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quarter
vr.tr.quarter · thing-q2983893
Let an agent handle urban quarters by name, city, boundaries, administration, history and services, and separate other senses of quarter.
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
Place Which quarter.
Identity
Name and city.
Identity
Identity.
- Which quarter is meant, and in which city? provenance
- Is it an administrative or informal area? boundary
Address
Address lookup.
Address
Address lookup.
- Which quarter contains this address, according to municipal data? provenance
- Have boundaries changed? provenance
Administration Local government.
Council
District council.
Council
District council.
- Does the quarter have its own council or office? provenance
- How can residents contact it? action
Statistics
District data.
Statistics
District data.
- What statistics are published for this district? provenance
- For which year? provenance
Heritage History.
History
Origins.
History
History.
- What is the history of this quarter, according to local sources? provenance
- How did it get its name? provenance
Protection
Conservation areas.
Protection
Conservation.
- Is the quarter a protected historic area? provenance
- What rules apply to changes? provenance
Senses Disambiguation.
Fraction
One fourth.
Fraction
Fraction sense.
- Is a quarter as one fourth, a coin or three months meant? boundary
- Which entry fits? action
Other
Lodging and mercy.
Other
Other senses.
- Is quarters as lodging, or quarter as mercy, meant? boundary
- 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
- church town of Sweden, lappstad, municipal district of Finland, sector of Chișinău, City district in Dorsten, Germany, statistical city district, city district of Langenhagen, city district in Hannover, Germany, subdivision of Rome, sub-bairro, primary area, district of Prague
What it is Filled
A district or section of a town or city, either historic, such as a Latin Quarter or old town quarter, or administrative, such as city districts, statistical districts and sectors of cities like Chisinau; related forms include church towns in Sweden.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent handle urban quarters by name, city, boundaries, administration, history and services, and separate other senses of quarter.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Part of a city
- Historic or administrative
- Has a name and boundaries
- May have its own council
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Label a quarter as dangerous or undesirable without evidence.
- Confuse a historic quarter with an administrative district of the same name.
- Profile residents by the quarter they live in for decisions about them.
- Present gentrification or development plans as settled when they are not.
Only with a human decision
- Changing official boundaries or names of districts.
May
- Report a quarter's name, boundaries and status from municipal or official sources.
- Describe its history and character, citing sources.
Moral aspects Filled
- Reputations of neighbourhoods affect residents' jobs, loans and dignity.
- Redevelopment can displace long-standing communities.
Who is affected
- Residents of the quarter
- Local businesses
- Visitors to the area
Owners Filled
Steward
The municipality for administrative districts; the community for historic quarters.
Master systems
- Municipal and statistical boundary registers
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q15642541 - registry parent class
- Q486972 - registry parent class
- Q56061 - registry parent class
related
- human settlement area - category
- city - context
- neighbourhood - related concept
- quarter (fraction) - another sense
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.quarter
- Wikidata: Q2983893 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2983893)
Direct properties required Filled
- Land area: Square kilometres - Area is measured from the quarter's mapped boundary using a stated geographic reference system.
- Boundary length: Kilometres - Boundary length is measured along the mapped perimeter and depends on map resolution and boundary interpretation.
Recognition required Filled
- Named city districts
- Historic quarters with distinct architecture
- Neighbourhoods may be informal
- A part of a city with its own streets, character and sometimes administration.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- identify the quarter for an address
- find local services and representation
- learn about historic quarters
- separate other senses of quarter
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Confusing informal and administrative districts
- Outdated boundaries
- Stereotyping residents of districts
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Municipal administrative law
- Heritage protection for historic districts
Context of use required Filled
- Describing parts of cities for administration, statistics and culture.
- historic quarters
- administrative city districts
- statistical districts
- cultural and ethnic quarters
- church towns (Sweden)
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q2983893: quarter - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Quarter (urban subdivision) - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should each quarter be a separate entry?
- How should district boundaries be linked?
- How should other senses be split off?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q2983893/spec.json