beginning
Let an agent identify and record the beginning of things across domains, explain forms of beginning such as incorporation, first commits and first appearances, and support chronology and documentation.
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4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Identify Finding the beginning.
Date
Start dates.
Date
Dates.
- When did this thing begin, and which event counts as its beginning, according to records? provenance
- Are founding, incorporation, launch and first appearance being distinguished? boundary
Record
Recording beginnings.
Record
Recording.
- How should start dates and initial states be recorded in data and documents? action
- Which entry fits date standards? action
Forms Forms of beginning.
Organisations
Incorporation.
Organisations
Organisations.
- What are company formation and incorporation, and how do they mark the beginning of an organisation? definition
- Which entry fits company law? action
Digital
Initial commits and genesis blocks.
Digital
Digital.
- What are an initial commit and a genesis block, and what do they establish? definition
- Which entry fits version control or blockchain? action
Narrative Beginnings in works.
Stories
Openings.
Stories
Openings.
- How do openings of stories, films and music work, and what techniques do writers use? provenance
- Which entry fits narrative structure? action
Appearances
First appearances.
Appearances
First appearances.
- How are first appearances of characters, performers and products documented? provenance
- Which entry fits a specific character? action
Learn Thought and teaching.
Philosophy
Beginnings in thought.
Philosophy
Thought.
- How have philosophy, cosmology and religions treated the idea of a beginning, with positions attributed? provenance
- Is the presentation neutral? boundary
Teach
Teaching.
Teach
Teaching.
- How can origins and start dates be taught in history and data literacy? action
- Which misconceptions arise? provenance
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Cross-cutting context
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- XCT
- Domain
- XCT.QLT
- Other names and narrower kinds
- incorporation, company formation, initial commit, first appearance, initial, genesis block, head start, initial consonant, initial vowel, appreciation, start of the signature collection, Wake-Up Call
What it is Filled
The point or period at which something starts to exist or happen, the first part of a process, work or period, including the origin of organisations through incorporation and company formation, the first commit of a software project, the genesis block of a blockchain, a first appearance of a character or performer, and the opening of a story or event; beginnings are recorded as dates, events and initial states.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent identify and record the beginning of things across domains, explain forms of beginning such as incorporation, first commits and first appearances, and support chronology and documentation.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Temporal start
- Initial state
- Origin marker
- Domain-specific forms
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Mix founding, incorporation and launch dates as if they were the same.
- Accept retrospective origin claims without evidence.
- Alter the recorded start of a project or record to suit a claim.
- Treat an uncertain beginning as precisely known.
Only with a human decision
- Correcting the official start date in a register or record.
May
- Report when something began, stating which start is meant, such as founding, incorporation or launch.
- Give sources for start dates and flag ambiguity.
Moral aspects Filled
- Who started something first decides credit, rights and priority.
- Origin stories can be shaped to exclude founders or communities.
Who is affected
- Founders and contributors
- Readers
- Parties to priority disputes
Owners Filled
Steward
Nobody owns the concept; the keeper of a record answers for the start dates in it.
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q20203388 - registry parent class
- Q3885844 - registry parent class
related
- origin - category
- extremity - category
- chronology - ordering from beginnings
- first - the first instance
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.beginning
- Wikidata: Q529711 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q529711)
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
Not applicable
Plane XCT: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- First part or point of origin
- Applies to any process or entity
- An end is the final point; a middle is between
- Not physical; a point in time or an initial state.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- identify beginnings
- explain forms of beginning
- record initial states
- support chronology
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Ambiguous start dates
- Confusing founding, incorporation and launch
- Retrospective claims about origins
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Company registration rules for incorporation dates
- Data conventions for start dates
- Version control conventions
Context of use required Filled
- The start of something.
- beginnings of organisations such as incorporation
- beginnings of works and stories
- first appearances
- initial commits and genesis blocks
- beginnings of periods and events
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q529711: beginning - identity and sense of the item
- Cambridge Dictionary: beginning - The first part or initial point of something.
Open questions
- Should each form of beginning be a separate entry?
- How should date conventions be linked?
- How should disputed origins be attributed?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q529711/spec.json