{"schema":"https://ver.cy/schemas/card/1.0.0","id":"vr.tr.space-shape","code":"thing-space-shape","url":"https://ver.cy/models/thing/space-shape/","name":"space","alternateNames":["cell","compartment","corner pocket","crenel","crenelle","cubbyhole","pigeonhole","pocket","side pocket","diastema","pupil","pleural space"],"kind":"thing","status":"published","version":"0.1.0-research.1","language":"en","classifiers":{"family":"Thing Registry","category":"Physical world and living systems","entryKind":"noun.shape","plane":"PHY","domain":["PHY.OBJ"],"industry":[],"navPath":"","tags":[],"facets":{"substance":"form","origin":"conceptual","agency":"inert","mobility":"not-applicable","scale":"not-applicable","affordances":["observable"]}},"whatItIs":"Space is a bounded, occupiable emptiness between material things, treated as a physical object of measure rather than as an abstract container.","purpose":"Enable an AI agent to recognise a bounded or contextually delimited empty area, assess its available extent and accessibility, and judge whether a proposed use fits its current conditions.","scope":{"in":["Physical or explicitly designated limits of an empty area","Extent, shape, clearances, and internal continuity","What counts as empty for the observation or proposed use","Openings and connections to neighbouring spaces","Changes in available space caused by moving boundaries or obstructions"],"out":["The material composition and structural integrity of surrounding objects","Rooms, buildings, and other constructed enclosures as functional assets","Objects, substances, or people occupying or obstructing the area","Ownership, permissions, and reservations as independently managed records","Abstract mathematical spaces, digital storage space, and outer space as an astronomical domain"],"boundaries":[]},"distinguishingFeatures":["The referent is the empty area between or within surrounding things, rather than the material of those things.","Its extent can be identified by physical limits or an explicit delimitation rule; a coordinate alone identifies a location, not this space.","It need not be completely enclosed: a gap between two objects can qualify when its other limits are stated.","Calling it empty requires a stated criterion; the presence of air does not by itself establish whether the area is unavailable.","Its identity does not require the construction, services, or designated function that would make an enclosure a room."],"structure":{"bundles":[{"id":"delimitation-and-identity","name":"Delimitation and identity","description":"Establishes which empty area is being referred to and how its limits are determined.","layers":[{"id":"physical-and-designated-limits","name":"Physical and designated limits","description":"Separates observed bounding surfaces from limits introduced by a reference rule.","findings":[{"id":"extent-delimitation","name":"Extent delimitation","description":"Record the things or surfaces that bound the area and the rule 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open limit?","id":"space-individuation-q01","kind":"boundary"},{"text":"Does a partial divider create separate spaces here, or only distinguish portions of one space?","id":"space-individuation-q02","kind":"definition"}]}]}]},{"id":"geometry-and-clearance","name":"Geometry and clearance","description":"Describes the shape and dimensions that determine what can fit within the space.","layers":[{"id":"extent-and-shape","name":"Extent and shape","description":"Establishes the dimensional interpretation and geometric envelope of the area.","findings":[{"id":"measured-envelope","name":"Measured envelope","description":"Record the footprint or spatial envelope, its reference frame, and the evidence supporting its measured limits.","questions":[{"text":"Is this space being represented as an area on a specified surface or as an extent with height or depth?","id":"measured-envelope-q01","kind":"definition"},{"text":"What are its measured limits and extent in the chosen reference frame, including uncertainty?","id":"measured-envelope-q02","kind":"measurement"}]}]},{"id":"local-fit-constraints","name":"Local fit constraints","description":"Identifies the local dimensions that constrain placement within an irregular space.","findings":[{"id":"fit-and-narrowing","name":"Fit and narrowing","description":"Record where the space narrows and compare the proposed object's envelope with the available clearance in a specified configuration.","questions":[{"text":"Where are the limiting widths, heights, or depths, and in which directions were they measured?","id":"fit-and-narrowing-q01","kind":"measurement"},{"text":"Can the proposed object occupy the intended position and orientation with the required clearance margin?","id":"fit-and-narrowing-q02","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"emptiness-and-obstruction","name":"Emptiness and obstruction","description":"Makes the claim that an area is empty explicit, observable, and relative to a stated criterion.","layers":[{"id":"emptiness-interpretation","name":"Emptiness interpretation","description":"Defines which presences matter when recognising or assessing the empty area.","findings":[{"id":"relevant-absence","name":"Relevant absence","description":"Record what must be absent and the spatial scale at which that absence is assessed, without equating emptiness with vacuum.","questions":[{"text":"Which occupants, objects, or substances would make this area nonempty for