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vr.tr.birthday · thing-q47223

Let an agent handle birthdays by date, age, customs and privacy, and treat people birth dates as personal data.

Thing Registry Activities and processes ACT.EVT
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 When.

Birthday

Date.

Date

Date.

  1. On what date does the birthday fall this year? measurement
  2. How is a 29 February birthday handled? boundary

Age

Years.

Age

Age.

  1. How old will the person be? measurement
  2. Under which age-counting system? definition
Customs Celebration.

Traditions

Culture.

Traditions

Customs.

  1. What customs apply in this culture? definition
  2. Are birthdays celebrated at all? boundary

Planning

Party.

Planning

Planning.

  1. How can a celebration be planned? action
  2. What dietary or accessibility needs apply? boundary
Public birthdays Holidays.

Holiday

Official observance.

Holiday

Public holiday.

  1. Is this birthday a public holiday, and where? provenance
  2. On which date is it observed? measurement

Ceremony

Events.

Ceremony

Ceremonies.

  1. What official events mark it? provenance
  2. Where can the schedule be found? provenance
Privacy Personal data.

Data

Storage.

Data

Data handling.

  1. Is the date of birth needed, or only the day and month? boundary
  2. Is it stored lawfully? boundary

Exposure

Identity risk.

Exposure

Identity risk.

  1. Could publishing it help identity fraud? boundary
  2. Who consented? boundary

Classifiers Filled

Family
Thing Registry
Category
Activities and processes
Entry kind
thing
Plane
ACT
Domain
ACT.EVT
Other names and narrower kinds
Celebration for King Bhumibol Adulyadej's 3rd Cycle Birthday Anniversary, Celebration for King Bhumibol Adulyadej's 4th Cycle Birthday Anniversary, Celebration for King Bhumibol Adulyadej's 6th Cycle Birthday Anniversary, Celebrations for King Bhumibol Adulyadej's 80th Birthday, Celebration for King Bhumibol Adulyadej's 50th Birthday, Twin Holy Birthdays, seeing Abraham, Doljanchi

What it is Filled

The anniversary of the day a person was born, or of the founding of an institution, often marked by celebration; notable birthdays of monarchs and religious figures can be public holidays.

Why it exists Filled

Let an agent handle birthdays by date, age, customs and privacy, and treat people birth dates as personal data.

Distinguishing features Filled

  • Annual anniversary of birth
  • Customs vary by culture
  • Leap day birthdays need a rule
  • Birth dates are personal data

What robots and AI may and may not do Filled

Must not

  • Reveal a person's date of birth to others without their consent.
  • Use a date of birth to pass identity checks or open accounts on someone's behalf.
  • Send greetings or messages in a person's name without their approval.
  • Infer or publish a person's age where it can expose them to discrimination.

Only with a human decision

  • Sending a message or gift to someone on the user's behalf.

May

  • Remind a user of birthdays they have chosen to keep.
  • Note public holidays that mark notable birthdays.

Moral aspects Filled

  • Dates of birth are personal data often misused for identity fraud.
  • Birthdays can be painful for people who are grieving or estranged.

Who is affected

  • The person whose birthday it is
  • Family and friends

Owners Filled

Steward

The person whose birthday it is; civil registries record births.

Master systems

  • Civil birth registries

Links to other meta-models Filled

parent

  • Q1062856 - registry parent class
  • Q200538 - registry parent class

related

  • anniversary and party - category
  • birth - event
  • age - quantity
  • personal data - privacy

What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled

Identity and identifiers required Filled

  • Vercy registry: vr.tr.birthday
  • Wikidata: Q47223 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47223)

Direct properties not applicable Not applicable

Not applicable

Plane ACT: no invented physical properties.

Recognition optional Filled

  • Date of birth recurring each year
  • Milestone ages
  • Public birthday holidays of monarchs or religious figures
  • Celebrations with cakes, candles, cards, gifts and gatherings, varying by culture.

Capabilities and actions required Filled

  • compute age
  • plan a celebration
  • send greetings
  • observe public birthday holidays

Hazards and failure modes required Filled

  • Exposing dates of birth used in identity checks
  • Leap day and time zone errors
  • Assuming customs across cultures

Standards and interfaces required Filled

  • Data protection law for dates of birth
  • Public holiday law for official birthdays
  • Age thresholds in law

Context of use required Filled

  • Marking a person age and celebrating them; public birthdays mark holidays.
  • personal birthdays
  • milestone birthdays
  • official birthdays of monarchs
  • religious birthdays such as saints days
  • name days (related)

Sources Filled

  1. Wikidata item Q47223: birthday - identity and sense of the item
  2. Wikipedia: Birthday - general description of the item

Open questions

  • Should official birthdays be separate entries?
  • How should name days be linked?
  • How should birth dates be protected in data?

Machine files

Card as JSON Specification Card backlog vercy.card/1

Provenance

thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed

Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q47223/spec.json