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August 16

vr.tr.august-16 · thing-q2812

Let an agent handle August 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

Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled

4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions

Date Calendar facts.

Weekday

Computation.

Weekday

Weekday.

  1. On which weekday does August 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 August 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 August 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 August 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

August 16, day 228 (day 229 in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 137 days remaining in both common and leap years. August 16 is Restoration Day in the Dominican Republic marking the start of the 1863 war against Spanish rule, and the anniversary of the surrender of Detroit to British forces in 1812, of the Peterloo Massacre in Manchester in 1819, of the first issue of Sports Illustrated in 1954 and of the death of Elvis Presley in 1977.

Why it exists Filled

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

Distinguishing features Filled

  • The sixteenth 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 a national holiday of one country as observed everywhere.
  • State on-this-day events without a source.
  • Mix Julian and Gregorian dates when reporting historical events of August 16.

Only with a human decision

  • Scheduling official or legal deadlines that fall on a public holiday.

May

  • Compute the weekday and day of year for August 16 in a given year.
  • List observances on August 16, naming the country or tradition each belongs to, such as Restoration Day in the Dominican Republic.

Moral aspects Filled

  • Holidays on this date carry national memory of independence and restoration struggles.
  • Wrong dates can cause missed deadlines or appointments.

Who is affected

  • People in countries that observe it
  • People with deadlines that day

Owners Filled

Steward

Nobody owns a date; each observance belongs to the state or community that keeps it.

Links to other meta-models Filled

parent

  • Q11185405 - registry parent class

related

  • August - month
  • August 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.august-16
  • Wikidata: Q2812 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2812)
  • ISO 8601: --08-16 recurring date

Direct properties not applicable Not applicable

  • day of year: 228 or 229 day - common year, leap year where different
  • days remaining: 137 days

Plane XCT: no invented physical properties.

Recognition optional Filled

  • Written 16 August or August 16
  • ISO format --08-16
  • 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 Q2812: August 16 - identity and sense of the item
  2. Wikipedia: August 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-q2812/spec.json