office
Let an agent handle offices by type, location, services, workplace standards and accessibility, and separate the sense of an official position.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent handle offices by type, location, services, workplace standards and accessibility, and separate the sense of an official position.
A room, building or area where administrative, professional or clerical work is done, such as corporate offices, government offices, post offices, home and garden offices; also the organisation unit that works there.
What it is for: Administrative and professional work and public services.
It can be find an office location and opening hours; check workplace health and safety standards; set up a safe home office; check accessibility.
Distinguishing features
Place of administrative work
Public or private
Subject to workplace rules
Increasingly hybrid
What it looks like
Rooms with desks, computers and meeting spaces; public counters in service offices.
How it is recognised
Desks, workstations and meeting rooms
Signage for public-facing offices
An office as a position (holding office) is a different sense
Related models
is a kind of - category
is part of - building
hosts - people
is confused with - another sense
In practice
Families and kinds
corporate offices
government and public service offices
post offices
home and garden offices
coworking spaces
Standards and regulation
Workplace health and safety regulations
Display screen equipment rules
Accessibility law
Failure modes and hazards
Poor workstation ergonomics
Fire safety failures
Outdated opening hours
Also called
+141
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Also registered as vr.tr.office-act
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Place Which office.
Locations and hours.
Location
Address.
Location
Location.
- Where is this office and what services does it offer? provenance
- What are its opening hours? provenance
Access
Accessibility.
Access
Accessibility.
- Is the office step-free and accessible? provenance
- Is an appointment required? provenance
Workplace Health and safety.
Offices are workplaces.
Ergonomics
Workstations.
Ergonomics
Workstation ergonomics.
- Is the workstation set up according to display screen guidance? boundary
- Who carries out assessments? provenance
Fire
Fire safety.
Fire
Fire safety.
- Where are escape routes and assembly points? provenance
- Who are the fire wardens? provenance
Home office Remote work.
Home offices need care.
Setup
Equipment.
Setup
Home office setup.
- How should a home office be set up safely? action
- Does the employer provide equipment? provenance
Rules
Policies.
Rules
Remote work rules.
- What remote work rules or rights apply here? provenance
- Is data security addressed? boundary
Senses Disambiguation.
Office has other senses.
Position
Holding office.
Position
Position sense.
- Is an official position meant? boundary
- Which entry fits? action
Software
Office suites.
Software
Software sense.
- Is office software meant? boundary
- Which entry fits? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should office types be separate entries?
- How should public office locations be linked?
- How should the position sense be split off?