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vr.tr.fasting · thing-q44602

Let an agent handle fasting by purpose, rules, duration and health considerations, respect religious practice, and direct medical questions to professionals.

Thing Registry Activities and processes ACT.PRC
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

Purpose Why fast.

Type

Religious, medical, health.

Type

Kind of fast.

  1. What kind of fast is it? definition
  2. Which tradition or instruction governs it? provenance

Rules

Times and exemptions.

Rules

Rules and exemptions.

  1. What are the times and rules? provenance
  2. Who is exempt? boundary
Health Safety.

Risks

Who should be careful.

Risks

Health risks.

  1. Who should seek medical advice before fasting? boundary
  2. Which symptoms mean stopping? action

Breaking the fast

Safely.

Breaking

Breaking a fast.

  1. How should a fast be broken safely? action
  2. What does guidance say? provenance
Medical fasting Before procedures.

Instructions

Nil by mouth.

Instructions

Pre-procedure rules.

  1. What fasting instructions did the clinical team give? provenance
  2. What if they were not followed? action

Medicines

Taking medicines.

Medicines

Medicines during fasting.

  1. Should regular medicines be taken during the fast? action
  2. Who to ask? action
Respect Religious practice.

Accommodation

Work and school.

Accommodation

Accommodations.

  1. What accommodations can workplaces or schools make? action
  2. What does law require? boundary

Language

Respectful description.

Language

Respectful wording.

  1. Is the description respectful and accurate? boundary
  2. Does it avoid generalisations? boundary

Classifiers Filled

Family
Thing Registry
Category
Activities and processes
Entry kind
thing
Plane
ACT
Domain
ACT.PRC
Other names and narrower kinds
nil per os, Christian fast, fasting in Islam, Surerogatory fasting, Fasting the vow, Kaffarat al-Yameen, Fasting the kaffara, Fasting Arafa day, Kaffara fasting, fasting sunnah, patient fasting, types of fasting in Islam

What it is Filled

Voluntary abstention from some or all food or drink for a period, for religious, health, medical or protest reasons, including religious fasts and medical fasting before procedures (nil by mouth).

Why it exists Filled

Let an agent handle fasting by purpose, rules, duration and health considerations, respect religious practice, and direct medical questions to professionals.

Distinguishing features Filled

  • Voluntary abstention for a period
  • Religious rules specify times and exemptions
  • Medical fasting follows clinical instructions
  • Prolonged fasting has health risks

What robots and AI may and may not do Filled

Must not

  • Encourage prolonged fasting in children, pregnant people or people with eating disorders.
  • Promote fasting as a cure for disease against medical evidence.
  • Mock or obstruct religious fasts.
  • Pressure someone on a hunger strike to stop or to continue.

Only with a human decision

  • Advising on fasting for a person with diabetes or another medical condition.
  • Any intervention concerning a person on hunger strike.

May

  • Explain religious and medical fasting practices from reliable sources.
  • Remind a user of fasting instructions given by their clinician before a procedure.

Moral aspects Filled

  • Fasting can be devotion, protest or a health risk.
  • Eating disorders can hide behind fasting.

Who is affected

  • People who fast
  • People with eating disorders or diabetes
  • Religious communities

Owners Filled

Steward

Each person who fasts; religious authorities set rules for religious fasts.

Links to other meta-models Filled

parent

  • Q210978 - registry parent class

related

  • abstinence - practice
  • religion - observance
  • health - effects
  • starvation - involuntary

What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled

Identity and identifiers required Filled

  • Vercy registry: vr.tr.fasting
  • Wikidata: Q44602 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q44602)

Direct properties not applicable Not applicable

Not applicable

Plane ACT: no invented physical properties.

Recognition optional Filled

  • Religious calendars and fast schedules
  • Medical instructions such as nil per os
  • Health programmes such as time-restricted eating
  • Not visible; observed through practice and schedules such as Ramadan timetables.

Capabilities and actions required Filled

  • observe a religious fast
  • follow nil-by-mouth instructions before procedures
  • seek medical advice before prolonged fasting
  • break a fast safely

Hazards and failure modes required Filled

  • Health risks for people with diabetes, pregnancy or eating disorders
  • Dehydration
  • Misleading health claims

Standards and interfaces required Filled

  • Clinical guidelines on pre-operative fasting
  • Religious exemptions recognised in workplaces and schools

Context of use required Filled

  • Religious observance, medical preparation, health practices and protest.
  • religious fasts: Ramadan, Lent, Yom Kippur and others
  • medical fasting before procedures
  • intermittent fasting
  • hunger strikes

Sources Filled

  1. Wikidata item Q44602: fasting - identity and sense of the item
  2. Wikipedia: Fasting - general description of the item

Open questions

  • Should fasting types be separate entries?
  • How should religious exemption rules be recorded?
  • How should agents respond to fasting questions from vulnerable people?

Machine files

Card as JSON Specification Card backlog vercy.card/1

Provenance

thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed

Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q44602/spec.json