Public Discourse
Describe a bounded public discourse evidence dossier connecting topics, observed expression, method-qualified opinion measures and attributed campaign disclosures.
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6 bundles · 12 layers · 12 findings · 36 questions
Discourse boundary Bound the dossier and the arenas it describes.
Dossier scope
A bounded dossier groups evidence about public discussion under a declared topic, arena and observation envelope. It is a proposed aggregate, not one universal public opinion or a single poll.
Dossier scope
A bounded dossier groups evidence about public discussion under a declared topic, arena and observation envelope. It is a proposed aggregate, not one universal public opinion or a single poll. This is a proposed local modeling choice supported by the cited concepts, not a source-mandated schema.
- Which governed identifier and inclusion rule distinguish this dossier from overlapping discourse dossiers? identity
- What topic definitions and competing framings are admitted without treating labels as established facts? classification
- What evidence supports opening, revising or retiring this dossier without declaring that discussion itself has ended? lifecycle
Arena coverage
Record the venues and visibility limits from which observations can be drawn. The dossier owns coverage assertions, not platform operations or audience identity masters.
Arena coverage
Record the venues and visibility limits from which observations can be drawn. The dossier owns coverage assertions, not platform operations or audience identity masters. This is a proposed local modeling choice supported by the cited concepts, not a source-mandated schema.
- Which online or offline arenas, languages and geographic scopes does this observation envelope cover? spatial
- Which operator reference and evidence establish each arena binding at the observation time? relationship
- Which access restrictions, unavailable channels or selection effects limit inference from these arenas? constraint
Discourse observations Record the corpus and evidence-linked interpretations.
Observation selection
Define the observed content population and selection process. Posts, utterances and documents are units of observation; their counts are not automatically counts of people or population opinion.
Observation selection
Define the observed content population and selection process. Posts, utterances and documents are units of observation; their counts are not automatically counts of people or population opinion. This is a proposed local modeling choice supported by the cited concepts, not a source-mandated schema.
- What is the unit of observation and how does it differ from the population to which any inference is proposed? definition
- Which content period, capture period and missing intervals delimit this corpus revision? temporal
- How were items selected, deduplicated or excluded while preserving uncertainty about unavailable content? process
Interpretation assertions
Link a frame, topic, stance or other interpretation to a versioned target and attributed method. A coded stance, sentiment label or coordination allegation is an assertion, not certified intent or truth.
Interpretation assertions
Link a frame, topic, stance or other interpretation to a versioned target and attributed method. A coded stance, sentiment label or coordination allegation is an assertion, not certified intent or truth. This is a proposed local modeling choice supported by the cited concepts, not a source-mandated schema.
- Which target revision and selector support each attributed interpretation and its competing readings? evidence
- What coding method, language limitations and agreement or error evidence qualify these annotations? quality
- How are ambiguity, sarcasm, disputed attribution and a missing target represented without forcing a verdict? exception
Opinion study design Describe population, recruitment and the instrument as fielded.
Study population and recruitment
Bind a study to its population and recruitment design, with source provenance and explicit human or generated data status. A content corpus and a human poll need different inference rules.
Study population and recruitment
Bind a study to its population and recruitment design, with source provenance and explicit human or generated data status. A content corpus and a human poll need different inference rules. This is a proposed local modeling choice supported by the cited concepts, not a source-mandated schema.
- Which study revision, population and sample frames produce the observations used by this dossier? composition
- Is recruitment probability based, nonprobability based, mixed or unknown for each source component? classification
- Which observations originate from humans and which are generated or inferred, and how are those groups kept distinct? validation
Instrument as fielded
Preserve wording and response domains with the actual instrument sequence, language and revision. A reusable question identifier alone does not establish what a respondent encountered.
Instrument as fielded
Preserve wording and response domains with the actual instrument sequence, language and revision. A reusable question identifier alone does not establish what a respondent encountered. This is a proposed local modeling choice supported by the cited concepts, not a source-mandated schema.
- Which instrument revision, question wording and response domain were actually fielded for this measure? identity
- What order, routing, randomization and preceding context may have affected the recorded responses? process
- What language equivalence and mapping evidence permit comparison with a reused or translated question? interoperability
Opinion measurement Describe waves, processing and qualified estimates.
Fieldwork and processing
Bind each collection wave to field dates, mode and processing provenance. Response totals and generated cases remain separate; response or participation rates require an identified denominator and definition.
Fieldwork and processing
Bind each collection wave to field dates, mode and processing provenance. Response totals and generated cases remain separate; response or participation rates require an identified denominator and definition. This is a proposed local modeling choice supported by the cited concepts, not a source-mandated schema.
- Which collection events, modes and dates define this wave rather than its later release date? event
- Which completion counts and rate definitions describe the wave, with unknown eligibility or unavailable rates stated? measurement
- Which weighting, imputation, exclusions and quality checks produced the analytic dataset revision? provenance
Opinion estimate and comparability
A measure carries its producing evidence and estimand. Probability sampling error and model-dependent uncertainty are distinct; unsupported precision is recorded as unavailable. Trend continuity requires a comparability assessment.
Opinion estimate and comparability
A measure carries its producing evidence and estimand. Probability sampling error and model-dependent uncertainty are distinct; unsupported precision is recorded as unavailable. Trend continuity requires a comparability assessment. This is a proposed local modeling choice supported by the cited concepts, not a source-mandated schema.
- What value, scale, denominator and target estimand does this released estimate describe? measurement
- What uncertainty method and assumptions justify any interval, or why is precision not provided? constraint
- Which changes in population, instrument, mode or weighting prevent interpreting the series as a continuous trend? quality
Campaign transparency Record attributed campaign disclosures and distribution evidence.
Campaign disclosure assertions
Record disclosed campaign purpose, payer and beneficiary independently of the registrar. Campaign identity and attributed claims may be incomplete. EU advertising rules are a bounded example, not a universal definition of all information campaigns.
Campaign disclosure assertions
Record disclosed campaign purpose, payer and beneficiary independently of the registrar. Campaign identity and attributed claims may be incomplete. EU advertising rules are a bounded example, not a universal definition of all information campaigns. This is a proposed local modeling choice supported by the cited concepts, not a source-mandated schema.
- Which evidence identifies the declared sponsor, payer and beneficiary, and which identities remain unverified? ownership
- What declared purpose, period and budget description are evidenced for this campaign without inventing undisclosed amounts? temporal
- Which jurisdiction and disclosure profile apply to this record, and who is accountable for reviewing the assertion? authority
Message distribution evidence
Link a message variant to observed or reported placements and defined reach metrics. A repeated message does not establish common control; reach is not unique people, persuasion or a causal effect unless separate evidence supports the specific claim.
Message distribution evidence
Link a message variant to observed or reported placements and defined reach metrics. A repeated message does not establish common control; reach is not unique people, persuasion or a causal effect unless separate evidence supports the specific claim. This is a proposed local modeling choice supported by the cited concepts, not a source-mandated schema.
- Which message variant, campaign binding and arena placement are supported by the available evidence? relationship
- What does each reach or exposure figure count, over which period, with what deduplication and reporting basis? measurement
- What evidence and alternative explanations accompany any alleged coordination or effect without turning similarity into proof? evidence
Release and protection Govern evidence projections, corrections, access and disposition.
Evidence release and correction
A dossier release is an evidence projection with a stable revision, source lineage and review status. Local approval does not publish externally or certify the underlying claims. Corrections identify affected projections.
Evidence release and correction
A dossier release is an evidence projection with a stable revision, source lineage and review status. Local approval does not publish externally or certify the underlying claims. Corrections identify affected projections. This is a proposed local modeling choice supported by the cited concepts, not a source-mandated schema.
- Which evidence and disclosure gaps distinguish a working dossier from an approved release projection? state
- What derivation chain connects each released assertion to source revisions and the responsible analytic activity? provenance
- How does a correction, retraction or supersession identify affected estimates and dependent releases? lifecycle
Access and disposition
Keep respondent payloads and linkable small groups outside public projections. Permission and disclosure-risk review are separate from methodological transparency. Local policy may be stricter than source standards without claiming a universal legal rule.
Access and disposition
Keep respondent payloads and linkable small groups outside public projections. Permission and disclosure-risk review are separate from methodological transparency. Local policy may be stricter than source standards without claiming a universal legal rule. This is a proposed local modeling choice supported by the cited concepts, not a source-mandated schema.
- What re-identification risks, consent or other authority and minimization decisions constrain this projection? privacy
- Which role may access each evidence tier, and what exception approval and expiry govern restricted use? access
- Which schedule and hold determine lawful disposal of payloads while preserving only permitted correction and identity metadata? retention
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- World Models
- Category
- Society, people and institutions
- Entry kind
- aggregate
- Navigation path
- NAV.SOC.CIV.DSC
- Domain
- SOC.CIV.DSC
- Industry
- Cross-industry
- Tags
- publicdiscoursesoc.civ.dsc
- Also called
- D8
What it is Filled
The aggregate root is a versioned dossier with an explicit topic, arena, population and time envelope. It owns local evidence bindings and assessments; independently mastered studies, documents, parties and campaigns retain their identities. Studies and campaigns are optional facets of an instance. The dossier is descriptive and reviewable, not an influence engine, truth oracle or universal public-opinion register.
