plate
Let an agent explain plates as tableware, describe kinds, materials and uses, relay history and collecting, and distinguish the dish from other senses of plate such as metal sheets, tectonic plates and licence plates.
Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled
4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Identify What plate this is.
Kind
Kinds.
Kind
Kind.
- What kinds of plate exist, and how are they used in table settings? definition
- Is the object a plate, a bowl, a platter or another sense of plate? boundary
Materials
Materials.
Materials
Materials.
- What materials are plates made from, and how do they differ in use and care? definition
- Which entry fits the specific material? action
Make Manufacture and safety.
Manufacture
Manufacture.
Manufacture
Manufacture.
- How are ceramic, glass and plastic plates made? provenance
- Which entry fits pottery? action
Safety
Safety.
Safety
Safety.
- What food safety rules apply to plates, including glaze limits? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Culture History and culture.
History
History.
History
History.
- How did plates develop from trenchers and ancient dishes to modern tableware? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Ceremonial
Ceremonial plates.
Ceremonial
Ceremonial.
- What are offering plates, votive plates and other ceremonial plates, with attribution? provenance
- Which entry fits the specific object? action
Context Collecting and senses.
Collecting
Collecting.
Collecting
Collecting.
- How are decorative and antique plates collected and valued? provenance
- Which entry fits ceramics collecting? action
Senses
Other senses.
Senses
Senses.
- How is plate used for metal sheets, tectonic plates, licence plates and printing plates? provenance
- Which entry fits the specific sense? action
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Physical world and living systems
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- PHY
- Domain
- PHY.OBJ
- Other names and narrower kinds
- Attic black-figure votive plate, soup plate, offering plate, plate based, weighing pan, plate of bread, plate plant pot, decorative dish, Aaruku, inturned dish, chicken feeder, pedestal dish
What it is Filled
A flat or shallow dish, usually round, from which food is eaten or served, made of ceramic, glass, metal, wood or plastic in forms such as dinner plates, soup plates, side plates and chargers, with related items such as offering plates in churches, votive plates in ancient Greece, weighing pans and plates as a serving of food such as a plate of bread; plates are basic tableware, subject to food-contact safety rules, and are collected as decorative and historical objects.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent explain plates as tableware, describe kinds, materials and uses, relay history and collecting, and distinguish the dish from other senses of plate such as metal sheets, tectonic plates and licence plates.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Flat form
- Tableware role
- Many materials
- Homonymous senses
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Serve food on a plate that is cracked, chipped or not intended for food use.
- Serve food on decorative or antique ware that may release lead or cadmium.
- Serve a person food on a plate that has contacted an allergen they declared.
- Handle or move ceremonial or museum ware without the keeper's authority.
Only with a human decision
- Deciding which ware may be used for serving food in a household or business.
May
- Identify plate types and materials, and set a table on request.
- Report whether a plate is marked as safe for food, microwave or dishwasher use.
Moral aspects Filled
- Glazes on decorative and old ware can contaminate food.
- Broken ceramic injures hands, and chipped ware harbours bacteria.
Who is affected
- People who eat from it
- Kitchen and service workers
- Keepers of heirloom or museum ware
Owners Filled
Steward
The household or business that keeps it; museums hold the ware in their collections.
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q113518695 - registry parent class
- Q97659338 - registry parent class
related
- dish - in registry terms
- flat object - in registry terms
- tableware - with bowls and cups
- ceramic - among other materials
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.plate
- Wikidata: Q57216 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q57216)
Direct properties required Filled
- dinner plate diameter: about 25-28 cm - typical
Recognition required Filled
- Flat dish for food
- Dinner, soup, side, charger, offering and votive plates
- Bowls are deeper; platters are larger serving dishes; a metal plate is a sheet
- A flat round dish with a slightly raised rim.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- explain kinds and materials
- relay history and manufacture
- relay safety standards
- distinguish other senses
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Lead leaching from old glazes
- Breakage
- Confusing senses of plate
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Food contact material regulations
- Lead and cadmium limits for ceramic glazes
- Microwave and dishwasher safety labelling
Context of use required Filled
- Serving and eating food.
- dinner, side, dessert and soup plates
- chargers and service plates
- paper and disposable plates
- ceremonial plates such as offering plates and ancient votive plates
- decorative and commemorative plates
- weighing pans as a related flat form
- a plate of food as a serving
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q57216: plate - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Plate (dishware) - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should soup plate and charger be separate entries?
- How should food safety standards be linked?
- The registry entry has merged aliases naming ceremonial objects, a weighing pan and a serving; should they be split off?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q57216/spec.json