duration
Let an agent explain duration, relay measurement and related concepts such as residence time and attention span from general and scientific sources, describe the named terms, and distinguish duration from a point in time, frequency, tempo and latency.
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4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Understand What duration is.
Definition
Definition.
Definition
Definition.
- What is duration, and how does it differ from a point in time, frequency, tempo and latency? definition
- Is the question about physics, psychology or everyday timekeeping? boundary
Terms
Named terms.
Terms
Terms.
- What are span, continuance, residence time, attention span and longueur? definition
- Which entry fits the specific term? action
Measurement Measurement.
Units
Time units.
Units
Units.
- How is duration measured in time units? measurement
- Which entry fits time unit? action
ISO
ISO 8601 durations.
ISO
ISO.
- How does ISO 8601 express durations? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Science Scientific uses.
Residence time
Residence time.
Residence time
Residence time.
- What is residence time in chemistry and environmental science? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Perceived
Perceived duration.
Perceived
Perceived.
- How can perceived duration differ from clock time, as psychology reports? provenance
- Is the presentation neutral and attributed? boundary
Context Everyday.
Attention span
Attention span.
Attention span
Attention span.
- What does attention span mean, and how is it studied? provenance
- Which entry fits attention span? action
Longueur
Longueur.
Longueur
Longueur.
- What is a longueur in the arts? provenance
- Is the information accurate? boundary
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Cross-cutting context
- Entry kind
- noun.time
- Plane
- XCT
- Domain
- XCT.TME
- Facets: substance
- abstract
- Facets: origin
- conceptual
- Facets: agency
- inert
- Facets: mobility
- not-applicable
- Facets: scale
- not-applicable
- Facets: affordances
- observable
- Other names and narrower kinds
- attention span, continuance, clocking, longueur, residence time, span, stretch, stint, time scale, extended time scale, slow time scale, fast time scale
What it is Filled
In the WordNet sense, the length of time during which something continues, a period measured between a start and an end, with related terms the registry aliases name such as span and continuance, longueur, a tedious passage, residence time, the average time a substance spends in a system, attention span, and clocking; duration is measured in time units and appears across physics, chemistry, psychology and everyday life, and it should be distinguished from a point in time and from frequency. Perceived duration can differ from clock duration, a topic in psychology.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent explain duration, relay measurement and related concepts such as residence time and attention span from general and scientific sources, describe the named terms, and distinguish duration from a point in time, frequency, tempo and latency.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Interval length
- Start-to-end
- Cross-domain
- Perceived versus clock
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Confuse a duration with a point in time.
- Report durations without units or with the wrong unit.
- Misrepresent how long a person worked, waited or was held to their disadvantage.
- Use attention span figures to make claims about a person without evidence.
Only with a human decision
- Using recorded durations to decide pay, sanctions or detention.
May
- Measure and report a duration with a start, an end and units.
- Distinguish measured duration from perceived duration.
Moral aspects Filled
- Recorded durations decide wages, sentences and waiting lists.
- People's experience of time is subjective and should be respected.
Who is affected
- Workers
- Patients on waiting lists
- Detained people
Owners Filled
Steward
Nobody owns the concept; whoever records a duration answers for its accuracy.
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- oewn-15137796-n - registry parent class
related
- time period - in WordNet terms
- time unit
- point (time)
- frequency
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.duration
- Open English WordNet: oewn-15158573-n
- WordNet: oewn-15137796-n hypernym of duration
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
- measured in: time units note
- residence time: average time in a system note
- WordNet hypernym: time period note
Plane XCT: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Length of time something continues
- Attention span, continuance, clocking, longueur, residence time, span
- A point in time is an instant; frequency is per unit time; tempo is musical pace; latency is delay before response
- Not a physical object; an interval of time.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- explain the concept
- relay measurement
- describe named terms
- distinguish related concepts
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Confusing duration and instant
- Confusing perceived and measured duration
- Unit errors
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- ISO 8601 duration format
Context of use required Filled
- The length of time something continues.
- physical durations
- residence time
- attention span
- perceived duration
Sources Filled
- Open English WordNet 2024, synset oewn-15158573-n - sense and gloss of the concept
- Wiktionary: duration - word senses and usage
Open questions
- Should residence time be a separate entry?
- How should perceived duration be linked to psychology?
- How should ISO 8601 durations be linked?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-duration/spec.json