draught
Enable an agent to recognise indoor draughts, describe their effects on comfort and airflow, and distinguish beliefs about illness from supported health claims.
Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled
5 bundles · 9 layers · 12 findings · 24 questions
Draught sense Establish whether the registry entry denotes a drinking act.
Registry denotation
Resolve the intended referent from registry provenance.
Drinking sense is provisional
The proposed drinking interpretation must remain conditional until supported by the entry's original source.
- What original identifier, description or source statement supplied the registry label draught? provenance
- Does that source define an act of drinking, a quantity of liquid or a different sense? definition
Neighbouring drinking terms
Establish how the intended usage relates to sip, gulp and drink.
No assumed volume threshold
This draft assigns no numerical threshold separating a draught from a sip or gulp.
- Does the relevant source distinguish draught by quantity, continuity, manner or another feature? definition
- Can the same observed act be described as both a gulp and a draught in the intended usage? boundary
Single draw boundaries Identify the beginning, continuity and end of a candidate draught.
Draw onset
Separate preparation to drink from liquid intake.
Intake start criterion
Record the observation used to mark the start instead of assuming that lifting a vessel establishes intake.
- Is the start marked by liquid entering the mouth, suction beginning or a reported drinking action? measurement
- What evidence separates an attempted draught from an actual draw of liquid? boundary
Continuity and termination
Determine whether pauses and renewed intake divide the event.
Explicit segmentation rule
Event counting requires a stated treatment of pauses, vessel separation and multiple swallows.
- Which observable interruption ends this draught under the chosen recording convention? boundary
- Are multiple swallows within uninterrupted liquid intake counted as one draught, and what supports that choice? definition
- Should ambiguous continuity be recorded as one uncertain event or several candidate events? action
Liquid draw and delivery Describe what is drawn, how it is delivered and how much is taken.
Liquid and source
Connect the act to its liquid and immediate delivery arrangement.
Delivery context
Record the immediate source and delivery mode without treating container capacity as draught volume.
- Which liquid and immediate source supplied this draught? provenance
- Was the liquid drawn through a straw, taken from a vessel or received from a flowing source? measurement
Quantity accounting
Separate measured withdrawal, mouth intake and swallowed quantity.
Volume evidence
Any volume estimate must identify what was measured and whether losses or retained liquid were accounted for.
- Does the reported volume measure liquid leaving the source, entering the mouth or being swallowed? measurement
- Could spilling, expulsion or liquid remaining in the mouth explain a difference between these quantities? measurement
- Should volume remain unknown because the available description supplies only a qualitative term? action
Draught completion Assess the outcome of the draw and the limits of what the observation establishes.
Observed outcome
Distinguish an ended draw from confirmed consumption.
Completion evidence
Record whether intake stopped normally, was interrupted or has an unknown outcome, with separate evidence for swallowing.
- What observation establishes that the draw ended? measurement
- Was swallowing observed, reported, inferred or left unestablished? provenance
- Did the drinker stop before taking the intended quantity, if an intended quantity was recorded? boundary
Recording consequences
Determine what an agent may conclude or update from this draught.
Intake update limits
An agent may update a consumption record only to the extent supported by the quantity and outcome evidence.
- Is the evidence sufficient to add a swallowed quantity to an intake record? action
- Should the event instead remain recorded as attempted, interrupted or quantitatively unresolved? action
- Does interpreting the event require a separate beverage, medication or swallowing assessment model? boundary
Evidence and external alignment What the world already says about this thing, gathered so the model can be checked against it.
Reported evidence
Findings from the breadth pass, kept separate from the structural claims.
Check these first
Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.
- Which of these check these first hold for the sense of draught this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance
Real-world use
Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.
- Which of these real-world use hold for the sense of draught this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance
Regional variation
Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.
- Which of these regional variation hold for the sense of draught this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance
Neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart
Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.
- Which of these neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart hold for the sense of draught this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Activities and processes
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- ACT
- Domain
- ACT.ACT
What it is Filled
A draught is a current of air through an enclosed space that is sometimes believed to cause illness; this belief does not by itself establish a medical cause.
In scope
- Air movement through an enclosed space belongs within this model.
- Openings and environmental conditions associated with a draught belong within this model.
- Local cooling and thermal discomfort associated with a draught belong within this model.
- The potential movement of existing airborne contaminants belongs within this model.
- Beliefs about draughts causing illness and uncertainty about such claims belong within this model.
Out of scope
- Draught as an act of drinking or a quantity swallowed is outside this model.
- Draught as a vessel's immersion depth is outside this model.
