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vr.tr.cloud · thing-q8074

Let an agent identify and describe clouds by genus, altitude and weather significance, and separate them from cloud computing.

Thing Registry Cross-cutting context XCT.STA
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

Identification Which cloud.

Genus

Ten genera.

Genus

Genus.

  1. Which cloud genus is it? definition
  2. Which species and variety? definition

Altitude

Height.

Altitude

Altitude.

  1. How high is the cloud base? measurement
  2. From which observation? provenance
Weather What it signals.

Signs

Forecast.

Signs

Weather signs.

  1. What weather does this cloud suggest? definition
  2. Is a storm likely? boundary

Warnings

Official.

Warnings

Official warnings.

  1. Are official warnings in force? provenance
  2. What should be done? action
Climate Effects.

Radiation

Warming and cooling.

Radiation

Radiative effect.

  1. Does this cloud type warm or cool the surface? definition
  2. How certain is it? measurement

Human-made

Contrails.

Human-made

Anthropogenic clouds.

  1. Is it a contrail or other anthropogenic cloud? definition
  2. What is its climate effect? provenance
Senses Disambiguation.

Computing

Cloud services.

Computing

Computing sense.

  1. Is cloud computing meant instead? boundary
  2. Which entry fits? action

Observation

Reporting.

Observation

Observations.

  1. How can observations be reported? action
  2. To which network? provenance

Classifiers Filled

Family
Thing Registry
Category
Cross-cutting context
Entry kind
thing
Plane
XCT
Domain
XCT.STA
Other names and narrower kinds
sea of clouds, anthropogenic cloud, capillatus, convective cloud, duplicatus, calvus, volutus, opacus, perlucidus, radiatus, translucidus, floccus

What it is Filled

A visible mass of liquid droplets or ice crystals suspended in the atmosphere, classified by altitude and form into genera such as cirrus, cumulus and stratus, with species and varieties.

Why it exists Filled

Let an agent identify and describe clouds by genus, altitude and weather significance, and separate them from cloud computing.

Distinguishing features Filled

  • Suspended droplets or ice
  • Genera, species and varieties
  • Signal weather
  • Cloud computing is another sense

What robots and AI may and may not do Filled

Must not

  • Present a cloud observation as an official forecast or aviation report when it is not.
  • Fly a drone or aircraft into cloud where it cannot keep required separation and visibility.
  • Use cloud seeding or other weather modification without lawful authorization.

Only with a human decision

  • Issuing a weather warning based on cloud observations.

May

  • Identify and classify clouds from observations or images.
  • Report cloud cover and ceiling as part of weather observations.

Moral aspects Filled

  • Wrong weather information can lead people into danger, especially pilots and sailors.

Who is affected

  • Pilots and sailors
  • People exposed to severe weather

Owners Filled

Steward

Nobody owns clouds; national weather services keep the authoritative observations.

Master systems

  • National meteorological observation archives

Links to other meta-models Filled

parent

  • Q11663 - registry parent class

related

  • weather phenomenon - category
  • rain and snow - precipitation
  • International Cloud Atlas - standard
  • cloud computing - another sense

What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled

Identity and identifiers required Filled

  • Vercy registry: vr.tr.cloud
  • Wikidata: Q8074 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8074)
  • WMO cloud code: genus abbreviations such as Cb, Cu, Ci observations

Direct properties not applicable Not applicable

  • cloud base (low clouds): below 2000 m - mid-latitudes
  • cloud top (cumulonimbus): up to about 15000 m

Plane XCT: no invented physical properties.

Recognition optional Filled

  • Ten genera by form and altitude
  • Species such as capillatus or calvus
  • Varieties such as duplicatus
  • White to grey masses, sheets or wisps in the sky.

Capabilities and actions required Filled

  • identify cloud types
  • read weather signs
  • report observations
  • photograph them

Hazards and failure modes required Filled

  • Missing thunderstorm signs
  • Low cloud hazards for aviation

Standards and interfaces required Filled

  • WMO International Cloud Atlas

Context of use required Filled

  • Clouds signal weather and affect climate and light.
  • high clouds: cirrus, cirrocumulus, cirrostratus
  • middle clouds: altocumulus, altostratus, nimbostratus
  • low clouds: stratocumulus, stratus
  • convective clouds: cumulus, cumulonimbus
  • anthropogenic clouds such as contrails

Sources Filled

  1. Wikidata item Q8074: cloud - identity and sense of the item
  2. Wikipedia: Cloud - general description of the item

Open questions

  • Should genera be separate entries?
  • How should species and varieties be linked?
  • How should the computing sense be split off?

Machine files

Card as JSON Specification Card backlog vercy.card/1

Provenance

thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed

Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q8074/spec.json