Marspedia:New Category Hierarchy

This is the proposed Category hierarchy for Marspedia. Thanks to Frank Crossman for this proposal.

Definitions of Top-Level Categories

All categories for Marspedia will roll up into the following 4 top-level categories:

I. Mars - physical description of the planet; all the science data that is collected
II. Mars Exploration - (orbiter, lander, rover, human) - the missions in detail including human mission plans.
III. Human Settlement of Mars - including plans & concepts, philosophical/ethical considerations, and mars analogue research
IV. Advocacy for Mars Exploration/Settlement - all of the Mars Society, Marspedia organizational info, Political action, and Education/Public Outreach will go here.

Specific Hierarchy

Here is a new outline format for all categories. I’ve added a few subcategories as examples of details that don’t exist yet. 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. All of this needs further organization and here is one more attempt at that.

I. Mars
- Science Data
  - Atmospheric
    - Pressure
    - Composition
  - Hydrologic
  - Gravimetric
  - Elevation
  - Infrared spectra
  - Gamma spectra
- Astronomical Description
  - Solar System
  - Orbit
  - Moons - Natural Satellites
- Climate
  - Seasons
  - Weather
    - Temperature
    - Wind
- Images
  - Areotagged and labeled
- Maps
  - Areography (Geography)
  - Areology (Geology)
  - Elevation contours
  - Place Names
    - Regions
    - Craters
    - Volcanoes
    - Canyons
  - Areocoordinates
- Time Measures
  - Calendars
  - Sols
  - Year

II. Mars Exploration
- Missions
  - Orbital Missions
  - Lander Missions
  - Robotic Exploration
  - Human Exploration
    - Human Factors and Crew Considerations
    - Medicine
- Science Mission Objectives
  - The Search for Life on Mars
  - Spaceflight Science
  - Mapping of resources
- Mars mission planning and engineering
  - Propulsion and power systems
  - Communication
  - Exploration Concepts
  - Emerging Technologies
  - Orbital Mechanics
- Utilizing Martian Resources for Exploration
- Mission Funding
  - Private or Commercial
  - Government Exploration

III. Human Settlement of Mars
- Transport Systems planning
  - Ready for Mars Project
  - SpaceX
  - Mission support
- Human Settlement planning
  - Funding
    - Private or Commmerical Sponsored
    - Government sponsored
  - Settlement Human Factors
  - Utilizing Martian Resources for Settlement
    - Chemistry
    - Physics
    - Materials
  - Permanent Settlement planning and engineering
    - Communications infrastructure
    - Agriculture
    - Biospherics
    - Safety and Hazards
    - Housing
    - Infrastructure
    - Terraforming
  - Analog Mars research and research stations
- Martian Society
  - Law and society
  - Philosophical, ethical and societal implications
  - Economics
    - Commerce

IV. Outreach for Mars Exploration/Settlement
- Mars Society organization and processes
  - Marspedia Help
  - Marspedia questions
- People and Organizations
- Resources for Information
- Political action
- Education and public outreach
- Literature
  - Science Fiction
  - Nonfiction
  - Essays
  - History
- Media
  - MarsPapers - TMS
  - Youtube videos - TMS
- The Arts
  - Movies
  - Plays
  - Music
  - Photography
  - Art
    - Poster art

Notes on Categories

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.