activity
Let an agent recognise activity as a general category of things done, identify which kind of activity is meant and route it to the specific entry, relay classification systems that use activity as a category, and separate this sense from bodily processes, physical activity and economic activity as specific senses.
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 → Questions Filled
4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Sense Which activity is meant.
Which
Kind of activity.
Which
Which.
- What kind of activity is meant, and which specific entry should own it? definition
- Is the question about the general category or a specific sense? boundary
Route
Routing.
Route
Route.
- Which entry fits the specific activity? action
- Which entry fits physical activity or economic activity? action
Classify Classification systems.
Systems
Classifications.
Systems
Systems.
- Which classification systems group activities, and how are they structured? provenance
- Which entry fits industry classification? action
Use
Using classifications.
Use
Use.
- How are activity classifications used in statistics, planning and health? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Model Activities in models.
Process
Process and project models.
Process
Process.
- How are activities represented in process and project models? provenance
- Which entry fits process modelling? action
Time
Time use.
Time
Time.
- How is time spent on activities measured in surveys? measurement
- Which entry fits time-use surveys? action
Learn Concept and language.
Concept
The concept.
Concept
Concept.
- How do philosophy and linguistics treat activity as a category of events? provenance
- Which entry fits events in philosophy? action
Language
Terminology.
Language
Language.
- How do activity, action, process and event differ in use? definition
- Is the presentation clear about the sense? boundary
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Activities and processes
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- ACT
- Domain
- ACT.ACT
What it is Filled
Something that is done or happens over a period of time: an action, occupation or pursuit carried out by a person, group, organism or system, from work and leisure activities to processes and events; in this general sense activity is a category used in classification systems, planning, health and economics to group what is done rather than what exists.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent recognise activity as a general category of things done, identify which kind of activity is meant and route it to the specific entry, relay classification systems that use activity as a category, and separate this sense from bodily processes, physical activity and economic activity as specific senses.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Category of doing rather than being
- Extended in time
- Used in classifications
- Umbrella for specific senses
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Use the general term where a specific one is meant in records.
- Mix classification systems without saying so.
- Monitor a person's activities without consent or legal basis.
- Judge a person by labels attached to their activities.
Only with a human decision
- Using activity data to make decisions about a person's job or benefits.
May
- Describe activities and classify them using a stated classification system.
- Point to the more specific entry when a particular activity is meant.
Moral aspects Filled
- Activity tracking can become surveillance of people's daily lives.
Who is affected
- People whose activities are recorded
- Users of data
Owners Filled
Steward
Nobody owns the concept; each person answers for their own activities.
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q1190554 - registry parent class
- Q141187917 - registry parent class
- Q3249551 - registry parent class
related
- occurrence - something that happens
- process - extended in time
- physical activity - a specific sense
- economic activity - a specific sense
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.activity-q1914636
- Wikidata: Q1914636 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1914636)
- activity classification codes: such as ISIC and NACE for economic activities
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
Not applicable
Plane ACT: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Something done or happening over time
- Grouped in classifications of activities
- Bodily process, physical activity and economic activity are specific senses
- Not visible in itself; seen in what people and systems do.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- identify the kind of activity meant
- route to specific activity entries
- relay classification systems of activities
- separate general from specific senses
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Using the general term where a specific entry is meant
- Mixing classification systems
- Over-general statements
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Industry classification standards such as ISIC and NACE
- Time-use survey classifications
- Health classifications of activities of daily living
Context of use required Filled
- Grouping what is done for description, planning and classification.
- work and occupational activities
- leisure and recreational activities
- physical activity
- economic activities as classified in industry codes
- activities in project and process models
- activities of daily living in health
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q1914636: activity - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia (de): Tätigkeit - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should this be a routing entry only?
- How should classification systems be linked?
- Which specific activities should have their own entries?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q1914636/spec.json