Social Norm & Custom
Informal rules, traditions, etiquette (non-law rules)
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3 bundles · 6 layers · 0 findings · 0 questions
norm Informal rules as described statements
normStatement
the rule as observed and articulated
applicabilityScope
which community, setting and situation the rule binds
custom Practiced traditions and etiquette
tradition
customs, traditions and etiquette forms
transmission
how customs pass on, drift and lapse
enforcement How communities uphold their rules
informalSanction
disapproval, exclusion and reputation responses
complianceObservation
documented adherence, deviation and contestation
Note: Legacy card: layers named, findings and questions never written.
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- World Models
- Category
- Society, people and institutions
- Entry kind
- standalone-mm
- Navigation path
- NAV.SOC.CIV.NRM
- Domain
- SOC.CIV.NRM
- Industry
- Cross-industry
- Tags
- socialnormsoc.civ.nrm
- Also called
- D9
What it is Derived, awaiting review
This meta-model describes the informal rules of social life: norms, customs, traditions and etiquette that bind communities without being law, together with the informal sanctions that uphold them and the observations that evidence them.
Note: First sentence of the legacy card introduction.
Why it exists Filled
Informal rules, traditions, etiquette (non-law rules)
Distinguishing features Derived, awaiting review
- It is its own model because these rules are observed rather than decreed, they have holders (communities) rather than issuers, and their lifecycle (emergence, drift, contestation, lapse) follows social dynamics that no legal or organizational model represents.
What robots and AI may and may not do Derived, awaiting review
Must not
- The holder communities steward descriptions of their own norms and customs; the model records what is observed, never what anyone decrees.
Moral aspects Missing, in the backlog
Not described yet. This gap is in the card backlog.
Owners Filled
Steward
The holder communities steward descriptions of their own norms and customs; the model records what is observed, never what anyone decrees.
Links to other meta-models Filled
references
- world.populationGroup - the holders of every norm and custom are communities and groups; this model never defines communities itself
- world.religionBelief - religiously grounded observances cross-link to their tradition's practice records
- world.lawAndRegulation - the codification boundary; a norm that becomes law is thereafter the law model's fact
- world.publicDiscourse - contested norms surface as discourse topics; contestation records link across
imports
- SKOS - REFERENCE: classification schemes for norm domains, settings and custom types
requires
- vr.wm-civ-002
- vr.wm-civ-004
- vr.wm-per-005
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Incomplete
Identity and identifiers required Missing, in the backlog
Not described yet. This gap is in the card backlog.
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 Derived, awaiting review
- normObserved: a norm was first documented from observed practice
- customPerformed: a documented performance of a custom took place
- sanctionApplied: a community applied an informal sanction to a recorded breach
- contestationRaised: a segment of the community openly challenged a norm
- normShifted: accumulated observations established that the rule's content or strength changed
- customLapsed: observation ceased to find the custom in practice
Legacy events listed as state transitions.
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
- ethnographicResearchAccess: community-granted access for systematic study of its norms and customs
- communityReviewContract: the holder community reviews and validates descriptions of its own norms before publication
- descriptiveCatalogueAccess: public access to validated, aggregated norm and custom descriptions
- etiquetteGuide: practical conduct expectations for visitors and newcomers by setting; omits sanction records and observations
- normAtlas: norms and customs by community and scope with strength indicators; built on aggregated observations only
- changeTimeline: how norms shifted, were contested or lapsed over time; omits individual observation details
Context of use required Filled
- Publication requires community validation, and access is granted by the community steward through the catalogue's S1/S2 ownership and access models with audit via S4.
Sources Missing, in the backlog
Not described yet. This gap is in the card backlog.
Open questions
- Superseded by a researched world model? Map this legacy card to its successor or retire it.
Machine files
Provenance
legacy MMAS card (world-models v0.2) · legacy
Built from: models/world-d9-social-norm-and-custom/spec.yaml, models/docs/civilization/D9-social-norm-and-custom.md