pier
Generated draft, first pass
This model was drafted by rule from what the registry knows about the thing. It proposes which bundles a real model will need and which questions research must answer. It is not researched and no sentence in it is sourced.
Written from the archetype playbook - what this kind of thing needs beyond identity and provenance - and from the structure that recurred across 6,333 models already researched by two engines. Applied to this entry by rule. No source was read for this thing and no claim here is researched. This entry carries no facets of its own, so they were inferred from its domain - a guess about a whole domain applied to one thing.
Generator: vr.draft.v3
Purpose and description
Give an agent a durable, checkable way to recognise a pier, record what state it is in, and decide what may be done with it.
A physical thing registered under PHY.BLT. The registry names it; this draft has not been given a definition yet.
It can be observed and measured; entered, crossed or travelled along.
Distinguishing features
Names folded into this entry, which a task may need to split apart again: triangulation pillar, bridge pile, Latte stone.
3 finer distinctions are held as aliases rather than separate entries, because telling them apart needs a task that asks for it.
Described in 43 Wikipedia languages, which is a measure of how widely the thing is known, not of how important it is.
Physical character
Made of: matter you can touch.
On the scale of a building: sited rather than moved.
Stays where it was put; moving it is a project.
Does nothing on its own; everything it does, something else did to it.
These come from the domain this entry sits in rather than from the entry itself, so treat them as a first guess about the whole domain applied to one thing.
How it is recognised
Recognised by form, materials and siting, and confirmed by address or by a register entry rather than by looking.
Related models
covers - Finer kinds folded into this entry because telling them apart needs a task that asks for it. Each is a model waiting to be split out when one does.
Described in 43 Wikipedia languages, which measures how widely it is written about rather than how important or how common it is. 3 finer distinctions are held inside this entry as names rather than as separate models.
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 8 bundles · 17 layers · 19 findings · 53 questions.
Identity, naming and classification How an agent tells one pier from another, and a pier from things that resemble it.
Recognition comes before every other claim. Without stable identity nothing else in the model can be trusted to be about the same thing twice.
Names and identifiers
The names this thing goes by and the identifiers that survive translation and time.
Preferred name, aliases and local names
Which name to use, which names mean the same thing, and which merely sound similar.
- What identifies and describes the name of a pier, and in what units or vocabulary? definition
- Who or what asserted this about the name of a pier, by which method, and when was it true? provenance
- What may an agent decide or do once the name of a pier is known, and what must it refuse? action
Stable identifiers and external keys
Identifiers that keep pointing at this kind of thing across systems and languages.
- What identifies and describes an identifier for a pier, and in what units or vocabulary? definition
- Who or what asserted this about an identifier for a pier, by which method, and when was it true? provenance
- What may an agent decide or do once an identifier for a pier is known, and what must it refuse? action
Classification and granularity
Where a pier sits among kinds, and how finely a task needs to cut it.
Kind, parents and neighbouring kinds
The classes this thing belongs to and the ones it is next to.
- What identifies and describes the kind of a pier, and in what units or vocabulary? definition
- Who or what asserted this about the kind of a pier, by which method, and when was it true? provenance
- What may an agent decide or do once the kind of a pier is known, and what must it refuse? action
Distinguishing features
What separates a pier from the things most often confused with it.
- What identifies and describes what distinguishes a pier, and in what units or vocabulary? definition
- Who or what asserted this about what distinguishes a pier, by which method, and when was it true? provenance
- What may an agent decide or do once what distinguishes a pier is known, and what must it refuse? action
Form, composition and condition What a pier is made of, what shape and size it takes, and what state it is in.
A physical thing can be measured, and a model that cannot record its measurements cannot support any decision that depends on them.
Form and dimensions
Shape, size, mass and the ranges these take across examples at built scale.
Measurable dimensions and their units
The quantities worth recording and the units they are recorded in.
- What identifies and describes the dimensions of a pier, and in what units or vocabulary? definition
- Who or what asserted this about the dimensions of a pier, by which method, and when was it true? provenance
- What may an agent decide or do once the dimensions of a pier is known, and what must it refuse? action
Material and composition
Materials, parts and how they are put together.
Parts and materials
What a pier is built from and which parts are replaceable.
- What identifies and describes the composition of a pier, and in what units or vocabulary? definition
- Who or what asserted this about the composition of a pier, by which method, and when was it true? provenance
- What may an agent decide or do once the composition of a pier is known, and what must it refuse? action
Condition and integrity
Wear, damage, health and the difference between working and broken.
Condition, damage and health
How the condition of a pier is judged and by whom.
- What identifies and describes the condition of a pier, and in what units or vocabulary? definition
- Who or what asserted this about the condition of a pier, by which method, and when was it true? provenance
- What may an agent decide or do once the condition of a pier is known, and what must it refuse? action
Place and movement Where a pier is, how it got there and where it may go (fixed).
A thing that can move needs its position recorded with a time, or every later claim about it is about a place it has left.
