mail item
Let an agent explain mail items, relay classifications, sizes, services and prohibited items from UPU and postal operator sources, describe the named items and products, and distinguish mail items from courier consignments, freight, electronic mail and the postal system itself.
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4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Understand What a mail item is.
Definition
Definition.
Definition
Definition.
- What is a mail item, and how does it differ from courier shipments, freight, email and the postal system? definition
- Is the question about sending, receiving, a lost item or a specific product? boundary
Named items
Named items and products.
Named items
Named items.
- What are small parcels, Postwurfsendungen, announcement cards, Letter Pack and Smart Letter? definition
- Which entry fits the specific item? action
Rules Rules.
Classes
Size and weight classes.
Classes
Classes.
- How do postal operators classify items by size, weight and service? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Prohibited
Prohibited items.
Prohibited
Prohibited.
- What items are prohibited or restricted in the mail? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Practice Practice.
Tracking
Tracking and claims.
Tracking
Tracking.
- How do tracking, registration and claims for lost items work? provenance
- Which entry fits registered mail? action
Unaddressed
Unaddressed mail.
Unaddressed
Unaddressed.
- How can residents opt out of unaddressed advertising mail? provenance
- Which entry fits junk mail? action
Context Culture and history.
Customs
Social customs.
Customs
Customs.
- How are birth and death announcements sent in different cultures? provenance
- Which entry fits obituary? action
History
History.
History
History.
- How did the Penny Black and UPU standardise mail? provenance
- Which entry fits Penny Black? action
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Information and virtual systems
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- INF
- Domain
- INF.MED
- Other names and narrower kinds
- Small parcel, Postwurfsendung, birth announcement card, death announcement, Bücherzettel, Letter Pack and Smart Letter, Third-class mail for Japan Post, parcel post, snail mail, media mail, Postgut, Warensendung
What it is Filled
Any individual item sent through a postal system, such as a letter, postcard, printed matter or small parcel, including personal items such as birth announcement cards and death announcements, unaddressed household mail such as the German Postwurfsendung, and national postal products such as Japan Post s Letter Pack and Smart Letter; mail items are classified by size, weight and service under Universal Postal Union and national rules, and dangerous goods are restricted. The registry alias Buecherzettel could not be verified.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent explain mail items, relay classifications, sizes, services and prohibited items from UPU and postal operator sources, describe the named items and products, and distinguish mail items from courier consignments, freight, electronic mail and the postal system itself.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Postal handling
- Size and weight classes
- Postage paid
- Restricted contents
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Open, read, divert or destroy a mail item addressed to someone else.
- Help send prohibited or dangerous items through the post or disguise their contents.
- Disclose who sends mail to whom without a lawful basis.
- Impersonate a postal operator in messages about parcels or fees.
Only with a human decision
- Redirecting or holding mail for a person who has not confirmed the request.
- Handling a suspicious package, which must be referred to the authorities.
May
- Explain kinds of mail items, sizes and services, citing postal operator and UPU sources.
- Track a mail item for its sender or addressee using the reference they provide.
- Tell a sender which items are prohibited or restricted in the post, at policy level.
Moral aspects Filled
- The secrecy of correspondence is a long-standing legal right.
- Fake delivery notices are a common route for fraud against the public.
Who is affected
- Senders and addressees
- Postal workers
- Elderly recipients targeted by scams
Owners Filled
Steward
The sender until delivery, then the addressee; the postal operator holds it in transit.
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q2449671 - registry parent class
- Q8205328 - registry parent class
related
- transportable goods - in registry terms
- postal service
- Universal Postal Union - internationally
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.mail-item
- Wikidata: Q2106340 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2106340)
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
- UPU letter post weight limit: 2 kg - international letter post, generally
- Universal Postal Union founded: 1874 year
- registry parents: transportable goods, artificial physical object note
Plane INF: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Item handled by a postal service
- Small parcel, Postwurfsendung, birth announcement card, death announcement, Letter Pack, Smart Letter
- Courier shipments use private networks; freight is larger; email is electronic; the postal system is the network
- Envelopes, cards, flats and small packages with addresses and postage.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- explain classifications
- relay services and restrictions
- describe named items and products
- distinguish related shipments
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Sending prohibited or dangerous goods
- Assuming service rules are the same in all countries
- Unverified alias Buecherzettel
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- UPU Convention and Letter Post Regulations
- National postal laws
- Dangerous goods restrictions in mail
Context of use required Filled
- Carrying messages and goods by post.
- letters and postcards
- flats and printed matter
- small packets and parcels
- unaddressed mail
- registered and tracked items
- announcement cards
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q2106340: mail item - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia (de): Postsendung - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should postal products be separate entries?
- How should UPU and operator sources be linked?
- The registry alias Buecherzettel could not be identified and should be reviewed
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q2106340/spec.json