side
Let an agent explain side as an external surface of an object, describe how sides are named in geometry, architecture, vehicles and ships, distinguish this sense from directional, sporting and partisan senses, and route footwear parts to their own entries.
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.
Researched by: Claude
Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled
4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Meaning What side means here.
Definition
Surface sense.
Definition
Definition.
- What is a side as an external surface, and how does it differ from other senses? definition
- Is the question about a surface, a direction, a team or a party? boundary
Naming
Naming sides.
Naming
Naming.
- How are sides named in geometry, architecture, vehicles and ships, such as the bilge? definition
- Which entry fits the specific part? action
Domains Sides in practice.
Drawing
Engineering views.
Drawing
Drawing.
- How do engineering and architectural drawings represent sides and faces? provenance
- Which entry fits orthographic projection? action
Footwear
Footwear parts.
Footwear
Footwear.
- What are the sole, insole, half sole and heel of a shoe, in outline? provenance
- Which entry fits shoe anatomy? action
Language Language.
Senses
Other senses.
Senses
Senses.
- How is side used for directions, teams, parties and viewpoints? provenance
- Which entry fits the specific sense? action
Idiom
Idioms.
Idiom
Idiom.
- What idioms use side, and how do languages differ? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Context Geometry and design.
Geometry
Faces and sides.
Geometry
Geometry.
- How do geometers count sides and faces of polygons and polyhedra? provenance
- Which entry fits face in geometry? action
Design
Design.
Design
Design.
- How are sides treated in product and packaging design? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Physical world and living systems
- Entry kind
- noun.location
- Plane
- PHY
- Domain
- PHY.PLC
- Facets: substance
- place
- Facets: origin
- natural
- Facets: agency
- inert
- Facets: mobility
- fixed
- Facets: scale
- geographic
- Facets: affordances
- observable
- Also called
- base, bilge, bilges, half sole, heel, insole, innersole, outsole, sole, spike heel, spike, stiletto heel
What it is Filled
A surface forming part of the outside of an object, one of the faces or lateral surfaces that bound it, as in the sides of a box, a building, a vehicle or a ship, where the bilge is the lowest part of the hull, and in footwear the sole, heel, insole and half sole are surfaces and parts; the side as a surface differs from a side as a direction, a team or a party, which are separate senses.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent explain side as an external surface of an object, describe how sides are named in geometry, architecture, vehicles and ships, distinguish this sense from directional, sporting and partisan senses, and route footwear parts to their own entries.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Outer face
- Named by position
- Domain-specific terms
- Many homonymous senses
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Use left or right without stating whose viewpoint when it matters for safety.
- Confuse port and starboard or near and off side in instructions to operators.
- Climb, mark or alter the side of a building or vehicle it is not authorized to change.
Only with a human decision
- Directing work on the outer side of a building at height.
May
- Describe which side of an object or building a feature is on, with a stated frame of reference.
- Report damage, markings or obstructions on a given side of a structure or vehicle.
Moral aspects Filled
- Ambiguous sides cause wrong-site errors in surgery, demolition and repair.
- The side of a building facing the street is often a shared space with rules.
Who is affected
- Workers and operators
- Owners of the object
- Passers-by
Owners Filled
Steward
The owner of the object or building it belongs to.
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- oewn-08677970-n - registry parent class
related
- surface - in general terms
- physical object - as its boundary
- side - in the directional or team sense
- bilge - as the lowest hull side, in registry terms
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Incomplete
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.side-location
- Open English WordNet: oewn-08527687-n
Direct properties required Missing, in the backlog
Not described yet. This gap is in the card backlog.
Recognition required Filled
- External surface of an object
- Sides of boxes, buildings, vehicles, hulls; bilge; footwear surfaces
- Side as direction, team or party is a different sense
- An outer face of an object.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- explain the surface sense
- relay naming conventions
- distinguish other senses
- route to specific parts
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Confusing senses of side
- Ambiguous naming of faces
- Registry aliases mixing unrelated parts
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Engineering drawing conventions for views and faces
- No regulation
Context of use required Filled
- Not applicable; a part of an object.
- faces of geometric solids
- sides of buildings and rooms
- sides of vehicles and hulls including the bilge
- footwear surfaces such as sole, heel, insole and half sole
- sides of paper, coins and records
- sides in other senses: direction, team, party
Sources Missing, in the backlog
Not described yet. This gap is in the card backlog.
Note: Written from model knowledge without web access; claims are unverified.
Open questions
- Should face in geometry be the primary linked entry?
- How should footwear parts be split off?
- How should the directional sense be recorded?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-side-location/spec.json