cat
Let an agent identify and blazon heraldic cats by attitude and tincture, and separate them from the animal and from heraldic lions.
Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled
4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Blazon Describing it.
Attitude
Pose.
Attitude
Attitude.
- In what attitude is the cat shown? definition
- Is it guardant? definition
Tincture
Colours.
Tincture
Tincture.
- What tincture is it and on what field? definition
- Is the blazon complete? boundary
Arms Where it appears.
Bearers
Families and places.
Bearers
Bearers.
- Which arms bear a cat? provenance
- From which armorial? provenance
Grant
Authority.
Grant
Grant.
- Were the arms officially granted? provenance
- By which authority? provenance
Meaning Symbolism.
Symbolism
Associations.
Symbolism
Symbolism.
- What symbolism is attributed, and by which source? provenance
- Is it canting (a pun on the name)? definition
History
Use over time.
History
History.
- When did cats appear in heraldry? provenance
- In which regions? provenance
Art Drawing.
Drawing
Style.
Drawing
Heraldic drawing.
- How is a heraldic cat drawn? action
- How is it distinguished from a lion? definition
Senses
Disambiguation.
Senses
Other senses.
- Is the domestic cat meant instead? boundary
- Which entry fits? action
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Information and virtual systems
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- INF
- Domain
- INF.MED
- Other names and narrower kinds
- cat hérissonné
What it is Filled
In heraldry, a cat used as a charge on a coat of arms, shown in conventional attitudes such as passant or salient; variants include the cat herissonne (with bristling fur).
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent identify and blazon heraldic cats by attitude and tincture, and separate them from the animal and from heraldic lions.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Heraldic charge, not an animal entry
- Blazoned by attitude and tincture
- Less common than lions
- Symbolism varies by source
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Confuse the heraldic charge with a living cat in data or analysis.
- Attribute a coat of arms to a family or body that has no right to it.
- Use protected arms in ways that imply official endorsement.
Only with a human decision
- Granting or registering new arms.
May
- Identify and describe a cat charge in a coat of arms using heraldic terms.
- Report the arms that bear it from heraldic records.
Moral aspects Filled
- Arms carry identity and sometimes legal protection; misuse misleads people.
Who is affected
- Armigers and their families
- Civic bodies with arms
Owners Filled
Steward
The armiger who bears the arms; heraldic authorities grant and record them where they exist.
Master systems
- Heraldic authority registers of arms
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q1424805 - registry parent class
related
- heraldic charge - category
- coat of arms - context
- cat (animal) - subject
- heraldic lion - similar charge
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.cat-q2961479
- Wikidata: Q2961479 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2961479)
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
Not applicable
Plane INF: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Cat shape distinct from lions
- Attitudes such as passant guardant
- Wildcat or cat-a-mountain in blazon
- A stylised cat, often shown full-faced (guardant), on a shield.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- blazon it correctly
- identify arms that bear it
- draw it in heraldic style
- research its symbolism
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Confusing cats and lions
- Unsourced symbolism
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Heraldic authorities such as the College of Arms or Court of the Lord Lyon
Context of use required Filled
- A symbol in coats of arms, often associated with vigilance or liberty.
- cat passant
- cat salient
- cat-a-mountain (wildcat)
- cat herissonne
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q2961479: cat - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia (de): Katze (Wappentier) - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should heraldic charges be linked to animal entries?
- How should blazon be recorded?
- How should arms bearing it be listed?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q2961479/spec.json