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Let an agent explain modelling as a profession and its kinds, describe how the industry works with agencies and contracts, relay welfare and safety guidance, and separate other senses of model.
Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled
4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Understand What modelling is.
Kinds
Kinds of modelling.
Kinds
Kinds.
- What kinds of modelling exist, from runway and commercial to fitness, alternative, art and platform-based work? definition
- Is the profession or a scientific or design model meant? boundary
Industry
How the industry works.
Industry
Industry.
- How do agencies, castings, contracts and payment work in modelling? provenance
- Which entry fits a specific agency or person? action
Start Entering modelling.
Begin
Getting started.
Begin
Starting.
- How can someone start modelling safely, and how are scams and exploitative offers recognised? provenance
- Is the person a minor, requiring guardian involvement and child protections? boundary
Rights
Rights and contracts.
Rights
Rights.
- What should model contracts and image rights cover, and when is legal advice needed? provenance
- Which entry fits image rights? action
Welfare Health and welfare.
Health
Health and body image.
Health
Health.
- What welfare rules and guidance address body image, eating disorders and working conditions in modelling? provenance
- Is someone in distress now, needing support services? boundary
Safety
Safety at work.
Safety
Safety.
- Which safety practices apply at shoots and castings, and how is harassment reported? provenance
- Which organisations support models? provenance
Learn History and culture.
History
History of modelling.
History
History.
- How did modelling develop as a profession, from early fashion houses to supermodels and digital platforms? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Debates
Debates.
Debates
Debates.
- What debates exist about diversity, size and representation in modelling, with positions attributed? provenance
- Is the presentation neutral? boundary
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Society, people and institutions
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- SOC
- Domain
- SOC.PER
- Other names and narrower kinds
- male model, OnlyFans model, supermodel, alternative model, swimsuit model, character model, Ragazza immagine, campaign girl, underwear model, Exclusive model, Reader model, fitness model
What it is Filled
A person employed to display clothing, products or a look for fashion shows, advertising, photography and art, including fashion and runway models, supermodels, swimsuit, fitness, alternative and character models, male and female models, and creators who model on subscription platforms; modelling is a profession with agencies, contracts and welfare standards, and the term has other senses in science and design.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent explain modelling as a profession and its kinds, describe how the industry works with agencies and contracts, relay welfare and safety guidance, and separate other senses of model.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Professional display
- Agency representation
- Contracted work
- Welfare standards
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Identify a model in an image without a published credit or consent.
- Generate or alter images of a real model, especially sexualised ones, without their consent.
- Promote casting calls or agencies that show signs of a scam or exploitation.
- Comment on a model's body in a demeaning way or promote harmful body standards.
Only with a human decision
- Using a real model's likeness in new material.
May
- Describe the work of fashion, runway and other models and how the industry is organised.
- Credit a named model in images only where the credit is published.
Moral aspects Filled
- Models face exploitative contracts, harassment and pressure on their health and body image.
- A person's likeness is theirs; reuse without consent wrongs them.
Who is affected
- Models, many of them young
- Audiences shaped by body ideals
- Aspiring models targeted by scams
Owners Filled
Steward
The model, for their own likeness; the agency and client under contract for each engagement.
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q27943370 - registry parent class
related
- fashion person - category
- photograph - model photography
- clothing - displayed products
- advertising - commercial modelling
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.model
- Wikidata: Q4610556 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4610556)
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
Not applicable
Plane SOC: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Displays clothing or products
- Fashion, advertising, art
- A model in science or design is a representation, another sense
- Not physical; a profession.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- explain kinds of modelling
- describe agencies and contracts
- relay welfare and safety guidance
- separate other senses
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Exploitative contracts and scams
- Health pressures around body image
- Confusing senses of model
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Model welfare and health regulations in some countries
- Child model protections
- Contract and image rights law
Context of use required Filled
- People who model for fashion, advertising and art.
- fashion and runway models
- commercial and advertising models
- fitness, swimsuit and alternative models
- art and life models
- creators on subscription platforms
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q4610556: model - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Model (person) - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should each modelling kind be a separate entry?
- How should welfare rules be linked?
- How should adult platform work be described neutrally?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q4610556/spec.json