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vr.tr.hobby · thing-q47728

Let an agent handle hobbies by activity, skills, equipment, costs, safety and community.

Thing Registry Activities and processes ACT.ACT
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

Activity What hobby.

Kind

Type of hobby.

Kind

Hobby type.

  1. What hobby is it? definition
  2. What does it involve? definition

Skills

Learning.

Skills

Skills needed.

  1. What skills are needed, and how are they learned? action
  2. Are there beginner resources? action
Equipment Tools and costs.

Tools

What is needed.

Tools

Equipment.

  1. What equipment is needed? definition
  2. What does it cost? measurement

Safety

Tool safety.

Safety

Safety.

  1. What safety precautions apply? action
  2. Is protective equipment needed? boundary
Community Clubs and sharing.

Clubs

Groups.

Clubs

Clubs and groups.

  1. Which clubs or communities exist? action
  2. How can someone join? action

Sharing

Showing work.

Sharing

Sharing and rights.

  1. How can results be shared? action
  2. Are there rights issues, such as photos of people? boundary
Rules Legal considerations.

Permits

Licences.

Permits

Permits needed.

  1. Does this hobby need a licence or permit? boundary
  2. Where? provenance

Access

Places.

Access

Access rules.

  1. Which places may be used, and which are off-limits? boundary
  2. Is landowner permission needed? boundary

Classifiers Filled

Family
Thing Registry
Category
Activities and processes
Entry kind
thing
Plane
ACT
Domain
ACT.ACT
Other names and narrower kinds
hot glue gun, ideas bank, private ideas bank, argument diagram, 3D food printing, railfanning, aircraft spotting, spotting hobby, aircraft spotting photography, rapid casting, bus spotting, Additive Tooling

What it is Filled

An activity done regularly in leisure time for pleasure, such as collecting, crafts, making, games or observing (for example railfanning), rather than for pay.

Why it exists Filled

Let an agent handle hobbies by activity, skills, equipment, costs, safety and community.

Distinguishing features Filled

  • Done for pleasure in leisure time
  • Not primarily for pay
  • Many involve skills and equipment
  • Some carry safety or legal considerations

What robots and AI may and may not do Filled

Must not

  • Encourage trespass on railways or private land for a hobby.
  • Help collect protected species, artefacts or other items whose trade is illegal.
  • Mock or shame a person's hobby.
  • Share a hobbyist's personal data with clubs or sellers without consent.

Only with a human decision

  • Buying items for a collection on the user's behalf.

May

  • Suggest hobbies and resources that fit a user's interests.
  • Help organise a collection or project for its owner.

Moral aspects Filled

  • Hobbies support well-being and community.
  • Some hobbies harm wildlife or heritage if done carelessly.

Who is affected

  • Hobbyists
  • Wildlife and heritage sites
  • Landowners

Owners Filled

Steward

Each person who pursues it.

Links to other meta-models Filled

parent

  • Q184872 - registry parent class

related

  • recreation - leisure
  • tools and equipment - means
  • club or community - groups
  • profession - paid work

What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled

Identity and identifiers required Filled

  • Vercy registry: vr.tr.hobby
  • Wikidata: Q47728 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47728)

Direct properties not applicable Not applicable

Not applicable

Plane ACT: no invented physical properties.

Recognition optional Filled

  • Leisure activity done regularly
  • Clubs and communities
  • Tools such as hot glue guns in crafts
  • People doing leisure activities: crafts, collecting, gardening, model making, observing.

Capabilities and actions required Filled

  • take it up and practise
  • join clubs and communities
  • buy or make equipment
  • share results

Hazards and failure modes required Filled

  • Tool injuries
  • Trespass when photographing
  • Costs spiralling

Standards and interfaces required Filled

  • Product safety for hobby tools
  • Rules on trespass for observation hobbies
  • Drone and radio rules for technical hobbies

Context of use required Filled

  • Enjoyment, learning, wellbeing and social connection.
  • collecting
  • crafts and making
  • games and puzzles
  • outdoor and observation hobbies such as railfanning
  • performing and creative arts

Sources Filled

  1. Wikidata item Q47728: hobby - identity and sense of the item
  2. Wikipedia: Hobby - general description of the item

Open questions

  • Should hobbies be separate entries?
  • How should safety rules per hobby be linked?
  • The registry entry has merged aliases such as argument diagram; should they be split off?

Machine files

Card as JSON Specification Card backlog vercy.card/1

Provenance

thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed

Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q47728/spec.json