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August 28

vr.tr.august-28 · thing-q2817

Let an agent handle August 28 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 28 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 28 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 28, 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 28? 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 28, day 240 (day 241 in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 125 days remaining in both common and leap years. August 28 is the anniversary of the March on Washington and Martin Luther King Jr. s I Have a Dream speech in 1963, of the murder of Emmett Till in 1955, of the Feast of Saint Augustine of Hippo, and of the 1988 Ramstein air show disaster.

Why it exists Filled

Let an agent handle August 28 as a calendar date with weekday computation, observances attributed to their traditions and sourced events.

Distinguishing features Filled

  • The twenty-eighth 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

  • Treat the murder of Emmett Till lightly or as trivia.
  • Quote the 1963 speech beyond fair use or alter its words.
  • Present the Feast of Saint Augustine as observed by every church on this date.
  • Add on-this-day events without a source.

Only with a human decision

  • Publishing commemorative content about racial violence or the Ramstein disaster.

May

  • Report August 28 as day 240, or 241 in leap years, of the Gregorian calendar.
  • Relay sourced events such as the 1963 March on Washington and the Feast of Saint Augustine.

Moral aspects Filled

  • The anniversaries include racial murder and a mass-casualty disaster, which demand respect for victims.
  • Civil rights history is still contested and easily distorted.

Who is affected

  • Families of victims
  • Black communities in the United States
  • Readers

Owners Filled

Steward

Nobody owns a date; the Gregorian calendar is held in common.

Links to other meta-models Filled

parent

  • Q11187366 - registry parent class

related

  • August - month
  • August 27 - 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-28
  • Wikidata: Q2817 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2817)
  • ISO 8601: --08-28 recurring date

Direct properties not applicable Not applicable

  • day of year: 240 or 241 day - common year, leap year where different
  • days remaining: 125 days

Plane XCT: no invented physical properties.

Recognition optional Filled

  • Written 28 August or August 28
  • ISO format --08-28
  • 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 Q2817: August 28 - identity and sense of the item
  2. Wikipedia: August 28 - 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-q2817/spec.json