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July 10

vr.tr.july-10 · thing-q2689

Let an agent handle July 10 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

Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled

4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions

Date Calendar facts.

Weekday

Computation.

Weekday

Weekday.

  1. On which weekday does July 10 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 July 10 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 July 10, 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 July 10? 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

July 10, day 191 (day 192 in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 174 days remaining in both common and leap years. July 10 is Independence Day in the Bahamas marking 1973, the conventional start date of the Battle of Britain in 1940, the anniversary of the Allied landings in Sicily in 1943, of the sinking of the Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior in Auckland harbour in 1985, and of the birth of Nikola Tesla in 1856.

Why it exists Filled

Let an agent handle July 10 as a calendar date with weekday computation, observances attributed to their traditions and sourced events.

Distinguishing features Filled

  • The tenth day of July
  • 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 these observances as universal.
  • Repeat on-this-day events without a source.
  • Present the conventional start of a battle as an undisputed fact.
  • Mix calendars without saying which.

Only with a human decision

  • Publishing a commemoration on behalf of a state or group.

May

  • State the position of July 10 in the Gregorian year and its sourced observances.
  • Name the country behind each observance, such as the Bahamas.

Moral aspects Filled

  • The date marks wartime events and a state attack on a protest ship.
  • Errors spread widely in on-this-day content.

Who is affected

  • Communities marking the date
  • Veterans and families

Owners Filled

Steward

Nobody owns a date; the Gregorian calendar is held in common.

Links to other meta-models Filled

parent

  • Q11185186 - registry parent class

related

  • July - month
  • July 9 - 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.july-10
  • Wikidata: Q2689 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2689)
  • ISO 8601: --07-10 recurring date

Direct properties not applicable Not applicable

  • day of year: 191 or 192 day - common year, leap year where different
  • days remaining: 174 days

Plane XCT: no invented physical properties.

Recognition optional Filled

  • Written 10 July or July 10
  • ISO format --07-10
  • 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 Q2689: July 10 - identity and sense of the item
  2. Wikipedia: July 10 - 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-q2689/spec.json