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narrative

vr.tr.narrative · thing-q1318295

Let an agent handle narratives by form, narrator, structure, truth status and framing, separating fiction, testimony and history.

Thing Registry Information and virtual systems INF.MED
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

Form Which narrative.

Genre

Kind of story.

Genre

Form.

  1. What form or genre is the narrative? definition
  2. In which medium? definition

Narrator

Point of view.

Narrator

Narrator.

  1. Who tells the story, and from which point of view? definition
  2. Is the narrator reliable? boundary
Structure How it is built.

Plot

Sequence.

Plot

Plot.

  1. How are events ordered? definition
  2. Is time linear? definition

Themes

Meaning.

Themes

Themes.

  1. What themes does it explore? definition
  2. How are they conveyed? definition
Truth Fact or fiction.

Status

Factual claims.

Status

Truth status.

  1. Is it fiction, testimony or history? boundary
  2. What sources support factual claims? provenance

Framing

Competing accounts.

Framing

Framing.

  1. What other narratives of the same events exist? provenance
  2. Are they presented fairly? boundary
Practice Telling stories.

Craft

Techniques.

Craft

Storytelling craft.

  1. Which techniques make a narrative effective? action
  2. For which audience? definition

Credit

Authors and traditions.

Credit

Attribution.

  1. Who created or holds the story? provenance
  2. Is traditional knowledge credited? boundary

Classifiers Filled

Family
Thing Registry
Category
Information and virtual systems
Entry kind
thing
Plane
INF
Domain
INF.MED
Other names and narrower kinds
personal narrative, Literacy narrative, historiography, Drag Queen Story Hour, bispel, setsuwa, anime and manga, allegorical story, narrative description, recorded history, dongman, nespolehlivé vyprávění

What it is Filled

An account of connected events, real or imagined, presented in words, images or sound, such as stories, personal narratives, histories and folk tales; also the way events are framed and told.

Why it exists Filled

Let an agent handle narratives by form, narrator, structure, truth status and framing, separating fiction, testimony and history.

Distinguishing features Filled

  • Connected events
  • A narrator and point of view
  • Fictional or factual
  • Framing shapes meaning

What robots and AI may and may not do Filled

Must not

  • Present an invented narrative as a true account.
  • Retell a person's personal story without their consent.
  • Build false narratives about real people to harm their reputation.
  • Copy protected stories beyond what copyright allows.

Only with a human decision

  • Publishing a narrative about a real, identifiable person.

May

  • Summarise or analyse a narrative, keeping fact and fiction clearly apart.
  • Write stories on request, labelled as fiction.

Moral aspects Filled

  • Stories shape how people see themselves and others; distortion can spread prejudice.
  • Personal narratives, especially of trauma, belong to those who lived them.

Who is affected

  • People in the story
  • Authors and storytellers
  • Readers

Owners Filled

Steward

The author or teller; folk narratives are held in common by their communities.

Links to other meta-models Filled

parent

  • Q11028 - registry parent class
  • Q17537576 - registry parent class

related

  • creative work and information - category
  • narratology - field
  • history - factual narrative

contains

  • plot and character - components

What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled

Identity and identifiers required Filled

  • Vercy registry: vr.tr.narrative
  • Wikidata: Q1318295 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1318295)

Direct properties not applicable Not applicable

Not applicable

Plane INF: no invented physical properties.

Recognition optional Filled

  • Sequence of events with a narrator
  • Genres such as folk tale or memoir
  • Narrative as framing in politics is a related sense
  • Stories in text, speech, film, comics and games.

Capabilities and actions required Filled

  • analyse structure and point of view
  • distinguish fact from fiction
  • compare competing narratives
  • tell stories effectively

Hazards and failure modes required Filled

  • Presenting fiction as fact
  • One-sided framing
  • Misattributed stories

Standards and interfaces required Filled

  • Copyright for published narratives
  • Media codes on accuracy for factual storytelling

Context of use required Filled

  • Communicating experience, meaning, memory and persuasion.
  • fictional narratives
  • personal narratives and memoir
  • historical narratives and historiography
  • oral and folk narratives
  • media and political narratives

Sources Filled

  1. Wikidata item Q1318295: narrative - identity and sense of the item
  2. Wikipedia: Narrative - general description of the item

Open questions

  • Should narrative forms be separate entries?
  • How should competing narratives be represented?
  • How should oral traditions be credited?

Machine files

Card as JSON Specification Card backlog vercy.card/1

Provenance

thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed

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