fish
Let an agent identify and blazon heraldic fish by attitude, species and tincture, and separate them from fish as animals or food.
Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled
4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Blazon Describing it.
Attitude
Pose.
Attitude
Attitude.
- In what attitude is the fish shown? definition
- How many fish? measurement
Species
Kind of fish.
Species
Species.
- Is a particular species named in the blazon? definition
- What tincture? definition
Arms Where it appears.
Bearers
Towns and families.
Bearers
Bearers.
- Which arms bear fish? provenance
- From which armorial? provenance
Canting
Puns.
Canting
Canting arms.
- Is the fish a pun on the name? definition
- What is the evidence? provenance
Meaning Symbolism.
Symbolism
Associations.
Symbolism
Symbolism.
- What meaning is attributed, by which source? provenance
- Is it linked to fishing or religion? definition
History
Use.
History
History.
- When did fish appear in heraldry here? provenance
- How has use changed? provenance
Art Drawing.
Drawing
Style.
Drawing
Heraldic drawing.
- How is a heraldic fish drawn? action
- How do heraldic dolphins differ? definition
Senses
Disambiguation.
Senses
Other senses.
- Is the animal or food sense meant instead? boundary
- Which entry fits? action
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Information and virtual systems
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- INF
- Domain
- INF.MED
What it is Filled
In heraldry, a fish used as a charge on a coat of arms, shown in conventional attitudes such as naiant (swimming horizontally), hauriant (upright) or embowed; common in canting arms and those of fishing towns.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent identify and blazon heraldic fish by attitude, species and tincture, and separate them from fish as animals or food.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Heraldic charge
- Blazoned by attitude and tincture
- Often canting
- Common in civic arms of fishing places
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Create arms that copy a family's or body's arms and present them as one's own.
- Misattribute a coat of arms to a family or place without evidence.
- Use protected civic or official arms in ways the law forbids.
Only with a human decision
- Granting or registering arms on behalf of a person or body.
May
- Identify and blazon a fish charge in a coat of arms using correct heraldic terms.
- Describe the meaning and history of fish charges with sources.
Moral aspects Filled
- Arms are identity for families, towns and institutions and deserve accurate use.
- Official arms can be protected by law against misuse.
Who is affected
- Armigerous families
- Towns and institutions
- Heraldry researchers
Owners Filled
Steward
The armiger who bears the arms; heraldic authorities where they exist.
Master systems
- Registers of heraldic authorities where they exist
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q1424805 - registry parent class
related
- heraldic charge - category
- coat of arms - context
- fish (animal) - subject
- heraldic cat - charge
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.fish-q1419683
- Wikidata: Q1419683 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1419683)
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
Not applicable
Plane INF: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Attitudes: naiant, hauriant, embowed
- Named species such as pike (lucy) or dolphin (heraldic)
- Heraldic dolphins are stylised
- A stylised fish on a shield, horizontal, vertical or curved.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- blazon it correctly
- identify arms that bear it
- draw it in heraldic style
- research its meaning
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Confusing attitudes
- Unsourced symbolism
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Heraldic authorities such as the College of Arms
Context of use required Filled
- A symbol in coats of arms, often canting or linked to fishing.
- fish naiant
- fish hauriant
- heraldic dolphin
- pike (lucy)
- salmon and herring charges
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q1419683: fish - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia (de): Fisch (Wappentier) - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should heraldic charges link to animal entries?
- How should blazons be recorded?
- How should civic arms be listed?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q1419683/spec.json