collection
Let an agent explain collections and how they are formed and managed, identify specific collections with sources, support cataloguing and collecting practice, and separate the fare zone grouping sense.
Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled
4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Understand What a collection is.
Concept
Concept and kinds.
Concept
Concept.
- What makes a group of items a collection, and what kinds exist from museum to data collections? definition
- Is a curated collection, a fare zone grouping or another sense meant? boundary
Specific
A specific collection.
Specific
Specific collection.
- What is this collection, its scope, holder and history, according to sources? provenance
- Which entry fits it? action
Manage Managing collections.
Catalogue
Cataloguing.
Catalogue
Cataloguing.
- How are collections catalogued, documented and described using standards? provenance
- Which entry fits collection management? action
Care
Care and access.
Care
Care.
- How are collections conserved, stored and made accessible? provenance
- Which entry fits conservation? action
Collect Collecting.
Start
Building a collection.
Start
Building.
- How can a personal collection be started, scoped, documented and insured? action
- Which entry fits a specific collecting field? action
Ethics
Ethics and provenance.
Ethics
Ethics.
- What provenance, legal and ethical issues apply to collecting cultural objects, and what are the attributed positions on repatriation? provenance
- Is the presentation neutral? boundary
Learn History and data.
History
History of collecting.
History
History.
- How did collections and museums develop, from cabinets of curiosities to modern institutions? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Data
Data collections.
Data
Data.
- How are data collections defined, documented and shared in research? provenance
- Which entry fits research data management? action
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Information and virtual systems
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- INF
- Domain
- INF.MED
- Other names and narrower kinds
- fare zone, SEPTA fare zone, UnicoCampania, Montreal fare zone, Barcelona ATM fare zone, zone 1, zone 6, zone 3, zone 4, STIBM, Transperth fare zone, Tyne and Wear fare zone
What it is Filled
A group of physical or digital objects purposely gathered with some common characteristics and kept or presented together as a whole, such as a museum collection, a library or archive collection, a private collection of stamps or art, a data collection, a fashion collection or a collection of writings; collections have a scope and may be curated, catalogued and managed under ownership or access arrangements, and can themselves be works.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent explain collections and how they are formed and managed, identify specific collections with sources, support cataloguing and collecting practice, and separate the fare zone grouping sense.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Assembled
- Scoped and curated
- Catalogued
- Ownership and access
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Accept or sell items with unknown or unlawful provenance.
- Dispose of items from a collection without the owner's decision.
- Expose personal data held in a data or archive collection.
- Display sacred or culturally sensitive items against the wishes of source communities.
Only with a human decision
- Deaccessioning or returning items.
- Lending items outside the institution.
May
- Catalogue items in a collection it is authorized to manage, recording provenance.
- Report the condition and storage needs of items.
Moral aspects Filled
- Collections can hold items taken in colonial or wartime contexts; provenance matters.
- Collections preserve shared memory that can be lost through neglect.
Who is affected
- Source communities
- Owners and donors
- The public
Owners Filled
Steward
The person or institution that owns it.
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q16887380 - registry parent class
- Q386724 - registry parent class
related
- group - category
- work - category
- postage stamp - a collected item
- treasure - valued collected items
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.collection-q2668072
- Wikidata: Q2668072 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2668072)
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
Not applicable
Plane INF: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Items assembled as a whole
- Curated scope
- A set in mathematics is abstract; a heap is uncurated
- Not physical as a concept; groups of objects, records or data.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- explain collections
- identify specific collections
- support cataloguing and collecting
- separate other senses
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Poor documentation and provenance
- Deterioration and loss
- Confusing senses
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Museum and archive cataloguing standards
- Cultural property and export rules
- Data management standards
Context of use required Filled
- Assembled groups of items.
- museum and gallery collections
- library and archive collections
- private and hobby collections
- data and digital collections
- fashion and literary collections
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q2668072: collection - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Collection (museum) - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should each collection type be a separate entry?
- How should cataloguing standards be linked?
- How should the fare zone sense be handled?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q2668072/spec.json