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July 30

vr.tr.july-30 · thing-q2716

Let an agent handle July 30 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 July 30 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 30 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 30, 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 30? 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 30, day 211 (day 212 in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 154 days remaining in both common and leap years. July 30 is the United Nations International Day of Friendship and World Day against Trafficking in Persons, Independence Day in Vanuatu marking 1980, the anniversary of the 1966 FIFA World Cup final won by England at Wembley, of the signing of the US Medicare and Medicaid law in 1965 and of the first FIFA World Cup final in Montevideo in 1930.

Why it exists Filled

Let an agent handle July 30 as a calendar date with weekday computation, observances attributed to their traditions and sourced events.

Distinguishing features Filled

  • The thirtieth 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

  • Use the trafficking awareness day to publish identifying details of victims.
  • State an event happened on July 30 without checking old-style dates.
  • Present Vanuatu's independence anniversary inaccurately or dismissively.

Only with a human decision

  • Fixing contractual or legal deadlines on a date that is a holiday in the relevant country.

May

  • Convert July 30 between calendars and compute its day number.
  • List observances on July 30, such as the World Day against Trafficking in Persons, with sources.

Moral aspects Filled

  • Awareness days about trafficking touch survivors whose privacy and safety must come first.
  • National days carry identity for small states that are often overlooked.

Who is affected

  • Trafficking survivors
  • People of Vanuatu
  • Readers

Owners Filled

Steward

Nobody owns a calendar date; it is held in common.

Links to other meta-models Filled

parent

  • Q11187571 - registry parent class

related

  • July - month
  • July 29 - 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-30
  • Wikidata: Q2716 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2716)
  • ISO 8601: --07-30 recurring date

Direct properties not applicable Not applicable

  • day of year: 211 or 212 day - common year, leap year where different
  • days remaining: 154 days

Plane XCT: no invented physical properties.

Recognition optional Filled

  • Written 30 July or July 30
  • ISO format --07-30
  • 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 Q2716: July 30 - identity and sense of the item
  2. Wikipedia: July 30 - 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-q2716/spec.json