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vr.tr.field · thing-q188869

Let an agent handle agricultural fields by use, management, access rights, environmental schemes and field names, and separate other senses of field.

Thing Registry Physical world and living systems PHY.PLC
Bundle → Layer → Finding → QuestionsClassifiersWhat it isWhy it existsDistinguishing featuresWhat robots and AI may and may not doMoral aspectsOwnersLinks to other meta-modelsIdentity and identifiersDirect propertiesRecognitionCapabilities and actionsHazards and failure modesStandards and interfacesContext of useSources

Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled

4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions

Use Farming.

Crops

Arable use.

Crops

Arable use.

  1. What is grown in this field, and how are rotations planned? provenance
  2. How is soil health maintained? provenance

Grazing

Pasture.

Grazing

Pasture.

  1. How is this pasture managed for grazing? provenance
  2. What stocking rates are typical? measurement
Environment Schemes and wildlife.

Schemes

Agri-environment options.

Schemes

Schemes.

  1. Which agri-environment options, such as margins or skylark plots, are available here? provenance
  2. How are payments calculated? provenance

Water

Runoff.

Water

Runoff.

  1. How can soil and nutrient runoff from this field be reduced? action
  2. Which rules apply near watercourses? provenance
Access Walking through fields.

Rights

Public access.

Rights

Access rights.

  1. Is there a public right of way or access right across this field? provenance
  2. Which code of conduct applies? provenance

Livestock

Safety with animals.

Livestock

Livestock safety.

  1. How should walkers pass cattle safely, especially with dogs? provenance
  2. What should be done if someone is injured? action
Senses Disambiguation.

Names

Field names.

Names

Field names.

  1. What do historic field names in this parish mean, according to local records? provenance
  2. Where are tithe maps held? provenance

Other

Other meanings.

Other

Other senses.

  1. Is a field of study, magnetic field, sports field or data field meant? boundary
  2. Which entry fits? action

Classifiers Filled

Family
Thing Registry
Category
Physical world and living systems
Entry kind
thing
Plane
PHY
Domain
PHY.PLC
Other names and narrower kinds
Lloc, fallow, pharmacutical garden, set-aside, bio-belt, skylark plot, EEC set-aside scheme, trial plot, Celtic field, shinden, mulberry field, hop garden

What it is Filled

An area of open land, usually enclosed, used for growing crops or grazing animals, including arable fields, pasture, fallow and set-aside land, and features such as field margins and skylark plots under agri-environment schemes; field of study, magnetic field and sports field are different senses.

Why it exists Filled

Let an agent handle agricultural fields by use, management, access rights, environmental schemes and field names, and separate other senses of field.

Distinguishing features Filled

  • Open agricultural land
  • Used for crops or grazing
  • Managed in rotations
  • Part of the landscape

What robots and AI may and may not do Filled

Must not

  • Enter or work a field without the landowner's or tenant's permission.
  • Apply pesticides or fertilisers beyond legal limits or near water and margins where it is banned.
  • Disturb ground-nesting birds or plough wildlife margins under agri-environment agreements.
  • Confuse this sense with a field of study or a physical field.

Only with a human decision

  • Changing land use, such as ploughing pasture or draining a field.
  • Spraying a field near homes, schools or water.

May

  • Map and monitor fields for crop health, soil and water on the farmer's instruction.
  • Operate farm machinery in a field when authorized and when the field is clear of people.

Moral aspects Filled

  • Farmland feeds people but intensive use harms soil, water and wildlife.
  • Land access and ownership are unequal and contested.

Who is affected

  • Farmers and land workers
  • Wildlife
  • Neighbours and walkers

Owners Filled

Steward

The landowner or tenant farmer; the land registry records title.

Master systems

  • Land registry or cadastre
  • Agricultural land parcel registers

Links to other meta-models Filled

parent

  • Q3395383 - registry parent class
  • Q843920 - registry parent class

related

  • agricultural land - category
  • farmer - manager
  • agri-environment scheme - policy
  • field (discipline) - another sense

What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled

Identity and identifiers required Filled

  • Vercy registry: vr.tr.field
  • Wikidata: Q188869 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q188869)

Direct properties required Filled

  • Land area: hectare - Area is measured from surveyed boundaries or geospatial mapping with the boundary definition recorded.
  • Ground slope: degree - Slope is measured by terrain survey or elevation modelling and reported with its variation across the field.
  • Soil depth: centimetre - Depth to a defined soil boundary or restrictive layer is measured at representative sampling locations.
  • Volumetric soil water content: cubic metre per cubic metre - Water content is measured using calibrated soil sensors or laboratory measurements with sampling depth and date recorded.

Recognition required Filled

  • Crops, pasture or fallow
  • Boundaries such as hedges
  • Meadows are grassland cut for hay
  • Open areas of crops or grass divided by hedges, walls, fences or ditches.

Capabilities and actions required Filled

  • explain field uses and rotations
  • find agri-environment scheme options
  • understand access rights across fields
  • research historic field names

Hazards and failure modes required Filled

  • Livestock encounters on footpaths
  • Machinery hazards
  • Soil erosion and runoff

Standards and interfaces required Filled

  • Agricultural and environmental land management rules
  • Rights of way and access law
  • Pesticide and nutrient rules

Context of use required Filled

  • Farming, food production and landscape.
  • arable fields
  • pasture and grazing fields
  • fallow and set-aside
  • field margins and buffer strips
  • historic open fields

Sources Filled

  1. Wikidata item Q188869: field - identity and sense of the item
  2. Wikipedia: Field (agriculture) - general description of the item

Open questions

  • Should field types be separate entries?
  • How should field name records be linked?
  • How should other senses be split off?

Machine files

Card as JSON Specification Card backlog vercy.card/1

Provenance

thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed

Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q188869/spec.json