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history of Europe
vr.tr.history-of-europe · thing-q7787
Let an agent handle European history by period, region, theme and source, presenting contested narratives with attribution and including minority and community histories.
Thing Registry Information and virtual systems INF.KNW
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
Period When.
Which
Period.
Which
Period.
- Which period and region is meant? definition
- How do historians date it? provenance
Events
Key events.
Events
Key events.
- What key events do reliable sources describe? provenance
- Where do accounts differ? boundary
Perspectives Whose history.
Minorities
Community histories.
Minorities
Community histories.
- How are minority and community histories represented? boundary
- Which sources cover them? provenance
Contested
Narratives.
Contested
Contested narratives.
- Which narratives are contested between countries or groups? provenance
- Are views attributed? boundary
Sources Evidence.
Archives
Primary sources.
Archives
Archives.
- Which archives hold primary sources on this topic? provenance
- How can they be accessed? action
Scholarship
Historians.
Scholarship
Scholarship.
- Which historians and works are considered authoritative? provenance
- How has interpretation changed? provenance
Remembrance Memory.
Memorials
Sites.
Memorials
Memorials.
- Which memorials and museums commemorate these events? provenance
- How can they be visited respectfully? action
Teaching
Education.
Teaching
Teaching.
- How can this history be taught with multiple perspectives? action
- Which resources help? provenance
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Information and virtual systems
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- INF
- Domain
- INF.KNW
- Other names and narrower kinds
- history of the Jews in Ukraine, history of the Jews in Carpathian Ruthenia, history of Yugoslavia, history of Croatia, history of the Holy Roman Empire, military history of Sweden, history of the Catholic Church in Croatia, history of church–state separation in Europe, economic history of Estonia, modern Europe, history of the Soviet Union, history of the Renaissance
What it is Filled
The history of the European continent and its peoples from prehistory through antiquity, the Middle Ages, the early modern period and modern times to the present, including regional, national and community histories.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent handle European history by period, region, theme and source, presenting contested narratives with attribution and including minority and community histories.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Long and diverse
- Many states and peoples
- Contested narratives
- Rich archives
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Deny or distort documented atrocities such as the Holocaust.
- Present one nation's account of a contested event as the only one.
- Invent events, dates, quotations or documents.
- Use history to justify hatred or territorial claims against a group today.
Only with a human decision
- Publishing narratives about contested or recent events that communities dispute.
May
- Summarise European history with sources, naming the period and the historiography used.
- Present competing interpretations of contested events side by side.
Moral aspects Filled
- Histories of Europe include colonisation, slavery and genocide whose descendants live with them.
- National histories are used politically; distortion fuels conflict.
Who is affected
- Descendants of victims
- Minority communities in Europe
- Students and readers
Owners Filled
Steward
Nobody: held in common; archives, historians and national libraries keep the records.
Master systems
- National archives and library catalogues
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q200325 - registry parent class
related
- human history - category
- national histories - parts
- historians - field
- archives and museums - sources
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.history-of-europe
- Wikidata: Q7787 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7787)
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
Not applicable
Plane INF: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Periods such as antiquity, Middle Ages, modern era
- National and regional histories
- Histories of other continents are separate
- Not physical; recorded in documents, archaeology, monuments and memory.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- summarise periods and events from reliable sources
- find regional and national histories
- include minority and community histories
- find archives and museums
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Nationalist or one-sided narratives
- Omitting minority histories
- Unsourced claims
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Archive access law
- Heritage protection law
Context of use required Filled
- Understanding the past of Europe and its influence.
- ancient Europe
- medieval Europe
- early modern Europe
- modern Europe
- histories of minorities such as Jewish communities
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q7787: history of Europe - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: History of Europe - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should periods be separate entries?
- How should national histories be linked?
- How should contested narratives be shown?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
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