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vr.tr.poetry · thing-q482

Let an agent handle poetry by form, tradition, language, author and rights, and quote within copyright limits.

Thing Registry Information and virtual systems INF.MED
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

Form Which poetry.

Type

Form and tradition.

Type

Form.

  1. What form or tradition does the poem belong to? definition
  2. What are its rules? definition

Language

Original language.

Language

Language.

  1. In which language was it composed? provenance
  2. Is it oral or written? definition
Work Which poem.

Author

Attribution.

Author

Attribution.

  1. Who wrote it, and when? provenance
  2. Is the attribution secure? boundary

Rights

Copyright.

Rights

Rights.

  1. Is it in copyright? boundary
  2. How much can be quoted? boundary
Reading Meaning.

Analysis

Devices.

Analysis

Analysis.

  1. Which devices does it use? definition
  2. What themes are present? definition

Translation

Other languages.

Translation

Translation.

  1. Which translations exist? provenance
  2. What is lost in translation? boundary
Practice Writing and performing.

Writing

Craft.

Writing

Writing.

  1. How can someone write in this form? action
  2. What resources help? provenance

Performance

Recitation.

Performance

Performance.

  1. How is it performed or sung? definition
  2. In which settings? definition

Classifiers Filled

Family
Thing Registry
Category
Information and virtual systems
Entry kind
thing
Plane
INF
Domain
INF.MED
Other names and narrower kinds
geguritan, Gaguritan Pandawa Dasa, Gěguritan Suddhamala, Gĕguritan Bañuwurung, Gaguritan Pakang Raras, Gaguritan Japatuwan, Gaguritan Ni Sumala, Comics poetry, poetic drama, narrative poetry, beast epic, wooden-fish books

What it is Filled

A form of literature that uses the aesthetic and rhythmic qualities of language, such as metre, rhyme, sound and imagery, to evoke meaning and emotion; includes verse traditions worldwide such as the Balinese geguritan.

Why it exists Filled

Let an agent handle poetry by form, tradition, language, author and rights, and quote within copyright limits.

Distinguishing features Filled

  • Emphasis on sound and rhythm
  • Many forms and traditions
  • Oral and written
  • Protected by copyright for recent works

What robots and AI may and may not do Filled

Must not

  • Present a poem as the work of someone who did not write it.
  • Reproduce copyrighted poems in full without permission.
  • Pass off machine-generated verse as a human poet's work.
  • Share sacred or ceremonial verse that its community restricts.

Only with a human decision

  • Publishing translations or adaptations of protected poems.

May

  • Quote, analyse and recommend poetry with correct attribution.
  • Translate poems while noting what is lost.

Moral aspects Filled

  • Poetry carries cultural and personal identity; misattribution wrongs poets.
  • Oral traditions belong to communities that deserve credit.

Who is affected

  • Poets and rights holders
  • Readers of poetry
  • Communities with oral traditions

Owners Filled

Steward

Nobody owns poetry as such; each poem belongs to its author or is held in common.

Links to other meta-models Filled

parent

  • Q7725634 - registry parent class

related

  • literary work - category
  • poet - author
  • metre and rhyme - devices
  • song - form

What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled

Identity and identifiers required Filled

  • Vercy registry: vr.tr.poetry
  • Wikidata: Q482 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q482)

Direct properties not applicable Not applicable

Not applicable

Plane INF: no invented physical properties.

Recognition optional Filled

  • Line breaks and stanzas
  • Forms such as sonnet, ghazal, haiku, geguritan
  • Prose poetry blurs the line
  • Lines and stanzas on the page, or oral performance.

Capabilities and actions required Filled

  • read and recite it
  • analyse form and meaning
  • write in a form
  • translate with care for sound and sense

Hazards and failure modes required Filled

  • Quoting beyond copyright limits
  • Translations losing meaning
  • Misattributed poems

Standards and interfaces required Filled

  • Copyright law
  • UNESCO intangible heritage for oral traditions

Context of use required Filled

  • Artistic expression, memory, ritual, song and storytelling.
  • lyric poetry
  • epic and narrative poetry
  • fixed forms such as sonnet or haiku
  • oral and sung traditions such as geguritan
  • free verse

Sources Filled

  1. Wikidata item Q482: poetry - identity and sense of the item
  2. Wikipedia: Poetry - general description of the item

Open questions

  • Should poetic forms be separate entries?
  • How should oral traditions be linked?
  • How should individual poems be instances?

Machine files

Card as JSON Specification Card backlog vercy.card/1

Provenance

thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed

Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q482/spec.json