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vr.tr.spring · thing-q124714

Let an agent handle springs by location, type, water quality, protection and visiting, including safety of drinking and bathing.

Thing Registry Physical world and living systems PHY.PLC
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

Identity Which spring.

Location

Where.

Location

Location.

  1. Which spring is meant, and where? provenance
  2. What type is it? definition

Flow

Discharge.

Flow

Flow.

  1. What is its flow rate and does it vary? measurement
  2. Which monitoring records it? provenance
Water Quality.

Drinking

Safety.

Drinking

Drinking safety.

  1. Has the water been tested and approved as safe to drink? boundary
  2. By which authority? provenance

Minerals

Composition.

Minerals

Mineral content.

  1. What is its mineral composition and temperature? measurement
  2. Are health claims supported by evidence? boundary
Visiting Bathing and access.

Bathing

Hot springs.

Bathing

Bathing safety.

  1. Is bathing permitted and safe at this temperature? boundary
  2. What etiquette applies at this onsen or spa? provenance

Access

Rules.

Access

Access.

  1. Is the spring on public or private land? provenance
  2. What rules apply? provenance
Protection Conservation.

Protection

Designation.

Protection

Protection.

  1. Is the spring protected for ecology or heritage? provenance
  2. Who manages it? provenance

Culture

Holy wells.

Culture

Cultural significance.

  1. What traditions are associated with it, according to local sources? provenance
  2. How should visitors show respect? action

Classifiers Filled

Family
Thing Registry
Category
Physical world and living systems
Entry kind
thing
Plane
PHY
Domain
PHY.PLC
Other names and narrower kinds
clootie well, Canvas wine springs and spas, onsen, Craft Onsen, Moor hot springs, Carbon Dioxide Springs, tanjun onsen, Alum springs, Copper-Iron Spring, Chloride springs, radioactive hot spring, senshitsu

What it is Filled

A place where groundwater naturally emerges at the ground surface, forming the source of streams or pools; kinds include hot springs, mineral springs and holy wells.

Why it exists Filled

Let an agent handle springs by location, type, water quality, protection and visiting, including safety of drinking and bathing.

Distinguishing features Filled

  • Natural groundwater outlet
  • Flow may vary seasonally
  • Can be hot or mineral-rich
  • Often culturally significant

What robots and AI may and may not do Filled

Must not

  • Tell anyone a spring is safe to drink from without a current test result.
  • Advise bathing in or entering a hot spring without checking its temperature and local rules.
  • Advise abstraction that could dry the spring or the stream it feeds.
  • Treat a holy well or sacred spring as an ordinary water point, or disturb its offerings.

Only with a human decision

  • Any abstraction, capture or construction at a spring.
  • Declaring a spring's water fit to drink.

May

  • Report a spring's location, flow and water quality from the authority that monitors it.
  • Warn that untested spring water can carry infection and that hot springs can scald.
  • Explain local rules on abstraction and on access to holy wells.

Moral aspects Filled

  • Untested spring water sickens people who trust its appearance, and hot springs cause severe burns.
  • Springs are sacred sites for many communities and the sole water source for others.

Who is affected

  • People drinking or bathing
  • Communities depending on the spring
  • Religious and indigenous custodians

Owners Filled

Steward

The landowner or water authority; religious custodians hold sacred wells.

Master systems

  • National water abstraction licences and quality monitoring records

Links to other meta-models Filled

parent

  • Q1049799 - registry parent class
  • Q15324 - registry parent class
  • Q35145263 - registry parent class

related

  • body of water and water resource - category
  • groundwater and aquifer - source
  • stream - hydrology
  • spring (season) - another sense

What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled

Identity and identifiers required Filled

  • Vercy registry: vr.tr.spring
  • Wikidata: Q124714 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q124714)

Direct properties required Filled

  • Water discharge: L/s - Discharge is measured as the volume emerging per unit time, with the date and seasonal conditions recorded.
  • Water temperature: deg C - Temperature is measured with a calibrated probe at the emergence point before substantial mixing or exposure.
  • Electrical conductivity: uS/cm - Conductivity is measured with a calibrated water probe and reported with its temperature reference.
  • Dissolved solids concentration: mg/L - Dissolved solids are determined by laboratory analysis or estimated from conductivity with the estimation method stated.

Recognition required Filled

  • Water emerging from the ground
  • Hot, mineral or cold springs
  • Spring as a season or a coil is a different sense
  • Water issuing from rock or ground, sometimes warm, steaming or mineral-stained.

Capabilities and actions required Filled

  • identify spring types
  • check whether spring water is tested and safe
  • find protected and cultural springs
  • plan visits to hot springs safely

Hazards and failure modes required Filled

  • Untested water causing illness
  • Scalding in hot springs
  • Over-abstraction drying springs

Standards and interfaces required Filled

  • Drinking water quality rules
  • Natural mineral water regulation
  • Protected area and heritage rules

Context of use required Filled

  • Water supply, ecology, bathing and cultural sites.
  • cold springs
  • hot springs and onsen
  • mineral springs
  • karst springs
  • holy wells

Sources Filled

  1. Wikidata item Q124714: spring - identity and sense of the item
  2. Wikipedia: Spring (hydrology) - general description of the item

Open questions

  • Should spring types be separate entries?
  • How should water quality data be linked?
  • How should other senses be split off?

Machine files

Card as JSON Specification Card backlog vercy.card/1

Provenance

thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed

Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q124714/spec.json