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vr.tr.cable-artifact · thing-cable-artifact
Let an agent explain cable types and specifications, help select and install cables safely, diagnose cable problems, and explain standards and regulations.
Thing Registry Physical world and living systems PHY.OBJ
Bundle → Layer → Finding → QuestionsClassifiersWhat it isWhy it existsDistinguishing featuresWhat robots and AI may and may not doMoral aspectsOwnersLinks to other meta-modelsIdentity and identifiersDirect propertiesRecognitionCapabilities and actionsHazards and failure modesStandards and interfacesContext of useSources
Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled
4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Identify Which cable.
Type
Cable type.
Type
Type.
- What type of cable is this, and what do its markings indicate about rating and standard? provenance
- Is it for power, data or optical signals? definition
Specs
Specifications.
Specs
Specifications.
- What are the conductor size, voltage rating, current capacity or bandwidth of this cable? measurement
- Which standard defines them? provenance
Select Choosing cables.
Power
Power cables.
Power
Power cables.
- Which cable size and type suit this load, length and installation method under the wiring regulations? provenance
- How is voltage drop checked? measurement
Data
Data and optical cables.
Data
Data cables.
- Which data or fibre cable category suits this bandwidth and distance? action
- How does cable capacitance or attenuation affect signals? definition
Install Installation and safety.
Rules
Installation rules.
Rules
Rules.
- Which wiring regulations govern installing this cable, and must a qualified electrician do it? provenance
- Which fire performance class is required here? provenance
Hazards
Cable hazards.
Hazards
Hazards.
- Is there a damaged, overheating or exposed cable creating an immediate hazard? boundary
- How should it be made safe? action
Faults Diagnosis.
Diagnose
Fault finding.
Diagnose
Diagnosis.
- How can a cable fault such as a break, short or signal loss be located? action
- Which test equipment is used? provenance
Senses
Other senses of cable.
Senses
Other senses.
- Is a structural cable, cable television or a cable car meant? boundary
- Which entry fits? action
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Physical world and living systems
- Entry kind
- noun.artifact
- Plane
- PHY
- Domain
- PHY.OBJ
- Tags
- artifactdevice
- Facets: substance
- material
- Facets: origin
- manufactured
- Facets: agency
- inert
- Facets: mobility
- portable
- Facets: scale
- handheld
- Facets: affordances
- graspable, operable
- Other names and narrower kinds
- line, transmission line, coaxial cable, coax, coax cable, electrical cable, ethernet cable, fiber optic cable, fibre optic cable, power line, power cable, printer cable
What it is Filled
A conductor or bundle of conductors, insulated and sheathed, for transmitting electric power or electrical and optical signals, including electrical power cables, coaxial and twisted-pair data cables, optical fibre cables, and transmission lines; cables are specified by construction, ratings and standards and installed under electrical and building codes.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent explain cable types and specifications, help select and install cables safely, diagnose cable problems, and explain standards and regulations.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Conductor plus insulation
- Power or signal
- Rated and standardised
- Installed under codes
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Handle, cut or connect a cable that may be live unless it has been isolated by an authorized person.
- Use a cable beyond its current, voltage or temperature rating.
- Tap into or cut communication or power cables it does not own.
- Leave cables where they create trip hazards or can be crushed.
Only with a human decision
- Isolating or reconnecting power circuits.
- Digging or drilling near buried or concealed cables.
May
- Identify cable types and ratings from markings and datasheets.
- Check that a cable's rating matches the load and environment it serves.
- Report damaged insulation, overheating or exposed conductors to the person responsible.
Moral aspects Filled
- Damaged or overloaded cables cause fires and electrocution.
- Cutting shared cables can disconnect hospitals, homes and emergency services.
Who is affected
- People near installations
- Electricians and installers
- Users of connected services
Owners Filled
Steward
The owner of the installation; network operators own utility and telecom cables.
Master systems
- Utility and telecom network records of buried cables
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- oewn-03093163-n - registry parent class
related
- conductor - category
- amperage - current
- capacitance - cable capacitance
- installation-charge - installation
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.cable-artifact
- Open English WordNet: oewn-02937552-n
Direct properties required Filled
- Overall diameter: mm - Measure across the outer sheath of a round cable without compressing it and use width and thickness for a flat cable.
- Cable length: m - Measure along the cable between stated endpoints without stretching it.
- Mass per unit length: kg/m - Weigh a known length of cable without connectors and divide its mass by that length.
- Conductor cross-sectional area: mm2 - For metallic conductors, determine the metal area from conductor dimensions or verified construction data, excluding insulation and gaps between strands.
Recognition required Filled
- Insulated conductors with sheath
- Markings for type and rating
- A wire is a single conductor; a cable bundles or sheaths conductors
- Flexible insulated conductors, single or bundled, in sheaths.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- identify cable types and ratings
- select cables for power or data
- explain safe installation and codes
- diagnose cable faults
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Overheating and fire
- Damaged insulation and shock
- Signal loss and interference
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- IEC and national cable standards
- Electrical wiring regulations
- Fire performance classifications for cables
Context of use required Filled
- Transmitting power and signals.
- power cables
- coaxial cables
- twisted-pair data cables
- optical fibre cables
- submarine and overhead transmission lines
Sources Filled
- Open English WordNet 2024, synset oewn-02937552-n - sense and gloss of the concept
- Wiktionary: cable - word senses and usage
Open questions
- Should each cable type be a separate entry?
- How should standards be linked?
- How should wiring rules be localised?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-cable-artifact/spec.json