property
Let an agent explain property as owned physical or intangible entities, relay how ownership is conceived in law and economics from reference sources, describe kinds of owned things, and distinguish the owned entity from the ownership relationship, scientific attributes and data properties.
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Understand What property means here.
Definition
Definition.
Definition
Definition.
- What is property as an owned object, and how does it differ from property rights, scientific properties and data properties? definition
- Is the question about owned things, law, science or data? boundary
Kinds
Kinds.
Kinds
Kinds.
- What are personal, real, business, public and cultural property? definition
- Which entry fits the specific kind? action
Law Ownership.
Ownership
Ownership.
Ownership
Ownership.
- How do legal systems define ownership and possession of things, in general terms? provenance
- Is the user asking about their own property matter, which needs a lawyer? boundary
Registration
Registration and transfer.
Registration
Registration.
- How are property transfers and registers organised? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Economics Economics and society.
Economics
Economics.
Economics
Economics.
- How do economists treat property as assets and capital? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Philosophy
Philosophy of property.
Philosophy
Philosophy.
- How have philosophers from Locke to Proudhon debated property, with positions attributed? provenance
- Which entry fits property (philosophy of law)? action
Context Other senses.
Science
Properties as attributes.
Science
Science.
- What are properties in science and philosophy, and where are they covered? provenance
- Which entry fits physical property? action
Data
Data properties.
Data
Data.
- What are properties in data models and Wikidata? provenance
- Which entry fits Wikidata property? action
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Physical world and living systems
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- PHY
- Domain
- PHY.OBJ
What it is Filled
Property is a physical or intangible entity owned by a person or group of people, including an organisation, ranging from personal belongings and real estate to intangible assets; this sense concerns what is owned, rather than ownership as a legal relationship, an attribute in science or a data field.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent explain property as owned physical or intangible entities, relay how ownership is conceived in law and economics from reference sources, describe kinds of owned things, and distinguish the owned entity from the ownership relationship, scientific attributes and data properties.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Property in this sense is an owned entity.
- The entity may be physical or intangible.
- Its ownership has a legal and economic context.
- This sense differs from scientific attributes and data fields.
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Take, move, sell or dispose of property without its owner's authority.
- Assert who owns an item without evidence of title or possession.
- Give personal legal or financial advice about a person's property as if it were a lawyer.
- Disclose what a person owns to others without consent or legal basis.
Only with a human decision
- Transferring, selling or destroying property on someone's behalf.
- Settling a dispute about who owns an item.
May
- Describe an owned good and record who holds it, where the owner has authorized it.
- Explain the difference between property as an owned thing, as a legal right and as an attribute.
Moral aspects Filled
- Property secures people's livelihoods, and its loss can cause real hardship.
- Records of what people own reveal wealth and can expose them to crime.
Who is affected
- Owners
- Heirs and creditors
- People wrongly accused of taking property
Owners Filled
Steward
The owner of each item; land and vehicle registries hold title for some kinds.
Master systems
- Land registries
- Vehicle registers
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q28877 - registry parent class
related
- good/s - in registry terms
- ownership - by persons or organisations
- property (philosophy) - an attribute
- property law
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.property
- Wikidata: Q1400881 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1400881)
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
Not applicable
Property is an ownership category encompassing diverse physical and intangible entities, so it has no shared measurable physical properties.
Recognition required Filled
- Physical property may be visible, but appearance alone does not establish ownership.
- Intangible property has no necessary physical appearance and is identified through relevant descriptions and records.
- Examples include belongings, real estate and physical or intangible business assets.
- Ownership rights describe a legal relationship, while scientific properties are attributes and data properties are fields.
- Not a visible object as a category; owned things.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- explain the sense
- relay ownership concepts
- describe kinds
- distinguish other senses
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Confusing senses of property
- Agents giving personal legal or financial advice
- Vagueness of the registry category
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Property law and registration systems
- Tax rules on property
Context of use required Filled
- Not applicable; a category of owned objects.
- personal property such as belongings
- real property such as land and buildings
- business and productive assets
- public property
- cultural property as a special category
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q1400881: property - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Property - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should personal property and real property be the primary linked entries?
- How should legal sources be linked?
- How should the homonyms of property be kept apart in the registry?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q1400881/spec.json