assembly
also called assembly state
How the furniture arrives and what assembly it needs — pre-assembled (ships ready-to-use, e.g. a one-piece moulded plastic chair) or flat-pack (ships disassembled in a box for the buyer to build, the IKEA model; 'knock-down' is the same buyer-assembled state under the trade name). A primary furniture buy concern (pre-assembled vs flat-pack trades off price, transport and effort). assembly is technically answerable on many products, but for most it is invariantly pre-assembled and not a stated varying slot; it homes here on Furniture — the lowest node where it genuinely VARIES and is selected — not on root Product, exactly as insulation homes on the insulated-vessel band not on Product. Distinct from `installation_type` (A11): that is how a built-in/freestanding appliance is fitted to a space, not the ship-state assembly of furniture. Concern facet, axis-eligible.
Assembly is answered with one word chosen from the assembly states list — the same word shared across every product that uses it.
It belongs to facet — one facet of a product.
asked by the kinds that answer it
3 kinds answer it, each for a single value. The same question can be reused by unrelated kinds — one meaning, many homes.
asked by kinds that answer it
The same question can be reused by unrelated kinds — one meaning, many homes.
| kind | how many |
|---|---|
| furniture | required · one |