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ending
vr.tr.ending-event · thing-ending-event
Let an agent handle endings as events by what ends, how, when and with what consequences.
Thing Registry Activities and processes ACT.EVT
Bundle → Layer → Finding → QuestionsClassifiersWhat it isWhy it existsDistinguishing featuresWhat robots and AI may and may not doMoral aspectsOwnersLinks to other meta-modelsIdentity and identifiersDirect propertiesRecognitionCapabilities and actionsHazards and failure modesStandards and interfacesContext of useSources
Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled
4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
What ends Subject.
Subject
Thing ending.
Subject
Subject.
- What is ending? definition
- Which specific entry fits? action
When
Timing.
When
Timing.
- When does or did it end? measurement
- Was the end planned? definition
Manner How it ends.
Kind
Completion or termination.
Kind
Manner of ending.
- Is it a completion, termination or dissolution? definition
- Is it reversible? boundary
Criteria
End conditions.
Criteria
End criteria.
- What criteria define the end? definition
- Were they met? provenance
Consequences After the end.
Outcome
Result.
Outcome
Outcome.
- What was the outcome? provenance
- Who is affected? definition
Records
Closure.
Records
Closure records.
- Are records kept after closure? provenance
- Who holds them? provenance
Stories Narrative endings.
Narrative
Endings in works.
Narrative
Narrative endings.
- How does the story end? definition
- Should the ending be kept from those who have not read it? boundary
Senses
Grammar.
Senses
Other senses.
- Is a word ending or suffix meant? boundary
- Which entry fits? 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
- conclusion, finish, foregone conclusion, matter of course, annihilation, disintegration, eradication, obliteration, extinction, extermination, destruction, demolition
What it is Filled
An event whose occurrence ends something, such as a conclusion, finish, completion or dissolution; also the sense of an outcome that was expected all along, and the destruction or disintegration of something.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent handle endings as events by what ends, how, when and with what consequences.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Marks the end of something
- Planned or sudden
- Has consequences
- Can be reversible or final
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Declare that something has ended, such as a contract or treatment, without authority.
- End a process or service people depend on without notice.
- Present a predicted outcome as one that was always inevitable.
Only with a human decision
- Ending contracts, services or care.
- Announcing an ending, such as a death or closure, to others.
May
- Record when something has ended and what ended it, from reliable sources.
- Close out tasks, contracts or processes the agent is authorized to finish.
Moral aspects Filled
- Endings such as closures, dismissals or the end of care affect people deeply.
- Hindsight can unfairly blame people for outcomes that were not foreseeable.
Who is affected
- People affected by the ending
- Parties to agreements
Owners Filled
Steward
Whoever has authority over the thing that ends.
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- oewn-07298313-n - registry parent class
related
- event - category
- beginning - event
- outcome - result
- word ending (suffix) - another sense
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.ending-event
- Open English WordNet: oewn-07306035-n
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
Not applicable
Plane ACT: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Conclusions, finishes, completions
- Endings of stories
- Grammatical endings (suffixes) are another sense
- Not a single appearance; the final point of something.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- identify what ended and when
- describe the manner of ending
- record outcomes
- plan closure of projects
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Premature closure
- Unclear end criteria
- Loss of records at closure
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Contract termination rules
- Project closure practices
Context of use required Filled
- Describing how processes, works, relationships and things come to an end.
- completion and conclusion
- termination and cancellation
- dissolution and disintegration
- narrative endings
- expected outcomes
Sources Filled
- Open English WordNet 2024, synset oewn-07306035-n - sense and gloss of the concept
- Wiktionary: ending - word senses and usage
Open questions
- Should kinds of ending be separate entries?
- How should outcomes be recorded?
- How should the grammar sense be split off?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-ending-event/spec.json