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January 28

vr.tr.january-28 · thing-q2285

Let an agent handle January 28 as a calendar date with weekday computation, observances attributed to their traditions and sourced events.

Thing Registry Cross-cutting context XCT.TME
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

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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 28 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 28 a public holiday or observance here? provenance
  2. Which tradition or law sets it? provenance

Attribution

Traditions.

Attribution

Attributed observances.

  1. Which countries or 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 28, 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 28? 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 28, day 28 of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 337 days remaining (338 in leap years). Observances on this date vary by country and tradition.

Why it exists Filled

Let an agent handle January 28 as a calendar date with weekday computation, observances attributed to their traditions and sourced events.

Distinguishing features Filled

  • The twenty-eighth 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 an observance on January 28 as universal when it is national or organizational.
  • Assign a historical event to January 28 without checking whether the source uses Julian or Gregorian dates.
  • State birthdays or deaths of living people on this date from unverified sources.

Only with a human decision

  • Publishing anniversary content about tragedies or deaths that fall on this date.

May

  • Compute day of year, weekday and intervals involving January 28 in the Gregorian calendar.
  • Report observances on this date, such as Data Protection Day, stating the country or body that holds them.

Moral aspects Filled

  • Anniversaries can recall disasters and losses still felt by families.
  • Misdated events distort history and the records people rely on.

Who is affected

  • People who mark the date
  • Families of those commemorated
  • Readers of calendars and histories

Owners Filled

Steward

Nobody: a calendar date held in common.

Links to other meta-models Filled

parent

  • Q11187366 - registry parent class

related

  • January - month
  • January 27 - 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-28
  • Wikidata: Q2285 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2285)
  • ISO 8601: --01-28 recurring date

Direct properties not applicable Not applicable

  • day of year: 28 day - common year, leap year where different
  • days remaining: 337 or 338 days

Plane XCT: no invented physical properties.

Recognition optional Filled

  • Written 28 January or January 28
  • ISO format --01-28
  • 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 international 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 Q2285: January 28 - identity and sense of the item
  2. Wikipedia: January 28 - 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

Card as JSON Specification Card backlog vercy.card/1

Provenance

thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed

Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q2285/spec.json