Published
historian
vr.tr.historian · thing-q201788
Let an agent handle historians as an occupation by field, period, methods and works, with sourced attribution and privacy for living people.
Thing Registry Society, people and institutions SOC.PER
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
Role Which historian.
Field
Specialism.
Field
Field.
- Which field and period does the historian study? definition
- Academic, public or amateur? definition
Identity
Disambiguation.
Identity
Identity.
- Is this the right person, not a namesake? boundary
- Which identifier confirms it? provenance
Methods How historians work.
Sources
Primary and secondary.
Sources
Sources.
- Which sources does the work rely on? provenance
- How were they assessed? provenance
Interpretation
Debate.
Interpretation
Interpretation.
- How does their interpretation differ from others? provenance
- Is the debate presented fairly? boundary
Works Publications.
Bibliography
Books and articles.
Bibliography
Bibliography.
- What have they published? provenance
- Where can the works be found? provenance
Reception
Reviews.
Reception
Reception.
- How were the works received by peers? provenance
- Were any criticised or corrected? provenance
Practice Doing history.
Local history
Community.
Local
Local history.
- How can someone start researching local history? action
- Which archives help? action
Privacy
Living people.
Privacy
Privacy.
- Is private information about living historians avoided? boundary
- Is contact through institutions? action
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Society, people and institutions
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- SOC
- Domain
- SOC.PER
- Other names and narrower kinds
- necropolis scholar, amateur historian, art historian, classical scholar, caucasologist, local historian, orientalist, armenologist, Byzantinist, media historian, fashion historian, postal historian
What it is Filled
A person who studies, researches and writes about the past using sources and historical methods, including professional, amateur, local and specialist historians such as art historians and classical scholars.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent handle historians as an occupation by field, period, methods and works, with sourced attribution and privacy for living people.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Studies the past with sources
- Critical source methods
- Many specialisms
- Interpretations are debated
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Fabricate sources, quotations or archival references.
- Misrepresent a historian's views or attribute work to the wrong person.
- Publish personal data about living people found in archives beyond what the law allows.
- Present a historian's private contact details or affiliation without consent.
Only with a human decision
- Publishing archival material about living or recently dead people.
May
- Find and summarise historians' published work, citing it accurately.
- Help a historian search catalogues and archives they are entitled to use.
Moral aspects Filled
- History shapes identity and politics; fabrication and distortion do lasting harm.
- Historians writing on contested pasts may face pressure or persecution.
Who is affected
- Historians
- Communities whose past is written
- Readers and students
Owners Filled
Steward
The historian answers for their own work; employers and professional bodies set standards.
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q16727193 - registry parent class
related
- humanities scholar - occupation
- history - field
- primary source and archive - methods
- archaeologist - related role
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.historian
- Wikidata: Q201788 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q201788)
- Wikidata item: Q201788 occupation concept
- ORCID or VIAF: author ids individual historians
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
Not applicable
Plane SOC: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Publications and affiliations
- Fields such as art history or local history
- Amateur and professional historians
- A role, not an appearance.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- cite their works
- consult on research
- train in historical methods
- volunteer in local history
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Misattributed quotes
- Presenting one interpretation as settled
- Confusing namesakes
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Professional codes such as the AHA Statement on Standards
- Archive access rules
Context of use required Filled
- Researching and interpreting the past.
- academic historians
- local and amateur historians
- art historians
- classical scholars
- public historians and archivists (related)
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q201788: historian - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Historian - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should historical specialisms be separate entries?
- How should author ids be linked?
- How should debates be represented?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q201788/spec.json