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vr.tr.site · thing-site

Let an agent explain site as a location, relay its uses in planning, construction, archaeology, aviation and recreation from planning and domain sources, describe the named hyponyms, advise on site safety, and distinguish site from place in general, venue, website and address.

Thing Registry Physical world and living systems PHY.PLC

Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled

4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions

Understand What a site is.

Definition

Definition.

Definition

Definition.

  1. What is a site, and how does it differ from place, venue, website and address? definition
  2. Has someone found suspected unexploded ordnance at a site, in which case keep away and call police or emergency services? boundary

Hyponyms

Named hyponyms.

Hyponyms

Hyponyms.

  1. What are camps, summer and day camps, campsites, aprons and bomb sites? definition
  2. Which entry fits the specific site type? action
Planning Planning and construction.

Site selection

Site selection.

Site selection

Site selection.

  1. How are sites assessed for building projects? provenance
  2. Which references are standard? provenance

Safety

Construction site safety.

Safety

Safety.

  1. What rules protect workers and the public at construction sites? provenance
  2. Which sources are cited? provenance
Domains Domain uses.

Aviation

Airport aprons.

Aviation

Aviation.

  1. What is an airport apron, and how is it managed? provenance
  2. Which entry fits apron (aviation)? action

Camps

Camps.

Camps

Camps.

  1. How do summer and day camps operate, and what safeguarding rules apply? provenance
  2. Which entry fits summer camp? action
Context History and heritage.

Bomb sites

Post-war bomb sites.

Bomb sites

Bomb sites.

  1. How were bomb sites in cities such as London rebuilt after the Second World War? provenance
  2. Which entry fits The Blitz? action

Heritage

Heritage sites.

Heritage

Heritage.

  1. How are archaeological and heritage sites protected? provenance
  2. Which entry fits World Heritage Site? action

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
Other names and narrower kinds
camp, summer camp, day camp, apron, bomb site, campsite, campground, camping site, camping ground, bivouac, encampment, camping area

What it is Filled

In the WordNet sense, the piece of land on which something is located or is to be located, such as a building site or archaeological site, with hyponyms the registry aliases name, including campsites, camps, summer camps and day camps, which are places or programmes for temporary stays or children s activities, aprons, paved areas of airports where aircraft park, and bomb sites, places where bombs have exploded or ruined sites left by bombing; the word also has computing senses such as website, which are different. Construction and bomb-damaged sites can be hazardous and should not be entered without authorisation.

Why it exists Filled

Let an agent explain site as a location, relay its uses in planning, construction, archaeology, aviation and recreation from planning and domain sources, describe the named hyponyms, advise on site safety, and distinguish site from place in general, venue, website and address.

Distinguishing features Filled

  • Land-based location
  • Purpose-linked
  • Planning and legal relevance
  • Many compounds

What robots and AI may and may not do Filled

Must not

  • Enter or direct people onto a construction, ruined or bomb site without authorization and safety measures.
  • Disturb or remove finds from an archaeological site.
  • Touch or move suspected unexploded ordnance.
  • Treat an airport apron or a children's camp as open to the public.

Only with a human decision

  • Allowing people onto a site with known hazards.
  • Reporting a suspected archaeological find for excavation.

May

  • Describe a site's location, purpose and access rules from public or authorized information.
  • Report hazards such as open excavations or suspected unexploded ordnance to the responsible authority.

Moral aspects Filled

  • Sites hold hidden dangers, from falling materials to old bombs, that can kill bystanders.
  • Archaeological sites are irreplaceable records of the past held for everyone.

Who is affected

  • Workers on site
  • Visitors and children
  • Neighbours

Owners Filled

Steward

The landowner or site operator; heritage authorities protect archaeological sites.

Master systems

  • Land registry
  • Heritage and monuments registers

Links to other meta-models Filled

parent

  • oewn-08691133-n - registry parent class

related

  • geographic area - in WordNet terms
  • campsite
  • apron (aviation)
  • website

What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled

Identity and identifiers required Filled

  • Vercy registry: vr.tr.site
  • Open English WordNet: oewn-08668822-n
  • WordNet: oewn-08691133-n hypernym of site

Direct properties required Filled

  • WordNet hypernym: geographic area note
  • airport apron: ICAO Annex 14 term note
  • World Heritage Sites: from 1978 note - first inscriptions

Recognition required Filled

  • Land on which something is located
  • Camp, summer camp, day camp, apron, bomb site, campsite
  • Place is more general; venue hosts events; website is online; address is a postal identifier
  • Plots of land, camps, airport aprons or cleared or ruined areas.

Capabilities and actions required Filled

  • explain the location sense
  • relay domain uses
  • describe named hyponyms
  • relay site safety

Hazards and failure modes required Filled

  • Entering unsafe construction or ruined sites
  • Unexploded ordnance at former bomb sites
  • Confusing online and physical senses

Standards and interfaces required Filled

  • Planning and zoning laws
  • Construction site safety regulations
  • ICAO Annex 14 aerodromes

Context of use required Filled

  • Naming land where something is located.
  • building and construction sites
  • campsites and camps
  • airport aprons
  • archaeological and heritage sites
  • bomb sites and ruins

Sources Filled

  1. Open English WordNet 2024, synset oewn-08668822-n - sense and gloss of the concept
  2. Wiktionary: site - word senses and usage

Open questions

  • Should camp and summer camp be moved to their own entries?
  • Should the computing sense be disambiguated?
  • How should planning sources be linked?

Machine files

Provenance

thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed

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