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vr.tr.medal · thing-q131647

Let an agent explain medals and their kinds, relay award systems and precedence from official sources, describe commemorative and sporting medals, and route to entries for specific medals and awards.

Thing Registry Physical world and living systems PHY.OBJ
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

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4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions

Understand What a medal is.

Definition

Definition and kinds.

Definition

Definition.

  1. What is a medal, and what kinds exist from decorations and sport medals to commemorative and art medals? definition
  2. Is the question about medals in general, a specific medal or an order or badge? boundary

Making

Making medals.

Making

Making.

  1. How are medals designed, struck or cast, and finished? definition
  2. Which entry fits medallic art? action
Systems Award systems.

Honours

State honours.

Honours

Honours.

  1. How do national honours systems award decorations and medals, and how does precedence work? provenance
  2. Which references are standard? provenance

Specific

Specific medals.

Specific

Specific.

  1. What are medals such as For Zealous and Devoted Service to the State, the Petr Dementiev medal and the WikiSwiss Award, from official sources? provenance
  2. Which entry fits the specific medal? action
Collect Collecting and heritage.

Collecting

Collecting.

Collecting

Collecting.

  1. How are medals collected, researched and valued, and what rules apply to selling them? provenance
  2. Which sources are cited? provenance

Authenticity

Authenticity.

Authenticity

Authenticity.

  1. How are fake medals and unearned wearing identified and addressed? provenance
  2. Which entry fits stolen valor? action
Context History and culture.

History

History.

History

History.

  1. How did medals develop from Renaissance portrait medals to modern decorations? provenance
  2. Which entry fits the history of medals? action

Sport

Sport medals.

Sport

Sport.

  1. How do Olympic and championship medals work, and what do they symbolise? provenance
  2. Which entry fits Olympic medal? action

Classifiers Filled

Family
Thing Registry
Category
Physical world and living systems
Entry kind
thing
Plane
PHY
Domain
PHY.OBJ
Other names and narrower kinds
weapon of honor, Medal "For the Strengthening of Friendship in Arms" 2nd degree, For Zealous and Devoted Service to the State, Petr Dementʹev medal, WikiSwiss Award, military medal award, Medal of Merit in Gold with Crown, Medals by Eusebi Arnau, Nobel Prize medal, hooked medallion, medal of merit, medallion

What it is Filled

A medal is a flat piece of metal, usually a disc, bearing a design or inscription, struck or cast to commemorate a person or event, reward achievement or recognise military or civil service; medals may be collected as numismatic objects, while some award medals are designed to be worn with ribbons and may be subject to an applicable order of precedence.

Why it exists Filled

Let an agent explain medals and their kinds, relay award systems and precedence from official sources, describe commemorative and sporting medals, and route to entries for specific medals and awards.

Distinguishing features Filled

  • A medal is typically a struck or cast metal disc.
  • A medal serves an award or commemorative purpose.
  • Some award medals have ribbons and an applicable order of precedence, while commemorative medals need not be wearable.
  • Medals may be collected as numismatic objects.

What robots and AI may and may not do Filled

Must not

  • Claim that a person holds a medal or award they were not given.
  • Sell or present a replica as an original medal.
  • Trade medals in ways that breach laws protecting war or state decorations.
  • Mock or deface medals that commemorate the dead.

Only with a human decision

  • Buying, selling or returning a medal tied to a named recipient or family.

May

  • Describe and catalogue medals, their inscriptions and their history.
  • Report who was awarded an official medal from the awarding body's records.

Moral aspects Filled

  • Medals honour service and sacrifice; false claims insult those who earned them.
  • Families often see a relative's medal as part of their memory and heritage.

Who is affected

  • Recipients and their families
  • Collectors
  • Awarding bodies

Owners Filled

Steward

The person awarded it or their heirs; the awarding body keeps the record of awards.

Master systems

  • Official honours and awards registers

Links to other meta-models Filled

parent

  • Q1065579 - registry parent class
  • Q116035976 - registry parent class
  • Q140167784 - registry parent class
  • Q28886448 - registry parent class
  • Q618779 - registry parent class
  • Q838948 - registry parent class

related

  • award item - in registry terms
  • monetiform object - in registry terms
  • fashion accessory - in registry terms, when worn
  • medal ribbon - in orders of precedence

What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled

Identity and identifiers required Filled

  • Vercy registry: vr.tr.medal
  • Wikidata: Q131647 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131647)

Direct properties required Filled

  • Olympic gold medal: at least 6 g of gold on silver composition - IOC rules
  • typical diameter: about 30-40 mm - wearable medals

Recognition required Filled

  • Struck metal award or commemorative piece
  • Military and civil decorations, sport medals, commemorative and art medals, community awards
  • Orders are membership honours with insignia; coins are currency; badges are not usually awards
  • A metal disc with a design, often on a ribbon.

Capabilities and actions required Filled

  • explain kinds and forms
  • relay award systems
  • describe commemorative and sport medals
  • route to specific medals

Hazards and failure modes required Filled

  • Stolen valour and fake medals
  • Confusing medals with orders and badges
  • Stale precedence information

Standards and interfaces required Filled

  • National honours and decorations laws
  • Orders of wear and precedence
  • Rules on wearing and selling decorations
  • IOC specifications for Olympic medals

Context of use required Filled

  • Rewarding, honouring and commemorating.
  • military and civil state decorations and campaign medals
  • sport medals such as Olympic medals
  • academic and scientific medals such as the Fields Medal
  • commemorative and art medals
  • honorary and community awards such as the WikiSwiss Award
  • religious medals
  • medals by country and issuing body

Sources Filled

  1. Wikidata item Q131647: medal - identity and sense of the item
  2. Wikipedia: Medal - general description of the item

Open questions

  • Should military decoration and sport medal be separate primary entries?
  • How should official honours lists be linked?
  • The registry entry has merged aliases naming specific awards; should they 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-q131647/spec.json