space
Let an agent handle space as the top-level spatial concept, separating physical, astronomical and mathematical senses and routing to specific entries.
Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled
4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Sense Which space.
Kind
Physical, outer, mathematical.
Kind
Sense.
- Which sense of space is meant? definition
- Which specific entry fits? action
Dimensions
Number of dimensions.
Dimensions
Dimensions.
- How many dimensions are involved? measurement
- Which coordinates describe it? definition
Physics Physical space.
Geometry
Shape of space.
Geometry
Geometry of space.
- What geometry describes the space? definition
- Is it curved? provenance
Spacetime
Relativity.
Spacetime
Spacetime.
- How is space combined with time in relativity? definition
- Which theory applies? provenance
Mathematics Abstract spaces.
Structures
Vector, metric, topological.
Structures
Mathematical spaces.
- Which mathematical space is meant? definition
- What structure does it carry? definition
Phase space
Dynamics.
Phase
Phase space.
- What does the phase space represent? definition
- How many dimensions? measurement
Hierarchy Children.
Children
Sub-entries.
Children
Child entries.
- Which child entries sit under this concept? definition
- Are they linked? provenance
Human space
Personal and social.
Human
Human space.
- Is personal or social space meant? boundary
- Which entry fits? action
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Cross-cutting context
- Entry kind
- noun.Tops
- Plane
- XCT
- Domain
- XCT.TOP
- Facets: substance
- abstract
- Facets: origin
- conceptual
- Facets: agency
- inert
- Facets: mobility
- not-applicable
- Facets: scale
- not-applicable
- Facets: affordances
- observable
- Other names and narrower kinds
- infinite, absolute space, phase space, dynamical system, chaos, mathematical space, topological space, subspace, null space, manifold, metric space, outer space
What it is Filled
The unlimited three-dimensional expanse in which everything is located, as the top-level concept for spatial extent; related senses include absolute space, outer space, and abstract mathematical spaces such as phase space.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent handle space as the top-level spatial concept, separating physical, astronomical and mathematical senses and routing to specific entries.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Extent in which things are located
- Physical and abstract senses
- Described by geometry
- Linked with time in relativity
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Mix up physical, outer and abstract mathematical space in a way that misleads.
- Present one philosophical view of space as the only accepted one.
Only with a human decision
- Settling which sense of space applies in a contract, claim or regulation.
May
- Explain the different senses of space and say which one a statement uses.
- Describe positions and extents in a stated coordinate system.
Moral aspects Filled
- Claims about space and its use, such as outer space, affect shared rights and responsibilities.
- Confusing senses of a basic concept spreads errors into everything built on it.
Who is affected
- Learners and readers
- People relying on a stated meaning
Owners Filled
Steward
Nobody: a concept held in common.
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- oewn-00024444-n - registry parent class
related
- location, region, outer space - kinds
- geometry - field
- time (spacetime) - physics
- outer space - narrower sense
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.space
- Open English WordNet: oewn-00028950-n
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
Not applicable
Plane XCT: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Dimensions and coordinates
- Outer space beyond the atmosphere is a narrower sense
- Mathematical spaces such as vector or phase space
- Not an object; the extent within which things exist.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- describe spatial extent and position
- distinguish physical and mathematical spaces
- route to outer space entries
- model spaces in data
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Confusing senses
- Assuming a single notion of space across disciplines
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Outer Space Treaty (for outer space)
Context of use required Filled
- The entry above location, region, distance and spatial structure.
- physical space
- outer space
- mathematical spaces
- phase space
- personal and social space
Sources Filled
- Open English WordNet 2024, synset oewn-00028950-n - sense and gloss of the concept
- Wiktionary: space - word senses and usage
Open questions
- How should the top-level entry organise children?
- How should mathematical spaces be linked?
- How should outer space be separated?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-space/spec.json