- Draught as pulling a load or the force required to pull it is outside this model.
- Draught as a preliminary representation or drawing is outside this model.
- Beverage serving methods are outside this model.
- Clinical diagnosis and treatment of illness are outside this model.
Why it exists Filled
Enable an agent to recognise indoor draughts, describe their effects on comfort and airflow, and distinguish beliefs about illness from supported health claims.
Distinguishing features Filled
- A draught involves air movement through an enclosed space.
- A draught may cause local cooling or discomfort without making the entire room uniformly cold.
- A draught can be associated with openings or pressure differences, although its source may not be immediately evident.
- The belief that a draught causes illness is distinct from evidence establishing a cause of symptoms.
- This sense concerns airflow rather than drinking, vessel immersion or pulling a load.
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Diagnose an illness from the presence of a draught.
- Present a belief that draughts cause illness as an established medical explanation.
- Compromise required ventilation or building safety when addressing discomfort.
- Mix up the senses of the word when translating or cataloguing.
Only with a human decision
- Persistent or concerning symptoms require assessment by a qualified health professional.
- Changes affecting building ventilation or safety require an appropriately qualified person.
May
- Describe observed draughts and their possible environmental sources while stating uncertainty.
- Explain how airflow can affect thermal comfort and move existing airborne contaminants.
- Distinguish beliefs about draught-related illness from supported health claims.
Moral aspects Filled
- People's reports of discomfort deserve respectful attention without endorsing unsupported explanations of illness.
- Comfort preferences must be considered alongside ventilation needs and shared indoor air quality.
- Correct sense-tagging keeps catalogues from mixing unrelated meanings.
Who is affected
- Occupants and visitors can experience discomfort from indoor draughts.
- Building operators are responsible for relevant environmental conditions.
- Catalogue users rely on accurate distinctions between word senses.
Owners Filled
Steward
Nobody owns the word sense; dictionaries record its use.
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q12142910 - registry parent class
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.draught
- Wikidata: Q459428 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q459428)
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
- Registry sense confirmation: unresolved | drinking-act-confirmed | alternative-sense-confirmed
- Drinker: Agent performing the drinking act
- Liquid taken: Identified liquid or unresolved liquid reference
- Drawn volume: mL, with measurement method and uncertainty; unknown permitted
- Draw duration: s, with explicit start and end criteria
- Delivery mode: vessel-to-mouth | straw | flowing-source | other | unknown
- Draw continuity: continuous | interrupted | uncertain
- Swallowing evidence: reported | observed | inferred | unestablished
Plane ACT: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Light curtains or hanging paper may move near an opening while objects farther away remain still.
- A localized stream of air may be felt across exposed skin within an otherwise relatively still room.
- The sensation changes with airflow and position, unlike uniformly cool room air.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- Check source context before applying the drinking interpretation.
- Segment a drinking session into candidate draughts using stated continuity criteria.
- Record or estimate the quantity taken with its evidential limits.
- Link a draught to its drinker, liquid and delivery source.
- Distinguish a completed draw from an interrupted attempt or an unconsumed serving.
- Request clarification when draught denotes another sense or the event boundaries remain unclear.
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Persistent unwanted airflow can cause local cooling and thermal discomfort.
- Air movement can carry existing airborne contaminants between spaces.
- Uncontrolled draughts can increase heating demand and indicate defects in the building envelope.
- Attributing symptoms solely to a draught can delay investigation of other causes.
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- ISO 7730, issued by the International Organization for Standardization, addresses thermal comfort and local discomfort associated with draughts.
Context of use required Filled
- A draught is encountered as localized air movement through an enclosed space, often near openings, leaks, or ventilation outlets.
- It is assessed during building maintenance and thermal comfort investigations when occupants report unwanted cooling.
- Beliefs that draughts cause illness are part of this term's cultural context and do not establish a causal explanation.
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q459428: draught - identity and sense of the item
- Zugluft - Air currents in enclosed spaces and their perceived effects on health.
- Cambridge Dictionary: draught - The physical sense of a current of cold air passing through a room; does not establish illness causation.
Open questions
- Does vr.tr.draught actually denote a drinking act? The registry source must settle this before this provisional draft is adopted.
- Does the intended definition foreground the act of drawing liquid or the quantity drunk in one draw?
- Which reference usages distinguish draught from sip and gulp, and do they support any operational boundary?
- Can one draught include several swallows or brief pauses under the intended usage?
- Does an existing world model already cover the confirmed concept, requiring a registry link instead of a separate publication?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q459428/spec.json