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magnanery

vr.tr.magnanery · thing-q3277069

Let an agent describe magnaneries, their architecture, history and sericulture practice, from heritage and agricultural sources.

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

Building Which magnanery.

Identity

Name and place.

Building

Name and location.

  1. Which building? provenance
  2. Where? provenance

Date

Construction.

Date

Period.

  1. When built? provenance
  2. Per which source? provenance
Design Architecture.

Layout

Rooms and racks.

Layout

Description.

  1. Which layout? provenance
  2. Per which survey? provenance

Ventilation

Climate control.

Ventilation

Features.

  1. How was it ventilated and heated? provenance
  2. Per which source? provenance
Use Sericulture.

Rearing

Conditions.

Conditions

Temperature and relative humidity by silkworm stage, with source.

  1. What rearing conditions? measurement
  2. Per which guide? provenance

Current use

Status.

Current use

Use.

  1. What is it used for now? provenance
  2. Per which source? provenance
Heritage Protection.

Listing

Status.

Listing

Reference.

  1. Is it listed? provenance
  2. Which Merimee reference? provenance

Museum

Interpretation.

Museum

Name.

  1. Is there a museum? provenance
  2. Where? provenance

Classifiers Filled

Family
Thing Registry
Category
Physical world and living systems
Entry kind
thing
Plane
PHY
Domain
PHY.BLT

What it is Filled

A building or room where silkworms are reared (sericulture), with racks or trays of mulberry leaves and controlled temperature and ventilation; the term (French magnanerie) is especially used for the traditional silkworm houses of southern France, notably the Cevennes.

Why it exists Filled

Let an agent describe magnaneries, their architecture, history and sericulture practice, from heritage and agricultural sources.

Distinguishing features Filled

  • French sericulture peaked in the mid-19th century and collapsed after the pebrine epidemic (1850s-1860s).
  • Louis Pasteur studied pebrine from 1865, developing egg selection methods.
  • Many magnaneries were converted to homes or museums.

What robots and AI may and may not do Filled

Must not

  • give structural advice

May

  • describe buildings and history

Moral aspects Filled

  • rural heritage

Who is affected

  • communities

Owners Filled

Steward

the owner of each building

Master systems

  • Merimee heritage database

Links to other meta-models Filled

parent

  • Q41176 - registry parent class

related

  • agricultural building - building
  • sericulture - practice
  • Bombyx mori - insect
  • mulberry - food plant

What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled

Identity and identifiers required Filled

  • Vercy registry: vr.tr.magnanery
  • Wikidata: Q3277069 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3277069)
  • Merimee reference: PA plus digits (Monuments historiques) or IA plus digits (Inventaire) check protection separately

Direct properties required Filled

  • rearing temperature for silkworms: about 23 to 28 degrees C - varies by instar

Recognition required Filled

  • Multi-storey rural stone buildings with rows of small windows in the Cevennes
  • Tall stone buildings with many windows and vents for ventilation, sometimes with fireplaces for heating.

Capabilities and actions required Filled

  • describe architecture and layout
  • explain rearing conditions in general terms
  • describe the history of sericulture in France
  • point to heritage sites

Hazards and failure modes required Filled

  • Silkworm diseases spreading in rearing houses
  • Structural decay of abandoned buildings

Standards and interfaces required Filled

  • French heritage protection, where the particular building is protected

Context of use required Filled

  • Rearing silkworms.
  • traditional magnanerie (France)
  • silkworm rearing house elsewhere
  • modern sericulture rearing rooms

Sources Filled

  1. Q3277069 - identity of the registry item, labels and sitelinks
  2. Magnanerie - silkworm rearing houses
  3. Magnanerie, notice IA00029075 - Documented magnanerie, nineteenth-century construction, stone materials and multilevel layout.
  4. Magnanerie de La Roque - Cévennes magnanerie heritage and associated mulberry landscape.
  5. Immeubles Monuments historiques - PA and IA reference meanings and the distinction between inventory and legal protection.
  6. Management of Climatic Factors for Successful Silkworm (Bombyx mori L.) Crop and Higher Silk Production: A Review - 23-28 degrees C productivity range, stage-dependent conditions, humidity and ventilation.
  7. Pasteur's Researches on the Diseases of Silkworms - Severe decline in French cocoon production between 1853 and 1865 and silkworm disease history.
  8. Etudes des vers a soie - Pasteur's involvement from 1865 and investigation of pebrine and flacherie.

Open questions

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Machine files

Card as JSON Specification Card backlog vercy.card/1

Provenance

thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed

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