series of creative works
Let an agent explain the series as a form of creative work, describe kinds across media, relay how series are catalogued and managed in metadata and law, and distinguish series from anthologies, cycles and multi-part works.
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4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Understand What a series is.
Definition
Definition and kinds.
Definition
Definition.
- What is a series of creative works, and what kinds exist across media? definition
- Is the group a series, a serial, an anthology or a multi-part work? boundary
Structure
Structure.
Structure
Structure.
- How are series structured through continuity, episodes, volumes and seasons? definition
- Which entry fits the specific format? action
Manage Cataloguing and rights.
Cataloguing
Cataloguing and metadata.
Cataloguing
Cataloguing.
- How do libraries and databases model series and their parts? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Rights
Rights and franchises.
Rights
Rights.
- How are series and franchises owned, licensed and extended? provenance
- Which entry fits media franchise? action
Create Creation and audiences.
Production
Production.
Production
Production.
- How are series planned and produced across publishing, television and podcasts? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Audiences
Audiences and criticism.
Audiences
Audiences.
- What do studies and critics say about seriality and audience engagement, with positions attributed? provenance
- Is the presentation neutral? boundary
Context History and examples.
History
History of seriality.
History
History.
- How did series develop from serialised novels to streaming shows? provenance
- Which entry fits serial fiction? action
Examples
Examples.
Examples
Examples.
- What are notable series in each medium? provenance
- Which entry fits the specific series? action
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Information and virtual systems
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- INF
- Domain
- INF.MED
- Other names and narrower kinds
- demo series, recurring Saturday Night Live sketch, collection of literary works, educational wall series, Modern Art in Master Woodcuts, podcast show, TrueMotion, AOMedia Video, documentary series, Topographic map series, Asahi Sensho, comic strip series
What it is Filled
A group of creative works produced or presented as a connected sequence under a common title or concept, such as book series, film franchises, television and podcast shows made of episodes, recurring sketches, print series, demo series in music, and collections of literary works or educational series; series structure shapes production, publication, cataloguing and audience expectation, and is distinguished from anthologies and from single works in parts.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent explain the series as a form of creative work, describe kinds across media, relay how series are catalogued and managed in metadata and law, and distinguish series from anthologies, cycles and multi-part works.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Shared title or concept
- Sequence and continuity
- Cross-media forms
- Cataloguing significance
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Reproduce or distribute works in a series without the rights holder's permission.
- Reveal plot endings to users who have asked to avoid spoilers.
- Present fan works or rumours as official entries.
- Credit a series to the wrong creators or omit co-creators.
Only with a human decision
- Publishing derived works that use a series's characters or world.
May
- List the works in a series with order, dates and creators from reliable sources.
- Distinguish canonical entries from spin-offs and fan works.
Moral aspects Filled
- Creators depend on credit and rights for their living.
- Long-running series build communities whose expectations deserve honesty.
Who is affected
- Creators and rights holders
- Audiences
- Fans
Owners Filled
Steward
The rights holder of the series, often the creator or a publisher.
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q17489659 - registry parent class
- Q17537576 - registry parent class
related
- group of works - in registry terms
- creative work - in registry terms
- episode - or volumes and parts
- anthology - a collection of unrelated works
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.series-of-creative-works
- Wikidata: Q7725310 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7725310)
- ISSN: for serial publications
- FRBR: aggregate and series concepts library modelling
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
Not applicable
Plane INF: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Connected sequence of works
- Book series, franchises, shows, print series, recurring sketches, collections
- An anthology gathers unrelated works; a serial is one work in instalments; a cycle is loosely linked
- Not a visible object; works grouped under a shared title.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- explain the form and kinds
- relay cataloguing and metadata
- describe rights and franchises
- distinguish from related forms
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Confusing series, serial and anthology
- Inconsistent metadata
- Franchise fatigue debates
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Library cataloguing rules for series
- Copyright and trademark rules for franchises
- Broadcasting and rating rules for shows
Context of use required Filled
- Organising related creative works.
- book and comic series
- film and game franchises
- television and podcast shows with episodes
- recurring sketches and segments
- print and art series
- music demo and album series
- educational and publishing series
- collections of literary works
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q7725310: series of creative works - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Series fiction - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should television series and book series be separate primary entries?
- How should cataloguing standards be linked?
- The registry entry has merged aliases naming specific series and formats; should they be split off?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q7725310/spec.json