Cultural Artifact & Heritage
Artifacts of cultural and historical value
Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Incomplete
4 bundles · 8 layers · 0 findings · 0 questions
object What the artifact is
artifactIdentity
titles, accession numbers, physical description, measurements
materialsAndTechnique
materials, techniques and marks of making
significance
assessed cultural and historical significance with basis and assessor
provenance How we know its history
provenanceChain
chronological record of making, ownership, transfer and discovery episodes
attributionResearch
maker, date and origin hypotheses with evidence and standing
care Keeping the artifact safe and whole
conservationCondition
condition surveys and treatments
custodyAndLoan
current custodian, collection membership, loans and movements
protection Public protection standing
heritageDesignation
listings, protection categories, export restrictions and their basis
Note: Legacy card: layers named, findings and questions never written.
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- World Models
- Category
- Physical world and living systems
- Entry kind
- standalone-mm
- Navigation path
- NAV.PHY.OBJ.HER
- Domain
- PHY.OBJ.HER
- Industry
- Cross-industry
- Tags
- culturalartifactphy.obj.her
- Also called
- M9
What it is Derived, awaiting review
This meta-model describes artifacts of cultural and historical significance: the object itself with its materials and making, the provenance chain and attribution research that establish what it is and where it has been, and the designation, conservation and custody apparatus that protects it.
Note: First sentence of the legacy card introduction.
Why it exists Filled
Artifacts of cultural and historical value
Distinguishing features Derived, awaiting review
- It is its own model because for heritage objects the history of the object is as much the subject as the object, and because designation and repatriation semantics exist for no other item family.
What robots and AI may and may not do Missing, in the backlog
Not described yet. This gap is in the card backlog.
Moral aspects Missing, in the backlog
Not described yet. This gap is in the card backlog.
Owners Filled
Steward
Each artifact record is stewarded by its custodian, with a heritage authority archetype stewarding the designation layer; all research, loan and disclosure access is granted by the record owner through the catalogue's S1/S2 ownership and access models, and custody movements are traceable via S4 audit.
Links to other meta-models Filled
extends
- world.physicalItem - an artifact is an item; instance identity, condition and custody mechanics are inherited and deepened.
references
- world.materialSubstance - materials and technique media resolve to substance and material classes.
- world.person - makers, previous owners and researchers resolve to person identities.
- world.organization - museums, galleries and custodian institutions resolve to organization identities.
- world.place - find sites, origin regions and display locations resolve to place identities.
imports
- cidoc-crm - ALIGN: event-centred documentation semantics for provenance and custody.
- lido - ALIGN: exchange format alignment for object descriptions.
- spectrum - ALIGN: collections management procedure alignment for accession, loan and condition workflows.
requires
- vr.wm-mat-002
- vr.wm-plc-001
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Incomplete
Identity and identifiers required Missing, in the backlog
Not described yet. This gap is in the card backlog.
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
Not applicable
Institutional or informational subject: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Missing, in the backlog
Not described yet. This gap is in the card backlog.
Capabilities and actions required Derived, awaiting review
- artifactAccessioned: the object entered documented custody with an accession identity.
- provenanceEntryAdded: research added or corrected an episode in the provenance chain.
- attributionRevised: an attribution changed standing on new evidence.
- designationGranted: a protection listing took effect for the object.
- conservationTreatmentCompleted: a treatment or survey was completed and recorded.
- loanStarted: the object left its custodian under a loan agreement.
- loanReturned: the object returned from loan and the overlay closed.
- artifactRepatriated: custody transferred to a claimant community or origin custodian.
Legacy events listed as state transitions.
Hazards and failure modes optional Missing, in the backlog
Not described yet. This gap is in the card backlog.
Standards and interfaces required Derived, awaiting review
- researchAccess: custodian-granted access to provenance and attribution layers for named researchers.
- exhibitionLoanAgreement: the data counterpart of a loan, defining what object data travels with the loan and who may see it.
- reproductionLicence: permission to reproduce images and descriptions of the object under stated terms.
- provenanceDisclosure: disclosure of the custody and provenance chain to a claimant, court or diligence party.
- publicCatalogueView: identity, description, imagery references and accepted attribution; omits location, security and loan details.
- scholarlyView: full provenance chain, attribution research and conservation history; omits security logistics.
- custodyAuditView: custody records, loans and designations; omits research content.
Context of use required Missing, in the backlog
Not described yet. This gap is in the card backlog.
Sources Missing, in the backlog
Not described yet. This gap is in the card backlog.
Open questions
- Superseded by a researched world model? Map this legacy card to its successor or retire it.
Machine files
Provenance
legacy MMAS card (world-models v0.2) · legacy
Built from: models/world-m9-cultural-artifact-and-heritage/spec.yaml, models/docs/matter-artifacts/M9-cultural-artifact-and-heritage.md