facility
Let an agent explain the concept of a facility, classify kinds by purpose and sector, relay facility management, regulation and registration frameworks, and distinguish facilities from buildings, sites and infrastructure networks.
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4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Concept What a facility is.
Definition
Definition and kinds.
Definition
Definition.
- What is a facility, and what kinds exist by purpose? definition
- Is the question about a facility, a building, a site or a network? boundary
Lifecycle
Lifecycle.
Lifecycle
Lifecycle.
- How are facilities planned, built, operated, maintained and decommissioned? definition
- Which entry fits the specific kind? action
Manage Facility management.
Management
Management.
Management
Management.
- What does facility management involve, and what standards apply? provenance
- Which entry fits facility management? action
Maintenance
Maintenance and assets.
Maintenance
Maintenance.
- How are facilities maintained and managed as assets? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Regulate Regulation and registers.
Permits
Permits and licensing.
Permits
Permits.
- What permits, licences and safety rules apply to facilities by sector? provenance
- Is the question about a specific facility, which needs its regulator? boundary
Registers
Registers and mapping.
Registers
Registers.
- How are facilities recorded in registers and geographic data? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Context Sectors and trends.
Sectors
Sector examples.
Sectors
Sectors.
- What characterises facilities in health, industry, sport and transport? provenance
- Which entry fits the specific sector? action
Trends
Trends.
Trends
Trends.
- How are digital twins, sustainability and smart systems changing facilities? provenance
- Which entry fits smart building? action
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Physical world and living systems
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- PHY
- Domain
- PHY.PLC
What it is Filled
A place, building or installation provided for a particular purpose, such as a factory, hospital, sports facility, airport, laboratory, treatment plant or military installation, including the equipment and services that make it function; facilities are planned, built, operated and maintained as assets, are recorded in registers and mapping as artificial geographic entities, and are managed through the discipline of facility management.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent explain the concept of a facility, classify kinds by purpose and sector, relay facility management, regulation and registration frameworks, and distinguish facilities from buildings, sites and infrastructure networks.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Purpose-defined
- Asset with lifecycle
- Operated and maintained
- Registered and mapped
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Enter, operate or change systems of a facility without authorization.
- Disable safety, fire or security systems.
- Publish layouts or security details of sensitive facilities such as hospitals, plants or military sites.
- Hide maintenance failures or incidents from regulators or the public.
Only with a human decision
- Shutting down or reopening a facility.
- Responding to safety incidents.
May
- Monitor and report the condition of facility systems the agent is authorized to manage.
- Schedule maintenance and inspections required for the facility.
- Describe a facility's public services and access arrangements.
Moral aspects Filled
- Facilities like hospitals and water plants serve people who depend on them working.
- Failures and incidents at facilities endanger staff and neighbours.
Who is affected
- Staff and users
- Neighbours
- Public that relies on the service
Owners Filled
Steward
The operator of the facility; the owner of the land and buildings.
Master systems
- Land registry or cadastre
- Regulatory permits and licences
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q121359 - registry parent class
- Q27096235 - registry parent class
- Q618123 - registry parent class
- Q8205328 - registry parent class
related
- infrastructure - in registry terms
- artificial geographic entity - in registry terms
- facility management - the discipline
- building - in many cases
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.facility
- Wikidata: Q13226383 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13226383)
- facility registers: per sector such as industrial emissions registers
Direct properties required Filled
- Site area: Square metres - For a facility occupying land, measure the area within its documented site boundary.
- Gross floor area: Square metres - For a facility containing buildings, measure floor areas using a stated convention for included spaces.
- Overall height: Metres - For a physical installation, measure its vertical extent from a specified reference level.
Recognition required Filled
- Place or installation for a purpose
- Industrial, health, sport, transport, research and other kinds
- A building is the structure; a site is the land; infrastructure networks span many facilities
- A building or installation with equipment and services for its purpose.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- explain the concept and kinds
- relay facility management frameworks
- relay regulation and registration
- distinguish from related concepts
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Poor maintenance and failure
- Safety incidents
- Confusing facility with building or site
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- ISO 41001 facility management
- Sector-specific licensing and permits
- Health and safety regulations
- Environmental permits for industrial facilities
Context of use required Filled
- Providing a place and means for a defined activity.
- industrial facilities
- health and care facilities
- sports and leisure facilities
- transport facilities
- research and educational facilities
- utility and treatment facilities
- military and security facilities
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q13226383: facility - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia (pt): Estabelecimento - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should each sector facility type be a separate entry?
- How should registers be linked?
- How should facility lifecycle data be recorded?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q13226383/spec.json