Template:Topic

This is the template for all types of Non-Definitional Topics (Descriptive, Normative). This template is to be used for all topics/questions the answers to which are descriptions or prescriptions (it is used by Form:Topic).

It should be called in the following format:

{{Topic
 |Subject= //For first order questions, the subject must be a term registered in the encyclopedia. For higher order questions, the subject can be any lower level non-definitional theory question or theory.
 |Topic Type= {Descriptive, Normative}
 |Subfield= {Ontology, Dynamics, etc.}
 |Heritable= {Yes, No}
 |Question Text Formula= //For heritable questions only.
 |Question Title Formula= //For heritable questions only.
 |Question Title= //Ignored for heritable questions.
 |Question= //For non heritable questions only. For heritable questions, this is available to the editors only to use in cases when the text produced by the formula should be overridden. 
 |Predicate Type= {Text, Term}
 |Predicate=
 |Object Type= {Boolean, Class, Enumeration, Regular Expression, Text}
 |Object Value True= //optional. Used only if Object Type=Boolean
 |Object Value False= //optional. Used only if Object Type=Boolean
 |Object Class= //optional. Used only if Object Type=Class
 |Object Enum Values= //optional. Used only if Object Type=Enumeration
 |Object Regexp= //optional. Used only if Object Type=Regexp
 |Single Answer Text Formula=
 |Multiple Answers Text Formula=
 |Answer Title Formula=
 |Order= //This will be deprecated. The question's order will be calculated from the Subject. If the subject is a term registered in the encyclopedia, then the question is first order. Otherwise, the question's order will be equal to subject's order + 1.  
 |Lower Order Elements= //This will be deprecated. It will be calculated automatically from the subject, object, and predicate. 
 |Description=
 |Authors List=
 |Formulated Year=
 |Academic Events=
 |Prehistory=
 |History=
 |Current View=
 |Parent Topic= //This will be deprecated. It will be calculated automatically in an agent-relative way following the current inheritance hierarchy of that agent. 
 |Related Topics= //This will be deprecated. It will be calculated automatically in an agent-relative way following the current inheritance hierarchy of that agent.
 |Page Status=
 |Editor Notes=
}}

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