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Research draft

context

vr.tr.context · XCT.STA

Let an agent explain context as a concept and its senses, describe sessions in computing and in meetings, support interpretation of statements and data in context, and separate senses clearly.

Thing Registry Cross-cutting context

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.

written by Claude from model knowledge without web access - no source was read, every claim is a lead to verify

Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent explain context as a concept and its senses, describe sessions in computing and in meetings, support interpretation of statements and data in context, and separate senses clearly.

The circumstances, setting and surrounding information within which an event, statement or interaction occurs and which shape its meaning, including in computing a session as a bounded period of interaction or authenticated connection with state, in meetings a session of an assembly or committee, and in the performing arts a seance or sitting; context is fundamental to interpreting language, data and behaviour and is modelled explicitly in linguistics, software and organisational work.

What it is for: Circumstances that shape meaning and interaction.

It can be explain the concept and senses; describe sessions; support interpretation; separate senses.

Distinguishing features

Meaning-shaping

Situational

Bounded sessions

Explicit modelling

What it looks like

Not physical; a situation or state.

How it is recognised

Surrounding circumstances that shape meaning

Sessions as bounded interactions

Content is what is said; context is what surrounds it

Related models

is a kind of - category

situation

is related to - state held in sessions

value

is related to - meaning in context

sense

is related to - participants in sessions

user

In practice

Families and kinds

linguistic and pragmatic context

computing sessions and login sessions

sessions of assemblies and committees

social and cultural context

context in data and artificial intelligence

Standards and regulation

Session management security standards

Rules of procedure for assembly sessions

Privacy rules on session data

Failure modes and hazards

Quoting out of context

Session hijacking and insecure session handling

Conflating senses

Also called

sessionNull sessionTelegram user sessionslogin sessionsession of the World Heritage Committeetheatrical séancerisk contexthistorical contexthabitat contextContext principlecontext of discoveryDevelopmental niche

Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Also registered as vr.tr.context

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Understand What context is.

Concepts.

Concept

Concept and senses.

Concept

Concept.

  1. What is context, and how do its senses in language, computing, meetings and performance differ? definition
  2. Which sense is meant here? boundary

Meaning

Context and meaning.

Meaning

Meaning.

  1. How does context determine the meaning of statements, according to linguistics and pragmatics? provenance
  2. Which entry fits pragmatics? action
Computing Sessions in computing.

Technology.

Sessions

Sessions and state.

Sessions

Sessions.

  1. What are sessions and login sessions, how is state kept, and how are they secured? definition
  2. Which entry fits web security? action

AI

Context in AI systems.

AI

AI.

  1. How do language models and software use context windows and session state? provenance
  2. Which entry fits language models? action
Meetings Sessions of bodies.

Governance.

Assembly

Assembly sessions.

Assembly

Assembly.

  1. What is a session of an assembly or committee, and how are sessions convened and closed? provenance
  2. Which entry fits a specific body? action

Interpret

Interpreting in context.

Interpret

Interpretation.

  1. How should this statement or data be interpreted given its context, and what context is missing? action
  2. Is important context unknown? boundary
Learn Theory and teaching.

Education.

Theory

Theories of context.

Theory

Theory.

  1. How have philosophers, linguists and social scientists theorised context? provenance
  2. Which references are standard? provenance

Teach

Teaching.

Teach

Teaching.

  1. How can the importance of context be taught in reading and communication? action
  2. Which misconceptions arise? provenance

What the second pass must settle

  • Should computing sessions be a separate entry?
  • How should pragmatics resources be linked?
  • How should security standards be linked?
Draft as JSON