series
similar things placed in order or happening one after another
Research draft, second pass
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Researched by: Claude
Purpose and description
Let an agent explain series as ordered succession of similar things, describe its uses across publishing, broadcasting, events and data, support organising and referring to items in a series, and separate this sense from mathematical and technical senses.
Similar things placed in order or happening one after another, such as a series of events, a series of books or broadcasts, a series of measurements or a series of numbers, characterised by succession and a shared kind; in this sense series denotes ordered succession and is distinct from mathematical series as sums of terms, from electrical series circuits and from genetic terms with which the word is sometimes listed.
What it is for: Similar things in ordered succession.
It can be explain the sense; describe uses across fields; support organising series; separate other senses.
Distinguishing features
Succession
Shared kind
Numbering
Cross-field use
What it looks like
Not physical; an ordering.
How it is recognised
Similar things in order
Books, broadcasts, events, measurements
A mathematical series is a sum; a sequence stresses order alone; a set has no order
Related models
is a kind of - category
is related to - items within publication series
is related to - ordering in time
is related to - television series
In practice
Families and kinds
book and publication series
television and broadcast series
series of events and matches
series of measurements and data
series of products and models
Standards and regulation
Bibliographic standards for series
Statistical standards for time series
No regulation of the concept
Failure modes and hazards
Confusing senses of series
Inconsistent numbering
Treating unrelated items as a series
Analytical facets
- substance
- social
- origin
- conceptual
- agency
- inert
- mobility
- not-applicable
- scale
- not-applicable
- affordances
- observable
Also called
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Where this came from
oewn:2024 · CC BY 4.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What a series is.
Concepts.
Concept
Concept and senses.
Concept
Concept.
- What is a series as ordered succession, and how does it differ from mathematical, electrical and other senses? definition
- Which sense of series is meant? boundary
Kinds
Kinds across fields.
Kinds
Kinds.
- How are series used in publishing, broadcasting, sport, data and product lines? provenance
- Which entry fits a specific kind? action
Organise Organising series.
Practice.
Order
Ordering and numbering.
Order
Ordering.
- How can the items of this series be ordered, numbered and referred to consistently? action
- Which entry fits cataloguing? action
Data
Data series.
Data
Data.
- How are series of measurements and time series recorded and analysed? provenance
- Which entry fits statistics? action
Language Language and usage.
Language.
Usage
Usage.
Usage
Usage.
- How do series, sequence, succession and set differ in usage, and how do British and American uses of series and season differ? definition
- Which entry fits sequence? action
Reference
Referring to series.
Reference
Reference.
- How should a series and its items be cited or named? action
- Which entry fits citation? action
Learn Teaching.
Education.
Teach
Teaching.
Teach
Teaching.
- How can the concept of series be taught alongside sequences? action
- Which misconceptions arise? provenance
History
History of the term.
History
History.
- How did the word series develop its senses? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
What the second pass must settle
- Should publication series be a separate entry?
- How should bibliographic standards be linked?
- How should other senses be separated?