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August 14

vr.tr.august-14 · thing-q2775

Let an agent handle August 14 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 August 14 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 August 14 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 August 14, 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 August 14? 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

August 14, day 226 (day 227 in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 139 days remaining in both common and leap years. August 14 is Independence Day in Pakistan marking 1947, and the anniversary of Japan s announcement of acceptance of surrender terms in 1945, often called V-J Day in some countries, of the Atlantic Charter declaration in 1941 and of the Northeast blackout of 2003 in North America.

Why it exists Filled

Let an agent handle August 14 as a calendar date with weekday computation, observances attributed to their traditions and sourced events.

Distinguishing features Filled

  • The fourteenth day of August
  • 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

  • Present Pakistan's Independence Day as a holiday everywhere.
  • Present V-J Day as falling on August 14 everywhere when countries mark it on different dates.
  • Mix up Julian and Gregorian dates for historical events.
  • Ignore the violence of Partition when describing independence anniversaries.

Only with a human decision

  • Scheduling an action on August 14 that affects others across time zones.

May

  • Give the day number of August 14 in common and leap years.
  • List events on August 14, such as Pakistan's Independence Day, with sources.

Moral aspects Filled

  • Partition and the end of the Pacific war are remembered by survivors and their families with grief as well as celebration.

Who is affected

  • People of Pakistan
  • Survivors of Partition and war
  • People who mark the day

Owners Filled

Steward

Nobody owns a date; calendars are held in common.

Links to other meta-models Filled

parent

  • Q11185332 - registry parent class

related

  • August - month
  • August 13 - 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.august-14
  • Wikidata: Q2775 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2775)
  • ISO 8601: --08-14 recurring date

Direct properties not applicable Not applicable

  • day of year: 226 or 227 day - common year, leap year where different
  • days remaining: 139 days

Plane XCT: no invented physical properties.

Recognition optional Filled

  • Written 14 August or August 14
  • ISO format --08-14
  • 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 Q2775: August 14 - identity and sense of the item
  2. Wikipedia: August 14 - 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-q2775/spec.json