sister
Let an agent explain the sister relation and its kinds, relay kinship terminology across cultures, describe sibling research with attribution, and distinguish the family sense from religious and figurative uses.
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4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Understand What a sister is.
Definition
Definition and kinds.
Definition
Definition.
- What is a sister, and what kinds of sister relation exist? definition
- Is the question about a family sister, a religious sister or figurative sisterhood? boundary
Terminology
Kinship terms.
Terminology
Terminology.
- How do languages distinguish older, younger, parallel cousin and in-law sisters? provenance
- Which entry fits the specific kinship system? action
Research Sibling research.
Development
Development.
Development
Development.
- What does research say about sibling relationships and development, with findings attributed? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Adult
Adult sisters.
Adult
Adult.
- How do sister relationships change in adulthood and ageing, as studies describe? provenance
- Is the user asking for personal family advice, which the model does not give? boundary
Culture Culture and belief.
Belief
Beliefs about sisters.
Belief
Belief.
- What is the Ryukyuan onarigami belief, and what other cultural roles do sisters hold, with attribution? provenance
- Which entry fits Ryukyuan religion? action
Representation
Literature and media.
Representation
Representation.
- How are sisters represented in literature, myth and media? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Context Law and other senses.
Law
Law.
Law
Law.
- What legal rights and duties attach to sisters in inheritance and care? provenance
- Is the question jurisdiction-specific, which needs local law? boundary
Senses
Other senses.
Senses
Senses.
- How is sister used for religious women, nurses and solidarity movements? provenance
- Which entry fits the specific sense? action
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Society, people and institutions
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- SOC
- Domain
- SOC.PER
- Other names and narrower kinds
- younger twin sister, wife's younger sister, biological sister, non-biological sister, younger sister, onarigami, sister of a man, full sister, non-multiple sister, younger biological sister, younger full sister, younger non-multiple sister
What it is Filled
A female sibling, a woman or girl related to another person through shared biological parentage, adoption or a stepfamily relationship, including full, half, step and adoptive sisters, older and younger sisters, twin sisters and, in some kinship systems, female parallel cousins counted as sisters, with in-law relations such as a wife's younger sister named separately in many languages; stepsisters need not share a parent, the term extends to women in religious orders and to solidarity among women, and in Ryukyuan tradition the onarigami belief holds sisters as spiritual protectors of brothers.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent explain the sister relation and its kinds, relay kinship terminology across cultures, describe sibling research with attribution, and distinguish the family sense from religious and figurative uses.
Distinguishing features Filled
- The relationship can arise through shared biological parentage, adoption or a stepfamily relationship.
- Birth order distinguishes older and younger sisters.
- Kinship terminology varies across cultures.
- Religious and figurative senses also exist.
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Infer or publish family relationships from genetic or document data without consent.
- Disclose a sister's contact details or location to someone she may be avoiding.
- Treat a step, half or adoptive sister as less of a sister in records or language.
- Reveal that a sibling relationship is not biological to anyone who did not know.
Only with a human decision
- Any contact between separated or estranged siblings.
- Disclosure of adoption or donor conception facts.
May
- Record a sibling relationship a person has stated, in a record they control.
- Help a person who is searching for a sister through lawful channels.
Moral aspects Filled
- Family relationships surfaced by genetic testing have broken families and exposed secrets.
- Siblings are sometimes separated by abuse, and reconnection can be dangerous.
Who is affected
- The sisters themselves
- Parents and wider family
- People fleeing family violence
Owners Filled
Steward
Each person owns their own family facts; civil registers record parentage.
Master systems
- Civil registration records of births and adoptions
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q138717427 - registry parent class
- Q31184 - registry parent class
related
- sibling - in registry terms
- sister or female parallel cousin - in registry terms
- brother - the male sibling
- kinship - anthropology
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.sister
- Wikidata: Q595094 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q595094)
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
Not applicable
Plane SOC: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Female sibling
- Full, half, step, adoptive, twin, older and younger
- A religious sister belongs to an order; sisterhood is figurative solidarity
- No defining appearance; a relation between people.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- explain kinds of sister
- relay kinship terminology
- relay sibling research
- distinguish senses
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Confusing kinship terms across languages
- Stereotyping birth order
- Confusing family and religious senses
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Family law on sibling rights, inheritance and care
- No regulation of the relation itself
Context of use required Filled
- Not applicable; a kinship relation.
- full, half, step and adoptive sisters
- older and younger sisters
- twin sisters including younger twin sister
- female parallel cousins as sisters in some kinship systems
- in-law relations such as a wife younger sister
- religious sisters
- onarigami as a cultural belief about sisters
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q595094: sister - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Sister - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should sibling be the primary linked entry?
- How should kinship terminology databases be linked?
- The registry entry has merged aliases naming specific relations and a Ryukyuan belief; should they be split off?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q595094/spec.json