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November 12

vr.tr.november-12 · thing-q2986

Let an agent handle November 12 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 November 12 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 November 12 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 November 12, 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 November 12? 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

November 12, day 316 (day 317 in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 49 days remaining in both common and leap years. November 12 is World Pneumonia Day, the anniversary of the birth of Sun Yat-sen in 1866 observed in Taiwan, of the 1927 expulsion of Leon Trotsky from the Soviet Communist Party, of the 1970 Bhola cyclone in East Pakistan, and of the 1991 Dili massacre in East Timor.

Why it exists Filled

Let an agent handle November 12 as a calendar date with weekday computation, observances attributed to their traditions and sourced events.

Distinguishing features Filled

  • The twelfth day of November
  • 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 World Pneumonia Day or the birthday of Sun Yat-sen as observed everywhere.
  • List on-this-day events without a source.
  • Mix Julian and Gregorian dates when reporting events before the calendar change.
  • Use the date's political anniversaries to promote one side of a dispute.

Only with a human decision

  • Scheduling public messages tied to a national or religious observance on November 12.

May

  • Give the day number of November 12 and the observances held on it, with the country or body that holds them.
  • Report historical events on this date from sourced chronologies.

Moral aspects Filled

  • Dates mark events that are celebrated by some and mourned by others.
  • Anniversaries tied to political figures can be contested across countries.

Who is affected

  • People in countries that observe the day
  • 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

  • Q11185262 - registry parent class

related

  • November - month
  • November 11 - 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.november-12
  • Wikidata: Q2986 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2986)
  • ISO 8601: --11-12 recurring date

Direct properties not applicable Not applicable

  • day of year: 316 or 317 day - common year, leap year where different
  • days remaining: 49 days

Plane XCT: no invented physical properties.

Recognition optional Filled

  • Written 12 November or November 12
  • ISO format --11-12
  • 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 Q2986: November 12 - identity and sense of the item
  2. Wikipedia: November 12 - 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-q2986/spec.json