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cemetery
vr.tr.cemetery · thing-q39614
Let an agent handle cemeteries by type, location, management, records and visiting, respectfully and with care for grieving people.
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
Identity Which cemetery.
Type
Municipal, religious.
Type
Cemetery type.
- What type of cemetery is it, and who manages it? provenance
- Which faith communities does it serve? provenance
Location
Where.
Location
Location.
- Where is it and when is it open? provenance
- Is it accessible? boundary
Records Burials.
Search
Finding a grave.
Search
Grave search.
- How can a burial record or grave be found? action
- Who holds the registers? provenance
War graves
Commissions.
War graves
War graves.
- Is it a war cemetery maintained by a commission? provenance
- How can records be searched? action
Services Arrangements.
Burial
Arranging.
Burial
Burial arrangements.
- How are burials arranged here? action
- What religious or cultural requirements apply? boundary
Support
Bereavement.
Support
Bereavement support.
- Where can bereaved people find support? action
- Is the tone gentle? boundary
Heritage Visiting.
Visiting
Etiquette.
Visiting
Visiting etiquette.
- What behaviour is expected of visitors? boundary
- Are there rules on photography or tours? boundary
Protection
Conservation.
Protection
Conservation.
- Is the cemetery or any monument protected? provenance
- Are headstones safe? boundary
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Physical world and living systems
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- PHY
- Domain
- PHY.PLC
- Other names and narrower kinds
- vertical cemetery, monastic cemetery, Cimiteri militari italiani d'onore, catacombs, takya, Jewish cemetery, fortified cemetery, burial plot, former cemetery, mevlevihane, Karaite cemetery, Jewish cemeteries in Berlin
What it is Filled
A place where the dead are buried or their remains interred, including churchyards, municipal and religious cemeteries, military cemeteries, catacombs and vertical cemeteries.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent handle cemeteries by type, location, management, records and visiting, respectfully and with care for grieving people.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Place of burial
- Managed by religious, municipal or private bodies
- Records of burials
- Sites of remembrance
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Disturb, damage or remove anything from graves.
- Photograph or publish mourners or funerals without consent.
- Use names on graves to compile profiles of living relatives.
- Mock or disrespect the burial customs of any faith.
Only with a human decision
- Exhuming remains or reusing graves.
- Opening burial records that are not public.
May
- Help people find graves from burial registers open to the public.
- Describe a cemetery's history and heritage.
Moral aspects Filled
- Cemeteries are places of grief and of religious meaning; dignity of the dead must be kept.
- War and mass graves carry special duties of care and memory.
Who is affected
- Families of the dead
- Faith communities
- Visitors
Owners Filled
Steward
The burial authority, religious body or owner that keeps it.
Master systems
- Burial and cremation registers
- War graves commission records
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q12131650 - registry parent class
- Q13226383 - registry parent class
- Q2221906 - registry parent class
related
- location of burial and facility - category
- cemetery authority - operator
- cultural heritage - status
contains
- tomb, mausoleum, stele - monuments
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.cemetery
- Wikidata: Q39614 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q39614)
Direct properties required Filled
- Site area: m2 - Measured within surveyed cemetery boundaries, including burial grounds and associated facilities.
- Path clear width: m - Measured between obstructions along a specified visitor or maintenance route.
- Ground slope: % - Measured as vertical rise divided by horizontal distance along a specified section of the grounds.
Recognition required Filled
- Religious and municipal cemeteries
- Military cemeteries with uniform headstones
- Catacombs are underground burial places
- Grounds with graves, headstones, mausoleums and memorials.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- find a cemetery and its opening times
- search burial records
- arrange burials through the operator
- visit respectfully
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Insensitive tone with bereaved people
- Vandalism
- Unstable old headstones
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Burial law
- War graves agreements
- Heritage protection law
Context of use required Filled
- Burial, remembrance and heritage.
- municipal cemeteries
- religious cemeteries
- military war cemeteries
- catacombs
- natural burial grounds
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q39614: cemetery - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Cemetery - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should cemetery types be separate entries?
- How should burial records be linked?
- How should religious rules be described respectfully?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q39614/spec.json