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vr.tr.disaster · thing-q3839081

Let an agent handle disasters of all causes by type, impact and response, with verified information first.

Thing Registry Cross-cutting context XCT.STA
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

Event What happened.

Type and cause

Classification.

Type

Type of disaster.

  1. What type of disaster is it, and what caused it? provenance
  2. Where and when? provenance

Scale

Extent.

Scale

Scale of impact.

  1. How many people are affected, according to official sources? measurement
  2. How uncertain are the figures? measurement
Response Help now.

Instructions

What to do.

Instructions

Official instructions.

  1. What do authorities advise people to do? action
  2. Where are shelters and help? action

Aid

Humanitarian response.

Aid

Response organisations.

  1. Which organisations are responding? provenance
  2. How can people help safely? action
Causes Why it happened.

Investigation

Inquiry findings.

Findings

Investigation findings.

  1. What did investigations find? provenance
  2. Who was responsible, if anyone? provenance

Vulnerability

Why losses were high.

Vulnerability

Vulnerability factors.

  1. What made people vulnerable? definition
  2. How can that be reduced? action
Recovery After the disaster.

Rebuilding

Reconstruction.

Recovery

Recovery progress.

  1. How is recovery progressing? measurement
  2. Who funds it? provenance

Lessons

Changes.

Lessons

Lessons learned.

  1. Which lessons were implemented? provenance
  2. Which were not? boundary

Classifiers Filled

Family
Thing Registry
Category
Cross-cutting context
Entry kind
thing
Plane
XCT
Domain
XCT.STA
Other names and narrower kinds
humanitarian crisis, engineering disaster, industrial disaster, crowd collapses and crushes, stadium disaster, famine, complex emergency, Telangana chemical factory explosion, Garbage landslide, dam failure, climbing disaster, Compound disaster

What it is Filled

A serious disruption of the functioning of a community or society causing widespread human, material, economic or environmental losses that exceed its ability to cope, from natural, technological or human causes.

Why it exists Filled

Let an agent handle disasters of all causes by type, impact and response, with verified information first.

Distinguishing features Filled

  • Exceeds local coping capacity
  • Natural, technological or human causes
  • Includes slow-onset crises such as famine
  • Natural disaster is a subset

What robots and AI may and may not do Filled

Must not

  • Spread unverified reports or rumours during a disaster.
  • Exploit victims through scams or price gouging.
  • Publish images or identities of victims without consent.
  • Contradict or impersonate emergency authorities.

Only with a human decision

  • Prioritising aid or rescue among affected people.
  • Declaring an area safe to return to.

May

  • Relay official warnings and guidance during a disaster.
  • Help responders collate damage and needs reports.
  • Help people find shelters, aid and missing relatives through official channels.

Moral aspects Filled

  • Disasters fall hardest on the poor, the old and the disabled.
  • Aid must reach people fairly, without discrimination.

Who is affected

  • Affected communities
  • Responders
  • Displaced people

Owners Filled

Steward

Civil protection and emergency authorities coordinate the response.

Links to other meta-models Filled

parent

  • Q1132455 - registry parent class
  • Q1689296 - registry parent class
  • Q1920219 - registry parent class
  • Q1931388 - registry parent class
  • Q813912 - registry parent class

related

  • natural disaster, explosion, conflagration, flood - kinds
  • hazard - with exposure and vulnerability
  • disaster risk reduction - field
  • consequence - impacts

What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled

Identity and identifiers required Filled

  • Vercy registry: vr.tr.disaster
  • Wikidata: Q3839081 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3839081)
  • GLIDE number: event code disasters
  • EM-DAT id: numeric database

Direct properties not applicable Not applicable

Not applicable

Plane XCT: no invented physical properties.

Recognition optional Filled

  • Official declarations of disaster or emergency
  • Disaster databases and ids
  • Types such as industrial, stadium or engineering disasters
  • Damage, casualties, displaced people and emergency response; famines and crises may be less visible but deadly.

Capabilities and actions required Filled

  • prepare and reduce risk
  • respond and coordinate aid
  • investigate causes
  • recover and learn

Hazards and failure modes required Filled

  • Misinformation
  • Aid scams
  • Blaming victims
  • Neglect of slow-onset disasters

Standards and interfaces required Filled

  • Sendai Framework
  • Civil protection law
  • Sphere humanitarian standards

Context of use required Filled

  • Disasters are managed through preparedness, response and recovery.
  • natural disasters
  • technological and industrial disasters
  • crowd disasters and crushes
  • humanitarian crises and famines
  • engineering failures

Sources Filled

  1. Wikidata item Q3839081: disaster - identity and sense of the item
  2. Wikipedia: Disaster - general description of the item

Open questions

  • Should technological and natural disasters be linked under one parent?
  • How should agents verify live information?
  • How should famines be modelled?

Machine files

Card as JSON Specification Card backlog vercy.card/1

Provenance

thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed

Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q3839081/spec.json