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World Heritage Site

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Let an agent explain World Heritage Sites and their criteria, find sites and their status, support visiting responsibly, and describe threats and nominations with official sources.

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 World Heritage Sites and their criteria, find sites and their status, support visiting responsibly, and describe threats and nominations with official sources.

A landmark or area with legal protection under the 1972 UNESCO World Heritage Convention, inscribed by the World Heritage Committee for outstanding universal value as cultural, natural or mixed heritage; sites in serious threat may be placed on the List of World Heritage in Danger, and states parties are responsible for their protection.

What it is for: Protecting heritage of outstanding universal value.

It can be find World Heritage Sites by country or type; explain inscription criteria and process; check status including in-danger listing; support responsible visiting.

Distinguishing features

Outstanding universal value

Inscribed by the World Heritage Committee

Cultural, natural or mixed

Protected under the Convention

What it looks like

Monuments, cities, landscapes and natural areas, often marked with the World Heritage emblem.

How it is recognised

World Heritage emblem

Inscribed on the official list

National heritage lists are separate

Related models

is a kind of - category

cultural heritage

is a kind of - category

natural heritage

is designated by - body

UNESCO

is related to - geographic distribution

continent

In practice

Families and kinds

cultural sites

natural sites

mixed sites

sites in danger

transboundary and serial sites

Identifiers

World Heritage ID numeric site reference UNESCO list

Standards and regulation

World Heritage Convention 1972

Operational Guidelines for the Implementation of the World Heritage Convention

National heritage protection law

Failure modes and hazards

Over-tourism and damage

Conflict and climate threats

Outdated status information

Also called

UNESCO world natural heritage siteWorld Heritage Mixed SiteWorld Heritage in Dangermixed heritage sitenegative world heritageWorld Heritage Sites in UgandaUNESCO building site in ChinaUNESCO World Heritage Site record modificationWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)UNESCO world cultural heritage site

Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Drafted structure

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

Find Sites and status.

Official list.

Sites

Which sites.

Sites

Sites.

  1. Which World Heritage Sites are in this country or region, according to the UNESCO list? provenance
  2. Which type is each? definition

Status

Current status.

Status

Status.

  1. Is the site on the List of World Heritage in Danger, and why? provenance
  2. When was it inscribed? provenance
Criteria How sites are chosen.

Criteria define value.

Value

Outstanding universal value.

Value

Criteria.

  1. Under which criteria was this site inscribed, and what is its outstanding universal value? provenance
  2. What are the ten criteria? provenance

Process

Nomination.

Process

Nomination.

  1. How does nomination and inscription work, including tentative lists? provenance
  2. Which advisory bodies evaluate nominations? provenance
Visit Visiting responsibly.

Protect while visiting.

Practical

Visitor information.

Practical

Visitor information.

  1. How can the site be visited, and what rules apply? provenance
  2. Are there visitor limits or tickets? provenance

Responsible

Reducing impact.

Responsible

Responsible visiting.

  1. How can visitors reduce their impact on the site? action
  2. Which local communities benefit from tourism? provenance
Protect Threats and management.

Protection is a duty.

Threats

Risks to the site.

Threats

Threats.

  1. Which threats does the site face, according to monitoring reports? provenance
  2. What actions has the Committee requested? provenance

Debates

Contested sites.

Debates

Contested sites.

  1. Is the inscription or management of this site contested, and by whom? boundary
  2. Are positions attributed neutrally? boundary

What the second pass must settle

  • Should each site be a separate entry?
  • How should the official list be linked?
  • How should visitor guidance be localised?
Draft as JSON