Marspedia:New Category Hierarchy

This is the current version (8/17/18) of the Category hierarchy for Marspedia based on input from the 4/15/18 meeting of the Editorial Subcommittee.

Definitions of Top-Level Categories

All categories for Marspedia will roll up into the following 6 top-level categories:

    •    I. Mars Planetary Science - physical description of the planet; all the science data that is collected

    •    II. Mars Spacecraft/Robotic Missions - (non-human) - mission planning and execution history.

    •    III. Mars Human Exploration - human exploration concepts and planning

    •    IV. Mars Human Settlement - including plans & concepts, philosophical/ethical considerations, and mars analogue research

    •    V. Mars Outreach - Advocacy for Mars Exploration/Settlement - people and organizations (Mars Society, Marspedia, etc), political action, and public outreach & education

    •    VI. Mars Arts and Literature - Mars in literature, music, movies, plays, graphic arts, photography


Specific Hierarchy

Here is the newest outline format for all categories. This is a work in progress and represents all of the current stuff that was in Frank's original proposed based on MarsPapers as well as what's in Marspedia's Category:Main as modified after Subcommittee meetings of 4/9/18 and 4/15/18.


I. Mars Planetary Science

        Astronomy

                Orbit

                Moons - Natural Satellites

                Comets (crossing Mars orbit)

                Asteroids (crossing Mars orbit)

                Time Measures (day, year, calendar, …)    

        Areography (geography)

                Mars Atlas

                Place Names

                Surface Elevation (including maps)

                Atmospheric Sciences (composition, pressure, climate, weather, seasons, …)

                Hydrology (distribution of near surface water)

                Gravimetry (subsurface density map)

                Surface Spectroscopy (gamma, infra-red,…)    

        Areology (geology)

                Geologic processes (age of features, volcanism, faulting, erosion, …)

                Mineralogy (distribution, abundance)

II. Mars Spacecraft/Robotic Missions

        Mission Objectives

                Search for Life

                Spaceflight Science

                Resource Mapping

        Mission Planning (and engineering)

                Propulsion

                Power Systems

                Communication

                Exploration Concepts

                Emerging Technologies

                Orbital Mechanics

        Exploration Missions (historical, current, planned)

                Orbital Missions

                Lander Missions

                Robotic Exploration         

III. Mars Human Exploration

        Exploration Transport Systems

                Spacecraft

                Landing

                Return

                Funding

        Training

        Human Factors (and crew considerations)

        Medicine

        In-situ Resources (ISRU)

        Analog Stations  

         MDRS

         FMARS

         HI-SEAS

         Space Station

         Moon Stations  

IV. Mars Human Settlement (planning)

        Settlement Transport Systems 

                Ready for Mars

                SpaceX

        Mission support

        Urban Planning

        Housing

                Infrastructure (assembly, maintenance)

        Air (oxygen extraction, distribution)

        Water (drilling, extraction, distribution)

        Health and Safety (medicine)   

        Communications

        Energy

                Sources

                Distribution

        Storage

        Fuels   

        Agriculture

                Biospherics

                Genetic Engineering

        Mining and Manufacture

                Materials (chemistry & physics)

                Prospecting

                Mining, Refining, Synthesis

                Manufacture

        Terraforming

        Society

                Law

                Philosophy and Ethics

                Commerce  and Economics

                Government      

V. Mars Outreach (for Mars Exploration/Settlement)

    People and Organizations

                Mars Society (organization and processes)

                Explore Mars

                Mars One

                Elon Musk

                Outreach Concepts

                Education

                Political Action

    Information Media

                Marspedia - TMS

                MarsPapers - TMS

                Youtube videos - TMS

                Wikipedia

VI. Mars Arts and Literature

    Science Fiction

         SF Authors/Works

    Nonfiction

         NF Authors/Works

    Essays

    History

             Movies

             Plays

             Music

             Photography

             Art (poster art, ...) 


Notes on Categories

Current version established by Frank C after 4/15/18 Zoom meeting of the Editorial Subcommittee. Categories were modified after extensive suggestions from Subcommittee members.

Version posted 4/15/18 by Frank C after 4/9/18 Zoom meeting of the Editorial Subcommittee. I’ve tried to keep the categories in Title Case, but I added some lower case words in parentheses to make the category more understandable and account for some items that would fall under the category. Exploration categories need work.

Per 4/9/18 discussions on Zoom the Editorial Subcommittee discussed in detail Frank's recent work on categories. We discussed refining it in the following ways:

    •    No more than 3 levels deep.

    •    Use Title Case for all category names.

    •    Use no more than 1-2 words for category names. Spaces are ok.

    •    Make Human Exploration a top-level category and further distinguish it from past robotic missions.


These notes from Frank C - 11/26/2017:

In this listing of categories, I am trying to develop a logical hierarchy. With a logical hierarchy it will be necessary to use categories with a numbering system instead of the ad hoc alphabetical listing within subcategories.

Why a hierarchy?

Marspedia focuses on the human journey to Mars that proceeds in definite steps of exploration, documentation of findings, planning for transportation and settlement, settlement, and the ongoing Martian Society, with Outreach (including Marspedia, itself) - a current focus of this effort.


These notes from Frank C - 11/25/2017:

I split Main:Concepts into :Exploration Concepts and :Settlement Concepts. I’ll have to divide up the subheadings to Concepts later. There is another Main:Settlements category that should be combined with the new :Settlement Concepts.

I moved the Main:Ready for Mars Project to a subcategory under :Missions.

I retitled Main:Resources to :Resources for Information to distinguish it from :Insitu Resources which I’ve added as a category to the :Mars Description category.

I created a :Literature category under Main:Mars Outreach and put :Science Fiction under it.

I created a fifth main category for items that focus on Marspedia itself rather than Mars and I called it Main:Marspedia. Then I moved :Help, and :Questions categories under it.