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fountain

vr.tr.fountain · PHY.BLT

Let an agent handle fountains by type, location, water use, heritage, hygiene and safety.

Thing Registry Physical world and living systems

Research draft, second pass

A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.

written by Claude from model knowledge without web access - no source was read, every claim is a lead to verify

Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent handle fountains by type, location, water use, heritage, hygiene and safety.

A structure that sends water into the air or lets it flow for decoration, drinking or cooling, such as ornamental fountains, drinking fountains, wall spouts, musical and illuminated fountains and mist fountains.

What it is for: Decoration, public drinking water, cooling and civic landmarks.

It can be find public drinking fountains; maintain water quality; restore historic fountains; design water-efficient features.

Distinguishing features

Moving water feature

Decorative or drinking

Pumps and recirculation

Often heritage monuments

What it looks like

Basins, jets, spouts and sculptures with moving water.

How it is recognised

Jets or flowing water in a basin

Drinking fountains with taps or bubblers

Historic civic fountains

Related models

is a kind of - category

water feature and small monument

uses - medium

water

is found in - places

garden and square

is protected as - status

cultural heritage

In practice

Families and kinds

ornamental fountains

public drinking fountains

wall fountains and spouts

musical and illuminated fountains

mist and interactive fountains

Standards and regulation

Drinking water quality rules

Legionella control for water features

Heritage protection law

Failure modes and hazards

Legionella from spray

Slips on wet surfaces

Drowning risk for small children in deep basins

Also called

well liningkašnawater spoutwater organilluminated fountainmist makersalsabildancing fountainkugel fountainwall fountainwater sculpturewater jetdandelion fountainholy fountainFountain for people, horses, dogs and birdsTourny-style fountainswater-jar fountainpublic fountaintiered fountainHermes and PanHeron's fountaindrinking fountainhowzcascade fountainsLion fountainsfloating tap fountainpulpulakmercury fountaintrick fountainflowing well fountainfontaine chaotiqueshadirvanstandpipewater pylonchocolate fountainfree drinking water fountainnon drinking fountainsequencing fountainsplash padtemperance fountain

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Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Also registered as vr.tr.fountain-artifact

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Type Which fountain.

Type decides use.

Kind

Ornamental or drinking.

Kind

Fountain type.

  1. What type of fountain is it? definition
  2. Is the water drinkable? boundary

Location

Where.

Location

Location.

  1. Where is it? provenance
  2. Who maintains it? provenance
Water Quality and use.

Water must be safe.

Quality

Testing.

Quality

Water quality.

  1. Is the water tested and treated? provenance
  2. Is Legionella controlled? boundary

Efficiency

Recirculation.

Efficiency

Water efficiency.

  1. Does it recirculate water? definition
  2. Is it switched off during droughts? provenance
Heritage Monuments.

Many fountains are historic.

History

Origins.

History

History.

  1. When and by whom was it built? provenance
  2. Is it protected? provenance

Restoration

Conservation.

Restoration

Restoration.

  1. What restoration has been done? provenance
  2. Who funded it? provenance
Safety Public safety.

Water features carry risks.

Children

Supervision.

Children

Child safety.

  1. Is the basin deep enough to pose a drowning risk? boundary
  2. Is play allowed? provenance

Surfaces

Slips.

Surfaces

Slip risk.

  1. Are surrounding surfaces slip-resistant? boundary
  2. Are there warning signs? boundary

What the second pass must settle

  • Should fountain types be separate entries?
  • How should drinking fountain maps be linked?
  • How should heritage fountains be linked?
Draft as JSON