Marspedia:New Category Hierarchy

This is the current version of the Category hierarchy for Marspedia. Thanks to Frank Crossman for this proposal.

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.

Definitions of Top-Level Categories

All categories for Marspedia will roll up into the following 5 top-level categories:

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

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 Planetary Science

    Astronomy

        Solar System

        Orbit

        Moons - Natural Satellites

        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 Exploratory Missions

    Mission Objectives

        Search for Life

        Spaceflight Science

        Resource Mapping

    Mission Planning (and engineering)

        Propulsion

        Power Systems

        Communication

        Exploration Concepts

        Emerging Technologies

        Orbital Mechanics

    Historical Exploration Missions

        Orbital Missions

        Lander Missions

        Robotic Exploration                

III. Mars Human Exploration

    Mission Concepts

        Spacecraft

        Landing

        Return

        Funding

        In-situ Resources Utilization (ISRU)

    Human Exploration

        Training

        Human Factors (and crew considerations)

        Medicine

        In-situ Resources Mapping

        Analog Stations (MDRS, FMARS,…)     

        Space Station

        Moon Missions    

IV. Mars Human Settlement

    Transport Systems planning

        Ready for Mars

        SpaceX

        Mission support

    Planning Concepts

        Economics

        Settlement Human Factors

        Resource Extraction

        Housing

        Infrastructure

        Safety    

        Communications

        Terraforming

    Energy

        Sources

        Distribution    

    Agriculture

        Biospherics

        Genetic Engineering

    Mining and Manufacture

        Materials (chemistry & physics)

        Prospecting

        Mining

        Refining

        Synthesis

        Manufacture

        3D printing

    Society

        Law

        Philosophy and Ethics

        Commerce                            

V. Mars Outreach (for Mars Exploration/Settlement)

    People and Organizations

        Mars Society (organization and processes)

        Outreach Concepts

        Education

        Political Action

    Information Media

        Marspedia - TMS

        MarsPapers - TMS

        Youtube videos - TMS

        Wikipedia

    Literature

        Science Fiction

        Nonfiction

        Essays

        History

    The Arts

        Movies

        Plays

        Music

        Photography

        Art (poster art)

Notes on Categories

Current version established 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.

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.