Function & Capability
What an agent is able to do
Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Incomplete
3 bundles · 7 layers · 0 findings · 0 questions
definition The shared vocabulary of what can be done
functionCatalog
named functions agents can fulfil
capabilityTaxonomy
hierarchy of abilities and skills
proficiencyScale
graded levels of mastery
attribution Attaching capabilities to concrete agents
agentCapability
which agent holds which capability at which level
evidence
assessments, credentials and track records supporting an attribution
capacity How much and when a capability can be exercised
throughput
quantity per period an agent can deliver
availability
time windows and conditions under which the capability is exercisable
Note: Legacy card: layers named, findings and questions never written.
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- World Models
- Category
- Activities and processes
- Entry kind
- standalone-mm
- Navigation path
- NAV.ACT.CAP
- Domain
- ACT.CAP
- Industry
- Cross-industry
- Tags
- functioncapabilityact.cap
- Also called
- K1
- Also registered as
- vr.wm-per-009
What it is Derived, awaiting review
This meta-model describes what an agent is able to do: the functions an agent can fulfil, the capabilities behind them, the proficiency with which they are held, and the capacity in which they can be exercised.
Note: First sentence of the legacy card introduction.
Why it exists Filled
What an agent is able to do
Distinguishing features Derived, awaiting review
- It is its own model because ability is not the same as action: the world needs a stable way to state, evidence and compare what people and organizations could do, independently of any particular act they have performed (that is K2) or any process they take part in (K3).
What robots and AI may and may not do Missing, in the backlog
Not described yet. This gap is in the card backlog.
Moral aspects Missing, in the backlog
Not described yet. This gap is in the card backlog.
Owners Filled
Steward
The capable agent is the owner of statements about its own abilities; assessors contribute evidence but the profile belongs to the agent.
Links to other meta-models Filled
references
- world.person - persons are the primary capable agents attributions point at
- world.organization - organizations hold collective capabilities and issue assessments
- world.actAction - recorded acts serve as observed performance evidence for attributions
- world.practiceMethodAndProcedure - competence requirements published in methods resolve to capabilities of this model
imports
- esco - ALIGN: European skills and competences taxonomy aligned with the capability taxonomy layer
- onet - ALIGN: occupational abilities and work activities vocabulary aligned with functions and capabilities
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
- capabilityAttributed: an agent was stated to hold a capability, with level and grounds
- proficiencyAssessed: an assessment produced or updated a proficiency judgement
- evidenceRecorded: a credential, assessment or observed performance was attached as evidence
- capacityDeclared: an agent declared or revised the volume and availability of a capability
- attributionLapsed: an attribution expired or decayed past its validity conditions
- attributionRevoked: an attribution was withdrawn by its issuer or the agent
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
- attributionVerification: a relying party queries whether an agent holds a capability at a level, receiving a yes/no or level answer without underlying evidence detail
- profileDisclosure: the agent grants a consumer read access to a defined subset of its capability profile for a period
- assessmentSubmission: an assessing organization submits proficiency results into the agent's attribution record under agreed provenance rules
- capabilityProfile: the public face of an agent's abilities; omits evidence documents and assessor identities
- matchingView: capabilities and levels shaped for requirement-to-capability matching; omits personal identifiers beyond an opaque agent reference
- capacityBoard: aggregate available capacity by capability and region; omits individual agents
Context of use required Filled
- Access to attributions, evidence and capacity is granted by the owner through the catalogue's ownership and access models (S1/S2), 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-k1-function-and-capability/spec.yaml, models/docs/activity-work/K1-function-and-capability.md