doll
Let an agent explain dolls and their kinds and materials, describe their cultural, religious and artistic roles with attribution, support collecting, care and safety questions, and describe history.
Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled
4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Understand What dolls are.
Kinds
Kinds and materials.
Kinds
Kinds.
- What kinds of dolls exist, and how have materials changed from cloth and wood to plastics? definition
- Which kind or tradition is meant? boundary
Culture
Cultural and ritual roles.
Culture
Culture.
- What cultural, religious and ritual roles do dolls play, such as Japanese folk dolls and processional giants, with attribution? provenance
- Is the presentation respectful and attributed? boundary
Use Play, collecting and care.
Play
Play and development.
Play
Play.
- What role do dolls play in children development and play, according to research? provenance
- Which entry fits child development? action
Collect
Collecting and care.
Collect
Collecting.
- How are dolls collected, identified, valued and conserved? provenance
- Which entry fits collecting? action
Safety Safety and making.
Safety
Toy safety.
Safety
Safety.
- What safety standards apply to dolls as toys? provenance
- Which entry fits toy safety? action
Making
Making dolls.
Making
Making.
- How are dolls made by hand and industrially, including mechanical dolls? provenance
- Which entry fits automata? action
Learn History and teaching.
History
History.
History
History.
- How did dolls develop from ancient figures to modern toys and collectibles? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Teach
Teaching.
Teach
Teaching.
- How can dolls be used to teach cultural history? action
- Which misconceptions arise? provenance
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Physical world and living systems
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- PHY
- Domain
- PHY.OBJ
- Other names and narrower kinds
- karakuri puppet, chahakobi ningyō, Kobe doll, sarubobo, Reine Tournay, processional giant, Gegants from Cardona, klopotec, artist manikin, Teru teru bozu, scarecrow, Lichterpuppe
What it is Filled
A model of a human or other being made as a toy, collectible, ritual object, artistic figure or physical model, in materials from cloth, wood and clay to porcelain, plastic and vinyl, including play dolls, fashion dolls, regional and folk dolls such as Japanese sarubobo, mechanical karakuri puppets and tea-carrying figures, processional giants, and artist and collector dolls; dolls are among the oldest toys and carry cultural, religious and artistic meanings.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent explain dolls and their kinds and materials, describe their cultural, religious and artistic roles with attribution, support collecting, care and safety questions, and describe history.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Human or being form
- Toy and cultural object
- Many materials
- Collecting market
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Recommend dolls with small parts or unsafe materials for young children.
- Present counterfeit collectible dolls as genuine.
- Misrepresent ritual or sacred dolls.
- Help make or market dolls that sexualise children.
Only with a human decision
- Selling or valuing collectible dolls.
May
- Explain dolls and their kinds and cultural roles with attribution.
- Support collecting, identifying makers and caring for dolls.
- Relay toy safety guidance.
Moral aspects Filled
- Toys must be safe for children.
- Ritual dolls are sacred to some communities.
Who is affected
- Children
- Collectors
- Communities with ritual dolls
Owners Filled
Steward
The person who keeps it.
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q11422 - registry parent class
- Q11784425 - registry parent class
- Q337060 - registry parent class
- Q8205328 - registry parent class
related
- toy - category
- physical model - category
- robotics - automaton dolls as early machines
- traditional folk music - folk traditions including dolls
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.doll
- Wikidata: Q168658 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q168658)
Direct properties required Filled
- Overall height: cm - Measure from the lowest to the highest point in a stated pose, identifying whether a stand or headdress is included.
- Mass: g - Weigh the doll and state whether clothing, accessories and any display support are included.
- Number of articulated joints: count - Count distinct movable joints while distinguishing mechanical articulation from flexible fabric construction.
Recognition required Filled
- Model of a human or being as toy or figure
- Play, fashion, folk, mechanical, artist dolls
- Puppets are operated in performance; action figures are a marketing category; mannequins display clothing
- Figures of people or creatures in many sizes and materials.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- explain kinds and materials
- describe cultural roles
- support collecting and safety
- describe history
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Choking and chemical hazards in toys
- Cultural misrepresentation
- Counterfeit collectibles
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Toy safety standards
- Cultural heritage protection for historic dolls
- Labelling rules for collectibles
Context of use required Filled
- Figures modelling people or beings.
- play and baby dolls
- fashion dolls
- folk and regional dolls
- mechanical and automaton dolls
- artist, collector and ritual dolls
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q168658: doll - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Doll - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should folk dolls be a separate entry?
- How should safety standards be linked?
- How should museum collections be linked?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q168658/spec.json