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August 24

vr.tr.august-24 · thing-q2825

Let an agent handle August 24 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 24 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 24 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 24, 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 24? 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 24, day 236 (day 237 in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 129 days remaining in both common and leap years. August 24 is Independence Day in Ukraine marking 1991, the traditional date of the eruption of Vesuvius that buried Pompeii in 79 CE, the anniversary of the sack of Rome by the Visigoths in 410, of the burning of Washington in 1814, and of the demotion of Pluto to dwarf planet in 2006.

Why it exists Filled

Let an agent handle August 24 as a calendar date with weekday computation, observances attributed to their traditions and sourced events.

Distinguishing features Filled

  • The twenty-fourth 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

  • Frame Ukraine's Independence Day in a way that denies Ukraine's sovereignty.
  • State the date of the Vesuvius eruption as certain.
  • List on-this-day events without a source.
  • Mix Julian and Gregorian dates for events before the calendar change.

Only with a human decision

  • Scheduling public messages tied to a national observance on August 24.

May

  • Give the day number of August 24 and its observances, such as Ukraine's Independence Day.
  • Note that the traditional date of the eruption of Vesuvius is debated by scholars.

Moral aspects Filled

  • Independence Day carries weight for Ukrainians during war.
  • Disaster anniversaries recall real victims.

Who is affected

  • People of Ukraine
  • Historians
  • Readers

Owners Filled

Steward

Nobody: the public calendar held in common; each observance belongs to the body that set it.

Links to other meta-models Filled

parent

  • Q11187312 - registry parent class

related

  • August - month
  • August 23 - 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-24
  • Wikidata: Q2825 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2825)
  • ISO 8601: --08-24 recurring date

Direct properties not applicable Not applicable

  • day of year: 236 or 237 day - common year, leap year where different
  • days remaining: 129 days

Plane XCT: no invented physical properties.

Recognition optional Filled

  • Written 24 August or August 24
  • ISO format --08-24
  • 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 Q2825: August 24 - identity and sense of the item
  2. Wikipedia: August 24 - 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-q2825/spec.json