the stated assessment?","id":"relevant-absence-q01","kind":"definition"},{"text":"What minimum obstruction size or detection threshold applies to the claim that the area is clear?","id":"relevant-absence-q02","kind":"measurement"}]}]},{"id":"observed-free-portions","name":"Observed free portions","description":"Distinguishes verified clear portions from obstructions and observation gaps.","findings":[{"id":"clearance-evidence","name":"Clearance evidence","description":"Record the observed free region, excluded 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openings or open edges does this space connect to another identified space?","id":"opening-configuration-q01","kind":"boundary"},{"text":"What are the current clear dimensions and configuration of each connection?","id":"opening-configuration-q02","kind":"measurement"}]}]},{"id":"entry-and-transit","name":"Entry and transit","description":"Evaluates passage for a specified entity, including the room needed to turn or change orientation.","findings":[{"id":"continuous-passage","name":"Continuous passage","description":"Record whether a continuous sequence of positions and orientations permits entry, traversal, or exit.","questions":[{"text":"Can the specified entity pass from the approach space through the opening to its intended position?","id":"continuous-passage-q01","kind":"action"},{"text":"Where along that movement does its swept envelope encounter insufficient clearance or an unmeasured section?","id":"continuous-passage-q02","kind":"measurement"}]}]}]},{"id":"persistence-and-use","name":"Persistence and use","description":"Relates the observed empty area to changes over time and the requirements of a proposed action.","layers":[{"id":"changing-spatial-extent","name":"Changing spatial extent","description":"Tracks how moving boundaries and new obstructions affect the available area.","findings":[{"id":"space-change","name":"Space change","description":"Record observed or supported anticipated changes in the gap, including narrowing, closure, division, and merging.","questions":[{"text":"Which bounding things or obstructions can move, and how does their movement change the clear region?","id":"space-change-q01","kind":"boundary"},{"text":"For what interval is the current spatial assessment supported, and what evidence establishes that interval?","id":"space-change-q02","kind":"provenance"}]}]},{"id":"use-specific-availability","name":"Use-specific 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reassessed?","id":"proposed-use-assessment-q03","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-kinds","name":"Kinds and varieties","description":"Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these kinds and varieties hold for the sense of space this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-kinds-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-identifiers","name":"Identifiers and schemes","description":"Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these identifiers and schemes hold for the sense of space this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-identifiers-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-standards-and-regulation","name":"Standards and regulation","description":"Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these standards and regulation hold for the sense of space this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-standards-and-regulation-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-real-world-use","name":"Real-world use","description":"Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these real-world use hold for the sense of space this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-real-world-use-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-measurements","name":"Typical measurements","description":"Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these typical measurements hold for the sense of space 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":"Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these failure modes and hazards hold for the sense of space this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-regional-variation","name":"Regional variation","description":"Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these regional variation hold for the sense of space this model covers, and on what 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users."],"affectedParties":["People with disabilities","Workers","Occupants"]},"owners":{"steward":"The owner or operator of the place where the space lies.","roles":[],"masterSystems":[]},"relations":[{"target":"oewn-13890113-n","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"},{"target":"oewn-00027365-n","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"}],"interaction":{"identity":{"applicability":"required","items":["Vercy registry: vr.tr.space-shape","Open English WordNet: oewn-13933399-n"]},"properties":{"applicability":"required","items":["Delimitation basis: physical boundaries | designated limits | mixed | unresolved","Boundary relations: surrounding things or surfaces, with the portion and side that bound the space","Represented extent: m² for an area; m³ only where a three-dimensional extent is established","Limiting clearance: m, with direction, location, and measurement uncertainty","Emptiness criterion: explicit classes of matter or occupants counted as obstructions, at a 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