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vr.tr.knowledge · thing-q9081

Let an agent distinguish knowledge from belief, opinion and information, state the justification behind claims, and represent uncertainty honestly.

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

Claim What is known.

Content

The claim.

Content

What is claimed to be known.

  1. What exactly is claimed to be known? definition
  2. In what scope does it hold? boundary

Kind

That, how, acquaintance.

Kind

Kind of knowledge.

  1. Is this knowing that, knowing how, or familiarity? definition
  2. Can it be written down? boundary
Justification Why it is believed.

Evidence

Sources and reasons.

Evidence

Evidence and sources.

  1. What evidence supports it? provenance
  2. How strong is it? measurement

Uncertainty

Confidence.

Uncertainty

How certain it is.

  1. How certain is it, and what could overturn it? boundary
  2. How should the uncertainty be stated? action
Sharing Transfer and records.

Record

Documentation.

Record

Where it is recorded.

  1. Where is this knowledge recorded? provenance
  2. Is it up to date? boundary

Access

Who can use it.

Access

Access conditions.

  1. Who can access it, and under what terms? boundary
  2. Is any of it confidential or protected? boundary
Ownership Rights and respect.

Intellectual property

Patents and secrets.

IP

IP status.

  1. Is this knowledge protected by patent or trade secret? boundary
  2. Who owns it? provenance

Traditional knowledge

Community rights.

Traditional knowledge

Community rights.

  1. Is it traditional knowledge of a community? boundary
  2. Has consent been given for its use? boundary

Classifiers Filled

Family
Thing Registry
Category
Information and virtual systems
Entry kind
thing
Plane
INF
Domain
INF.KNW
Other names and narrower kinds
discursive knowledge, inexperience, existing knowledge, maternal knowledge, democratic competence, a priori, Visual Studio .NET, political literacy, experiential knowledge, research knowledge, ecological knowledge, GeoKnowledge

What it is Filled

Awareness or understanding of facts, skills or objects, often characterised in philosophy as justified true belief, and in practice as information that people or systems can use reliably.

Why it exists Filled

Let an agent distinguish knowledge from belief, opinion and information, state the justification behind claims, and represent uncertainty honestly.

Distinguishing features Filled

  • Requires truth and justification, unlike mere belief
  • Propositional, procedural and acquaintance knowledge
  • A priori and a posteriori knowledge
  • Tacit knowledge is hard to express

What robots and AI may and may not do Filled

Must not

  • Present guesses or generated text as established knowledge.
  • Claim others' knowledge or work as its own or as original.
  • Withhold safety-critical knowledge from those who need it.
  • Share knowledge that is confidential or that enables serious harm.

Only with a human decision

  • Publishing knowledge whose release could put people at risk.

May

  • Share knowledge with its sources and the confidence it holds it with.
  • Say plainly when it does not know or when knowledge is contested.

Moral aspects Filled

  • Who holds and controls knowledge shapes power; access should be fair.
  • Traditional and indigenous knowledge belongs to its communities.

Who is affected

  • Learners
  • Knowledge holders and authors
  • Communities with traditional knowledge

Owners Filled

Steward

Nobody owns knowledge as such; authors and communities hold rights in particular works.

Links to other meta-models Filled

parent

  • Q104127086 - registry parent class

related

  • belief - without justification
  • epistemology - philosophy
  • document and database - records
  • education - learning

What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled

Identity and identifiers required Filled

  • Vercy registry: vr.tr.knowledge
  • Wikidata: Q9081 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9081)

Direct properties not applicable Not applicable

Not applicable

Plane INF: no invented physical properties.

Recognition optional Filled

  • Claims with sources and justification
  • Skills shown in performance
  • Knowledge bases and documentation
  • Not visible; expressed in statements, skills, texts and systems.

Capabilities and actions required Filled

  • acquire and share it
  • justify and test it
  • record and organise it
  • lose or forget it

Hazards and failure modes required Filled

  • Presenting belief or guesswork as knowledge
  • Overconfidence
  • Loss of undocumented knowledge

Standards and interfaces required Filled

  • Intellectual property and trade secret law
  • Protections for traditional knowledge (Nagoya Protocol)

Context of use required Filled

  • Guiding action, teaching and decision-making.
  • propositional knowledge (knowing that)
  • procedural knowledge (knowing how)
  • tacit and explicit knowledge
  • a priori and empirical knowledge
  • local and traditional knowledge

Sources Filled

  1. Wikidata item Q9081: knowledge - identity and sense of the item
  2. Wikipedia: Knowledge - general description of the item

Open questions

  • Should kinds of knowledge be separate entries?
  • How should agents mark the justification behind claims?
  • How should traditional knowledge be respected?

Machine files

Card as JSON Specification Card backlog vercy.card/1

Provenance

thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed

Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q9081/spec.json