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temple
vr.tr.temple · thing-q44539
Let an agent handle temples by tradition, deity or purpose, architecture, access customs and heritage status, with respect for religious practice.
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
Tradition Which tradition and purpose.
Religion
Tradition.
Tradition
Religious tradition.
- Which tradition does this temple belong to? definition
- To whom or what is it dedicated? definition
Name
Local term.
Terminology
Name and term.
- What is its name, and what term does the tradition use? definition
- Are there other names? definition
Visiting Customs and access.
Customs
Dress and conduct.
Customs
Visitor customs.
- Which dress and conduct customs apply? boundary
- Are non-members welcome, and when? boundary
Access
Accessibility and times.
Access
Opening and access.
- When is it open, and is it accessible? definition
- Is photography permitted? boundary
Architecture Form and history.
Style
Architectural tradition.
Style
Architectural style.
- What architectural style does it follow? definition
- What are its main parts? definition
History
Founding and changes.
History
History.
- When was it founded and rebuilt? provenance
- Which sources document it? provenance
Heritage and safety Protection and crowds.
Protection
Heritage status.
Protection
Protection status.
- Is it a protected site? provenance
- What conservation is needed? action
Crowds
Festivals.
Crowd safety
Crowd management.
- How are crowds managed at festivals? action
- What safety measures exist? definition
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Physical world and living systems
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- PHY
- Domain
- PHY.BLT
- Other names and narrower kinds
- hypaethral, mandi, dō, gurdwara, nymphaeum, Vietnamese communal house, octagonal church, Jizō-dō, daishi-dō, jōgyō-zanmai-dō, Bishamon-dō, hokke-dō
What it is Filled
A building or place dedicated to religious worship or ritual, especially in Hindu, Buddhist, Jain, Sikh, Shinto, ancient and other traditions; the specific name varies by tradition (mandir, gurdwara, do, and others).
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent handle temples by tradition, deity or purpose, architecture, access customs and heritage status, with respect for religious practice.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Dedicated to worship or ritual
- Terminology differs by tradition
- Access customs such as removing shoes
- Many are protected heritage sites
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Enter areas closed to visitors or to non-members without the custodians' permission.
- Photograph rites, worshippers or sacred images where the temple forbids it.
- Mock, misdescribe or conflate the practices of different traditions.
- Help remove or trade sacred objects or images.
Only with a human decision
- Handling or moving sacred objects.
- Publishing images of restricted rites or interiors.
May
- Describe a temple using the tradition's own terms and from cited sources.
- Tell visitors the dress, conduct and access rules the temple publishes.
Moral aspects Filled
- Temples are sacred to living communities; respect for their rules is respect for the people.
- Theft of sacred images has stripped communities of heritage across the world.
Who is affected
- Worshipping communities
- Priests and custodians
- Visitors
Owners Filled
Steward
The religious community or trust that holds it; heritage authorities protect listed temples.
Master systems
- Heritage registers
- Registers of religious trusts
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q697295 - registry parent class
related
- religious building - place of worship
- church building - Christian worship
- heritage - listing
- temple as anatomy - the side of the head
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.temple
- Wikidata: Q44539 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q44539)
- heritage listing number: jurisdiction-specific protected sites
Direct properties required Filled
- site area: from a small shrine to over 100 hectares area - Angkor complex is far larger
Recognition required Filled
- Tradition-specific forms and symbols
- Shrines and images of deities or teachers
- Signs about dress and conduct at entrances
- Varies by tradition: towers and shrines in Hindu temples, pagodas and halls in Buddhist temples, gurdwaras with domes, open-air temples in antiquity.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- worship and visit, following customs
- maintain and restore it
- protect it as heritage
- study its architecture and history
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Disrespectful conduct by visitors
- Crowd crushes at festivals
- Decay and damage to heritage
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Religious property law
- Heritage protection and UNESCO World Heritage
- Building safety for places of assembly
Context of use required Filled
- Worship, ritual, pilgrimage and community.
- Hindu mandir
- Buddhist temple
- Sikh gurdwara
- Shinto shrine and Buddhist do
- ancient temples and nymphaea
- communal houses in Vietnam
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q44539: temple - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Temple - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should temples be separated by tradition?
- How should visiting customs be recorded?
- How should terminology across traditions be linked?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q44539/spec.json