edifice
Let an agent describe edifices as significant buildings, and point to architectural and heritage sources.
Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled
4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Building Which edifice.
Identity
Name and place.
Edifice
Name and location.
- Which building? provenance
- Where? provenance
Type
Function.
Type
Function.
- Religious, civic or other? boundary
- Per which source? provenance
Architecture Design.
Architect
Designer.
Architect
Name and date.
- Who designed it? provenance
- When built? provenance
Style
Style.
Style
Style.
- Which style? provenance
- Per which source? provenance
Dimensions Size.
Size
Height and area.
Size
Values.
- How large? measurement
- Per which survey? provenance
Structure
System.
Structure
System.
- Which structural system? provenance
- Per which source? provenance
Heritage Status.
Designation
Listing.
Designation
Category.
- Is it listed? provenance
- Since when? provenance
Usage
Word usage.
Usage
Sense.
- Literal or figurative use? boundary
- Per which dictionary? 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, especially a large, imposing or architecturally important one, considered as a constructed work; in French (edifice) as in English the word commonly denotes an important or imposing building, with technical usage depending on context.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent describe edifices as significant buildings, and point to architectural and heritage sources.
Distinguishing features Filled
- From Latin aedificium (building), from aedes (dwelling, temple) and facere (to make).
- Prominence and architectural importance inform use of the term; it has no size threshold.
- Also used figuratively for a complex system of ideas.
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- give structural safety judgements
May
- explain the term and examples
Moral aspects Filled
- heritage conservation
Who is affected
- users
- communities
Owners Filled
Steward
the owner of each building
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q811979 - registry parent class
related
- building - built structure
- architecture - discipline
- monument - heritage
- structure - broader term
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.edifice
- Wikidata: Q3579101 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3579101)
- Getty AAT: 300004792 buildings (broader concept)
Direct properties required Filled
- size: varies - the term implies a substantial building
Recognition required Filled
- Large public, religious or civic buildings
- A large or prominent building.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- explain the term and its usage
- distinguish edifice from building and structure
- describe examples with sources
- explain the figurative use (an edifice of ideas)
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Structural failure of ageing buildings
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Building codes
- Heritage protection law for listed buildings
Context of use required Filled
- A general term for substantial built structures.
- religious edifices
- public and civic edifices
- palaces
- monumental buildings
Sources Filled
- Q3579101 - identity of the registry item, labels and sitelinks
- edifice - sense and etymology
- Edifice - Building-type sense, imposing character, architectural value and frequent public use.
- Edifice, ninth edition - French literal and figurative senses, Latin derivation and examples.
- AAT 300004789 - Single Built Works - Identifier is a hierarchy covering buildings and other structures.
- Edifici - Art and Architecture Thesaurus - Getty AAT 300004792 corresponds to buildings.
Open questions
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Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q3579101/spec.json