market
Let an agent explain markets as recurring trading events, relay kinds, history and regulation from economic history and local government sources, describe market buildings such as cloth halls and Gostiny Dvor, and distinguish market events from the economic concept of a market, from shops and from marketplaces online.
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4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Understand What a market event is.
Definition
Definition.
Definition
Definition.
- What is a market as a recurring event, and how does it differ from the economic market, shops and online marketplaces? definition
- Is the question about market events, a kind, a building or economics? boundary
Kinds
Kinds.
Kinds
Kinds.
- What are daily, weekly and annual markets, the braderie, toy and roadside markets? definition
- Which entry fits the specific kind? action
Buildings Market buildings.
Halls
Cloth halls and market halls.
Halls
Halls.
- What were cloth halls, and how did market halls develop? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Gostiny Dvor
Gostiny Dvor.
Gostiny Dvor
Gostiny Dvor.
- What is a Gostiny Dvor, and what are the notable examples? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Regulation Rights and regulation.
Charters
Market rights.
Charters
Charters.
- How did market charters and rights work historically, and how are markets regulated today? provenance
- Which entry fits market town? action
Trading
Trading rules.
Trading
Trading.
- What food safety and trading rules apply to market traders? provenance
- Which entry fits street vendor? action
Context History and culture.
History
History.
History
History.
- How did markets develop from ancient agoras to medieval fairs and modern farmers markets? provenance
- Which entry fits the history of trade? action
Culture
Culture.
Culture
Culture.
- What social and cultural roles do markets play in towns? provenance
- Which entry fits public space? action
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Activities and processes
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- ACT
- Domain
- ACT.ACT
- Other names and narrower kinds
- cloth hall, Gostiny Dvor, braderie, annual market, roadside market, toy market, gaesi, husi, antiques market, street market, weekly market, Mercado de los Viernes, Ávila
What it is Filled
A recurring event at which buyers and sellers gather to trade goods, from daily and weekly markets in squares and halls through annual markets and fairs such as the braderie of Lille to specialised markets such as toy markets and roadside markets, housed historically in cloth halls and trading complexes such as the Gostiny Dvor of Russian cities; markets as events are distinct from the economic market as an abstraction.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent explain markets as recurring trading events, relay kinds, history and regulation from economic history and local government sources, describe market buildings such as cloth halls and Gostiny Dvor, and distinguish market events from the economic concept of a market, from shops and from marketplaces online.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Recurring event
- Physical gathering
- Market rights and regulation
- Historic buildings
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Trade at a market without the permit or pitch the organiser requires.
- Confuse market events with the economic concept of a market.
- Help sell counterfeit, stolen or unsafe goods.
- Publish images of traders or shoppers for commercial use without consent.
Only with a human decision
- Deciding who may trade at a market or removing a trader.
May
- Describe a market, its days, traders and history from municipal and local sources.
- Help a trader or organiser plan stalls, permits and accessibility.
Moral aspects Filled
- Markets are livelihoods for small traders with little margin for loss.
- Traditional markets hold community life that disappears when they close.
Who is affected
- Traders
- Shoppers
- The local community
Owners Filled
Steward
The market operator or municipality that licenses the market.
Master systems
- Municipal market and trader licence registers
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q15275719 - registry parent class
- Q37654 - registry parent class
related
- recurring event - in registry terms
- market - in registry terms
- market hall - in many towns
- market (economics) - the abstract concept
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.market
- Wikidata: Q132510 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q132510)
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
- Braderie de Lille: first weekend of September note - since the 12th century
- Gostiny Dvor, St Petersburg: 1785 year
- Ypres Cloth Hall: 13th century period
Plane ACT: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Recurring gathering for trade
- Daily, weekly and annual markets, braderie, roadside and toy markets, cloth halls, Gostiny Dvor
- The economic market is abstract; shops are permanent; online marketplaces are platforms
- Stalls in a square or hall with traders and shoppers.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- explain kinds
- relay history and regulation
- describe market buildings
- distinguish related concepts
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Confusing market events with the economic concept
- Registry aliases mixing events and buildings
- Decline of traditional markets
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Market charters and municipal market regulations
- Food safety and trading standards
- Heritage protection of market buildings
Context of use required Filled
- Trading goods in person on a recurring basis.
- daily and weekly markets
- annual markets and fairs such as the braderie
- specialised markets such as toy, flea and farmers markets
- roadside markets
- market halls and cloth halls
- trading complexes such as Gostiny Dvor
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q132510: market - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia (de): Wochenmarkt - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should cloth hall, Gostiny Dvor and braderie be separate primary entries?
- How should economic history sources be linked?
- The registry entry has merged aliases naming buildings and specific events; should they be split off?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q132510/spec.json