tightrope walker
Give an agent a durable, checkable way to recognise a tightrope walker, record what state it is in, and decide what may be done with it.
Generated draft, first pass
This model was drafted by rule from what the registry knows about the thing. It proposes which bundles a real model will need and which questions research must answer. It is not researched and no sentence in it is sourced.
Generator: vr.draft.v3
Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Derived, awaiting review
7 bundles · 14 layers · 16 findings · 44 questions
Identity, naming and classification How an agent tells one tightrope walker from another, and a tightrope walker from things that resemble it.
Recognition comes before every other claim. Without stable identity nothing else in the model can be trusted to be about the same thing twice.
Names and identifiers
The names this thing goes by and the identifiers that survive translation and time.
Preferred name, aliases and local names
Which name to use, which names mean the same thing, and which merely sound similar.
- What identifies and describes the name of a tightrope walker, and in what units or vocabulary? definition
- Who or what asserted this about the name of a tightrope walker, by which method, and when was it true? provenance
- What may an agent decide or do once the name of a tightrope walker is known, and what must it refuse? action
Stable identifiers and external keys
Identifiers that keep pointing at this kind of thing across systems and languages.
- What identifies and describes an identifier for a tightrope walker, and in what units or vocabulary? definition
- Who or what asserted this about an identifier for a tightrope walker, by which method, and when was it true? provenance
- What may an agent decide or do once an identifier for a tightrope walker is known, and what must it refuse? action
Classification and granularity
Where a tightrope walker sits among kinds, and how finely a task needs to cut it.
Kind, parents and neighbouring kinds
The classes this thing belongs to and the ones it is next to.
- What identifies and describes the kind of a tightrope walker, and in what units or vocabulary? definition
- Who or what asserted this about the kind of a tightrope walker, by which method, and when was it true? provenance
- What may an agent decide or do once the kind of a tightrope walker is known, and what must it refuse? action
Distinguishing features
What separates a tightrope walker from the things most often confused with it.
- What identifies and describes what distinguishes a tightrope walker, and in what units or vocabulary? definition
- Who or what asserted this about what distinguishes a tightrope walker, by which method, and when was it true? provenance
- What may an agent decide or do once what distinguishes a tightrope walker is known, and what must it refuse? action
Place and movement Where a tightrope walker is, how it got there and where it may go (self-moving).
A thing that can move needs its position recorded with a time, or every later claim about it is about a place it has left.
Location and placement
Position, containment and the reference frame the position is given in.
Position, container and reference frame
Where a tightrope walker is, and what that position is measured against.
- What identifies and describes the location of a tightrope walker, and in what units or vocabulary? definition
- Who or what asserted this about the location of a tightrope walker, by which method, and when was it true? provenance
- What may an agent decide or do once the location of a tightrope walker is known, and what must it refuse? action
Movement and transfer
How a tightrope walker moves on its own.
Movement events and constraints
What counts as a movement, what records it and what limits it.
- What identifies and describes the movement of a tightrope walker, and in what units or vocabulary? definition
- Who or what asserted this about the movement of a tightrope walker, by which method, and when was it true? provenance
- What may an agent decide or do once the movement of a tightrope walker is known, and what must it refuse? action
State and lifecycle The states a tightrope walker passes through and the events that move it between them.
Most decisions about a thing depend on what state it is in now, which is a claim with a time on it, not a property.
Lifecycle stages
From coming into existence to ceasing to be one of these.
Stages and transitions
The stages worth naming and what moves a tightrope walker between them.
- What identifies and describes the lifecycle of a tightrope walker, and in what units or vocabulary? definition
- Who or what asserted this about the lifecycle of a tightrope walker, by which method, and when was it true? provenance
- What may an agent decide or do once the lifecycle of a tightrope walker is known, and what must it refuse? action
Observations and current status
What is observed about a tightrope walker, how often and by whom.
Observation record
How an observation of a tightrope walker is recorded so that it can be superseded rather than overwritten.
- What identifies and describes an observation of a tightrope walker, and in what units or vocabulary? definition
- Who or what asserted this about an observation of a tightrope walker, by which method, and when was it true? provenance
- What may an agent decide or do once an observation of a tightrope walker is known, and what must it refuse? action
People, roles and responsibility Who stands in what relation to a tightrope walker.
Social things are defined by the relations people hold to them, and those relations change without the thing changing.
Roles and parties
The roles that exist around a tightrope walker and who fills them.
Role assignments and their validity
Who holds which role over a tightrope walker, from when, and on whose authority.
- What identifies and describes a role over a tightrope walker, and in what units or vocabulary? definition
- Who or what asserted this about a role over a tightrope walker, by which method, and when was it true? provenance
- What may an agent decide or do once a role over a tightrope walker is known, and what must it refuse? action
Ownership and accountability
Who answers for a tightrope walker and who may decide about it.
Accountability and decision rights
Where responsibility for a tightrope walker sits when something goes wrong.
- What identifies and describes responsibility for a tightrope walker, and in what units or vocabulary? definition
- Who or what asserted this about responsibility for a tightrope walker, by which method, and when was it true? provenance
- What may an agent decide or do once responsibility for a tightrope walker is known, and what must it refuse? action
Competence, qualification and licence What someone must be able to do, and be permitted to do, as tightrope walker.
