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sports season

vr.tr.sports-season · thing-q27020041

Let an agent explain sports seasons, relay how leagues and competitions structure seasons from sports sources, and distinguish a season from a single match, an event edition, a tournament as a recurring competition, a sports tour and a discipline at a multi-sport event.

Thing Registry Activities and processes ACT.ACT
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

Understand What a sports season is.

Definition

Definition.

Definition

Definition.

  1. What is a sports season, and how does it differ from a match, tournament, tour and discipline at an event? definition
  2. Is the question about the concept, a league, an edition or data modelling? boundary

Types

Edition types.

Types

Types.

  1. What are editions of the Women s Six Nations and Americas Rugby Championship, tours and gender-split editions? definition
  2. Which entry fits the specific edition? action
Structure Season structure.

Leagues

League seasons.

Leagues

Leagues.

  1. How do leagues schedule regular seasons, play-offs and off-seasons? provenance
  2. Which references are standard? provenance

Calendars

Calendars.

Calendars

Calendars.

  1. Why do some sports use split-year seasons and others calendar years? provenance
  2. Which sources are cited? provenance
Data Data modelling.

Modelling

Modelling.

Modelling

Modelling.

  1. How do databases such as Wikidata model seasons and editions? provenance
  2. Which entry fits Wikidata? action

Records

Records.

Records

Records.

  1. How are statistics and records kept per season? provenance
  2. Which entry fits sports statistics? action
Context Tours and history.

Tours

Sports tours.

Tours

Tours.

  1. What are sports tours, such as rugby and cricket tours? provenance
  2. Which entry fits British and Irish Lions? action

History

History.

History

History.

  1. How did modern season structures develop? provenance
  2. Which entry fits the history of sport? action

Classifiers Filled

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Other names and narrower kinds
edition of Women's Six Nations Championship, sports tour, tennis tournament edition by gender, event edition (by gender), sport discipline at a sport event, edition of the Americas Rugby Championship, cricket tour, edition of the Six Nations Championship, edition of the Rugby World Cup, season of the rugby union African Cup, volleyball season, association football season

What it is Filled

A specific recurring period during which a sports league or competition takes place, generally spanning about one year, such as a football season or a cycling season; an event edition, sports tour or tournament edition falls within this sense only when it constitutes such a season.

Why it exists Filled

Let an agent explain sports seasons, relay how leagues and competitions structure seasons from sports sources, and distinguish a season from a single match, an event edition, a tournament as a recurring competition, a sports tour and a discipline at a multi-sport event.

Distinguishing features Filled

  • Seasons recur within a league or competition.
  • Each season is a bounded period, generally spanning about one year.
  • A season belongs to a sports league or competition.
  • Records are associated with specific seasons.

What robots and AI may and may not do Filled

Must not

  • Mix up seasons and editions so that results are attributed to the wrong year.
  • Present provisional standings as final.
  • Report men's and women's editions as the same competition.
  • Help fix or manipulate matches within a season.

Only with a human decision

  • Correcting published season results after sanctions or appeals.

May

  • Report a season's dates, fixtures and results from the organising body's official sources.
  • Distinguish a season from a single edition of an event and name split-year seasons clearly.

Moral aspects Filled

  • Women's competitions are often under-reported or folded into men's records.
  • Results affect athletes' careers, contracts and funding.

Who is affected

  • Athletes
  • Clubs and teams
  • Supporters

Owners Filled

Steward

The league or governing body that organises the competition.

Master systems

  • Official league and federation results records

Links to other meta-models Filled

parent

  • Q10688145 - registry parent class
  • Q114609228 - registry parent class
  • Q13406554 - registry parent class

related

  • season - in registry terms
  • recurring sporting event edition - in registry terms
  • Women s Six Nations Championship - editions
  • sports tour

What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled

Identity and identifiers required Filled

  • Vercy registry: vr.tr.sports-season
  • Wikidata: Q27020041 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27020041)

Direct properties not applicable Not applicable

  • European football season: August to May note - typical
  • calendar-year seasons: common in Southern Hemisphere and North American sports note
  • registry parents: season, recurring sporting event edition, sports competition list

Plane ACT: no invented physical properties.

Recognition optional Filled

  • A season is identified by its league or competition and its designated period.
  • An event edition, sports tour or tournament edition qualifies only if it constitutes a season of the league or competition.
  • A match is one game, a tournament is a competition, a tour is a travelling series, and a discipline at an event is a programme item.
  • Not a visible object; a period of competition.

Capabilities and actions required Filled

  • explain the concept
  • relay season structures
  • describe edition types
  • distinguish related concepts

Hazards and failure modes required Filled

  • Confusing seasons and editions
  • Registry aliases mixing classes
  • Split-year naming ambiguity

Standards and interfaces required Filled

  • League and federation calendars and regulations

Context of use required Filled

  • Organising competition over time.
  • league seasons
  • tournament editions
  • editions split by gender
  • sports tours
  • pre-season and off-season periods

Sources Filled

  1. Wikidata item Q27020041: sports season - identity and sense of the item
  2. Wikipedia: Season (sports) - general description of the item

Open questions

  • Should sports season and event edition be separate primary entries?
  • How should sports data sources be linked?
  • The registry entry has merged aliases naming edition classes and a discipline concept; should they be split off?

Machine files

Card as JSON Specification Card backlog vercy.card/1

Provenance

thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed

Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q27020041/spec.json