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vr.tr.politics · thing-q7163

Let an agent handle politics by arena, actors, processes and policies, strictly neutral and with sourced facts.

Thing Registry Activities and processes ACT.ACT
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

Arena Where politics happens.

Level

Local to international.

Level

Arena.

  1. At which level: local, national or international? definition
  2. Which institutions are involved? provenance

Process

Elections, legislation.

Process

Process.

  1. Which process is under way? definition
  2. What are the key dates? measurement
Actors Who is involved.

Parties

Positions.

Parties

Actors and positions.

  1. Who are the main actors, and what are their stated positions? provenance
  2. From their own sources? provenance

Finance

Funding.

Finance

Political finance.

  1. How are they funded, according to official disclosures? provenance
  2. Which rules apply? provenance
Policy Issues.

Issue

Topic.

Issue

Policy issue.

  1. What is the policy question? definition
  2. What options are proposed? definition

Evidence

Research.

Evidence

Evidence.

  1. What does evidence say about likely effects? provenance
  2. Where is it contested? boundary
Neutrality Balance.

Balance

Views.

Balance

Balanced account.

  1. Are competing views represented fairly and attributed? boundary
  2. Is loaded language avoided? boundary

Participation

Civic action.

Participation

Participation.

  1. How can someone register to vote or take part? action
  2. Where is official information? provenance

Classifiers Filled

Family
Thing Registry
Category
Activities and processes
Entry kind
thing
Plane
ACT
Domain
ACT.ACT
Other names and narrower kinds
mass media and politics, poverty alleviation programme in India, political decision, library policy, asylum policy, development aid, UK asylum policy after Brexit, immigration policy, local politics, spatial politics, hard power, bilateral development cooperation

What it is Filled

The activities through which people and groups make collective decisions, distribute power and resources, and resolve conflicts, including elections, government, parties, policy-making and public debate.

Why it exists Filled

Let an agent handle politics by arena, actors, processes and policies, strictly neutral and with sourced facts.

Distinguishing features Filled

  • Collective decision-making
  • Contest over power and policy
  • Formal and informal
  • Deeply contested views

What robots and AI may and may not do Filled

Must not

  • Spread false information about candidates, voting or results.
  • Impersonate a politician, party or electoral official.
  • Target people with political messages based on sensitive personal data, regardless of consent.
  • Favour one party or ideology when asked for neutral information.
  • Intimidate or discourage anyone from voting or taking part in politics.

Only with a human decision

  • Publishing political content on behalf of a person or organisation requires human approval.

May

  • Explain political systems, institutions and positions in neutral terms with sources.
  • Report election results and official political data from authoritative sources.

Moral aspects Filled

  • Political information shapes elections; manipulation undermines self-government.
  • Political opinions are sensitive data and their exposure can endanger people.

Who is affected

  • Voters and citizens
  • Candidates and activists
  • Minorities and dissidents

Owners Filled

Steward

The public: held in common; electoral bodies and courts guard its rules.

Master systems

  • Electoral registers
  • Registers of political parties and donations

Links to other meta-models Filled

parent

  • Q1914636 - registry parent class
  • Q3482410 - registry parent class
  • Q4686698 - registry parent class

related

  • activity and group behaviour - category
  • legislature and government - arenas
  • political science - field
  • policy and law - outputs

What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled

Identity and identifiers required Filled

  • Vercy registry: vr.tr.politics
  • Wikidata: Q7163 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7163)

Direct properties not applicable Not applicable

Not applicable

Plane ACT: no invented physical properties.

Recognition optional Filled

  • Actors: parties, governments, movements
  • Processes: elections, legislation
  • Policy fields such as asylum or development aid
  • Elections, parliaments, parties, campaigns, debates and policies.

Capabilities and actions required Filled

  • vote and take part
  • follow policy processes
  • contact representatives
  • analyse politics with evidence

Hazards and failure modes required Filled

  • Partisan framing by the agent
  • Misinformation
  • Unsourced claims about politicians

Standards and interfaces required Filled

  • Constitutions and electoral law
  • Political finance rules
  • Freedom of expression and assembly

Context of use required Filled

  • Governing societies and deciding public matters.
  • electoral politics
  • legislative politics
  • public policy
  • international politics
  • grassroots and movement politics

Sources Filled

  1. Wikidata item Q7163: politics - identity and sense of the item
  2. Wikipedia: Politics - general description of the item

Open questions

  • Should policy fields be separate entries?
  • How should neutrality be checked?
  • How should political actors be linked?

Machine files

Card as JSON Specification Card backlog vercy.card/1

Provenance

thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed

Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q7163/spec.json