The permission is jurisdictional and the competence is not, and conflating them is how an agent concludes someone may practise when they may not.
Competences and qualifications
Skills and credentials the role assumes.
Qualifications and how they are evidenced
What counts as qualified, and what proves it.
- What competences and qualifications does tightrope walker require, and how is each evidenced? definition
- Which qualifications transfer between jurisdictions and which do not? boundary
Licensing and the right to practise
Who grants permission, where it holds, and when it lapses.
Licence, issuer and validity
The permission, its issuer, its territory and its expiry.
- Who licenses tightrope walker, in which territory, and for how long? provenance
- What may an unlicensed person not do, and what must an agent refuse to assume? action
Tasks, employment and accountability What tightrope walker actually does and who answers for it.
A role is filled by people under an arrangement, and the arrangement decides liability, supervision and who may instruct whom.
Tasks and typical duties
The work itself, and how it differs by setting.
Duties and setting
What the role does and where the work varies.
- What tasks define tightrope walker, and how do they differ between settings or seniority? definition
- Which tasks may only be done by this role, and which are shared with neighbouring roles? boundary
Employment and accountability
The relation under which the work is done and where responsibility sits.
Responsibility and supervision
Who instructs, who supervises, who is liable.
- Under what arrangement does someone act as tightrope walker, and who supervises or is liable? definition
- When something goes wrong, what does the model need to have recorded to answer who was responsible? provenance
Provenance, evidence and time Where every claim about a tightrope walker came from and when it held.
A claim without a source and a time cannot be superseded, only overwritten, and an agent that overwrites loses the ability to explain itself.
Source and authority
Who said it, on what evidence, and how strongly.
Claim provenance and confidence
The authority behind each claim about a tightrope walker and how confident it is.
- What identifies and describes a claim about a tightrope walker, and in what units or vocabulary? definition
- Who or what asserted this about a claim about a tightrope walker, by which method, and when was it true? provenance
- What may an agent decide or do once a claim about a tightrope walker is known, and what must it refuse? action
Time, versions and supersession
When a claim was true, when it was learnt, and what replaced it.
Validity period and supersession
How an old claim about a tightrope walker is retired without being erased.
- What identifies and describes the validity of a claim about a tightrope walker, and in what units or vocabulary? definition
- Who or what asserted this about the validity of a claim about a tightrope walker, by which method, and when was it true? provenance
- What may an agent decide or do once the validity of a claim about a tightrope walker is known, and what must it refuse? action
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Society, people and institutions
- Entry kind
- occupation or role
- Plane
- SOC
- Domain
- SOC.PER
What it is Derived, awaiting review
A social thing registered under SOC.PER. The registry names it; this draft has not been given a definition yet.
Why it exists Derived, awaiting review
Give an agent a durable, checkable way to recognise a tightrope walker, record what state it is in, and decide what may be done with it.
Distinguishing features Derived, awaiting review
- Described in 10 Wikipedia languages, which is a measure of how widely the thing is known, not of how important it is.
What robots and AI may and may not do Derived, awaiting review
May
- observe it, measure it, record its state
Moral aspects Missing, in the backlog
Not described yet. This gap is in the card backlog.
Owners Missing, in the backlog
Not described yet. This gap is in the card backlog.
Links to other meta-models Missing, in the backlog
Not described yet. This gap is in the card backlog.
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Incomplete
Identity and identifiers required Missing, in the backlog
Not described yet. This gap is in the card backlog.
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
- Made of: a social arrangement between people
- Moves under its own power or of its own accord.
- Acts on its own behalf.
- These come from the domain this entry sits in rather than from the entry itself, so treat them as a first guess about the whole domain applied to one thing.
Recognition optional Derived, awaiting review
- Not recognisable by appearance, and guessing from dress or setting is how an agent gets this wrong. Recognised by qualification, licence or engagement.
Capabilities and actions required Derived, awaiting review
- observed and measured
Hazards and failure modes required Missing, in the backlog
Not described yet. This gap is in the card backlog.
Standards and interfaces required Missing, in the backlog
Not described yet. This gap is in the card backlog.
Context of use required Derived, awaiting review
- Described in 10 Wikipedia languages, which measures how widely it is written about rather than how important or how common it is.
Sources Missing, in the backlog
Not described yet. This gap is in the card backlog.
Open questions
- Which of the bundles below does a real task actually need, and which are ceremony?
- What does this thing have that the facets do not capture at all?
- Which neighbouring kind is most often confused with a tightrope walker, and on what evidence are they told apart?
- What may an agent decide or do once the name of a tightrope walker is known, and what must it refuse?
- What may an agent decide or do once an identifier for a tightrope walker is known, and what must it refuse?
- What may an agent decide or do once the kind of a tightrope walker is known, and what must it refuse?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry, generated draft (pass 1) · not researched
Built from: models/draft_model.php, wikidata
Generated by rule from registry facets. No source was read; every derived section awaits the research pass.