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vr.tr.transport · thing-q7590

Let an agent reason about transport as movement with a mode, a route, a carrier, a time and a cost, and separate the activity from the vehicles and the infrastructure.

Thing Registry Activities and processes ACT.PRC
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

Mode and route How and where movement happens.

Mode

Road, rail, water, air or other.

Mode used

The mode and vehicle types.

  1. Which mode and vehicles are used? definition
  2. Which alternative modes exist for this route? definition

Route

Origin, destination and path.

Route details

The route and its stops.

  1. What route does this movement follow, via which stops? definition
  2. What distance and time does it take? measurement
Service and carrier Who provides it and how.

Carrier

Operator of the service.

Carrier identity

The carrier and its licensing.

  1. Which carrier operates this service, and under what licence? provenance
  2. Who is liable if something goes wrong? boundary

Booking and price

Tickets and contracts.

Commercial terms

The price, ticket and terms.

  1. How is this service booked, and at what price? definition
  2. What are the rules for changes and refunds? boundary
Performance Reliability, capacity and emissions.

Reliability

Punctuality and cancellations.

Reliability record

Punctuality statistics.

  1. How punctual and reliable is this service? measurement
  2. From which source do the statistics come? provenance

Energy and emissions

Environmental impact.

Emissions estimate

Emissions per passenger or tonne.

  1. What are the emissions per passenger-km or tonne-km? measurement
  2. Which method produced that estimate? provenance
Safety and rights Rules protecting people.

Safety

Safety rules and record.

Safety regime

The safety rules and incident record.

  1. Which safety rules apply to this mode and service? provenance
  2. What is its safety record? measurement

Passenger and shipper rights

Compensation and accessibility.

Rights in force

The rights applying to users.

  1. Which passenger or shipper rights apply? provenance
  2. How is a claim made? action

Classifiers Filled

Family
Thing Registry
Category
Activities and processes
Entry kind
thing
Plane
ACT
Domain
ACT.PRC
Other names and narrower kinds
airbridge, Liman irrigation system, hoverboard-like vehicle, europlate, Ola S1, pneumatic conveying, towing monopoly, mule train, Theatrical jousting, SailRail, Navigational Warning, message in a bottle

What it is Filled

The movement of people, animals or goods from one place to another, by any mode, and the systems, infrastructure and services that make that movement possible.

Why it exists Filled

Let an agent reason about transport as movement with a mode, a route, a carrier, a time and a cost, and separate the activity from the vehicles and the infrastructure.

Distinguishing features Filled

  • An activity and a system, not a vehicle
  • Defined by mode, route and carrier
  • Passenger and freight transport are organised and regulated differently
  • Includes non-motorised movement such as walking and cycling

What robots and AI may and may not do Filled

Must not

  • Book or charge for transport without the payer's approval.
  • Route dangerous goods in breach of the rules for their carriage.
  • Assist in smuggling people or goods.
  • Share a traveller's itinerary or location without consent.

Only with a human decision

  • Changing or cancelling bookings that cost money.
  • Accepting carriage of dangerous goods.

May

  • Plan and book trips or shipments within the traveller's or shipper's instructions.
  • Report delays, disruptions and safety notices from carriers and authorities.

Moral aspects Filled

  • Transport access shapes who can reach work, care and family.
  • Transport kills and injures people and produces emissions borne by others.

Who is affected

  • Passengers and travellers
  • Other road and route users
  • People living along routes

Owners Filled

Steward

The carrier for the service; infrastructure managers and transport authorities for the network.

Master systems

  • Vehicle and operator licensing registers

Links to other meta-models Filled

parent

  • Q4284762 - registry parent class
  • Q451967 - registry parent class

related

  • vehicle - cars, buses, trains, ships and aircraft are separate models
  • road and other infrastructure - infrastructure is a separate model
  • carrier - the operator of the service
  • passenger-km and tonne-km - the standard activity measures

What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled

Identity and identifiers required Filled

  • Vercy registry: vr.tr.transport
  • Wikidata: Q7590 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7590)
  • GTFS: feed of routes, stops and trips public transit schedules
  • UN/LOCODE: five-character location code ports and terminals

Direct properties not applicable Not applicable

  • speed: 5-900 km/h - from walking to jet aircraft
  • energy intensity: 0.1-3 MJ per passenger-km - rail and bus low, private car and air high

Plane ACT: no invented physical properties.

Recognition optional Filled

  • A vehicle in motion on a route
  • Terminals, stops and stations where modes meet
  • Tickets, bills of lading and timetables as records of the service
  • Vehicles moving on infrastructure: roads, rails, waterways, air routes and pipelines, with stations, ports and terminals where movement begins and ends.

Capabilities and actions required Filled

  • plan a trip or a shipment, across modes
  • buy or book it, as a service from a carrier
  • measure it, in passenger-kilometres or tonne-kilometres
  • regulate it, for safety, emissions and access

Hazards and failure modes required Filled

  • Accidents, which are the main hazard of every mode
  • Delays and cancellations that break connections
  • Emissions and noise
  • Dangerous goods incidents

Standards and interfaces required Filled

  • National transport safety regulations by mode
  • ICAO and IMO rules for air and sea transport
  • ADR, RID and IMDG codes for dangerous goods
  • Passenger rights regulations

Context of use required Filled

  • Moving people and goods to where they need to be.
  • by mode: road, rail, water, air, pipeline, cable, active travel
  • by load: passenger, freight
  • by service: public, private, shared, on-demand
  • by scale: local, regional, long distance, international

Sources Filled

  1. Wikidata item Q7590: transport - identity and sense of the item
  2. Wikipedia: Transport - general description of the item

Open questions

  • Should the registry model each mode as a child entry of transport?
  • How should multimodal trips be represented?
  • Which metrics should the model carry for comparison across modes?

Machine files

Card as JSON Specification Card backlog vercy.card/1

Provenance

thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed

Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q7590/spec.json