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January 13

vr.tr.january-13 · thing-q2255

Let an agent handle January 13 as a calendar date with weekday computation, observances attributed to their traditions and sourced events.

Thing Registry Cross-cutting context XCT.TME

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4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions

Date Calendar facts.

Weekday

Computation.

Weekday

Weekday.

  1. On which weekday does January 13 fall in this year? measurement
  2. Is it a leap year? boundary

Calendar

Julian or Gregorian.

Calendar

Calendar system.

  1. Is the Julian or Gregorian calendar meant? boundary
  2. What is the equivalent date in the other calendar? measurement
Observances Holidays.

Holiday

Public holiday.

Holiday

Holiday status.

  1. Is January 13 a public holiday or observance here? provenance
  2. Which tradition or law sets it? provenance

Attribution

Traditions.

Attribution

Attributed observances.

  1. Which communities observe something on this date, according to them? provenance
  2. Is the observance attributed rather than assumed? boundary
History Past events.

Events

On this day.

Events

Historical events.

  1. Which notable events happened on January 13, according to reliable sources? provenance
  2. Are dates given in the same calendar? boundary

Anniversaries

Recurring.

Anniversaries

Anniversaries.

  1. Which anniversaries fall on this date this year? provenance
  2. Which are round numbers? measurement
Planning Scheduling.

Countdown

Days until.

Countdown

Countdown.

  1. How many days until the next January 13? measurement
  2. From which date? definition

Work

Working day.

Work

Working day.

  1. Is it a working day for this organisation? provenance
  2. Do deadlines move? boundary

Classifiers Filled

Family
Thing Registry
Category
Cross-cutting context
Entry kind
thing
Plane
XCT
Domain
XCT.TME

What it is Filled

January 13, day 13 of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 352 days remaining (353 in leap years). In communities that keep the Old New Year by the Julian calendar, the eve of that holiday falls on this date.

Why it exists Filled

Let an agent handle January 13 as a calendar date with weekday computation, observances attributed to their traditions and sourced events.

Distinguishing features Filled

  • The thirteenth day of January
  • Weekday varies by year
  • Observances vary by place
  • Julian and Gregorian dates differ by 13 days in this era

What robots and AI may and may not do Filled

Must not

  • Present a single tradition's meaning of the date as universal.
  • Confuse Gregorian and Julian dates in records or events.
  • Attribute events to the date without a source.

Only with a human decision

  • Rescheduling events or deadlines across calendar systems.

May

  • State calendar facts about January 13 and the observances linked to it, citing sources.
  • Note that in the Julian calendar it falls on another day and that Old New Year is kept on a different date.

Moral aspects Filled

  • Holidays matter to the communities that keep them.
  • Date mistakes between calendars can cause legal and historical errors.

Who is affected

  • Communities that observe holidays
  • Readers of records

Owners Filled

Steward

Nobody: a calendar date held in common.

Links to other meta-models Filled

parent

  • Q11185294 - registry parent class

related

  • January - month
  • January 12 - date
  • calendar date - category
  • ISO 8601 - notation

What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled

Identity and identifiers required Filled

  • Vercy registry: vr.tr.january-13
  • Wikidata: Q2255 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2255)
  • ISO 8601: --01-13 recurring date

Direct properties not applicable Not applicable

  • day of year: 13 day
  • days remaining: 352 or 353 days - common or leap year

Plane XCT: no invented physical properties.

Recognition optional Filled

  • Written 13 January or January 13
  • ISO format --01-13
  • Observances vary by country and tradition
  • A date on calendars.

Capabilities and actions required Filled

  • compute its weekday in a given year
  • check local and religious observances
  • find sourced historical events
  • schedule events

Hazards and failure modes required Filled

  • Assuming observances are universal
  • Unsourced on-this-day events
  • Mixing Julian and Gregorian dates

Standards and interfaces required Filled

  • ISO 8601
  • National public holiday laws

Context of use required Filled

  • A calendar date for scheduling, holidays and anniversaries.
  • the recurring calendar date
  • specific dated days in given years

Sources Filled

  1. Wikidata item Q2255: January 13 - identity and sense of the item
  2. Wikipedia: January 13 - general description of the item

Open questions

  • Should dated days be separate entries?
  • How should observances be linked?
  • How should events be sourced?

Machine files

Provenance

thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed

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