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vr.tr.match-event · thing-match-event

Let an agent handle matches by competition, participants, schedule, rules, results and integrity, and separate other senses of match; animal fights are illegal in many places and are not treated here as sport.

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

Fixture Which match.

Identify

Teams and date.

Identify

Match identity.

  1. Which match is meant, between whom, and in which competition? provenance
  2. When and where is it played? provenance

Result

Score.

Result

Result.

  1. What was the result, according to official sources? provenance
  2. Is it provisional? boundary
Rules How it is played.

Scoring

Winning.

Scoring

Scoring.

  1. How is the match scored and won in this sport? definition
  2. What happens in a tie? provenance

Officials

Decisions.

Officials

Officiating.

  1. Which rule applied to this decision? provenance
  2. Was video review used? provenance
Attending Spectators.

Tickets

Official sales.

Tickets

Tickets.

  1. Where can official tickets be bought? provenance
  2. What entry rules apply? provenance

Broadcast

Watching.

Broadcast

Broadcast.

  1. Where can the match be watched here? provenance
  2. At what local time? measurement
Integrity Fair play.

Fixing

Match-fixing.

Fixing

Match-fixing.

  1. How can suspected match-fixing be reported to the integrity body? action
  2. Which body covers this sport? provenance

Senses

Disambiguation.

Senses

Other senses.

  1. Is a matchstick, a matching pair or a dating match meant? boundary
  2. 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
boxing match, chess match, cockfight, cricket match, diving, diving event, field event, final, cup final, quarterfinal, semifinal, semi

What it is Filled

A formal contest in which two or more persons or teams compete, such as a football, tennis, boxing, chess or cricket match, played under rules and usually officiated; this sense is separate from a matchstick and from matching.

Why it exists Filled

Let an agent handle matches by competition, participants, schedule, rules, results and integrity, and separate other senses of match; animal fights are illegal in many places and are not treated here as sport.

Distinguishing features Filled

  • Formal contest
  • Played under rules
  • Has a result
  • Part of competitions

What robots and AI may and may not do Filled

Must not

  • Help fix a match or manipulate betting markets.
  • Present outdated fixtures or results as current.
  • Promote events beyond the venue's safe crowd capacity.
  • Spread abuse against players, officials or supporters.

Only with a human decision

  • Correcting a published result after a disciplinary decision.
  • Postponing or cancelling a match.

May

  • Report fixtures, rules and results of matches from official sources.
  • Help organisers with scheduling and crowd capacity planning.

Moral aspects Filled

  • Match-fixing cheats fans and exploits players.
  • Crowd safety at large matches is a matter of life and death.

Who is affected

  • Players and officials
  • Spectators
  • Organisers

Owners Filled

Steward

The competition organiser or governing body of the sport.

Links to other meta-models Filled

parent

  • oewn-07470961-n - registry parent class

related

  • contest - category
  • tournament and league - competition
  • rules of sport - rules
  • match (firelighter) - another sense

What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled

Identity and identifiers required Filled

  • Vercy registry: vr.tr.match-event
  • Open English WordNet: oewn-07485811-n

Direct properties not applicable Not applicable

Not applicable

Plane ACT: no invented physical properties.

Recognition optional Filled

  • Two sides and officials
  • Scoreboards and fixtures
  • A matchstick is a different sense
  • Games on pitches, courts, rings or boards with players, officials and scoreboards.

Capabilities and actions required Filled

  • find fixtures and results
  • explain the rules and scoring
  • check tickets and broadcasts
  • report match-fixing concerns

Hazards and failure modes required Filled

  • Match-fixing and illegal betting
  • Outdated fixtures
  • Crowd safety at large matches

Standards and interfaces required Filled

  • Rules of the relevant sport federation
  • Sports integrity and anti-match-fixing rules
  • Animal welfare law banning animal fights

Context of use required Filled

  • Sport, games and competition.
  • team sport matches
  • individual sport matches
  • combat sport bouts
  • mind sport matches such as chess
  • friendly and competitive matches

Sources Filled

  1. Open English WordNet 2024, synset oewn-07485811-n - sense and gloss of the concept
  2. Wiktionary: match - word senses and usage

Open questions

  • Should individual matches be separate entries?
  • How should fixture data be linked?
  • How should other senses be split off?

Machine files

Card as JSON Specification Card backlog vercy.card/1

Provenance

thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed

Built from: models/things/publications/thing-match-event/spec.json