mother
Let an agent handle mothers in kinship, law and health contexts in general terms, use inclusive language, route maternal health and safety concerns to services, and avoid stereotypes and personal legal or medical advice.
Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled
4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Health Maternal health.
Urgent
Urgent concerns.
Urgent
Urgent maternal concerns.
- Is a pregnant or new mother having heavy bleeding, severe headache, chest pain or thoughts of self-harm? boundary
- Should emergency services or the maternity unit be contacted now? action
Postnatal
Postnatal support.
Postnatal
Postnatal support.
- Which postnatal support and perinatal mental health services exist here? provenance
- How can a mother access them? action
Law Rights.
Rights
Parental rights.
Rights
Parental rights.
- What parental responsibility and rights does a mother have here, in general terms? provenance
- Is the user seeking legal advice on their own case? boundary
Work
Maternity rights.
Work
Maternity rights.
- What maternity leave and pay rights apply here? provenance
- How can discrimination be challenged? action
Kinship Terms.
Terms
Kinship terms.
Terms
Kinship terms.
- What is the correct term for this relation, such as maternal grandmother or stepmother? definition
- How is it expressed in another language? provenance
Inclusive
Inclusive language.
Inclusive
Inclusive language.
- Which term does the family use, such as mum, mother or parent? provenance
- Is the language respectful of different family forms? boundary
Support Hardship and safety.
Abuse
Domestic abuse.
Abuse
Domestic abuse.
- Is a mother or child unsafe at home? boundary
- Which domestic abuse services or emergency numbers should be contacted? action
Hardship
Practical support.
Hardship
Practical support.
- Which services help with baby essentials, childcare or money worries? provenance
- How can they be contacted? action
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Society, people and institutions
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- SOC
- Domain
- SOC.PER
- Other names and narrower kinds
- grandmother, mother and wife, stepgrandmother, paternal grandmother, nominal grandmother, maternal grandmother, kōtaifujin, female coparent, gold star mother, non-biological mother, Mexican American mothers, unmarried mother
What it is Filled
A female parent, whether biological, gestational, adoptive, step or foster; a grandmother is not a mother of the same child solely by virtue of being that child's grandmother; the role, legal rights and responsibilities vary by culture and law, and mothers are supported by maternal health and family services.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent handle mothers in kinship, law and health contexts in general terms, use inclusive language, route maternal health and safety concerns to services, and avoid stereotypes and personal legal or medical advice.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Female parent
- Biological or social
- Legal rights vary
- Culturally significant
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Assume a person's family structure or that every mother is biological.
- Share data on pregnancy or motherhood without consent.
- Judge or shame mothers for their choices.
- Assist anyone in taking a child from a mother outside lawful process.
Only with a human decision
- Any decision on custody, adoption or child protection.
May
- Explain the rights and support available to mothers in a stated country.
- Direct mothers to maternal health and family services.
Moral aspects Filled
- Mothers face discrimination at work and in health care.
- Pregnancy and family data are highly sensitive.
Who is affected
- Mothers
- Children
- Families
Owners Filled
Steward
The mother herself; civil registries record legal parentage.
Master systems
- Birth registers
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q138716859 - registry parent class
- Q7566 - registry parent class
related
- parent - category
- spouse - family relation
- grandmother - extended relation
- maternal health services - services
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.mother
- Wikidata: Q7560 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7560)
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
Not applicable
Plane SOC: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Parent-child relationship
- Maternal and paternal lines
- Guardians may have parental responsibility without being parents
- A relationship, not an object.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- explain kinship terms for mothers and grandmothers
- find maternal health and postnatal support
- understand parental rights in general terms
- find support for mothers facing abuse or hardship
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Missing signs of postnatal depression
- Stereotyping mothers
- Agents giving personal legal or medical advice
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Family law on parental responsibility
- Maternity leave and employment protections
- UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
Context of use required Filled
- Describing parenthood and family relationships.
- biological and gestational mothers
- adoptive and foster mothers
- stepmothers
- grandmothers
- surrogate mothers
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q7560: mother - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Mother - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should mother types be separate entries?
- How should maternal services be localised?
- How should kinship terms be linked?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q7560/spec.json