June 16
Let an agent handle June 16 as a calendar date with weekday computation, observances attributed to their traditions and sourced events.
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4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Date Calendar facts.
Weekday
Computation.
Weekday
Weekday.
- On which weekday does June 16 fall in this year? measurement
- Is it a leap year? boundary
Calendar
Julian or Gregorian.
Calendar
Calendar system.
- Is the Julian or Gregorian calendar meant? boundary
- What is the equivalent date in the other calendar? measurement
Observances Holidays.
Holiday
Public holiday.
Holiday
Holiday status.
- Is June 16 a public holiday or observance here? provenance
- Which tradition or law sets it? provenance
Attribution
Traditions.
Attribution
Attributed observances.
- Which countries or communities observe something on this date, according to them? provenance
- Is the observance attributed rather than assumed? boundary
History Past events.
Events
On this day.
Events
Historical events.
- Which notable events happened on June 16, according to reliable sources? provenance
- Are dates given in the same calendar? boundary
Anniversaries
Recurring.
Anniversaries
Anniversaries.
- Which anniversaries fall on this date this year? provenance
- Which are round numbers? measurement
Planning Scheduling.
Countdown
Days until.
Countdown
Countdown.
- How many days until the next June 16? measurement
- From which date? definition
Work
Working day.
Work
Working day.
- Is it a working day for this organisation? provenance
- 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
June 16, day 167 (day 168 in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 198 days remaining in both common and leap years. June 16 is Youth Day in South Africa, commemorating the 1976 Soweto uprising, Bloomsday for readers of James Joyce's Ulysses, and the International Day of Family Remittances.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent handle June 16 as a calendar date with weekday computation, observances attributed to their traditions and sourced events.
Distinguishing features Filled
- The sixteenth day of June
- 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
- Trivialise the 1976 Soweto uprising or the students killed in it.
- Use June 16 commemorations for unrelated commercial promotion.
- Treat June 16 as a public holiday outside the countries that observe it.
- Attribute events to June 16 without a source.
Only with a human decision
- Choosing June 16 for an event aimed at South African audiences.
May
- Give the day number of June 16 and list its observances from reliable sources.
- Plan around Youth Day in South Africa and other June 16 commemorations.
Moral aspects Filled
- June 16 commemorates young people killed for resisting apartheid education policy.
- Literary celebrations on the same day should not overshadow the memorial.
Who is affected
- Families of the 1976 victims
- South African youth
Owners Filled
Steward
Nobody owns a date; the South African state keeps Youth Day as a public holiday.
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q11185405 - registry parent class
related
- June - month
- June 15 - 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.june-16
- Wikidata: Q2653 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2653)
- ISO 8601: --06-16 recurring date
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
- day of year: 167 or 168 day - common year, leap year where different
- days remaining: 198 days
Plane XCT: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Written 16 June or June 16
- ISO format --06-16
- 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
- Wikidata item Q2653: June 16 - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: June 16 - 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
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q2653/spec.json