Classifications are instrumental in measuring the condition of ecosystems, economies, etc.
Template
The clarification for the fields in the template is given in the Interaction template (Actant Dictionary).
| Name |
Classification |
| Domain |
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| Target Outcome |
— |
| Social actors and roles |
the analyst |
| Trigger or preceding interaction |
Determination of the population (of entities); Definition of the classes. |
| Interfaces and services |
Class and hierarchy definitions in a taxonomy. Examples include the classifications maintained by United Nations Statistics Division |
| Inputs and outputs |
input: an ecosystem with variations in the population (members); a taxonomy output: for each member of the population, class membership is known. |
| Stores and tools |
Definition of the classification criteria for a population of entities with similarities. |
| Other characteristics |
| Part of |
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| Parts |
Taxonomy definition and maintenance |
| Succeeding Interactions |
Some form of analytic observation on the members of the population. |
| Alternatives |
— |
| Action Realm |
Monitoring & Evaluation |
| Risks |
That the classification does not include sufficient meaningful distinctions of the ecosystem's population/activities. For instance, until 2007, the Harmonised System did not include bambooproducts (Fine-tuning classification systems to products and economic activities of the south) (see also Trade). |
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| Further reading |
Classification (Wikipedia) |
Because interactions are defined or described as patterns, their realization will require the involvement of entities or continuants: pattern ''parameters'' are bound to entities in the so-called real site work system (see the figure at Regulative Cycle), and bind:
- roles to macro or meso-level actors (stakeholders) in a country, a city, or to pico, micro or meso-level actors (stakeholders) in a sector;
- resources to resources (entities) accessible to the actors (stakeholders), for instance information available in the languages mastered by them (language options in the entity dictionary). Note that existing resource gaps for many stakeholders may make problematic the achievement of the intended interaction ''outcome'', or it may distort the cost-benefit equation.
Moreover, interactions can be bound together in variable ways, to create variants and achieve fit of the interaction to the situation, as indicated in the occurrent binding options. The Multisystemic therapy's First Principle (Finding the Fit) and the supporting distinction between the treatment model and the evidence-based treatment clarifies the utility of the variant creation.
Generalization is used with the meaning explained in Generalizations (Geometric) (Wikipedia).
Position of Classification among the interactions: