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"purpose": "Enable an AI agent to recognise International Workers' Day, assess how it is observed in a specified place and year, and determine which commemorative or coordination actions are justified.", "definition": "", "scope_statement": "This model owns International Workers' Day as a recurring labour-focused observance, including its identity, calendar expression, local recognition, attributed meanings and relationships to particular observances and activities.", "in_scope": [ "Identity and naming of the observance across languages and local contexts", "Relationship between the May 1 reference date and locally specified observance dates", "Jurisdiction-specific recognition and practical calendar implications", "Labour-focused commemorative purposes, participant perspectives and contested interpretations", "Identification and assessment of particular local or annual observances" ], "out_of_scope": [ "Employment contracts, individual leave entitlements and payroll calculations", "Trade unions and other organisations as independently governed entities", "Operational planning and permitting of individual marches, rallies or strikes", "Seasonal May Day festivals without an established connection to the workers' observance", "Other Labour Day holidays without an established relationship to this observance", "Historical incidents and political movements beyond their attributed commemorative relationship" ], "distinguishing_features": [ "A candidate must have an explicit connection to workers, labour rights or labour solidarity; a May 1 date alone does not establish identity.", "A local label such as 'May Day' or 'Labour Day' requires contextual evidence linking it to International Workers' Day.", "The recurring observance must be distinguished from a particular year's rally, campaign, closure or celebration.", "Official holiday designation and actual public participation are separate tests; neither can be inferred solely from recognition of the observance.", "A claim about its meaning must identify whose interpretation it expresses rather than treating a government, union or party position as universal." ], "characteristics": [ { "name": "Contextual designation", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "Name, language and locality; equivalence confirmed, disputed or unresolved", "why_it_matters": "Prevents unrelated May Day or Labour Day traditions from being merged through naming alone." }, { "name": "Annual occurrence", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "Recurring observance linked to a specified year and locality", "why_it_matters": "Separates enduring identity from the state of a particular observance." }, { "name": "Calendar expression", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "May 1 reference date, locally recognised date, substitute day and associated activity dates", "why_it_matters": "Supports scheduling without confusing commemoration, time off and event dates." }, { "name": "Local recognition", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "Official public holiday, official observance without general closure, nonofficial observance, disputed or unknown; qualified by jurisdiction and year", "why_it_matters": "Prevents recognition in one place or period from being applied elsewhere." }, { "name": "Commemorative emphasis", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "Attributed emphasis such as labour rights, worker solidarity, historical remembrance or contemporary demands", "why_it_matters": "Allows multiple meanings to coexist without asserting a single universal programme." }, { "name": "Observing constituency", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "Identified worker groups, unions, community organisations, public bodies or other participants with stated roles", "why_it_matters": "Establishes who is observing the day and whose position an agent may describe." }, { "name": "Local occurrence status", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "Announced, underway, concluded, cancelled, disputed or unknown for a specified local observance", "why_it_matters": "Supports current guidance while avoiding claims that the recurring day itself has been cancelled." }, { "name": "Participation estimate", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "People or participating organisations, with activity, geography, method, source and uncertainty specified", "why_it_matters": "Supports bounded assessment of participation without treating crowd size as a measure of all workers' support." } ], "affordances": [ "Resolve a local name to the observance or flag the identification as ambiguous.", "Create a locality-specific calendar entry that distinguishes the reference date from substitute holidays and activity dates.", "Explain attributed labour-focused meanings and identify unresolved disagreements.", "Compare recognition and observance across places or years with evidence attached to each claim.", "Link users to relevant local observances while reporting their verified status and participation conditions.", "Flag when a closure, leave, attendance or public-action decision requires an authoritative source or a neighbouring model." ], "agent_conduct": { "may": [ "Report the date, local name and legal status of the day in a stated country.", "Describe its history and meanings from reliable sources." ], "must_not": [ "Present one country's practice or meaning as universal.", "Misreport whether the day is a public holiday where people rely on it for work or pay.", "Spread invented calls for violence at May Day demonstrations.", "Publish lists of participants in demonstrations or strikes." ], "requires_human": [ "Scheduling work that overrides a statutory holiday." ] }, "ethics": { "considerations": [ "The day remembers workers who struggled and died for labour rights.", "Participation in labour events can expose workers to retaliation." ], "affected_parties": [ "Workers and unions", "Demonstrators", "Employers" ] }, "owners": { "steward": "Nobody: an observance held in common; public authorities set holiday status.", "master_systems": [] }, "what_it_is_for": [ "International Workers' Day is observed on May 1 through labour movement commemorations, demonstrations and public gatherings.", "It provides an occasion to discuss workers' rights and labour history, with public holiday status and customs varying by country." ], "standards_and_regulation": [ "The Labour Code enacted by the French Republic establishes specific public holiday provisions for May 1 in France." ], "visual_identification": [ "Banners referring to May 1 and workers' rights help distinguish labour observances from other May Day celebrations.", "Trade union signs and organised worker delegations commonly identify labour movement gatherings.", "Red flags and labour solidarity slogans provide supporting cues but do not establish the occasion by themselves." ], "failure_modes_and_hazards": [ "Dense gatherings can create crowd pressure and obstruct emergency access.", "Conflict around demonstrations can expose participants and bystanders to injury.", "Assuming identical holiday arrangements across countries can disrupt staffing, transport and access to services." ] }, "sources": [ { "id": "wikidata", "title": "Wikidata