A safety-signal is a human-made indicator designed to communicate the presence, status, or absence of a safety condition through standardized sensory cues. It takes the form of visual markers (signs, color codes, symbols), auditory devices (alarms, bells), or informational displays that draw attention to safety-relevant states. Persistence is maintained through institutional standardization and regulatory codification — signals are established by safety authorities, reinforced through compliance requirements, and sustained via training and awareness programs. [formal: signum | substrate: mind | horizon: a moment | explicit: yes | epoch: 0.01]
Accepted ontology entry
safety-signal
A safety-signal is a human-made indicator designed to communicate the presence, status, or absence of a safety condition through standardized sensory cues. It takes the form of visual markers (signs, color codes, symbols), auditory devices…
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Why it is in scope
A safety-signal is a human-made indicator designed to communicate the presence, status, or absence of a safety condition through standardized sensory cues. It persists through institutional standardization and regulatory codification — established by safety authorities, enforced via compliance, and sustained through training and awareness programs.
Names and aliases
- safety-signalen · CANONICAL
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- cms9alxlr00ok7skqsg0zm26xINSTANCE_OF →
safety-signal INSTANCE_OF safety-indicator (Law 9). A safety-signal is a specific kind of safety-indicator. Indicator is the broader category (any construct that conveys status information); signal is the narrower (an indicator designed to actively communicate a message — e.g. warning light, alarm tone). Specific→general. Nearest kind confirmed by precheck.
- cmsip7bsg00pinobpjm0rpp62SERVES →
safety-signal is built and maintained for the sake of incident-response: its designed purpose is to alert operators to emerging issues before they become full incidents, serving the overall incident-response lifecycle. Law 8d: servant (safety-signal) points at master (incident-response).
- cmrsb393a00miollhxpcc7bkzINSTANCE_OF →
A safety-signal is a specific kind of signal: a human-made indicator designed to convey information about safety status. The competent-speaker test passes: 'a safety-signal IS a signal.' Files against accepted entry 'signal'.
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- cmsaxr8vb00nc82b6pp1if4ey← INSTANCE_OF
A safety-near-miss is a specific kind of safety-signal: it signals that the system is vulnerable by revealing a failure narrowly avoided. The near-miss serves as an indicator of trending risk.
- cmsb073bm001e3vv30r135o3k← INSTANCE_OF
A safety-interval is a specific kind of safety-signal: tracked time between events serves as an indicator of system health.
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- Aug 1, 2026, 10:46 PM UTC
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