occurare
Occurare is a theoretical framework and, in some depictions, a software platform for modeling and analyzing occurrences of events within texts, data streams, and datasets. It treats an occurrence as a concrete instantiation of an event, marked by a time, place, and participants, allowing precise temporal localization and cross-source alignment. The term is used in speculative and academic contexts to illustrate how event data can be structured and queried.
Etymology: The name combines occur- from Latin occurre (to meet, happen) with -are, a common suffix in
Core concepts and architecture: At its core, Occurare differentiates between events (types) and occurrences (instances). Primary
Applications: In digital humanities, Occurare supports cross-source alignment of historical events. In journalism and compliance, it
History and reception: The concept emerged in speculative literature and early academic proposals in the 2010s
See also: Event extraction, temporal databases, knowledge graph, narrative reasoning, data provenance.