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process

vr.tr.process-q10843872 · thing-q10843872

Let an agent handle processes generically by goal, steps, inputs, outputs and control, routing to more specific process entries.

Thing Registry Activities and processes ACT.ACT

Research draft, second pass

A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.

Researched by: Claude

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

Definition Which process.

Goal

Purpose.

Goal

Goal.

  1. What is the process meant to achieve? definition
  2. Which specific entry fits? action

Scope

Start and end.

Scope

Scope.

  1. Where does it start and end? boundary
  2. Who owns it? provenance
Steps How it runs.

Sequence

Order.

Sequence

Steps.

  1. What are the steps, in order? definition
  2. Which steps are critical? boundary

Inputs and outputs

Resources.

IO

Inputs and outputs.

  1. What inputs does it need and what does it produce? definition
  2. How are they measured? measurement
Performance Quality.

Metrics

Indicators.

Metrics

Metrics.

  1. How is performance measured? measurement
  2. What is the current level? measurement

Improvement

Changes.

Improvement

Improvement.

  1. What would improve it? action
  2. How would that be tested? provenance
Control Risk.

Controls

Checks.

Controls

Controls.

  1. Which controls prevent errors? boundary
  2. Are they tested? provenance

Documentation

Procedures.

Documentation

Documentation.

  1. Is the process documented? provenance
  2. Is it current? provenance

Classifiers Filled

Family
Thing Registry
Category
Activities and processes
Entry kind
thing
Plane
ACT
Domain
ACT.ACT
Also called
păcurar, ozone weapon, physical inventory, National Forest Census, ranking achieved by virtue of running in heats, forest thinning, infilling, deconstruction, commercial thinning, precommercial thinning, selective thinning, bamboo thinning

What it is Filled

A series of actions or steps taken to achieve a particular end, in any field, from natural and industrial processes to organisational activities such as inventories, censuses and forest thinning.

Why it exists Filled

Let an agent handle processes generically by goal, steps, inputs, outputs and control, routing to more specific process entries.

Distinguishing features Filled

  • Sequence of steps to an end
  • Has inputs and outputs
  • Natural or human-made
  • Can be measured and improved

What robots and AI may and may not do Filled

Must not

  • Change a running process that others depend on without authority.
  • Skip safety steps in a process to save time.
  • Report a process as compliant without checking it.

Only with a human decision

  • Changing safety-critical or regulated processes.

May

  • Describe, map and monitor processes it is authorized to see.
  • Suggest improvements and state their expected effects.

Moral aspects Filled

  • Processes structure people's work; changes can harm workers.
  • Skipped steps in industrial processes cause accidents.

Who is affected

  • Workers
  • Customers
  • Public near industrial sites

Owners Filled

Steward

The process owner in the organisation that runs it.

Links to other meta-models Filled

parent

  • Q1914636 - registry parent class
  • Q3249551 - registry parent class

related

  • activity - category
  • business process - kind
  • output - result
  • BPMN - notation

What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled

Identity and identifiers required Filled

  • Vercy registry: vr.tr.process-q10843872
  • Wikidata: Q10843872 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10843872)

Direct properties not applicable Not applicable

Not applicable

Plane ACT: no invented physical properties.

Recognition optional Filled

  • Steps with inputs and outputs
  • Named processes such as inventory or census
  • Business processes are a specific kind
  • Sequences of steps, flowcharts and procedures.

Capabilities and actions required Filled

  • map a process
  • measure and improve it
  • control quality
  • route to a specific process entry

Hazards and failure modes required Filled

  • Undefined steps
  • Unmeasured outcomes
  • Registry aliases mixing unrelated items

Standards and interfaces required Filled

  • ISO 9001 process approach
  • BPMN 2.0

Context of use required Filled

  • Describing how things get done.
  • natural processes
  • industrial and manufacturing processes
  • business processes
  • administrative processes such as censuses
  • land management processes such as thinning

Sources Missing, in the backlog

Not described yet. This gap is in the card backlog.

Note: Written from model knowledge without web access; claims are unverified.

Open questions

  • How should the generic process entry organise children?
  • How should aliases be cleaned?
  • How should natural and human processes be separated?

Machine files

Card as JSON Specification Card backlog vercy.card/1

Provenance

thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed

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