Location and placement
Position, containment and the reference frame the position is given in.
Position, container and reference frame
Where a pier is, and what that position is measured against.
- What identifies and describes the location of a pier, and in what units or vocabulary? definition
- Who or what asserted this about the location of a pier, by which method, and when was it true? provenance
- What may an agent decide or do once the location of a pier is known, and what must it refuse? action
Movement and transfer
How a pier is carried, installed or relocated.
Movement events and constraints
What counts as a movement, what records it and what limits it.
- What identifies and describes the movement of a pier, and in what units or vocabulary? definition
- Who or what asserted this about the movement of a pier, by which method, and when was it true? provenance
- What may an agent decide or do once the movement of a pier is known, and what must it refuse? action
State and lifecycle The states a pier passes through and the events that move it between them.
Most decisions about a thing depend on what state it is in now, which is a claim with a time on it, not a property.
Lifecycle stages
From coming into existence to ceasing to be one of these.
Stages and transitions
The stages worth naming and what moves a pier between them.
- What identifies and describes the lifecycle of a pier, and in what units or vocabulary? definition
- Who or what asserted this about the lifecycle of a pier, by which method, and when was it true? provenance
- What may an agent decide or do once the lifecycle of a pier is known, and what must it refuse? action
Observations and current status
What is observed about a pier, how often and by whom.
Observation record
How an observation of a pier is recorded so that it can be superseded rather than overwritten.
- What identifies and describes an observation of a pier, and in what units or vocabulary? definition
- Who or what asserted this about an observation of a pier, by which method, and when was it true? provenance
- What may an agent decide or do once an observation of a pier is known, and what must it refuse? action
Use and operation What can be done with a pier and what it takes to do it.
An agent that can recognise a thing but not act on it has only half a model.
Intended use and function
What a pier is for, and what it is used for anyway.
Function, purpose and misuse
The function a pier performs and the uses that fall outside it.
- What identifies and describes the use of a pier, and in what units or vocabulary? definition
- Who or what asserted this about the use of a pier, by which method, and when was it true? provenance
- What may an agent decide or do once the use of a pier is known, and what must it refuse? action
Handling and procedure
The steps, skills and tools involved in using a pier.
Procedures, skills and required tools
What an agent needs before it can act on a pier at all.
- What identifies and describes handling a pier, and in what units or vocabulary? definition
- Who or what asserted this about handling a pier, by which method, and when was it true? provenance
- What may an agent decide or do once handling a pier is known, and what must it refuse? action
Structure, materials and capacity How pier is built and how much it can take.
Capacity and structural type govern what may lawfully happen inside or on it, and both are attested rather than obvious.
Construction and materials
Structural type, materials and principal dimensions.
Structural type and dimensions
What it is made of and how big it is.
- What structural type and materials characterise pier, and what are its principal dimensions? measurement
- What in that construction limits how it may be altered? boundary
Capacity and load
Occupancy, load ratings and their basis.
Rated capacity and who set it
The limits and the authority that certified them.
- What capacity or load is pier rated for, under which code, certified by whom? provenance
- What must an agent refuse to permit beyond that rating? action
Ownership, permitting and condition Who holds pier, what it is permitted for, and what state it is in.
A structure is not the organisation that uses it, and its permission to exist is separate from its condition.
Ownership and permission
Title, occupancy and the permits in force.
Title, occupier and permits
Who owns, who occupies, and what is permitted.
- Who owns and who occupies pier, and which permits or consents are in force? definition
- What distinguishes the structure from the organisation that operates in it? boundary
Condition and inspection
Inspection regime, defects and remaining service life.
Inspections and defects
What is inspected, how often, and what was found.
- What inspection regime applies to pier, at what interval, and by whom? provenance
- What finding takes it out of service, and who may authorise its return? action
Provenance, evidence and time Where every claim about a pier came from and when it held.
A claim without a source and a time cannot be superseded, only overwritten, and an agent that overwrites loses the ability to explain itself.
Source and authority
Who said it, on what evidence, and how strongly.
Claim provenance and confidence
The authority behind each claim about a pier and how confident it is.
- What identifies and describes a claim about a pier, and in what units or vocabulary? definition
- Who or what asserted this about a claim about a pier, by which method, and when was it true? provenance
- What may an agent decide or do once a claim about a pier is known, and what must it refuse? action
Time, versions and supersession
When a claim was true, when it was learnt, and what replaced it.
Validity period and supersession
How an old claim about a pier is retired without being erased.
- What identifies and describes the validity of a claim about a pier, and in what units or vocabulary? definition
- Who or what asserted this about the validity of a claim about a pier, by which method, and when was it true? provenance
- What may an agent decide or do once the validity of a claim about a pier is known, and what must it refuse? action
What the second pass must settle
- Which of the bundles below does a real task actually need, and which are ceremony?
- What does this thing have that the facets do not capture at all?
- Which neighbouring kind is most often confused with a pier, and on what evidence are they told apart?