IDEAS / DRAFT
Finding an event is not the same as knowing it’s real
Thinking through extraction, identity, responsibility, verification and freshness.
An emerging question
Finding a page that mentions an event is not the same as knowing that the event is still happening, that it is the same event mentioned elsewhere, or that the details are current.
This is an editorial draft outline, not a published essay.
Questions to investigate
- How do we distinguish two descriptions of one event from two separate events?
- What should a record preserve about its source?
- Who is responsible for keeping it current?
- What would make a person comfortable enough to stop checking behind the system?
A working framework
Finding → extraction → identity → presence → responsibility → recency → believability.
This is Peter’s evolving framework for thinking about public event information. It is not a settled model or a set of established academic findings.
A WORKING FRAMEWORK, NOT A FINISHED ANSWER
findingextractionidentitypresenceresponsibilityrecencybelievability