In scope
- Topic and arena coverage; corpus selection and attributed interpretations with limitations
- Study metadata, instruments, collection waves, estimate provenance and comparability
- Campaign disclosure assertions, message placements, qualified reach and evidence projections
- Local review, correction, access and retention requirements
Out of scope
- Respondent identity masters, raw microdata collection and individual political profiling
- Operating platforms, conducting polling, generating persuasive messages, selecting audiences or distributing campaigns
- Determining truth, intent, causation, legal compliance, moderation or enforcement from engagement or opinion measures
- Party, population, document, claim and social-norm masters; executable statistical estimators and production access-control engines
Why it exists Filled
Describe a bounded public discourse evidence dossier connecting topics, observed expression, method-qualified opinion measures and attributed campaign disclosures.
Distinguishing features Derived, awaiting review
- Unlike WM-ORG-001 Organization: Reference the researcher, operator, sponsor, payer or registrar; no organization lifecycle or inferred institutional authority is owned here.
- Unlike WM-PER-005 Population Group: Reference a statistical population definition; do not copy identifiable member lists or infer individual opinions from group estimates.
- Unlike WM-REC-001 Document / Record: Reference source documents, instrument files and disclosure records; keep generic document management external.
- Unlike WM-KNW-007 Claim / Proposition: Link the proposition being discussed without equating reported belief, annotation or campaign statement with established truth.
- Unlike WM-CIV-005 Social Norm: Optional link for discourse concerning a norm; prevalence or approval in a sample does not define the norm or authorize enforcement.
- Unlike Legacy D8 and unreviewed supplement: Legacy three-bundle outline is reconciled as a lead. Retain topics, measurement and campaigns; add observation provenance and release controls. Reject dates as primary identity, unconditional precision, universal full openness and legacy conformance claims. Standalone-mm is a registry record classification, not the subject-kind enum.
Note: Derived from boundary notes against neighbouring models.
What robots and AI may and may not do Derived, awaiting review
Must not
- Deny by default; release only explicitly approved projections for an authorized purpose.
Only with a human decision
- Do not convert synthetic cases, content counts or reach into human respondent counts or measured persuasion.
May
- Register dossier envelope: Create a local dossier identity and bounded inclusion policy. Proposed unimplemented operation.
- Bind observation evidence: Attach a permitted source revision and interpretation without collecting new external content. Proposed unimplemented operation.
- Assess measure metadata: Check whether a supplied measure has an interpretable origin, population, instrument and uncertainty statement. Proposed unimplemented operation.
- Record campaign disclosure: Record attributed campaign and placement evidence with unknowns and profile applicability. Proposed unimplemented operation.
- Prepare release projection: Build a local review candidate carrying methods, limitations and approved redactions. Proposed unimplemented operation.
- Record correction and disposition: Bind an authorized correction or disposition decision to affected local revisions. Proposed unimplemented operation.
Note: Derived from functions, policies, CRUD and access rules; prohibitions were not authored for agents as such.
Moral aspects Derived, awaiting review
- Privacy reviewer
- Jurisdiction-specific privacy, election release, advertising, licensing and retention profiles require qualified review.
Note: Sentences mentioning harm, privacy, consent or similar, collected from the specification.
Owners Filled
Steward
Accountable dossier steward identified by a role and governed identifier, not a brand
Roles
- Dossier steward
- Maintains boundary, bindings and local revision authority.
- Method reviewer
- Assesses inference, human/generated separation and comparability evidence.
- Evidence curator
- Records rights-qualified sources, selections and contestable annotations.
- Privacy reviewer
- Assesses disclosure risk, exceptions, access expiry and disposition.
- Release reviewer
- Approves a bounded projection while preserving holds and corrections.
Links to other meta-models Filled
references
- WM-ORG-001 - Reference the researcher, operator, sponsor, payer or registrar; no organization lifecycle or inferred institutional authority is owned here. Binding is proposed and requires a pinned adopting profile.
- WM-PER-005 - Reference a statistical population definition; do not copy identifiable member lists or infer individual opinions from group estimates. Binding is proposed and requires a pinned adopting profile.
- WM-REC-001 - Reference source documents, instrument files and disclosure records; keep generic document management external. Binding is proposed and requires a pinned adopting profile.
- WM-KNW-007 - Link the proposition being discussed without equating reported belief, annotation or campaign statement with established truth. Binding is proposed and requires a pinned adopting profile.
