limit
Let an agent interpret limits as bounds in rules, capacities and nature, help find and apply applicable limits, explain thresholds and cutoffs, and separate the mathematical sense.
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4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Find Which limit applies.
Lookup
Finding a limit.
Lookup
Lookup.
- What is the applicable limit for this activity, substance or system here, according to the governing rule or standard? provenance
- Is it an upper limit, lower limit or both? definition
Senses
Which sense.
Senses
Senses.
- Is a bound set by rule or capacity meant, or the mathematical limit of a sequence or function? boundary
- Which entry fits? action
Apply Using limits.
Comply
Staying within limits.
Comply
Compliance.
- How can compliance with this limit be monitored, and what happens when it is exceeded? action
- Which margins are prudent? boundary
Thresholds
Thresholds and cutoffs.
Thresholds
Thresholds.
- How are thresholds and cutoffs chosen, and what trade-offs do they involve? definition
- How should a cutoff be set for this decision? action
Nature Natural and physical limits.
Physical
Physical limits.
Physical
Physical limits.
- What physical or natural limits apply here, such as material strength or biological limits? provenance
- How are extremes and peaks defined? definition
Personal
Personal limits.
Personal
Personal limits.
- How can personal limits and boundaries be recognised and communicated? action
- Which entry fits wellbeing? action
Learn Concept.
Teach
Teaching limits.
Teach
Teaching.
- How can the concept of limits and thresholds be taught across subjects? action
- Which misconceptions arise? provenance
History
History.
History
History.
- How have regulatory limits such as speed and exposure limits been set historically? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Cross-cutting context
- Entry kind
- noun.quantity
- Plane
- XCT
- Domain
- XCT.QTY
- 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
- extremum, peak, limitation, cutoff, minimum, lower limit, skeleton, maximum, upper limit, election threshold, limit of liability, sublimit
What it is Filled
The greatest or least amount, extent or degree of something that is possible, allowed or reached, such as speed limits, spending limits, upper and lower limits, cutoffs, thresholds and extremes; in this sense a limit is a bound set by rule, capacity or nature, distinct from the mathematical limit of a sequence or function.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent interpret limits as bounds in rules, capacities and nature, help find and apply applicable limits, explain thresholds and cutoffs, and separate the mathematical sense.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Bound
- Rule, capacity or nature
- Upper or lower
- Context-specific
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Exceed a legal or safety limit, such as a speed or load limit.
- Hide or bypass a limit set by the person or system it serves.
- Raise its own limits without authorization.
- Present an arbitrary internal limit as a legal requirement.
Only with a human decision
- Granting an exception to a safety, credit or spending limit.
May
- Respect limits it is given, such as speed, spending or rate limits.
- Warn people before a limit is reached and say what happens then.
Moral aspects Filled
- Limits protect people from harm and overuse, but unfair limits can exclude.
- Gaming limits shifts risk onto others.
Who is affected
- People protected by the limit
- People held back by it
- Operators who set it
Owners Filled
Steward
Whoever sets each limit, such as a regulator, an operator or the person.
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- oewn-13597558-n - registry parent class
related
- quantity - category
- capacity - capacity limits
- sum - contrast with mathematical limits
- overage - exceeding limits
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.limit-3
- Open English WordNet: oewn-13780436-n
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
Not applicable
Plane XCT: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Greatest or least possible or allowed
- Upper or lower bound
- A mathematical limit is a value approached
- Not physical; a value or boundary.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- find applicable limits
- explain thresholds and cutoffs
- apply limits in decisions
- separate other senses
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Exceeding safe limits
- Confusing senses of limit
- Outdated limit values
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Regulations setting limits in each domain
- Safety standards specifying rated limits
Context of use required Filled
- Bounds on amounts and extents.
- legal and regulatory limits
- capacity and safety limits
- thresholds and cutoffs
- physical and natural limits
- personal limits and boundaries
Sources Filled
- Open English WordNet 2024, synset oewn-13780436-n - sense and gloss of the concept
- Wiktionary: limit - word senses and usage
Open questions
- Should each domain limit be linked to its entry?
- How should regulatory limits be versioned?
- How should the mathematical sense be split?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-limit-3/spec.json