contextswhen
Contextswhen is a term used in logic and knowledge representation to describe the set of contexts in which a proposition, rule, or action is applicable. It emphasizes the conditional nature of applicability across varying situational factors by combining the notions of context and temporal or situational condition.
Formalization often represents contextswhen as a predicate or operator that takes a context C and a statement
Examples include access control policies such as contextswhen(role = 'admin') enabling privileged operations, or a conversational agent
Applications span policy engines, context-aware computing, planning, and interactive agents. contextswhen supports modular reasoning by separating
Relation to related concepts includes modal logic, context calculus, and contextual predicates. contextswhen differs by explicitly
Challenges include defining stable, unambiguous contexts, handling dynamic or overlapping contexts, and efficiently evaluating contexts in