MediaWiki wikitext
Give an agent a durable, checkable way to recognise a MediaWiki wikitext, 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
6 bundles · 12 layers · 14 findings · 38 questions
Identity, naming and classification How an agent tells one MediaWiki wikitext from another, and a MediaWiki wikitext 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 MediaWiki wikitext, and in what units or vocabulary? definition
- Who or what asserted this about the name of a MediaWiki wikitext, by which method, and when was it true? provenance
- What may an agent decide or do once the name of a MediaWiki wikitext 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 MediaWiki wikitext, and in what units or vocabulary? definition
- Who or what asserted this about an identifier for a MediaWiki wikitext, by which method, and when was it true? provenance
- What may an agent decide or do once an identifier for a MediaWiki wikitext is known, and what must it refuse? action
Classification and granularity
Where a MediaWiki wikitext 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 MediaWiki wikitext, and in what units or vocabulary? definition
- Who or what asserted this about the kind of a MediaWiki wikitext, by which method, and when was it true? provenance
- What may an agent decide or do once the kind of a MediaWiki wikitext is known, and what must it refuse? action
Distinguishing features
What separates a MediaWiki wikitext from the things most often confused with it.
- What identifies and describes what distinguishes a MediaWiki wikitext, and in what units or vocabulary? definition
- Who or what asserted this about what distinguishes a MediaWiki wikitext, by which method, and when was it true? provenance
- What may an agent decide or do once what distinguishes a MediaWiki wikitext is known, and what must it refuse? action
State and lifecycle The states a MediaWiki wikitext 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 MediaWiki wikitext between them.
- What identifies and describes the lifecycle of a MediaWiki wikitext, and in what units or vocabulary? definition
- Who or what asserted this about the lifecycle of a MediaWiki wikitext, by which method, and when was it true? provenance
- What may an agent decide or do once the lifecycle of a MediaWiki wikitext is known, and what must it refuse? action
Observations and current status
What is observed about a MediaWiki wikitext, how often and by whom.
Observation record
How an observation of a MediaWiki wikitext is recorded so that it can be superseded rather than overwritten.
- What identifies and describes an observation of a MediaWiki wikitext, and in what units or vocabulary? definition
- Who or what asserted this about an observation of a MediaWiki wikitext, by which method, and when was it true? provenance
- What may an agent decide or do once an observation of a MediaWiki wikitext is known, and what must it refuse? action
Content, encoding and access What a MediaWiki wikitext says, how it is encoded and who may read it.
An informational thing carries content that can be copied, versioned and withheld, none of which its physical carrier explains.
Content and encoding
The content itself, its format and its language.
Content, format and language
What a MediaWiki wikitext contains and in what form it is held.
- What identifies and describes the content of a MediaWiki wikitext, and in what units or vocabulary? definition
- Who or what asserted this about the content of a MediaWiki wikitext, by which method, and when was it true? provenance
- What may an agent decide or do once the content of a MediaWiki wikitext is known, and what must it refuse? action
Access, rights and retention
Who may read, copy or change it, and for how long it is kept.
Access rules and retention
The permissions attached to a MediaWiki wikitext and the period it survives.
- What identifies and describes access to a MediaWiki wikitext, and in what units or vocabulary? definition
- Who or what asserted this about access to a MediaWiki wikitext, by which method, and when was it true? provenance
- What may an agent decide or do once access to a MediaWiki wikitext is known, and what must it refuse? action
Subject matter and method What MediaWiki wikitext studies and how it establishes anything.
A field is identified by its questions and its methods, and those are what distinguish it from the fields next to it.
Subject matter
The questions it takes as its own.
Questions and objects of study
What it is about, stated so a neighbouring field can be told apart.
- What questions and objects does MediaWiki wikitext take as its own? definition
- Which questions does it share with a neighbouring field, and who claims them? boundary
Method and evidence
How claims are established and what counts as evidence.
Methods and standards of evidence
The methods used and what they are taken to establish.
- By what methods does MediaWiki wikitext establish claims, and what counts as sufficient evidence? provenance
- What kind of claim can this field not settle, and where should an agent look instead? action
Institutions and classification Where MediaWiki wikitext is practised and how catalogues place it.
The institutional footprint is the evidence that a field exists as a field rather than as a topic.
Institutional markers
Societies, journals, degrees and departments.
Bodies and venues
Where the field organises itself.
- Which societies, journals or degrees mark MediaWiki wikitext as an established field? provenance
- What would show that it is emerging or dissolving rather than established? boundary
Classification schemes
Where library and research classifications put it.
Codes and their disagreements
The classification codes that place it, and where they differ.
- Which classification schemes place MediaWiki wikitext, under what codes? definition
- Where do those schemes disagree about its scope? boundary
Provenance, evidence and time Where every claim about a MediaWiki wikitext 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 MediaWiki wikitext and how confident it is.
- What identifies and describes a claim about a MediaWiki wikitext, and in what units or vocabulary? definition
- Who or what asserted this about a claim about a MediaWiki wikitext, by which method, and when was it true? provenance
- What may an agent decide or do once a claim about a MediaWiki wikitext 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 MediaWiki wikitext is retired without being erased.
- What identifies and describes the validity of a claim about a MediaWiki wikitext, and in what units or vocabulary? definition
- Who or what asserted this about the validity of a claim about a MediaWiki wikitext, by which method, and when was it true? provenance
- What may an agent decide or do once the validity of a claim about a MediaWiki wikitext is known, and what must it refuse? action
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Information and virtual systems
- Entry kind
- discipline or field of knowledge
- Plane
- INF
- Domain
- INF.KNW
What it is Derived, awaiting review
An informational thing registered under INF.KNW. 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 MediaWiki wikitext, record what state it is in, and decide what may be done with it.
Distinguishing features Derived, awaiting review
- Described in 2 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
- read it and act on what it says
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: content that has to be carried by something else
- Does nothing on its own; everything it does, something else did to it.
- 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 Missing, in the backlog
Not described yet. This gap is in the card backlog.
Capabilities and actions required Derived, awaiting review
- read and interpreted
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 2 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 MediaWiki wikitext, and on what evidence are they told apart?
- What may an agent decide or do once the name of a MediaWiki wikitext is known, and what must it refuse?
- What may an agent decide or do once an identifier for a MediaWiki wikitext is known, and what must it refuse?
- What may an agent decide or do once the kind of a MediaWiki wikitext is known, and what must it refuse?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry, generated draft (pass 1) · not researched
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