# Context-Sensitive **Trait Number:** 31 **Layer:** Social **Bit Position:** 7 (bit 31 overall) **Binary Encoding:** `00000000 00000000 00000000 00000010` **UHT Code (self-encoding):** `00 00 00 02` --- # Icon ![[Icon31.png|200]] ## Definition The entity’s meaning, function, or appropriateness **depends on external or situational conditions**. It responds to or is interpreted through context — environmental, cultural, social, or systemic. --- ## When to Apply Use this trait when the entity: - **Changes behavior or interpretation based on context** - Has **variable meaning or use** across situations or roles - Operates meaningfully only **within a frame or setting** Avoid applying if the entity: - Is **invariant, context-free, or always the same** - Does not respond to or require framing conditions - Is **purely self-contained or rigid in function** --- ## Related Traits - [[00 00 01 00 Contextual abstraction]] — Trait 24 is abstract; 31 is socially situational. - [[00 00 00 04 Visible]] — Context may govern when/where visibility matters. - [[00 00 00 08 Teachable or Transmissible]] — Context can affect teachability. --- ## Examples - A culturally dependent gesture or idiom - A software feature that adapts by user role or environment - A policy applied differently by location or scenario - A personal title (e.g., “Doctor”) used only in formal settings - A language translation that changes based on usage context - A warning sign that is only active under certain conditions --- ## Commentary Context-sensitivity encodes **semantic dependence on setting**. It marks entities that are **not fully defined in isolation**, but gain identity or behavior through surrounding conditions. This is especially important in **adaptive systems, cultural modeling, interface logic, policy design, and UX**. Model this trait when meaning, access, or response **shifts depending on situation**. --- **© 2025 Steven Holland. All rights reserved.** [[Copyright Statement]]