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monastery
vr.tr.monastery · thing-q44613
Let an agent describe monasteries respectfully by tradition, history, community life and visiting, attributing religious practices to their traditions.
Thing Registry Society, people and institutions SOC.ORG
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
Community Monastic life.
Life
Daily life.
Life
Daily life.
- How do members of this monastery describe their daily life and vows? provenance
- Which rule or tradition do they follow? provenance
Tradition
Which tradition.
Tradition
Tradition.
- Which religious tradition and order does the monastery belong to? provenance
- How does it differ from others? boundary
Visit Visitors and retreats.
Visiting
Opening and customs.
Visiting
Visiting.
- When is the monastery open to visitors, and which customs should be respected? provenance
- Are some areas enclosed? provenance
Retreat
Retreats.
Retreat
Retreats.
- Does the monastery offer retreats or guest stays? provenance
- How can they be booked? action
Heritage History.
History
Origins.
History
History.
- When was the monastery founded, and what is its history, according to historians? provenance
- Is it a protected site? provenance
Manuscripts
Libraries.
Manuscripts
Monastic libraries.
- Does the monastery hold manuscripts or archives open to researchers? provenance
- How can access be requested? action
Safety Safeguarding.
Safeguarding
Concerns.
Safeguarding
Safeguarding.
- Is there a safeguarding concern involving a religious community? boundary
- Which safeguarding office or police should be contacted? action
Products
Monastic products.
Products
Monastic products.
- Which products, such as beer, cheese or crafts, does the monastery produce? provenance
- How are they sold? provenance
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Society, people and institutions
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- SOC
- Domain
- SOC.ORG
- Other names and narrower kinds
- nunnery, cave monastery, Benedictine monastery, eastern orthodox monastery, Hieronymite monastery, double monastery, Trinity Monastery, Stauropegion, Cloașter, christian monastery, Roman Catholic monastery, Catholic monastery
What it is Filled
A complex of buildings housing a community of monks or nuns living under religious vows, such as Christian abbeys, priories and Orthodox monasteries, Buddhist monasteries and cave monasteries, including nunneries and historical double monasteries.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent describe monasteries respectfully by tradition, history, community life and visiting, attributing religious practices to their traditions.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Community under vows
- Many religious traditions
- Often historic
- Offers hospitality in some cases
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Enter enclosed areas or disturb the community's life of prayer without permission.
- Photograph or record monks, nuns or rituals where it is not allowed.
- Remove, damage or sell objects belonging to a monastery.
- Mock or misrepresent the religious life of the community.
Only with a human decision
- Publishing images or details of the community's members.
- Conservation work on monastic buildings.
May
- Report opening times, visiting rules and history from the community's published information.
- Document the buildings and collections for heritage records with permission.
Moral aspects Filled
- Monasteries are places of withdrawal and worship; visitors and recording can intrude.
- Monastic heritage is held by living communities, not only by the public.
Who is affected
- Monks and nuns
- Religious communities
- Visitors and pilgrims
Owners Filled
Steward
The monastic community and its religious order or authority.
Master systems
- Heritage registers
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q1370598 - registry parent class
- Q19691007 - registry parent class
- Q24398318 - registry parent class
- Q2742167 - registry parent class
- Q486972 - registry parent class
- Q811979 - registry parent class
related
- religious building and community - category
- abbot - leader
- monastic rule - rule
- regulation - monastic rules
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.monastery
- Wikidata: Q44613 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q44613)
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
Not applicable
Plane SOC: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Cloisters and enclosed grounds
- Communities in religious habits
- A parish church serves a lay congregation
- Enclosed complexes with churches or temples, cloisters, cells, refectories and gardens.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- find monasteries and their traditions
- learn about monastic life as communities describe it
- find visiting and retreat information
- research monastic heritage
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Disrespecting enclosure and customs
- Presenting practices as uniform across traditions
- Outdated visiting information
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Religious freedom provisions
- Heritage protection
- Safeguarding rules for religious communities
Context of use required Filled
- Religious life, learning, heritage and hospitality.
- Christian abbeys and priories
- Orthodox monasteries
- Buddhist monasteries
- cave monasteries
- nunneries and double monasteries
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q44613: monastery - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Monastery - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should each monastery be a separate entry?
- How should religious orders be linked?
- How should heritage records be linked?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q44613/spec.json