- WM-CIV-005 - Optional link for discourse concerning a norm; prevalence or approval in a sample does not define the norm or authorize enforcement. Binding is proposed and requires a pinned adopting profile.
aligned
- DDI Lifecycle 3.3 - Study and instrument metadata correspondence only; no schema conformance claim.
- W3C Web Annotation Data Model 2017 - Annotation target and selector correspondence, not a universal discourse ontology.
- W3C PROV-O 2013 - Derivation and attribution correspondence; no evidence truth certification.
neighbor
- WM-ORG-001 Organization - Reference the researcher, operator, sponsor, payer or registrar; no organization lifecycle or inferred institutional authority is owned here.
- WM-PER-005 Population Group - Reference a statistical population definition; do not copy identifiable member lists or infer individual opinions from group estimates.
- WM-REC-001 Document / Record - Reference source documents, instrument files and disclosure records; keep generic document management external.
- WM-KNW-007 Claim / Proposition - Link the proposition being discussed without equating reported belief, annotation or campaign statement with established truth.
- WM-CIV-005 Social Norm - Optional link for discourse concerning a norm; prevalence or approval in a sample does not define the norm or authorize enforcement.
- Legacy D8 and unreviewed supplement - Legacy three-bundle outline is reconciled as a lead. Retain topics, measurement and campaigns; add observation provenance and release controls. Reject dates as primary identity, unconditional precision, universal full openness and legacy conformance claims. Standalone-mm is a registry record classification, not the subject-kind enum.
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Incomplete
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Authoritative master-system identifier
- Governed global identifier or IRI
- UUID or ULID assigned by the adopting Dimension
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
Not applicable
Institutional or informational subject: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Missing, in the backlog
Not described yet. This gap is in the card backlog.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- Register dossier envelope: Create a local dossier identity and bounded inclusion policy. Proposed unimplemented operation.
- Bind observation evidence: Attach a permitted source revision and interpretation without collecting new external content. Proposed unimplemented operation.
- Assess measure metadata: Check whether a supplied measure has an interpretable origin, population, instrument and uncertainty statement. Proposed unimplemented operation.
- Record campaign disclosure: Record attributed campaign and placement evidence with unknowns and profile applicability. Proposed unimplemented operation.
- Prepare release projection: Build a local review candidate carrying methods, limitations and approved redactions. Proposed unimplemented operation.
- Record correction and disposition: Bind an authorized correction or disposition decision to affected local revisions. Proposed unimplemented operation.
Hazards and failure modes optional Missing, in the backlog
Not described yet. This gap is in the card backlog.
Standards and interfaces required Derived, awaiting review
- PROV-O: The PROV Ontology
Context of use required Filled
- AAPOR professional guidance and DDI/W3C concepts inform the proposal; they are not universal law.
- EU advertising transparency is a scoped example for applicable services and does not cover every campaign or jurisdiction.
- Language, cultural interpretation and online coverage cannot be generalized to an entire public without appropriate evidence.
Sources Filled
- Disclosure Standards - American Association for Public Opinion Research
- Code of Professional Ethics and Practices - American Association for Public Opinion Research
- DDI Lifecycle StudyUnit - DDI Alliance
- DDI Lifecycle Data Capture - DDI Alliance
- Web Annotation Data Model - World Wide Web Consortium
- PROV-O: The PROV Ontology - World Wide Web Consortium
- Regulation (EU) 2022/2065, Digital Services Act - European Parliament and Council of the European Union
- Digital Services Act: Questions and Answers - European Commission
Open questions
- Run the supplied coordinator HTTP checker, retrieve the DSA full text, pin current legal and source revisions and complete claim-level independent verification.
- Specify and test typed instance profiles covering synthetic cases, nonprobability estimates, incompatible trends, ambiguous annotations, unknown sponsors, missing targets and restricted small groups.
- Extend coverage of offline deliberation and cultural interpretation without implying universal public-sphere coverage or causal influence measurement.
- Restore independent external review before canonical or publishable-draft promotion.
- Direct HTTP and current legal consolidation verification are pending; the DSA full text was not retrieved.
- No exhaustive theory of public spheres, media power, offline deliberation, cross-cultural framing or causal influence.
- Nested data types, sampling estimators, rate formulas, cross-language validation, suppression thresholds and automated coordination detection are not implemented.
- No independent external review; Claude and Grok are skipped under the waiver.
- Jurisdiction-specific privacy, election release, advertising, licensing and retention profiles require qualified review.
Machine files
Provenance
world-models research · reviewable-draft
Built from: models/wm-civ-004-public-discourse/spec.yaml