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August 10

vr.tr.august-10 · thing-q2779

Let an agent handle August 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

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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 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 August 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 August 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 August 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

August 10, day 222 (day 223 in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 143 days remaining in both common and leap years. August 10 is celebrated in Ecuador as the anniversary of the first call for independence in Quito in 1809, and it is the anniversary of the departure of Magellan s fleet from Seville in 1519, of the storming of the Tuileries Palace in Paris in 1792, of Missouri becoming a US state in 1821 and of the founding of the Smithsonian Institution in 1846.

Why it exists Filled

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

Distinguishing features Filled

  • The tenth 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 Ecuador's national commemoration as observed everywhere.
  • Add on-this-day events such as the storming of the Tuileries without a reliable source.
  • Mix dates from the Julian calendar into the Gregorian date without saying so.
  • Schedule an action affecting people on August 10 without stating the time zone.

Only with a human decision

  • Changing a public holiday or deadline set on this date in a shared calendar.

May

  • State the day number of August 10 and convert it between calendars with the calendar named.
  • List observances such as Ecuador's commemoration of the 1809 call for independence, citing sources.

Moral aspects Filled

  • National days carry pride and grief, and should be described as their people see them.
  • Errors in historical anniversaries spread quickly and are hard to correct.

Who is affected

  • People in Ecuador
  • Readers relying on dates
  • Historians

Owners Filled

Steward

Nobody owns a date; governments and bodies that declare observances answer for them.

Links to other meta-models Filled

parent

  • Q11185186 - registry parent class

related

  • August - month
  • August 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.august-10
  • Wikidata: Q2779 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2779)
  • ISO 8601: --08-10 recurring date

Direct properties not applicable Not applicable

  • day of year: 222 or 223 day - common year, leap year where different
  • days remaining: 143 days

Plane XCT: no invented physical properties.

Recognition optional Filled

  • Written 10 August or August 10
  • ISO format --08-10
  • 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 Q2779: August 10 - identity and sense of the item
  2. Wikipedia: August 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-q2779/spec.json