flash
Let an agent explain flashes of light and related phenomena, describe how flashes are produced and used in photography and signalling, relay safety guidance on flash hazards, and separate other senses of flash.
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4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Understand What a flash is.
Phenomenon
Phenomenon and sources.
Phenomenon
Phenomenon.
- What makes a flash, and how do lightning, sparks, glints and artificial flashes produce brief intense light? definition
- Is a flash of light, or another sense such as flash memory, meant? boundary
Perception
Perception of flashes.
Perception
Perception.
- How does the eye respond to flashes, and what are afterimages and flash blindness? definition
- Which entry fits vision? action
Use Flashes in practice.
Photography
Flash photography.
Photography
Photography.
- How are camera and studio flashes used, synchronised and diffused? action
- Which entry fits photographic lighting? action
Signals
Signalling.
Signals
Signalling.
- How are flashes used in beacons, emergency signals and lighthouses? provenance
- Which entry fits sea marks? action
Safety Flash hazards.
Photosensitivity
Photosensitive epilepsy.
Photosensitivity
Photosensitivity.
- What guidelines limit flashing content in broadcast and web media to protect photosensitive people? provenance
- Is someone having a seizure now, needing emergency help? boundary
Eyes
Eye safety.
Eyes
Eye safety.
- Which flashes can damage vision, and how are eyes protected? provenance
- Which entry fits eye protection? action
Learn Language and teaching.
Language
Words for flashes.
Language
Language.
- How do flash, flicker, spark, glint, gleam and glimmer differ in meaning? definition
- How are they translated? action
Science
Flashes in science.
Science
Science.
- How are flashes studied in astronomy, meteorology and high-speed imaging? provenance
- Which references are standard? 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
- flicker, spark, glint, gleam, gleaming, glimmer, glitter, sparkle, coruscation, heat flash, lightning, heat lightning
What it is Filled
A sudden, brief and intense burst of radiant energy, especially light, such as a lightning flash, a camera flash, a muzzle flash, the glint of light on a surface, a spark, or a flicker, gleam or glimmer of lesser intensity; flashes are studied in optics and meteorology, produced by devices for photography and signalling, and can be hazards to vision or triggers for photosensitive conditions.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent explain flashes of light and related phenomena, describe how flashes are produced and used in photography and signalling, relay safety guidance on flash hazards, and separate other senses of flash.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Suddenness
- Brevity
- Intensity
- Varied sources
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Produce or show rapid flashing likely to trigger seizures, even with a warning.
- Aim a bright flash at drivers, pilots or people's eyes at close range.
- Use camera flash on animals or in places where it is forbidden, such as near sensitive artworks.
- Treat a muzzle flash or spark in a report as confirmed gunfire or fire without other evidence.
Only with a human decision
- Using flash photography on infants or people who have not agreed.
May
- Explain kinds of flash, from lightning to camera flash and sparks, and how they are produced.
- Warn viewers about flashing content that meets applicable accessibility and safety requirements, while recognizing that a warning alone does not make exposure safe.
- Note when another sense of flash, such as flash memory or a flood, is meant instead.
Moral aspects Filled
- Flashing light can cause seizures in people with photosensitive epilepsy.
- Sudden flashes blind drivers and pilots for vital seconds.
Who is affected
- People with photosensitive epilepsy
- Drivers and pilots
- Animals
Owners Filled
Steward
Nobody owns the phenomenon; the person who makes a flash answers for its use.
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- oewn-07298313-n - registry parent class
related
- event - category
- thunderstorm - lightning flashes
- incidence - light striking surfaces
- photograph - flash photography
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.flash
- Open English WordNet: oewn-07426692-n
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
Not applicable
Plane ACT: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Sudden brief intense light
- Natural or artificial
- A steady glow is not a flash; flash as memory or software is another sense
- A momentary bright light.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- explain the phenomenon
- describe production and uses
- relay safety guidance
- separate other senses
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Seizures in photosensitive people
- Temporary flash blindness
- Confusing senses
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Photosensitive epilepsy guidelines for broadcast and web content
- Photographic flash safety standards
- Signalling conventions
Context of use required Filled
- Brief intense bursts of light.
- lightning flashes
- camera and studio flashes
- signal flashes and beacons
- glints, sparks and flickers
- flashes in astronomy such as transients
Sources Filled
- Open English WordNet 2024, synset oewn-07426692-n - sense and gloss of the concept
- Wiktionary: flash - word senses and usage
Open questions
- Should lightning be a separate entry?
- How should photosensitivity guidelines be linked?
- How should photography resources be linked?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-flash/spec.json