Published
manuscript
vr.tr.manuscript · thing-q87167
Let an agent handle manuscripts by type, holding institution, shelfmark, dating, conservation and digitised access, and separate the publishing sense.
Thing Registry Information and virtual systems INF.MED
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
Object Which manuscript.
Holding
Institution.
Holding
Holding institution.
- Which institution holds the manuscript, and what is its shelfmark? provenance
- Is it digitised? provenance
Dating
Date and origin.
Dating
Dating.
- When and where was it written, according to catalogues? provenance
- How was it dated? definition
Study Scholarship.
Script
Palaeography.
Script
Script.
- Which script and language is it written in? definition
- Is a transcription available? provenance
Provenance
Ownership history.
Provenance
Ownership history.
- What is its ownership history? provenance
- Are there questions of illicit removal? boundary
Care Conservation.
Conservation
Handling.
Conservation
Conservation.
- How should a fragile manuscript be handled and stored? action
- Who should be consulted? action
Access
Reading rooms.
Access
Access.
- How can a researcher request access? action
- Are digital surrogates preferred? provenance
Publishing Author manuscripts.
Submission
Preparing.
Submission
Submission.
- How should a manuscript be formatted for this publisher or journal? provenance
- Which guidelines apply? provenance
Rights
Copyright.
Rights
Rights.
- Who holds copyright in the unpublished manuscript? provenance
- Is legal advice needed? boundary
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Information and virtual systems
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- INF
- Domain
- INF.MED
- Other names and narrower kinds
- Nachlass, roll of arms, Keputusan, Kanda, Gĕguritan Sundari Trus, chirograph, Church Slavonic manuscript, Hadith manuscripts, genealogical roll, Moscow Missal, medieval manuscript, Hebrew manuscript
What it is Filled
A document written by hand, whether historical or contemporary, such as a codex, scroll, letter or draft, including literary, historical, religious and scientific texts, distinguished from printed or mechanically reproduced documents by its handwritten production.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent handle manuscripts by type, holding institution, shelfmark, dating, conservation and digitised access, and separate the publishing sense.
Distinguishing features Filled
- It is a handwritten text that may be historical or contemporary.
- It is a unique object.
- It is identified by a shelfmark.
- It needs conservation.
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Handle or expose fragile manuscripts outside the holder's conservation rules.
- Help forge, launder or trade manuscripts illicitly.
- Present an uncertain date or attribution as established.
- Publish an author's unpublished manuscript without permission.
Only with a human decision
- Lending, selling or digitizing a manuscript.
- Publishing a transcription of an unpublished work.
May
- Catalogue and describe manuscripts from images and records the holder makes available.
- Transcribe and date manuscripts, stating the evidence and confidence.
Moral aspects Filled
- Manuscripts are irreplaceable cultural heritage.
- Authors' unpublished work and private letters deserve protection.
Who is affected
- Holding libraries and archives
- Authors and their heirs
- Researchers and communities
Owners Filled
Steward
The library, archive or person who holds it; authors or heirs hold the rights to unpublished work.
Master systems
- Manuscript catalogues of libraries and archives
- Registers of stolen cultural property
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q110304307 - registry parent class
- Q11826511 - registry parent class
- Q18593264 - registry parent class
- Q234460 - registry parent class
- Q49848 - registry parent class
related
- document - category
- library and archive - institution
- palaeography and codicology - field
- manuscript (publishing) - another sense
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.manuscript
- Wikidata: Q87167 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q87167)
- Shelfmark: institution-specific holding identifier
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
Not applicable
Plane INF: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Shelfmarks such as library and number
- Scripts and illuminations
- Printed books are not manuscripts
- Handwritten pages on parchment, paper, palm leaf or papyrus, bound or rolled; or typescripts.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- find where a manuscript is held
- access digitised manuscripts
- understand dating and provenance
- prepare a manuscript for submission
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Handling damage and light exposure
- Forgeries and illicit trade
- Mis-dated manuscripts
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- IIIF for digitised images
- Cultural property export and repatriation rules
- Copyright for unpublished works
Context of use required Filled
- Preserving texts, scholarship and publishing.
- codices
- scrolls and rolls
- palm-leaf manuscripts
- letters and personal papers
- author manuscripts and typescripts
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q87167: manuscript - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Manuscript - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should each manuscript be a separate entry?
- How should shelfmarks be normalised?
- How should the publishing sense be split off?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q87167/spec.json