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diary

vr.tr.diary · thing-q185598

Let an agent explain diaries, relay forms, history, literary and research uses and wellbeing evidence from literary, historical and health sources with findings attributed, describe the named forms, note privacy considerations, and distinguish diaries from memoirs, logbooks as operational records, blogs and calendars.

Thing Registry Information and virtual systems INF.MED

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Understand What a diary is.

Definition

Definition.

Definition

Definition.

  1. What is a diary, and how does it differ from memoirs, logbooks, blogs and calendars? definition
  2. Is the question about keeping one, history, literature or wellbeing? boundary

Forms

Named forms.

Forms

Forms.

  1. What are quarantine logbooks, gratitude journals, ICU diaries, prison diaries, fictional diaries and diary films? definition
  2. Which entry fits the specific form? action
History History and literature.

Famous diaries

Famous diaries.

Famous diaries

Famous diaries.

  1. What makes the diaries of Pepys and Anne Frank historically significant? provenance
  2. Which references are standard? provenance

Fiction

Diary fiction.

Fiction

Fiction.

  1. How do novels use the diary form? provenance
  2. Which sources are cited? provenance
Health Wellbeing uses.

ICU diaries

ICU diaries.

ICU diaries

ICU diaries.

  1. What does research say about ICU diaries and post-intensive care stress, with findings attributed? provenance
  2. Which entry fits post-intensive care syndrome? action

Gratitude

Gratitude journals.

Gratitude

Gratitude.

  1. What does evidence show about gratitude journaling and expressive writing? provenance
  2. Is the presentation free of overstated claims? boundary
Context Privacy and research.

Privacy

Privacy.

Privacy

Privacy.

  1. What privacy issues arise with digital journaling apps? provenance
  2. Which entry fits information privacy? action

Research

Diary studies.

Research

Research.

  1. How do researchers use diary studies? provenance
  2. Which entry fits diary study? action

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Entry kind
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Domain
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Other names and narrower kinds
quarantine logbook, gratitude journal, intensive care unit diary, prison diary, fictional diary, diary film, picture diary, learning diary, reading journal, war diary, nikki bungaku, filmed diary

What it is Filled

A personal written record with discrete entries arranged by date, recording events, experiences, thoughts or feelings in a notebook or digital form, including historical, prison, fictional, gratitude and intensive care unit diaries and personal quarantine or health logbooks.

Why it exists Filled

Let an agent explain diaries, relay forms, history, literary and research uses and wellbeing evidence from literary, historical and health sources with findings attributed, describe the named forms, note privacy considerations, and distinguish diaries from memoirs, logbooks as operational records, blogs and calendars.

Distinguishing features Filled

  • Dated entries
  • Personal perspective
  • Historical source value
  • Privacy sensitive

What robots and AI may and may not do Filled

Must not

  • Read, copy or share someone's diary without their consent.
  • Use a diary's contents to blackmail or expose its writer.
  • Alter a historical diary's text while presenting it as authentic.
  • Publish a private diary of a living person or a deceased person against their family's lawful wishes.

Only with a human decision

  • Publishing or donating a diary of someone who has died.

May

  • Help a person keep their own diary and keep it private.
  • Quote published diaries within copyright and with attribution.

Moral aspects Filled

  • A diary holds a person's most private thoughts; reading it is intrusion.
  • Some diaries, such as Anne Frank's, carry historical witness that deniers attack.

Who is affected

  • The diarist
  • People named in the diary
  • Families of diarists

Owners Filled

Steward

The writer who keeps it; their heirs or the archive that holds it after death.

Master systems

  • Archive catalogues

Links to other meta-models Filled

parent

  • Q2267856 - registry parent class
  • Q43013 - registry parent class
  • Q763835 - registry parent class
  • Q7725634 - registry parent class

related

  • personal testimonial - in registry terms
  • The Diary of a Young Girl - as a famous example
  • memoir
  • logbook

What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled

Identity and identifiers required Filled

  • Vercy registry: vr.tr.diary
  • Wikidata: Q185598 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q185598)

Direct properties not applicable Not applicable

  • Pepys diary: 1660-1669 years
  • Anne Frank diary: 1942-1944 years - UNESCO Memory of the World 2009
  • expressive writing research: James Pennebaker from the 1980s note

Plane INF: no invented physical properties.

Recognition optional Filled

  • Discrete dated entries record personal events and thoughts.
  • Written forms include personal quarantine logbooks, gratitude journals, intensive care unit diaries, prison diaries and fictional diaries.
  • Memoirs are retrospective accounts, operational logbooks record operations, blogs are typically public and calendars schedule events.
  • Notebooks with dated entries, or digital journal apps.

Capabilities and actions required Filled

  • explain forms and history
  • relay literary and research uses
  • describe named forms
  • relay wellbeing evidence with attribution

Hazards and failure modes required Filled

  • Privacy breaches
  • Overstating therapeutic effects
  • Treating diaries as unbiased records

Standards and interfaces required Filled

  • Privacy and data protection laws for digital journals
  • Copyright in published diaries

Context of use required Filled

  • Recording daily life, thoughts and events.
  • personal diaries
  • historical and war diaries
  • prison diaries
  • fictional diaries
  • therapeutic journals such as gratitude and ICU diaries
  • diary films

Sources Filled

  1. Wikidata item Q185598: diary - identity and sense of the item
  2. Wikipedia: Diary - general description of the item

Open questions

  • Should ICU diaries be a separate entry?
  • How should literary and health sources be linked?
  • Should diary film be a separate entry?

Machine files

Provenance

thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed

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