{"schema":"https://ver.cy/schemas/card/1.0.0","id":"vr.tr.hayloft","code":"thing-q4416269","url":"https://ver.cy/models/thing/q4416269/","name":"hayloft","alternateNames":[],"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.BLT"],"industry":[],"navPath":"","tags":[],"facets":{}},"whatItIs":"A space in the upper part of a barn or stable, above the animal stalls or threshing floor, used for storing hay and straw, traditionally loaded through a large door or hatch with a hoist and dropped through openings to feed livestock below, providing insulation for animals and keeping fodder dry; haylofts declined with baled and outdoor hay storage and many have been converted to living space, while the word loft has a broader history referring to upper spaces and, in residential usage, converted industrial spaces.","purpose":"Let an 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smoking or open flames in or near a hayloft."],"requiresHuman":["Entering or clearing a loft where hay is heating."]},"ethics":{"considerations":["Hay fires destroy barns and kill livestock housed below.","Falls from lofts injure farm workers and children."],"affectedParties":["Livestock below","Farm workers","Children on farms"]},"owners":{"steward":"The farmer or barn owner.","roles":[],"masterSystems":[]},"relations":[{"target":"Q10480682","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"},{"target":"agricultural structure","type":"related","note":"in registry terms"},{"target":"barn","type":"related","note":"or stable"},{"target":"hay","type":"related","note":"for livestock"},{"target":"loft","type":"related","note":"in the residential sense"}],"interaction":{"identity":{"applicability":"required","items":["Vercy registry: vr.tr.hayloft","Wikidata: Q4416269 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4416269)"]},"properties":{"applicability":"required","items":["typical location: above stalls 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