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vr.tr.cheese · thing-q10943

Let an agent handle cheese by variety, milk, process, designation, safety and allergens.

Thing Registry Physical world and living systems PHY.MAT
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

Variety Which cheese.

Name

Variety and designation.

Variety

Variety.

  1. Which cheese variety is it? definition
  2. Does it have a protected designation? provenance

Milk

Animal and treatment.

Milk

Milk source.

  1. From which animal milk, pasteurised or raw? definition
  2. How long was it aged? measurement
Safety Who can eat it.

Vulnerable groups

Pregnancy and immunity.

Vulnerable groups

Advice for vulnerable groups.

  1. Is this cheese advised against in pregnancy by health authorities? provenance
  2. Why? definition

Allergy

Milk and lactose.

Allergy

Allergy information.

  1. Is it suitable for milk allergy or lactose intolerance? boundary
  2. Is it labelled correctly? boundary
Handling Storage and serving.

Storage

Temperature.

Storage

Storage advice.

  1. How should it be stored? action
  2. How long does it keep once cut? measurement

Serving

Temperature and pairing.

Serving

Serving advice.

  1. At what temperature should it be served? action
  2. What pairs well? definition
Origin Where it comes from.

Region

Place.

Region

Origin.

  1. Where is it made? provenance
  2. Under which specification? provenance

Authenticity

Counterfeits.

Authenticity

Authenticity.

  1. How can authentic designation cheese be recognised? action
  2. Where are fakes reported? action

Classifiers Filled

Family
Thing Registry
Category
Physical world and living systems
Entry kind
thing
Plane
PHY
Domain
PHY.MAT
Other names and narrower kinds
Žemaitiškas kastinys, French cheese, Majorero cheese PDO, Tronchon, Mallorca cheese, Palmero cheese, processed cheese, Chaumes, camembert de Normandie, Confit d'Époisses, A Filetta, Caprice des Dieux

What it is Filled

A dairy food made from milk curds pressed and often aged, in thousands of varieties from fresh to hard, many with protected designations such as Majorero or Mahon-Menorca, the latter concerning Menorca.

Why it exists Filled

Let an agent handle cheese by variety, milk, process, designation, safety and allergens.

Distinguishing features Filled

  • Made from milk curds
  • Varieties by milk, process and ageing
  • Protected designations in many countries
  • Unpasteurised soft cheeses carry Listeria risk for some groups

What robots and AI may and may not do Filled

Must not

  • Serve cheese to someone who has declared a milk allergy.
  • Sell or label cheese with a protected designation it does not hold.
  • Serve raw-milk or soft cheeses to vulnerable people without stating the risk.
  • Serve cheese kept outside its safe temperature or past its use-by date.

Only with a human decision

  • Discarding a batch suspected of contamination.
  • Recalling cheese from sale.

May

  • Store, cut and serve cheese following hygiene and cold-chain rules.
  • Report ingredients, milk type, allergens and protected designations from the label.

Moral aspects Filled

  • Cheese carries food safety risks to pregnant, young, old and immune-compromised people.
  • Protected designations safeguard the livelihoods and traditions of producing regions.

Who is affected

  • People who eat it
  • Producers and dairy farmers
  • Dairy animals

Owners Filled

Steward

The producer or seller; food safety authorities set the rules for sale.

Master systems

  • Registers of protected designations of origin

Links to other meta-models Filled

parent

  • Q185217 - registry parent class
  • Q26844116 - registry parent class

related

  • food - dairy product
  • milk - ingredient
  • geographical indications - designations

contains

  • protein and fat - nutrients

What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled

Identity and identifiers required Filled

  • Vercy registry: vr.tr.cheese
  • Wikidata: Q10943 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10943)
  • PDO or PGI name: EU register entry designations

Direct properties required Filled

  • fat content: 0-40 percent
  • ageing time: days to years time

Recognition required Filled

  • Variety name and designation logo
  • Milk type on label
  • Rind and texture
  • Blocks, wheels and soft rounds with rinds; textures from creamy to crumbly.

Capabilities and actions required Filled

  • make and age it
  • store and serve it
  • label origin and designation
  • advise on safety for vulnerable groups

Hazards and failure modes required Filled

  • Listeria in soft or unpasteurised cheese for pregnant and vulnerable people
  • Milk allergy and lactose intolerance
  • Counterfeit designation cheeses

Standards and interfaces required Filled

  • EU geographical indications regulation
  • Food hygiene rules for raw milk products
  • Codex standards for cheese

Context of use required Filled

  • Food: protein, fat and flavour, and a centre of regional food cultures.
  • fresh cheeses
  • soft and bloomy-rind cheeses
  • semi-hard and hard cheeses
  • blue cheeses
  • protected designation cheeses

Sources Filled

  1. Wikidata item Q10943: cheese - identity and sense of the item
  2. Wikipedia: Cheese - general description of the item

Open questions

  • Should cheese varieties be separate entries?
  • How should designations be linked?
  • How should safety advice for pregnancy be presented?

Machine files

Card as JSON Specification Card backlog vercy.card/1

Provenance

thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed

Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q10943/spec.json