case
Let an agent explain case as an instance or occurrence, describe how cases are identified, counted and studied across fields such as medicine, law and research, support reasoning from cases to categories, and separate this sense from other meanings of the word.
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4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Understand What a case is.
Concept
Concept and senses.
Concept
Concept.
- What is a case as an instance or occurrence, and how does it differ from legal, grammatical and container senses? definition
- Which sense of case is meant? boundary
Fields
Cases across fields.
Fields
Fields.
- How are cases defined and counted in epidemiology, research, incident reporting and classification? provenance
- Which entry fits a specific field? action
Reason Reasoning with cases.
Case-based
Case-based reasoning.
Case-based
Case-based.
- How can this case be analysed and related to similar cases and general categories? action
- Is generalisation from few cases justified? boundary
Studies
Case studies.
Studies
Studies.
- How are case studies designed and used in research and teaching? provenance
- Which entry fits research methods? action
Count Counting cases.
Definitions
Case definitions.
Definitions
Definitions.
- How do case definitions determine what is counted in surveillance and statistics? provenance
- Which entry fits epidemiology? action
Records
Case records.
Records
Records.
- How are cases recorded and managed in case management systems? provenance
- Which entry fits case management? action
Learn Language and teaching.
Language
Words for instances.
Language
Language.
- How do case, instance, example and occurrence differ in usage? definition
- Which references are standard? provenance
Teach
Teaching.
Teach
Teaching.
- How can reasoning from cases be taught? action
- Which misconceptions arise? provenance
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
- instance, example, humiliation, mortification, piece, bit
What it is Filled
An occurrence or instance of something, a single example of a kind of event, situation or condition, as in a case of illness, a case of fraud, a case for study or a particular instance that exemplifies a general category; in this sense case denotes the individual occurrence considered against a type, and is distinct from legal cases as proceedings, grammatical case and containers called cases.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent explain case as an instance or occurrence, describe how cases are identified, counted and studied across fields such as medicine, law and research, support reasoning from cases to categories, and separate this sense from other meanings of the word.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Instance of a type
- Countable
- Exemplary use
- Cross-field
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Generalize from one case to a whole group of people.
- Report cases that identify individuals, such as cases of illness, without consent or legal basis.
- Change the case definition midway and present the counts as comparable.
Only with a human decision
- Publishing case reports about identifiable people.
May
- Count and classify cases of a kind of event using a stated definition.
- Distinguish a single case from a general pattern when reporting.
Moral aspects Filled
- Treating one striking case as typical fuels stigma and bad policy.
- Case counts drive public decisions, so definitions must be honest.
Who is affected
- People described as cases
- Readers of statistics
Owners Filled
Steward
Nobody: a concept; whoever records a case answers for its record.
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- oewn-07298313-n - registry parent class
related
- occurrence - category
- symptom - clinical cases
- health indicator - case counts as indicators
- decision - decisions in individual cases
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.case
- Open English WordNet: oewn-07323507-n
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
Not applicable
Plane ACT: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Single occurrence of a kind
- Considered against a category
- A legal case is a proceeding; grammatical case marks nouns; a case may be a container
- Not physical; an instance.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- explain the sense
- describe use across fields
- support case-based reasoning
- separate other senses
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Confusing senses of case
- Generalising from single cases
- Inconsistent case definitions
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Case definitions in epidemiology
- Research standards for case studies
- No regulation of the concept
Context of use required Filled
- An occurrence or instance of something.
- cases of disease in epidemiology
- cases in research and case studies
- instances in logic and classification
- cases as examples in argument
- cases in incident and record keeping
Sources Filled
- Open English WordNet 2024, synset oewn-07323507-n - sense and gloss of the concept
- Wiktionary: case - word senses and usage
Open questions
- Should case studies be a separate entry?
- How should case definition standards be linked?
- How should other senses be separated?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-case/spec.json