item Q47499: International Workers' Day", "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47499", "url_status": "live", "what_it_supports": "identity and sense of the item", "checked_by": "wikidata-api" }, { "id": "wikipedia-en", "title": "Wikipedia: Labour Day", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labour_Day", "url_status": "live", "what_it_supports": "general description of the item", "checked_by": "wikidata-api sitelink" } ], "structure": { "bundles": [ { "id": "workers-day-identity", "name": "Workers' Day Identity", "description": "Establishes what makes a name or practice an expression of International Workers' Day.", "rationale": "Shared dates and overlapping names can otherwise collapse distinct seasonal, national and labour observances.", "layers": [ { "id": "names-and-equivalence", "name": "Names and Equivalence", "description": "Tests whether local terminology refers to this registered observance.", "findings": [ { "id": "local-name-identification", "name": "Local Name Identification", "description": "Record the evidence needed to connect a local designation to International Workers' Day.", "questions": [ { "text": "What name is used in this language and locality, and who explicitly identifies it with International Workers' Day?", "kind": "definition", "id": "local-name-identification-q01" }, { "text": "Could the same name refer here to a seasonal May Day festival or a different Labour Day holiday?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "local-name-identification-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "commemorative-continuity", "name": "Commemorative Continuity", "description": "Relates local expressions to the recurring workers' observance without assuming uniform traditions.", "findings": [ { "id": "labour-observance-connection", "name": "Labour Observance 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1.", "findings": [ { "id": "occurrence-date-resolution", "name": "Occurrence Date Resolution", "description": "Record the dates associated with a particular annual and local expression.", "questions": [ { "text": "For which year and locality is the agent identifying International Workers' Day?", "kind": "definition", "id": "occurrence-date-resolution-q01" }, { "text": "If a locally stated date differs from May 1, what source explains whether it is a substitute holiday, an associated event or a distinct observance?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "occurrence-date-resolution-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "calendar-use", "name": "Calendar Use", "description": "Determines how dates may be used in reminders and coordination.", "findings": [ { "id": "holiday-and-event-separation", "name": "Holiday and Event Separation", "description": "Keep the commemorative date, any nonworking day and particular activity times separately intelligible.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which dates denote the observance, legally recognised time off and scheduled marches or commemorations respectively?", "kind": "definition", "id": "holiday-and-event-separation-q01" }, { "text": "Which calendar entries can the agent create from verified dates, and which require a local schedule or holiday notice?", "kind": "action", "id": "holiday-and-event-separation-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "labour-day-public-recognition", "name": "Labour Day Public Recognition", "description": "Captures the authority, extent and practical limits of local recognition.", "rationale": "Calling the day a holiday does not establish universal closure, leave entitlement or permission to participate in public activity.", "layers": [ { "id": "recognition-authority", "name": "Recognition Authority", "description": "Establishes which public or institutional authority recognises the observance.", "findings": [ { "id": "jurisdictional-holiday-standing", "name": "Jurisdictional Holiday Standing", "description": "Record recognition as a dated 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"closure-and-entitlement-limits-q01" }, { "text": "When must the agent consult employment, service-operation or event-permission information before recommending an action?", "kind": "action", "id": "closure-and-entitlement-limits-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "workers-voices-and-meaning", "name": "Workers' Voices and Meaning", "description": "Represents the observance's labour-focused meanings with explicit attribution.", "rationale": "The model must recognise solidarity and commemoration while preserving differences between participants, organisers and official narratives.", "layers": [ { "id": "historical-reference", "name": "Historical Reference", "description": "Records historical connections invoked to explain or commemorate the day.", "findings": [ { "id": "attributed-historical-significance", "name": "Attributed Historical Significance", "description": "Distinguish documented historical connections from commemorative claims made by particular actors.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which labour struggles, people or historical developments does this expression of the observance commemorate?", "kind": "definition", "id": "attributed-historical-significance-q01" }, { "text": "What sources support each historical connection, and which claims are interpretations attributed to an organiser or institution?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "attributed-historical-significance-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "contemporary-worker-positions", "name": "Contemporary Worker Positions", "description": "Identifies current themes and the constituencies that express them.", "findings": [ { "id": "themes-and-representation", "name": "Themes and Representation", "description": "Record annual demands and messages without treating any participant as the voice of all workers.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which organisations or worker constituencies state each theme or demand for this place and year?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "themes-and-representation-q01" }, { "text": "What evidence bounds their claim to represent workers, and which other documented perspectives differ?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "themes-and-representation-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "local-workers-day-observance", "name": "Local Workers' Day Observance", "description": "Connects the recurring day to observable local activities and their current state.", "rationale": "An agent must distinguish symbolic recognition from actual activity and provide guidance appropriate to a particular occurrence.", "layers": [ { "id": "forms-of-observance", "name": "Forms of Observance", "description": "Identifies activities explicitly associated with the day and the actors responsible for them.", "findings": [ { "id": "associated-activity-identification", "name": "Associated Activity Identification", "description": "Link marches, meetings, ceremonies, cultural programmes or other activities only where their relationship is established.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which local activities explicitly identify themselves as 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