Context

Cognition since 1.0 aow:Context

The structured situational information that gives relevance to an Intent.

Allows the same Intent to be handled differently in different situations, and records the information available to an Actor when it acted.

Attributes

Attribute	Type	Description
`context_type`	one of `environmental`, `procedural`, `data`, `historical`, `session`	The kind of situational information.
`variables`	json	The situational values themselves.
`sensitivity_level`	one of `public`, `internal`, `confidential`, `restricted`	Handling classification.
`valid_until`	datetime	When the Context should be considered stale.

Every entity also has an id and a type, and may carry label, description, and the provenance facet: version, created_at, created_by, revision_of.

Relationships

Relationship	Points to	How many	Required	Meaning
`draws_on`	Memory, Observation	many		Memory and Observations the Context was assembled from.

Pointed to by

From	Relationship	Read backward as
Intent, Task	`shaped_by`	shapes
Feedback	`updates`	updated by

Notes

Context types: environmental, procedural, data, historical, session.

Alignments

Standard or protocol	Term	Correspondence
BDI agent model	`belief`	relatedMatch
Model Context Protocol	`resource`	relatedMatch

Example

Source: examples/claims-processing.jsonld. The example passes all validation checks.

{
  "id": "ctx-claims-procedure",
  "type": "Context",
  "label": "Disability claims procedure",
  "context_type": "procedural",
  "variables": {
    "procedure": "LTD eligibility v7",
    "regulatory_regime": "state insurance code",
    "service_level_hours": 48
  },
  "sensitivity_level": "internal",
  "draws_on": [
    "kb-claims"
  ]
}

Term reference · JSON Schema · SHACL shape aowsh:ContextShape