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vr.tr.festival · thing-q132241

Let an agent handle festivals by theme, dates, place, programme, access, tickets and safety.

Thing Registry Activities and processes ACT.ACT
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

Event Which festival.

Identity

Name and theme.

Identity

Festival identity.

  1. Which festival, and what is its theme? provenance
  2. Who organises it? provenance

Dates

When and where.

Dates

Dates and place.

  1. When and where is the next edition? provenance
  2. How long does it last? measurement
Attending Visitors.

Tickets

Official sales.

Tickets

Tickets.

  1. Where can tickets be bought officially? action
  2. What are the resale rules? boundary

Access

Accessibility.

Access

Accessibility.

  1. What accessibility provisions exist? definition
  2. How can they be booked? action
Safety Crowds and health.

Crowds

Crowd safety.

Crowds

Crowd safety.

  1. Is there a crowd management plan? provenance
  2. Where are welfare and first aid points? provenance

Health

Heat and harm reduction.

Health

Health.

  1. How can heat illness be avoided? action
  2. Are harm reduction services available? provenance
Organising Running one.

Permits

Licensing.

Permits

Permits.

  1. Which permits and licences are required? provenance
  2. From which authority? provenance

Culture

Heritage.

Culture

Cultural significance.

  1. What cultural or religious meaning does the festival have? provenance
  2. Is it described respectfully? boundary

Classifiers Filled

Family
Thing Registry
Category
Activities and processes
Entry kind
thing
Plane
ACT
Domain
ACT.ACT
Other names and narrower kinds
historical reenactment parade, democracy festival, gaming convention, Ebisu-kō, online festival, online film festival, historical reenactment, Military reenactments, historically informed performance, Combat reenactment, battle reenactment, Korean War reenactment

What it is Filled

A recurring public event celebrating a theme, season, culture, religion, art form or community, such as music, film, food, religious, harvest and online festivals, often over several days.

Why it exists Filled

Let an agent handle festivals by theme, dates, place, programme, access, tickets and safety.

Distinguishing features Filled

  • Recurring public event
  • Theme-based
  • Often multi-day
  • Crowd safety matters

What robots and AI may and may not do Filled

Must not

  • Sell or promote fake tickets or impersonate the organisers.
  • Mock, trivialise or misrepresent religious and cultural festivals.
  • Share crowd or security plans beyond those who need them.
  • Report a festival as going ahead after it has been cancelled.

Only with a human decision

  • Calls to evacuate or close a crowded event.
  • Booking or paying for tickets on someone's behalf.

May

  • Report dates, venues and programmes from the organisers' official announcements.
  • Describe religious and cultural festivals in the terms their communities use.

Moral aspects Filled

  • Crowds at festivals carry real risks of crush, heat and harassment.
  • Many festivals are sacred or cultural heritage for the communities that hold them.

Who is affected

  • Attendees
  • Communities whose festival it is
  • Local residents

Owners Filled

Steward

The organiser of each festival; for traditional festivals, the community that keeps them.

Links to other meta-models Filled

parent

  • Q15275719 - registry parent class
  • Q19711353 - registry parent class

related

  • recurring event and public event - category
  • venue or town - place
  • concert, parade, exhibition - components
  • holiday - observance

What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled

Identity and identifiers required Filled

  • Vercy registry: vr.tr.festival
  • Wikidata: Q132241 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q132241)
  • Wikidata item: per festival instances

Direct properties not applicable Not applicable

Not applicable

Plane ACT: no invented physical properties.

Recognition optional Filled

  • Festival name and edition
  • Themes such as film, music or religious
  • Recurring annual dates
  • Stages, stalls, parades, decorations and crowds.

Capabilities and actions required Filled

  • find dates and programme
  • buy tickets from official sources
  • plan travel and accessibility
  • organise safely with permits

Hazards and failure modes required Filled

  • Crowd crushes
  • Heat illness and dehydration
  • Ticket fraud
  • Drug-related harm

Standards and interfaces required Filled

  • Event licensing and permits
  • Crowd safety guidance
  • Consumer rules on ticketing

Context of use required Filled

  • Celebration, culture, community and tourism.
  • music festivals
  • film festivals
  • religious and seasonal festivals
  • food and harvest festivals
  • online festivals

Sources Filled

  1. Wikidata item Q132241: festival - identity and sense of the item
  2. Wikipedia: Festival - general description of the item

Open questions

  • Should festival types be separate entries?
  • How should editions be linked?
  • How should safety information be linked?

Machine files

Card as JSON Specification Card backlog vercy.card/1

Provenance

thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed

Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q132241/spec.json