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July 16

vr.tr.july-16 · thing-q2731

Let an agent handle July 16 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 16 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 16 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 16, 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 16? 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 16, day 197 (day 198 in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 168 days remaining in both common and leap years. July 16 is the anniversary of the Trinity nuclear test in New Mexico in 1945 and of the launch of Apollo 11 in 1969, and is the Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in the Catholic calendar. July 16, 622 in the Julian calendar is the conventional Islamic calendar epoch, not a Gregorian July 16 date or the date of the Hijra itself.

Why it exists Filled

Let an agent handle July 16 as a calendar date with weekday computation, observances attributed to their traditions and sourced events.

Distinguishing features Filled

  • The sixteenth 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

  • Celebrate the anniversary of the first nuclear test without acknowledging the harm to downwind communities.
  • Present the conventional Islamic calendar epoch of July 16, 622 in the Julian calendar as a Gregorian July 16 date or as the date of the Hijra itself.
  • List on-this-day events without a source.
  • Mix Julian and Gregorian dates for events before the calendar change.

Only with a human decision

  • Scheduling public messages tied to anniversaries of nuclear tests or religious events requires human review.

May

  • Give the day number of July 16 and the events marked on it, such as the Trinity test and the Apollo 11 launch.
  • Report historical events on this date from sourced chronologies.

Moral aspects Filled

  • The anniversary of the Trinity test recalls harm to people exposed to fallout.
  • The Hijra is sacred history for Muslims and should be described respectfully.

Who is affected

  • Downwind communities
  • Muslim communities
  • Readers

Owners Filled

Steward

Nobody: the public calendar held in common; each observance belongs to the body that set it.

Links to other meta-models Filled

parent

  • Q11185405 - registry parent class

related

  • July - month
  • July 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.july-16
  • Wikidata: Q2731 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2731)
  • ISO 8601: --07-16 recurring date

Direct properties not applicable Not applicable

  • day of year: 197 or 198 day - common year, leap year where different
  • days remaining: 168 days

Plane XCT: no invented physical properties.

Recognition optional Filled

  • Written 16 July or July 16
  • ISO format --07-16
  • 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

  1. Wikidata item Q2731: July 16 - identity and sense of the item
  2. Wikipedia: July 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

Card as JSON Specification Card backlog vercy.card/1

Provenance

thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed

Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q2731/spec.json