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vr.tr.outbuilding · thing-q3044808

Let an agent identify outbuilding types and uses, explain planning and building rules for constructing or converting them, and support heritage and maintenance questions.

Thing Registry Physical world and living systems PHY.BLT
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

Identify Which outbuilding.

Type

Type and use.

Type

Type.

  1. What kind of outbuilding is this, and what was or is it used for? definition
  2. Is it of heritage interest? provenance

Historic

Historic types.

Historic

Historic types.

  1. What were ash houses, drying houses, fishing stages and monastic dependencies used for? definition
  2. Which examples survive? provenance
Build Building and converting.

Planning

Permission.

Planning

Planning.

  1. Does building or converting this outbuilding need planning permission here, and which size limits apply? provenance
  2. Which building regulations apply to habitable use? provenance

Design

Design and materials.

Design

Design.

  1. How should an outbuilding be designed for its use and setting? action
  2. Which materials suit it? action
Maintain Care and safety.

Maintenance

Upkeep.

Maintenance

Maintenance.

  1. What maintenance does this outbuilding need? provenance
  2. How can damp and pests be managed? provenance

Safety

Hazards.

Safety

Safety.

  1. Which fire, electrical and storage hazards apply to outbuildings? provenance
  2. Is there an immediate hazard? boundary
Value Use and heritage.

Uses

Modern uses.

Uses

Uses.

  1. How can an outbuilding be used or let, and which rules apply? provenance
  2. Does it affect insurance or tax? provenance

Heritage

Protecting historic outbuildings.

Heritage

Heritage.

  1. Is this outbuilding protected, and how should it be conserved? provenance
  2. Which grants exist? provenance

Classifiers Filled

Family
Thing Registry
Category
Physical world and living systems
Entry kind
thing
Plane
PHY
Domain
PHY.BLT
Other names and narrower kinds
monastic dependency, drying house, caudal lamellae, pereiopod, ash house, fishing stage, garden building, gin gang, drying barn, Forstsamendarre, cone drying barn

What it is Filled

An outbuilding is a subsidiary building or secondary part of a principal building, either separate or attached, serving storage, work or other auxiliary functions on farms, estates, monasteries and homes, with examples including barns, sheds, stables, drying houses, ash houses, workshops and fishing stages; outbuildings are subject to planning rules and are often of heritage interest.

Why it exists Filled

Let an agent identify outbuilding types and uses, explain planning and building rules for constructing or converting them, and support heritage and maintenance questions.

Distinguishing features Filled

  • The structure is subsidiary to a principal building.
  • It may be a separate building or a secondary part of the main building.
  • It serves storage, work or other auxiliary functions.
  • Planning rules apply to its construction and use.

What robots and AI may and may not do Filled

Must not

  • Enter an outbuilding without the owner's permission.
  • Store fuel, chemicals or animals in an outbuilding against safety or welfare rules.
  • Present an outbuilding as a lawful dwelling when it is not permitted for living in.
  • Demolish or alter a protected historic outbuilding without consent.

Only with a human decision

  • Housing people or animals in an outbuilding.
  • Demolishing an outbuilding.

May

  • Describe the type, use and condition of an outbuilding from records or visible features.
  • Monitor an outbuilding it is authorized to watch for fire, damp or intrusion.

Moral aspects Filled

  • Outbuildings are sometimes used to house people in unsafe or exploitative conditions.
  • Historic farm buildings record rural life and are easily lost.

Who is affected

  • Owners and occupiers
  • People housed in outbuildings
  • Animals kept there

Owners Filled

Steward

The owner of the property; land and building registers record it.

Master systems

  • Land registry or cadastre

Links to other meta-models Filled

parent

  • Q41176 - registry parent class

related

  • building - category
  • industrial building - work buildings
  • school building - other building type
  • housing - residential context

What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled

Identity and identifiers required Filled

  • Vercy registry: vr.tr.outbuilding
  • Wikidata: Q3044808 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3044808)

Direct properties required Filled

  • Footprint area: m2 - Measure the horizontal area enclosed by the external building perimeter using a stated boundary convention.
  • Overall height: m - Measure vertically from a stated ground reference to the highest permanent part of the building.
  • Separation from the principal building: m - Measure the shortest horizontal distance between the relevant external building surfaces.
  • Roof pitch: degrees - Measure the inclination of each roof plane relative to horizontal.

Recognition required Filled

  • The structure may stand separately or form a secondary part of the main building.
  • Storage or work functions can support identification.
  • An attached annex can fall within this sense when it is subsidiary to the main building.
  • Smaller buildings apart from the main house or building.

Capabilities and actions required Filled

  • identify outbuilding types
  • explain planning rules for building or converting
  • support maintenance and safety
  • describe historic outbuildings

Hazards and failure modes required Filled

  • Unauthorised construction or conversion
  • Fire and structural hazards
  • Loss of historic outbuildings

Standards and interfaces required Filled

  • Planning permission and permitted development rules
  • Building regulations for habitable conversions
  • Heritage rules for listed outbuildings

Context of use required Filled

  • Auxiliary functions on a property.
  • sheds and garages
  • barns and stables
  • workshops and studios
  • historic functional outbuildings such as ash houses and drying houses
  • monastic and estate dependencies

Sources Filled

  1. Wikidata item Q3044808: outbuilding - identity and sense of the item
  2. Wikipedia: Outbuilding - general description of the item

Open questions

  • Should each outbuilding type be a separate entry?
  • How should planning rules be localised?
  • How should heritage records be linked?

Machine files

Card as JSON Specification Card backlog vercy.card/1

Provenance

thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed

Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q3044808/spec.json