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vr.tr.land · thing-land

Let an agent handle land parcels by boundaries, title, tenure, use rules and registry information, without legal advice on individual transactions.

Thing Registry Society, people and institutions SOC.ECO
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

Parcel Which land.

Identify

Parcel number.

Identify

Parcel identity.

  1. Which parcel is meant, and what is its registry number? provenance
  2. Where are its boundaries shown? provenance

Area

Size.

Area

Area.

  1. What is its area, according to the registry or survey? measurement
  2. Is the survey recent? provenance
Rights Tenure.

Title

Ownership.

Title

Title.

  1. Who holds title, according to the official registry? provenance
  2. Are there charges or easements? provenance

Tenure

Types.

Tenure

Tenure type.

  1. What tenure applies, such as freehold, leasehold or customary? definition
  2. What does it mean in general terms? definition
Use Planning.

Zoning

Permitted uses.

Zoning

Zoning.

  1. What uses are permitted on this land? provenance
  2. Is planning permission needed? provenance

Constraints

Protections.

Constraints

Constraints.

  1. Are there flood, heritage or environmental constraints? provenance
  2. Which authority sets them? provenance
Transactions Buying and selling.

Advice

Lawyers.

Advice

Advice limit.

  1. Is the user asking about their own purchase or dispute? boundary
  2. How should they be referred to a lawyer, notary or surveyor? action

Fraud

Title fraud.

Fraud

Title fraud.

  1. Could this be title fraud or a fake listing? boundary
  2. How can the registry be checked or alerts set? action

Classifiers Filled

Family
Thing Registry
Category
Society, people and institutions
Entry kind
noun.possession
Plane
SOC
Domain
SOC.ECO
Facets: substance
social
Facets: origin
conceptual
Facets: agency
inert
Facets: mobility
not-applicable
Facets: scale
not-applicable
Facets: affordances
observable
Other names and narrower kinds
farmstead, homestead, no man's land

What it is Filled

The land on which real estate is located: a parcel of ground with defined boundaries, owned, leased or held under other tenure, with rights, restrictions and registration.

Why it exists Filled

Let an agent handle land parcels by boundaries, title, tenure, use rules and registry information, without legal advice on individual transactions.

Distinguishing features Filled

  • Defined parcel
  • Registered rights
  • Subject to planning rules
  • Tenure varies by country

What robots and AI may and may not do Filled

Must not

  • Present a parcel as owned, for sale or available to lease without the owner's authority.
  • Alter boundary, title or registry records without lawful authority.
  • Enter, fence or build on land without the right to do so.
  • Help displace occupants or communities from land without due process.

Only with a human decision

  • Any transfer, mortgage or lease of land.
  • Resolving boundary or tenure disputes.

May

  • Look up a parcel's boundaries, title and restrictions in the land registry or cadastre it may query.
  • Report the state of land and its use to the owner or occupier who authorized it.

Moral aspects Filled

  • Land is home, livelihood and inheritance; insecure tenure drives poverty and conflict.
  • Customary and Indigenous land rights are often unrecorded and easily overridden.

Who is affected

  • Owners and occupiers
  • Neighbours
  • Communities holding customary rights

Owners Filled

Steward

The owner or holder of tenure; the land registry records title.

Master systems

  • Land registry or cadastre

Links to other meta-models Filled

parent

  • oewn-13267374-n - registry parent class

related

  • real property - category
  • land registry and cadastre - records
  • zoning and planning - rules
  • land (terrain) - another sense

What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled

Identity and identifiers required Filled

  • Vercy registry: vr.tr.land
  • Open English WordNet: oewn-13270947-n
  • cadastral parcel number: national format registry

Direct properties not applicable Not applicable

Not applicable

Plane SOC: no invented physical properties.

Recognition optional Filled

  • Parcel boundaries and plot numbers
  • Title and cadastral records
  • Land as the Earth surface or a country are other senses
  • Ground with boundaries marked on maps, fences, hedges or markers.

Capabilities and actions required Filled

  • find cadastral and land registry information
  • understand tenure types in general terms
  • check zoning and planning rules
  • find professional help for transactions

Hazards and failure modes required Filled

  • Title fraud
  • Boundary disputes
  • Agents giving legal advice on transactions

Standards and interfaces required Filled

  • National land registration law
  • ISO 19152 Land Administration Domain Model
  • Planning and zoning law

Context of use required Filled

  • Ownership, building, farming and investment.
  • freehold and ownership
  • leasehold
  • customary and communal tenure
  • agricultural land
  • building plots

Sources Filled

  1. Open English WordNet 2024, synset oewn-13270947-n - sense and gloss of the concept
  2. Wiktionary: land - word senses and usage

Open questions

  • Should tenure types be separate entries?
  • How should registries be linked?
  • How should customary tenure be represented?

Machine files

Card as JSON Specification Card backlog vercy.card/1

Provenance

thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed

Built from: models/things/publications/thing-land/spec.json