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vr.tr.column · thing-q4817

Let an agent handle load-bearing building columns by structural role, order, material, condition and heritage status.

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

Role Structural or memorial.

Function

Support or monument.

Function

Function.

  1. Does the column carry loads or stand as a monument? definition
  2. What does it support or commemorate? definition

Loads

Structural capacity.

Capacity

Load capacity.

  1. What load does it carry? measurement
  2. What happens if it is removed or damaged? boundary
Form Order and material.

Order

Classical order.

Order

Architectural order.

  1. Which order or style is it? definition
  2. What are its proportions? measurement

Material

Stone, steel, concrete.

Material

Material.

  1. What is it made of? definition
  2. How is it founded? definition
Condition State and repair.

Survey

Inspection.

Condition

Condition survey.

  1. What condition is it in? measurement
  2. Are there cracks or corrosion? boundary

Repair

Conservation.

Repair

Repair approach.

  1. How should it be repaired? action
  2. Who is qualified? provenance
Heritage Protection and meaning.

Status

Listing.

Status

Heritage status.

  1. Is the column protected? provenance
  2. What consent is needed for works? boundary

Meaning

Commemoration.

Meaning

What it marks.

  1. What does a memorial column commemorate? provenance
  2. Is its meaning contested? boundary

Classifiers Filled

Family
Thing Registry
Category
Physical world and living systems
Entry kind
thing
Plane
PHY
Domain
PHY.BLT
Other names and narrower kinds
column shrine, Marradas's column shrine, Marian column, Kreuzschlepper, meta (circus), whipping post, stambha, gatepost, compound pier, Manastambha, Fence pillar, pillars of Ashoka

What it is Filled

An upright structural element that supports the weight of a building, typically consisting of a base, shaft and capital in classical architecture.

Why it exists Filled

Let an agent handle load-bearing building columns by structural role, order, material, condition and heritage status.

Distinguishing features Filled

  • A column provides vertical structural support for a building.
  • Classical orders define proportions and ornament.
  • Structural columns carry loads, so removal is dangerous.
  • Commemorative monuments, text layout columns and military columns are different senses.

What robots and AI may and may not do Filled

Must not

  • Remove or alter load-bearing columns without engineering approval.
  • Damage or climb historic columns.

Only with a human decision

  • Structural alterations to columns require human oversight.

May

  • Describe a column's order, material and history from heritage records.
  • Report cracks or damage to its custodians.

Moral aspects Filled

  • Columns may carry loads that people's safety depends on.
  • Historic structural columns may have heritage value.

Who is affected

  • Building users depend on structural safety.
  • Heritage bodies have an interest in historic structural columns.

Owners Filled

Steward

The building owner; heritage authorities protect listed columns.

Master systems

  • Heritage registers

Links to other meta-models Filled

parent

  • Q391414 - registry parent class
  • Q811979 - registry parent class

related

  • building - architectural element
  • monument - when freestanding
  • column in text or tables - a homonym
  • heritage - listing

What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled

Identity and identifiers required Filled

  • Vercy registry: vr.tr.column
  • Wikidata: Q4817 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4817)

Direct properties required Filled

  • height: 2-50 m
  • slenderness ratio: limited by buckling ratio

Recognition required Filled

  • Classical structural columns may follow Doric, Ionic or Corinthian orders.
  • A column in this sense supports building loads.
  • Structural columns in modern buildings may be concealed.
  • A vertical cylindrical or polygonal pillar with a base and capital; freestanding columns carry statues or shrines.

Capabilities and actions required Filled

  • design and build it
  • inspect its condition and loads
  • restore it, as heritage
  • identify its architectural order

Hazards and failure modes required Filled

  • Buckling or crushing under load
  • Vehicle impact
  • Weathering of historic stone

Standards and interfaces required Filled

  • Eurocode structural design for columns
  • Heritage protection law

Context of use required Filled

  • Supporting beams and roofs, and commemorating or marking places.
  • classical orders
  • structural columns in steel and concrete
  • memorial columns
  • column shrines
  • circus metae and posts

Sources Filled

  1. Wikidata item Q4817: column - identity and sense of the item
  2. Wikipedia: Column - general description of the item

Open questions

  • Should structural and memorial columns be separate entries?
  • How should architectural orders be linked?
  • How should freestanding religious columns be categorised?

Machine files

Card as JSON Specification Card backlog vercy.card/1

Provenance

thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed

Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q4817/spec.json