appearance
Let an agent interpret appearance as an event of coming into sight, describe astronomical appearance events such as emersion and egress, record public and performance appearances, and separate the visible-aspect sense.
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4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Interpret Which sense.
Sense
Event or aspect.
Sense
Sense.
- Is appearance meant as an event of coming into sight or as visible aspect? boundary
- Which entry fits? action
Forms
Forms of appearance event.
Forms
Forms.
- What are emersion, egress, reappearance, manifestation and public appearance as forms of appearance event? definition
- Which domain applies here? boundary
Astronomy Astronomical events.
Emersion
Emersion and egress.
Emersion
Emersion.
- How are emersion from occultation and egress from transit defined and timed, and where are predictions published? provenance
- Which entry fits occultations? action
Observe
Observing.
Observe
Observing.
- How can an appearance event be observed and timed by amateurs? action
- Which safety cautions apply for solar events? provenance
People Appearances of people.
Public
Public appearances.
Public
Public appearances.
- How are public and court appearances recorded, and how should they be documented in data? action
- Which entry fits court procedure? action
Performance
Performance appearances.
Performance
Performance.
- How are appearances of performers and characters catalogued in film, sport and media records? provenance
- Which entry fits a specific work? action
Learn Language and teaching.
Language
Word usage.
Language
Language.
- How do the event and aspect senses of appearance relate, and how are they translated? provenance
- Which misconceptions arise? provenance
Claims
Claimed manifestations.
Claims
Claims.
- How should claimed manifestations and apparitions be described with attribution and without endorsement? boundary
- Which entry fits a specific claim? action
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Activities and processes
- Entry kind
- noun.event
- Plane
- ACT
- Domain
- ACT.EVT
- Facets: substance
- activity
- Facets: origin
- conceptual
- Facets: agency
- inert
- Facets: mobility
- not-applicable
- Facets: scale
- not-applicable
- Facets: affordances
- observable
- Other names and narrower kinds
- reappearance, egress, emersion, materialization, materialisation, manifestation, apparition, epiphany, theophany, tidal wave
What it is Filled
The event of something coming into sight or becoming perceptible, including the reappearance of an object, the emersion of a celestial body from occultation or eclipse, the egress of a body from transit, the manifestation of a phenomenon, and the arrival of a person or performer before an audience; appearance events are recorded in astronomy, in performance and public life, and in everyday description, and are distinct from appearance as visible aspect.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent interpret appearance as an event of coming into sight, describe astronomical appearance events such as emersion and egress, record public and performance appearances, and separate the visible-aspect sense.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Event in time
- Perceptibility
- Domain-specific forms
- Recordable
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Present unverified claims of apparitions or sightings as confirmed.
- Report predicted timings without stating precision and location.
- Confuse the event sense of appearance with the look of a thing or a person's appearance.
Only with a human decision
- Publishing an observation as a confirmed scientific record.
May
- Report predicted times of celestial appearances such as emersion or egress, citing ephemeris sources.
- Record observed appearances with time, place and observer.
Moral aspects Filled
- Claims of appearances, religious or otherwise, can mislead and exploit believers.
Who is affected
- Observers
- Believers
- Researchers
Owners Filled
Steward
Nobody owns the event; observatories and data centres keep records.
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- oewn-07298313-n - registry parent class
related
- event - category
- appearance - the visible-aspect sense
- beginning - first appearances as beginnings
- origin - events that begin sequences
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.appearance-event
- Open English WordNet: oewn-07336372-n
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
Not applicable
Plane ACT: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Something becomes perceptible
- Astronomical, performance or everyday
- Appearance as look or aspect is a quality, not an event
- Not physical; a moment of becoming visible.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- interpret the event sense
- describe astronomical appearance events
- record public appearances
- separate other senses
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Confusing senses
- Imprecise timing of astronomical events
- Unverified claims of appearances
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Astronomical timing conventions
- Public record conventions for appearances
- No regulation of the concept
Context of use required Filled
- Coming into sight.
- astronomical emersion and egress
- reappearance of lost or hidden things
- first and public appearances of people
- manifestation of phenomena
- appearances in performance and media
Sources Filled
- Open English WordNet 2024, synset oewn-07336372-n - sense and gloss of the concept
- Wiktionary: appearance - word senses and usage
Open questions
- Should astronomical events be separate entries?
- How should ephemerides be linked?
- How should performance records be linked?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-appearance-event/spec.json