domain
Let an agent explain domain as a ruled territory, relay the feudal and titled kinds from historical sources, describe how such territories were governed and inherited, and distinguish this sense from domains in mathematics, computing and other fields.
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4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Understand What a domain is.
Definition
Definition.
Definition
Definition.
- What is a domain in the territorial sense, and how does a demesne differ from a domain in general? definition
- Is the question about a ruled territory or a domain in mathematics, computing or biology? boundary
Kinds
Kinds.
Kinds
Kinds.
- What are baronies, duchies, dukedoms and archduchies, and how do they rank? definition
- Which entry fits the specific kind? action
History History.
Feudal
Feudal domains.
Feudal
Feudal.
- How were feudal domains granted, governed and inherited, as historians describe? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Crown
Crown domains.
Crown
Crown.
- What were royal domains and crown lands, and what became of them? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Today Today.
Survivals
Surviving domains.
Survivals
Survivals.
- Which duchies and similar territories survive as states or titles today, such as Luxembourg or Cornwall? provenance
- Which entry fits the specific territory? action
Public
Public domain lands.
Public
Public.
- What is the public domain in the sense of state-owned land, and how does it differ from the copyright sense? provenance
- Which entry fits public land? action
Context Homonyms.
Homonyms
Other senses.
Homonyms
Homonyms.
- What are domains in mathematics, computing, biology and knowledge organisation? provenance
- Which entry fits the specific sense? action
Language
Language.
Language
Language.
- How did the word domain develop from Latin dominium through French? provenance
- Which entry fits etymology? action
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Physical world and living systems
- Entry kind
- noun.location
- Plane
- PHY
- Domain
- PHY.PLC
- Facets: substance
- place
- Facets: origin
- natural
- Facets: agency
- inert
- Facets: mobility
- fixed
- Facets: scale
- geographic
- Facets: affordances
- observable
- Other names and narrower kinds
- demesne, land, archduchy, barony, duchy, dukedom, earldom, emirate, fiefdom, grand duchy, viscounty, khanate
What it is Filled
A territory over which rule or control is exercised, in the WordNet sense that includes feudal and noble holdings such as a demesne, the land a lord kept for own use, and titled territories such as a barony, duchy, dukedom or archduchy, together with the general sense of land under someone s control; the word domain has separate senses in mathematics, computing, biology and knowledge fields.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent explain domain as a ruled territory, relay the feudal and titled kinds from historical sources, describe how such territories were governed and inherited, and distinguish this sense from domains in mathematics, computing and other fields.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Ruled territory
- Feudal and titled kinds
- Heritable
- Multiple homonyms
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Use historical titles over a domain to support present-day claims to land or authority.
- Present noble titles to a territory as legally valid where they are not.
- Help sell fake titles tied to a territory.
Only with a human decision
- Publishing research that links living people to historical estates.
May
- Describe historical domains such as demesnes, baronies and duchies from historical sources.
- Distinguish a territorial domain from an internet domain or a field of knowledge.
Moral aspects Filled
- Feudal domains rested on control over people who worked the land.
- Title selling schemes exploit people with false claims of status.
Who is affected
- Buyers of titles
- Descendants of tenants and lords
- Historians
Owners Filled
Steward
The state that governs the territory today; historical records are held by archives.
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- oewn-08648560-n - registry parent class
related
- territory - in general terms
- duchy - as a titled territory
- feudalism - as a system of land holding
- domain name - a computing homonym
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.domain-location
- Open English WordNet: oewn-08574028-n
- WordNet: oewn-08648560-n territory over which rule or control is exercised
Direct properties required Filled
- Territorial area: km2 - Calculate area from mapped boundaries for a stated date, recording uncertainty where jurisdiction or boundaries are disputed.
- Boundary length: km - Calculate boundary length from mapped geometry at a stated scale, including separate territorial components where relevant.
- Elevation: m - Determine terrain elevations from surveys or elevation models relative to a stated vertical datum.
Recognition required Filled
- Territory under rule or control
- Demesne, land, barony, duchy, dukedom, archduchy
- A domain name is in computing; a function domain is in mathematics; a biological domain is a taxon
- Not a visible object; territory under control.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- explain the sense
- relay kinds of domains
- describe governance and inheritance
- distinguish other senses
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Confusing senses of domain
- Treating historical titles as current sovereignty
- Mixing demesne with domain in general
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Historical feudal and property law
- No current regulation of the concept
Context of use required Filled
- Not applicable; a territorial concept.
- demesne as land retained by a lord
- baronies
- duchies and dukedoms
- archduchies
- royal domains and crown lands
- colonial and imperial domains
Sources Filled
- Open English WordNet 2024, synset oewn-08574028-n - sense and gloss of the concept
- Wiktionary: domain - word senses and usage
Open questions
- Should demesne and duchy be the primary linked entries?
- How should historical sources be linked?
- How should the homonyms be linked?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-domain-location/spec.json