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June 18

vr.tr.june-18 · thing-q2670

Let an agent handle June 18 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 June 18 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 June 18 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 June 18, 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 June 18? 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

June 18, day 169 (day 170 in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 196 days remaining in both common and leap years. June 18 falls a few days before the June solstice and is observed in some countries as a national or memorial day.

Why it exists Filled

Let an agent handle June 18 as a calendar date with weekday computation, observances attributed to their traditions and sourced events.

Distinguishing features Filled

  • The eighteenth 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

  • Treat a national or memorial day held by one country as universal.
  • Confuse Gregorian June 18 with the same label in Julian or other calendars.
  • Schedule deadlines on June 18 without checking local public holidays that fall on it.

Only with a human decision

  • Choosing June 18 as a binding date in a contract or legal filing.

May

  • Convert June 18 between calendars and give its day number in common and leap years.
  • List observances on June 18 with the country or community that holds each.

Moral aspects Filled

  • Memorial days on this date carry grief and national memory for some communities.
  • Getting a date wrong can void an obligation or miss a legal deadline.

Who is affected

  • Communities that observe it
  • People bound by deadlines on it

Owners Filled

Steward

Nobody: a calendar date is held in common; states define their own observances on it.

Links to other meta-models Filled

parent

  • Q11185474 - registry parent class

related

  • June - month
  • June 17 - 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-18
  • Wikidata: Q2670 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2670)
  • ISO 8601: --06-18 recurring date

Direct properties not applicable Not applicable

  • day of year: 169 or 170 day - common year, leap year where different
  • days remaining: 196 days

Plane XCT: no invented physical properties.

Recognition optional Filled

  • Written 18 June or June 18
  • ISO format --06-18
  • 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 Q2670: June 18 - identity and sense of the item
  2. Wikipedia: June 18 - 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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