design

Decorative or artistic status

Records the basis for treating this physical referent as a decorative or artistic work without substituting a judgement of quality.

1. What evidence establishes that this referent is made, arranged or selected as a decorative or artistic work? definition
2. Is the referent the work itself, an instruction for producing another thing, or an item serving both roles? boundary

Expressive extent

Records which physical elements belong to the work and which merely support or surround it.

1. Which surfaces, components or spatial arrangements constitute the work, and where are their boundaries? boundary
2. Would separation from the host, frame or site remove a constituent part of the work or only change its support? action

Recognition features

Identifies motifs, shapes, colour relationships, textures and spacing useful for recognising this work.

1. Which motifs, forms, colour relationships or textures most clearly distinguish this work from similar works? definition
2. What repeat intervals, proportions or spatial relationships need measurement to compare its composition reliably? measurement

Supported interpretations

Records represented subjects and attributed meanings with their evidence and uncertainty.

1. What subjects, symbols or inscriptions are directly observable, and which identifications remain uncertain? definition
2. Which statements about intended effect or meaning come from the maker, commissioner or other identifiable interpreters? provenance

Expression-bearing construction

Records the physical construction responsible for the work's visible or tactile features.

1. Which materials, surface layers and making techniques produce the observed colours, relief, texture or transparency? definition
2. Which construction details are documented or examined, and which are inferred solely from appearance? provenance

Work lineage

Records attributed contributors and whether this embodiment is unique, repeated, varied or reproduced.

1. Who is credited with conception, execution and later alteration, and what evidence supports each attribution? provenance
2. What establishes this embodiment's relationship to any original, edition, template, variant or reproduction? provenance

Change against reference

Compares present appearance with an identified reference while avoiding unsupported assumptions about original condition.

1. What dated image, examination or documented state provides a defensible reference for identifying change? provenance
2. Where and to what extent are fading, abrasion, loss, deformation or detachment observable? measurement
3. Which apparent irregularities may be intentional texture, fabrication traces or valued ageing rather than damage? boundary

Intervention consequences

Records repairs and additions and evaluates their relationship to surviving expression.

1. Which areas have been repainted, refinished, reconstructed or replaced, and how is that history established? provenance
2. Would a proposed intervention remove, obscure or reinterpret an identifying motif, surface or colour relationship? action

Presentation dependencies

Identifies documented dependencies on viewpoint, orientation, illumination, spacing and setting.

1. What evidence establishes intended orientation, viewing relationships, lighting effects or attachment to a particular setting? provenance
2. Can the proposed display or relocation preserve those dependencies and satisfy documented material constraints? action

Action-specific permissions

Connects proposed actions to recorded authority, conditions and unresolved restrictions.

1. What recorded permission or other established basis covers the proposed display, photography, reproduction or physical alteration? action
2. What applicable conditions govern cropping, recolouring, scaling, attribution or adaptation of the work's composition? action

Kinds and varieties

Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.

1. Which of these kinds and varieties hold for the sense of design this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance

Identifiers and schemes

Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.

1. Which of these identifiers and schemes hold for the sense of design this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance

Standards and regulation

Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.

1. Which of these standards and regulation hold for the sense of design this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance

Real-world use

Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.

1. Which of these real-world use hold for the sense of design this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance

Typical measurements

Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.

1. Which of these typical measurements hold for the sense of design this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance

Failure modes and hazards

Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.

1. Which of these failure modes and hazards hold for the sense of design this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance

Regional variation

Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.

1. Which of these regional variation hold for the sense of design this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance

Neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart

Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.

1. Which of these neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart hold for the sense of design this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance