{"schema":"https://ver.cy/schemas/card/1.0.0","id":"vr.tr.engraver","code":"thing-q329439","url":"https://ver.cy/models/thing/q329439/","name":"engraver","alternateNames":["letter engraver","Graveur du Roi","metal engraver","nacre engraver","ornamental engraver","copper engraver","glass engraver","photoengraver","Chief Engraver of the Royal Mint","Chief Engraver of the Paris Mint","medal engraver","mezzotinter"],"kind":"thing","status":"published","version":"0.1.0-research.1","language":"en","classifiers":{"family":"Thing Registry","category":"Society, people and institutions","entryKind":"thing","plane":"SOC","domain":["SOC.PER"],"industry":[],"navPath":"","tags":[],"facets":{}},"whatItIs":"An engraver is a craftsperson, artist or production worker who creates incised lettering, images or patterns on a surface, either as a finished decoration or inscription or as a matrix for printing.","purpose":"Enable an AI agent to recognise an engraver role, assess its suitability for a particular engraving task, and identify the evidence and conditions needed to assign that work.","scope":{"in":["Engraving specialisms, including direct object engraving and engraving a surface used to produce prints","Tasks from interpreting artwork and preparing layouts to executing and checking engraved work","Competence matched to engraving processes, tools, substrates and finish requirements","Role assignments, working relationships and responsibility for entrusted objects","Evidence of workmanship, task readiness and authority to perform particular work"],"out":["The identity, biography and general attributes of the person holding the role","Engraving machines, hand tools and their engineering specifications","The full material model of the substrate or finished object","The artwork, intellectual property or printing edition as independently managed things","The employer, workshop or training institution as an organisation","A job advertisement or employment contract as a document"],"boundaries":[]},"distinguishingFeatures":["The entry denotes a human occupational role; a device marketed as an engraver belongs to a tool or machine model.","An engraving assignment requires responsibility for producing an incised or otherwise material-removed result; designing artwork alone does not establish the role.","A printmaking engraver prepares an engraved printing surface; merely printing from an existing surface does not establish engraving competence.","Jewellery, signmaking or metalworking experience alone is insufficient without evidence of engraving tasks and their required precision.","Hand cutting, rotary machining, laser processing and chemical etching must be distinguished explicitly; competence or occupational inclusion in one does not automatically establish the others."],"structure":{"bundles":[{"id":"occupational-boundary","name":"Occupational boundary","description":"Establishes which engraving practice the role covers and separates it from adjacent 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handling or machine setup, workholding and control of the resulting marks.","questions":[{"text":"Which samples or assessments demonstrate control of the proposed engraving process?","id":"demonstrated-process-control-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which preparation or execution steps can the engraver perform independently, and which require supervision?","id":"demonstrated-process-control-q02","kind":"action"}]}]},{"id":"substrate-and-geometry-fit","name":"Substrate and geometry fit","description":"Tests whether experience applies to the actual surface being engraved.","findings":[{"id":"material-specific-suitability","name":"Material-specific suitability","description":"Record experience and unresolved constraints concerning material, coatings, curvature, access and permissible material removal.","questions":[{"text":"What evidence supports engraving this material, coating and object geometry using the proposed process?","id":"material-specific-suitability-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"What sample or inspection is needed to resolve uncertainty about cutting response, surface damage or finish?","id":"material-specific-suitability-q02","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"brief-to-execution","name":"Brief to execution","description":"Defines how an engraver turns an approved instruction into a controlled engraving operation.","layers":[{"id":"layout-and-proof","name":"Layout and proof","description":"Establishes the approved content and its placement before material is removed.","findings":[{"id":"approved-engraving-instruction","name":"Approved engraving instruction","description":"Record the controlling version of the text or image, dimensions, orientation, placement and approval responsibility.","questions":[{"text":"Which approved proof controls spelling, image version, scale, orientation and placement?","id":"approved-engraving-instruction-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Who must approve layout changes or image reversal for a printing surface before engraving begins?","id":"approved-engraving-instruction-q02","kind":"action"}]}]},{"id":"execution-and-change-control","name":"Execution and change control","description":"Records the engraver's discretion during setup and cutting.","findings":[{"id":"permitted-execution-decisions","name":"Permitted execution decisions","description":"Specify which process decisions the engraver may make and which deviations require a new approval.","questions":[{"text":"Which choices about tooling, passes, depth and finishing are delegated to the engraver?","id":"permitted-execution-decisions-q01","kind":"action"},{"text":"What material defect, layout conflict or unexpected cutting behaviour requires stopping and seeking instruction?","id":"permitted-execution-decisions-q02","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"workmanship-and-acceptance","name":"Workmanship and acceptance","description":"Makes engraving quality assessable against the purpose and agreed standard of the work.","layers":[{"id":"engraved-feature-quality","name":"Engraved feature quality","description":"Captures the visible and measurable features used to judge execution.","findings":[{"id":"task-specific-quality-criteria","name":"Task-specific quality criteria","description":"Record applicable requirements for line form, depth, placement, legibility, edge condition and preservation of surrounding surfaces.","questions":[{"text":"Which feature dimensions and tolerances must be measured, and by what method?","id":"task-specific-quality-criteria-q01","kind":"measurement"},{"text":"Which approved reference establishes acceptable line character, legibility and finish?","id":"task-specific-quality-criteria-q02","kind":"provenance"}]}]},{"id":"functional-proof-and-rework","name":"Functional proof and rework","description":"Checks the result in its intended use and establishes how defects are handled.","findings":[{"id":"output-acceptance-decision","name":"Output acceptance decision","description":"Record acceptance evidence appropriate to the output, including a proof impression where required for a printing surface, and limits on corrective work.","questions":[{"text":"What inspection or functional proof demonstrates that the engraving meets its intended use?","id":"output-acceptance-decision-q01","kind":"measurement"},{"text":"Who may accept a deviation or authorise recutting, refinishing or replacement?","id":"output-acceptance-decision-q02","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"assignment-authority-and-readiness","name":"Assignment authority and readiness","description":"Establishes whether the engraver is qualified, equipped and authorised for the particular object and process.","layers":[{"id":"qualification-and-workshop-readiness","name":"Qualification and workshop readiness","description":"Records relevant credentials, supervision and evidence that process-specific working conditions are 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engraving, the permitted alteration and the engraver's obligations for object condition and return.","questions":[{"text":"What record establishes permission to engrave this object with this wording or image?","id":"authorised-object-alteration-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"What pre-existing condition, protected feature or custody restriction limits the engraving work?","id":"authorised-object-alteration-q02","kind":"boundary"}]}]}]},{"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 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hold for the sense of engraver this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-measurements-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 engraver this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-regional-variation","name":"Regional variation","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these regional variation hold for the sense of engraver this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-regional-variation-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 engraver this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-neighbours-q01","kind":"provenance"}]}]}]}]},"agentConduct":{"may":["Describe the craft, its techniques at a general level and its history.","Help find qualified engravers for a commission."],"mustNot":["Help engrave counterfeit currency, seals, official marks or hallmarks.","Alter serial numbers on goods or weapons.","Misattribute work to a known engraver."],"requiresHuman":["Engraving memorials, documents or items with official meaning for a client."]},"ethics":{"considerations":["Engravers' skills can be misused for forgery.","Craft workers deserve credit for their work."],"affectedParties":["Engravers","Buyers of engraved work","The public"]},"owners":{"steward":"Each engraver answers for their own 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