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October 9

vr.tr.october-9 · thing-q2923

Let an agent handle October 9 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 October 9 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 October 9 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 October 9, 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 October 9? 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

October 9, day 282 (day 283 in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 83 days remaining in both common and leap years. October 9 is Hangul Day in South Korea celebrating the Korean alphabet, Independence Day in Uganda marking 1962, Leif Erikson Day in the United States, World Post Day marking the founding of the Universal Postal Union in 1874, and the anniversary of the death of Che Guevara in Bolivia in 1967.

Why it exists Filled

Let an agent handle October 9 as a calendar date with weekday computation, observances attributed to their traditions and sourced events.

Distinguishing features Filled

  • The ninth day of October
  • 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 Leif Erikson Day in a way that erases the peoples already living in the Americas.
  • Mix up the observances of different countries without saying where each applies.
  • Treat the anniversary of a death as a celebration.

Only with a human decision

  • Scheduling public messages tied to a national observance.

May

  • List the observances and anniversaries of October 9 with their country and year.
  • Compute that it is day 282, or 283 in leap years.
  • Explain Hangul Day, Ugandan Independence Day and World Post Day from official sources.

Moral aspects Filled

  • Days honouring explorers can wound Indigenous peoples.
  • Hangul Day celebrates literacy and Korean identity.

Who is affected

  • Koreans
  • Ugandans
  • Indigenous peoples of the Americas

Owners Filled

Steward

Nobody owns a date; governments and international bodies declare the observances on it.

Links to other meta-models Filled

parent

  • Q11188523 - registry parent class

related

  • October - month
  • October 8 - 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.october-9
  • Wikidata: Q2923 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2923)
  • ISO 8601: --10-09 recurring date

Direct properties not applicable Not applicable

  • day of year: 282 or 283 day - common year, leap year where different
  • days remaining: 83 days

Plane XCT: no invented physical properties.

Recognition optional Filled

  • Written 9 October or October 9
  • ISO format --10-09
  • 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 Q2923: October 9 - identity and sense of the item
  2. Wikipedia: October 9 - 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-q2923/spec.json