":["A locket is worn as jewellery to keep a small photograph or personal keepsake close to the wearer.","Lockets also occur in family collections, memorial objects and museum collections where their contents and provenance carry personal or historical meaning."]}},"sources":[{"title":"Wikidata item Q2990570: locket","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2990570","note":"identity and sense of the item"},{"title":"Wikipedia (es): Medallón","url":"https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medall%C3%B3n","note":"general description of the item"}],"openQuestions":["Does the registry intend locket to include sealed memorial jewellery and transparent keepsake pendants without a reusable opening?","Where should the catalogue draw the boundary between wearable reliquaries and lockets when their construction overlaps?","Which documented construction traditions require access or retention categories beyond the provisional categories listed here?","Which conservation sources establish appropriate care for lockets combining metal, photographic material, hair, glazing and adhesives?","Does an existing Vercy jewellery or pendant model already own shared attachment and material characteristics that this model should reference?"],"resources":{"spec":"/models/things/publications/thing-q2990570/spec.json"},"provenance":{"origin":"thing registry research (pass 2)","builtFrom":["models/things/publications/thing-q2990570/spec.json"],"providers":["Codex"],"researchStatus":"unreviewed","generatedAt":"2026-09-12T11:00:38Z","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 2026-10-08T19:09:52+00:00: completeness 1.00; sense: Wikidata description; 2 live sources; review by codex: pass"},"score":1.0}}