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August 20

vr.tr.august-20 · thing-q2824

Let an agent handle August 20 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 20 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 20 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 20, 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 20? 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 20, day 232 (day 233 in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 133 days remaining in both common and leap years. August 20 is Saint Stephen s Day, the national holiday of Hungary marking the foundation of the state, and the day Estonia restored its independence in 1991; it is also the anniversary of the launch of Voyager 2 in 1977 and of the start of the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia on the night of 20 to 21 August 1968.

Why it exists Filled

Let an agent handle August 20 as a calendar date with weekday computation, observances attributed to their traditions and sourced events.

Distinguishing features Filled

  • The twentieth 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

  • Confuse Hungary's Saint Stephen's Day with feasts of the same name on other dates elsewhere.
  • Present nationalist interpretations of the holiday as the only view.
  • Schedule events in Hungary on August 20 without noting the national holiday.

Only with a human decision

  • Fixing a legally binding deadline on August 20.

May

  • State August 20's day number and remaining days correctly for common and leap years.
  • Name Hungary's Saint Stephen's Day on August 20, citing official sources.

Moral aspects Filled

  • National foundation days carry religious and national meaning that is sometimes contested.

Who is affected

  • Hungarians
  • People relying on dates

Owners Filled

Steward

Nobody owns a date; the state sets its national holidays.

Links to other meta-models Filled

parent

  • Q11187215 - registry parent class

related

  • August - month
  • August 19 - 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-20
  • Wikidata: Q2824 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2824)
  • ISO 8601: --08-20 recurring date

Direct properties not applicable Not applicable

  • day of year: 232 or 233 day - common year, leap year where different
  • days remaining: 133 days

Plane XCT: no invented physical properties.

Recognition optional Filled

  • Written 20 August or August 20
  • ISO format --08-20
  • 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 Q2824: August 20 - identity and sense of the item
  2. Wikipedia: August 20 - 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-q2824/spec.json