trade
Let an agent reason about trade as commercial activity with traders, outlets, goods, licences and consumer rules, separate from occupations and from international trade policy.
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4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Trader and outlet Who trades and where.
Trader
Business identity.
Trader identity
The legal identity of the trader.
- Who is the trader, and what is their registration? provenance
- Are they licensed for this activity? boundary
Outlet
Shop, stall, online.
Outlet
The outlet type and location.
- What kind of outlet is it, and where? definition
- What are its trading hours? definition
Goods and prices What is sold and for how much.
Goods and services
What is on offer.
Offer
The goods and services offered.
- What goods or services are sold? definition
- Are any restricted, requiring age checks or licences? boundary
Pricing
Prices and terms.
Pricing
Prices and terms of sale.
- What are the prices and terms, including taxes? measurement
- Are prices displayed as required? boundary
Consumer rights Protection for buyers.
Rights
Returns, refunds, guarantees.
Rights
Rights of the buyer.
- Which return and refund rights apply? boundary
- How is a complaint made? action
Fair dealing
Misleading practices.
Fairness
Signs of unfair practice.
- Is anything in the offer misleading? boundary
- Which authority handles complaints? provenance
Regulation Licences, tax and inspection.
Licensing
Permits.
Licences
Licences held.
- Which licences does this trade require? provenance
- Are they current? boundary
Inspection
Standards and weights.
Inspection
Inspection results.
- When was the trader last inspected, with what result? provenance
- Are measures and scales certified? measurement
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Activities and processes
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- ACT
- Domain
- ACT.ACT
- Other names and narrower kinds
- Fur Brothers, coin dealer, street vending, filling station, vape shop, cash and carry, swimming pool equipment shop, illicit massage industry, unstaffed filling station, Tank S, gas station, Self service fuel station
What it is Filled
The business of buying and selling goods or services, and the commercial activity and outlets through which it is carried out, from street vending to wholesale and retail shops.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent reason about trade as commercial activity with traders, outlets, goods, licences and consumer rules, separate from occupations and from international trade policy.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Exchange of goods or services for payment
- Carried out by traders through outlets
- Subject to licensing, consumer protection and tax rules
- Trade as a craft occupation is a different sense
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Use misleading claims, hidden charges or pressure tactics on buyers.
- Offer counterfeit, unsafe or recalled goods for sale.
- Trade without the licences the jurisdiction requires.
- Give short measure or charge a price other than the one displayed.
Only with a human decision
- Committing a buyer or seller to a contract.
- Setting or changing prices for a business.
May
- Report prices, terms and product information accurately for a seller it acts for.
- Check that a trader holds the licences a stated jurisdiction requires.
Moral aspects Filled
- Fair trade relies on honesty between parties who know different things.
- Small traders and consumers are the weaker side and need protection from abuse.
Who is affected
- Buyers and consumers
- Traders and their workers
- Competitors
Owners Filled
Steward
The trader who carries on the business; trading standards and licensing authorities regulate it.
Master systems
- Business and trade licensing registers
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q8187769 - registry parent class
related
- payment - exchange for money
- trader or business - the commercial actor
- consumer protection law - rights of buyers
- international trade - trade between countries is a policy domain
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.trade
- Wikidata: Q601401 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q601401)
- business registration number: jurisdiction-specific identifies the trader
- VAT number: country prefix plus digits tax identity
- NACE or NAICS code: industry classification classifies the activity
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
Not applicable
Plane ACT: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Goods on display with prices
- Shop signs, trading names and licences on display
- Payment points
- Shops, markets, stalls, filling stations, cash-and-carry warehouses and online stores, with goods on display and prices.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- buy and sell goods and services
- license and register a trading business
- set prices and terms, within consumer law
- inspect traders, for standards and fair dealing
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Unfair or misleading practices
- Unsafe or counterfeit goods
- Unlicensed trading
- Price errors and short measure
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Consumer protection law, such as the EU Consumer Rights Directive
- Trading licences and street trading rules
- Weights and measures law
- Tax law on sales
Context of use required Filled
- Getting goods and services from producers to buyers in exchange for payment.
- retail: shops, supermarkets, specialist shops
- wholesale and cash and carry
- street vending and markets
- online commerce
- service stations and dealers such as coin dealers
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q601401: trade - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Trade - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should kinds of outlet be separate entries?
- How should trade as activity and trade as occupation be separated?
- Which industry classification should the registry use?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q601401/spec.json