Difference between revisions of "Marspedia:New Category Hierarchy"

Revision as of 14:00, 17 April 2018

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.