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vr.tr.store · thing-store

Let an agent handle stores and stocks by content, quantity, location, rotation and security, separate from shops.

Thing Registry Society, people and institutions SOC.ECO
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

Content What is stored.

Items

Goods and resources.

Items

Contents.

  1. What is kept in the store? definition
  2. How much? measurement

Purpose

Why kept.

Purpose

Purpose.

  1. What is the store for: trade, emergency, household? definition
  2. How long must it last? measurement
Management Records and rotation.

Records

Inventory.

Records

Records.

  1. Is stock recorded accurately? boundary
  2. How often is it counted? measurement

Rotation

First in, first out.

Rotation

Rotation.

  1. Is stock rotated before expiry? action
  2. What is wasted? measurement
Safety Storage conditions.

Conditions

Temperature and pests.

Conditions

Storage conditions.

  1. Are temperature, humidity and pests controlled? boundary
  2. Which rules apply? provenance

Hazardous

Fuel and chemicals.

Hazardous

Hazardous stores.

  1. Are fuels or chemicals stored within legal limits? boundary
  2. Is ventilation adequate? boundary
Senses Disambiguation.

Shop

Retail.

Shop

Shop sense.

  1. Is a shop meant instead? boundary
  2. Which entry fits? action

Computing

Data store.

Computing

Computing sense.

  1. Is a data store meant? boundary
  2. Which entry fits? action

Classifiers Filled

Family
Thing Registry
Category
Society, people and institutions
Entry kind
noun.possession
Plane
SOC
Domain
SOC.ECO
Facets: substance
social
Facets: origin
conceptual
Facets: agency
inert
Facets: mobility
not-applicable
Facets: scale
not-applicable
Facets: affordances
observable
Other names and narrower kinds
infrastructure, base, hoard, cache, stash, stock, fund, provision, seed stock, seed corn, seed grain

What it is Filled

A supply of something kept available for future use, such as a stock of goods, a reserve of food or fuel, a cache or a hoard; also the infrastructure base that holds it.

Why it exists Filled

Let an agent handle stores and stocks by content, quantity, location, rotation and security, separate from shops.

Distinguishing features Filled

  • Kept for future use
  • Needs rotation and records
  • Can be strategic or personal
  • Must be stored safely

What robots and AI may and may not do Filled

Must not

  • Release reserves held for emergencies without authority.
  • Misreport stock levels to hide loss or hoarding.
  • Store incompatible or hazardous goods together against safety rules.
  • Take from a store that belongs to someone else.

Only with a human decision

  • Drawing down emergency or strategic reserves.
  • Writing off or destroying stock.

May

  • Count and report stock levels and use-by dates in stores it is authorized to manage.
  • Plan rotation so that older stock is used first.

Moral aspects Filled

  • Reserves of food, fuel and medicine can decide who gets through a crisis.
  • Hoarding in shortages harms people who cannot stock up.

Who is affected

  • People who depend on the reserve
  • Owners of the stock
  • Workers handling it

Owners Filled

Steward

The person or body that keeps the store.

Links to other meta-models Filled

parent

  • oewn-13387866-n - registry parent class

related

  • supply - category
  • warehouse - place
  • inventory management - practice
  • store (shop) - another sense

What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled

Identity and identifiers required Filled

  • Vercy registry: vr.tr.store
  • Open English WordNet: oewn-13388243-n

Direct properties not applicable Not applicable

Not applicable

Plane SOC: no invented physical properties.

Recognition optional Filled

  • Inventories and stock levels
  • Reserves such as strategic stocks
  • A shop is a different sense
  • Stockpiles, larders, warehouses, caches and reserves.

Capabilities and actions required Filled

  • count and record stock
  • rotate stock to avoid waste
  • keep emergency reserves
  • secure and protect stores

Hazards and failure modes required Filled

  • Spoilage and expiry
  • Unsafe storage of fuels
  • Hoarding in shortages

Standards and interfaces required Filled

  • Food storage hygiene rules
  • Fuel and chemical storage regulations
  • Emergency preparedness guidance

Context of use required Filled

  • Ensuring availability when needed.
  • household food stores
  • business inventory
  • strategic and emergency reserves
  • caches and hoards

Sources Filled

  1. Open English WordNet 2024, synset oewn-13388243-n - sense and gloss of the concept
  2. Wiktionary: store - word senses and usage

Open questions

  • Should store types be separate entries?
  • How should stock levels be recorded?
  • How should the shop sense be split off?

Machine files

Card as JSON Specification Card backlog vercy.card/1

Provenance

thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed

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