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plate

vr.tr.plate · PHY.OBJ

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.

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 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.

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.

What it is for: Serving and eating food.

It can be explain kinds and materials; relay history and manufacture; relay safety standards; distinguish other senses.

Distinguishing features

Flat form

Tableware role

Many materials

Homonymous senses

What it looks like

A flat round dish with a slightly raised rim.

Physical character

dinner plate diameter: about 25-28 cm - typical

How it is recognised

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

Related models

is a kind of - in registry terms

dish

is a kind of - in registry terms

flat object

is part of - with bowls and cups

tableware

is made of - among other materials

ceramic

In practice

Families and kinds

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

Standards and regulation

Food contact material regulations

Lead and cadmium limits for ceramic glazes

Microwave and dishwasher safety labelling

Failure modes and hazards

Lead leaching from old glazes

Breakage

Confusing senses of plate

Also called

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Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Also registered as vr.tr.plate-5

Drafted structure

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

Identify What plate this is.

Identity.

Kind

Kinds.

Kind

Kind.

  1. What kinds of plate exist, and how are they used in table settings? definition
  2. Is the object a plate, a bowl, a platter or another sense of plate? boundary

Materials

Materials.

Materials

Materials.

  1. What materials are plates made from, and how do they differ in use and care? definition
  2. Which entry fits the specific material? action
Make Manufacture and safety.

Regulation.

Manufacture

Manufacture.

Manufacture

Manufacture.

  1. How are ceramic, glass and plastic plates made? provenance
  2. Which entry fits pottery? action

Safety

Safety.

Safety

Safety.

  1. What food safety rules apply to plates, including glaze limits? provenance
  2. Which references are standard? provenance
Culture History and culture.

Context.

History

History.

History

History.

  1. How did plates develop from trenchers and ancient dishes to modern tableware? provenance
  2. Which sources are cited? provenance

Ceremonial

Ceremonial plates.

Ceremonial

Ceremonial.

  1. What are offering plates, votive plates and other ceremonial plates, with attribution? provenance
  2. Which entry fits the specific object? action
Context Collecting and senses.

Context.

Collecting

Collecting.

Collecting

Collecting.

  1. How are decorative and antique plates collected and valued? provenance
  2. Which entry fits ceramics collecting? action

Senses

Other senses.

Senses

Senses.

  1. How is plate used for metal sheets, tectonic plates, licence plates and printing plates? provenance
  2. Which entry fits the specific sense? action

What the second pass must settle

  • 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?
Draft as JSON