dollar
Let an agent handle dollars by country, ISO code, symbol and exchange rates, disambiguating which dollar is meant, with sourced data and no investment advice.
Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled
4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Identity Which dollar.
Currency
Country and code.
Currency
Which dollar.
- Which dollar is meant, by country and ISO code? definition
- Is the symbol ambiguous here? boundary
History
Redenominations.
History
History.
- Has this dollar been redenominated or replaced? provenance
- When? provenance
Value Rates.
Rate
Exchange rate.
Rate
Exchange rate.
- What is the rate, from which source and at what time? measurement
- Official or market? definition
Advice
No personal advice.
Advice
Advice limit.
- Is the user asking whether to buy or sell currency? boundary
- How should the agent respond? action
Writing Notation.
Symbols
Prefixes.
Symbols
Notation.
- Should the amount use an ISO code or prefixed symbol? action
- Is the decimal separator clear? boundary
Rounding
Cents.
Rounding
Rounding.
- How many decimal places are used? definition
- Are cash roundings applied? definition
Money Notes and coins.
Notes
Security features.
Notes
Banknotes.
- How can banknotes be checked for authenticity? provenance
- Which series are current? provenance
Reserve role
Global use.
Reserve
Reserve currency.
- What role does the US dollar play in reserves and trade, according to official data? provenance
- How is that measured? definition
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Cross-cutting context
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- XCT
- Domain
- XCT.QTY
- Other names and narrower kinds
- Zimbabwean dollar, international United States dollar
What it is Filled
The name of many currencies, most prominently the United States dollar (USD), and also the Canadian, Australian, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Singapore and other dollars; historical examples include the Zimbabwean dollar.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent handle dollars by country, ISO code, symbol and exchange rates, disambiguating which dollar is meant, with sourced data and no investment advice.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Name shared by many currencies
- USD is the main reserve currency
- Symbol $ is ambiguous
- Some dollars have been redenominated or abandoned
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- State an amount in dollars without saying which currency when it matters.
- Help counterfeit dollar notes or coins.
- Move or convert funds on someone's behalf without their decision.
- Help evade sanctions, currency controls or anti-money-laundering rules.
Only with a human decision
- Any payment or conversion of funds.
May
- Say which dollar is meant, by country and ISO code, before stating an amount.
- Report exchange rates with their source and time.
Moral aspects Filled
- Confusing dollars has real costs in contracts and remittances.
- Counterfeiting and money laundering harm public trust and finances.
Who is affected
- People paid and saving in dollars
- Businesses and traders
Owners Filled
Steward
The central bank or monetary authority that issues each dollar.
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q8142 - registry parent class
related
- currency - category
- central bank - issuer
- cent - subunit
- exchange rate - value
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.dollar
- Wikidata: Q14083 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14083)
- ISO 4217: USD 840, CAD 124, AUD 036 and others currency codes
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
Not applicable
Plane XCT: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Symbol $ with prefixes such as US$, C$, A$
- ISO codes such as USD, CAD, AUD
- Historical dollars such as the Zimbabwean dollar
- Banknotes and coins of many designs; the $ sign.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- identify which dollar is meant
- convert at sourced rates
- use correct symbols and codes
- understand historical dollars
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Ambiguous $ amounts
- Outdated rates
- Personal investment advice
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- ISO 4217
- Central bank regulations
Context of use required Filled
- Pricing, payment and reserves in many economies.
- United States dollar
- Canadian dollar
- Australian and New Zealand dollars
- Asian dollars such as HKD and SGD
- historical dollars
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q14083: dollar - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Dollar - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should each dollar be a separate entry?
- How should rates be sourced and timestamped?
- How should historical dollars be linked?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q14083/spec.json