LEAP goal

Belongs to LEAP 2.0 > classes

Working definition
Describes a future state of the world which is desired by the portfolio holder, where the holder's potential actions have some bearing on whether it happens or not.

Explanation
Can be related to lesser goals as subgoals, or (a) greater goal(s) to which the current goal is a subgoal.

Examples

 * A target to write a paper by a near-future date
 * The goal of being certified as competent in a certain skill by a certain date
 * To travel more
 * To see a total solar eclipse one day
 * To have 5 GCSEs
 * To have a PhD
 * To be certified as competent in a certain skill on a certain date
 * To be appointed as CEO to (a company)
 * To be awarded a knighthood
 * To walk across the Sahara desert
 * To get the garden looking nice
 * To own a Rolls Royce
 * To pay off one's mortgage
 * To learn unicycling and how to juggle with 5 balls
 * (myriads more on 43 Things)

Alternative terms, with nuances of meaning

 * Goal - any kind of desired future state of affairs, the realisation of which is affected by a person's actions. If the person didn't see their actions as being the determining factor in the outcome, one might better refer to something as a "wish".
 * Target - tends to be a specific controllable goal; may have "SMART" attributes.
 * Milestone - perhaps used to note intermediate achievements while working towards a greater goal or target.

What it is not

 * An activity: if goals have a date, it is either a target date or pair of dates (earliest and latest) by which the desired state is planned to be reached in the future. Planned activities have twice as many dates. To complete a (difficult) activity could be seen as a goal. Being selected to undertake an activity for which there is competition for places could be someone's goal. Activities can be in progress or ongoing: goals never are.
 * A LEAP achievement, though it should be closely related to the achievement resulting from pursuit of the goal: if the goal has been reached successfully, the pattern of the achievement satisfies the pattern of the goal. What is actually achieved as a result of pursuing a goal may be different from the goal originally envisaged; but it may nonetheless be an achievement in its own right.

Predicates
See the notes on LEAP triples for an explanation of what forms of triples there are, and how they are represented here.
 * Particular "Inherited" predicates are given to clarify their likely meaning for this class.
 * "Direct" predicates are those where this class is in the domain of the predicate (but its superclass is not).
 * "Inverse" predicates, if given for reference, are those where the class is in the range, but not the domain, of the predicate.
 * "=" means the predicate expects a literal object: the type of literal may be specified here.
 * "&rarr;" means the predicate expects an object URL referring to an instance of the given class(es).
 * "&larr;" is used for inverse predicates, and means that triples may exist with instances of the given class(es) as subject and this class as object.

Inherited
Particular predicates from item:
 * contribution by &rarr; whoever will help towards the goal in any way (narrative or link)
 * follows &rarr; another LEAP goal at the same level, both sub-goals of the same greater goal
 * precedes &rarr; another LEAP goal at the same level, both sub-goals of the same greater goal
 * presented by &rarr; a LEAP entry or LEAP resource, where the goal is the main topic
 * supported by &rarr; e.g. a LEAP plan to achieve it, or activities which were or will be undertaken in pursuit of it

Direct

 * (coverage = plain text note of the envisaged place and time of the goal's achievement -- prefer spatial and temporal)
 * (date ref = date or time at which it is planned to achieve it -- prefer end or target)
 * end = date or time at which it is currently set to be achieved (can move relatively easily)
 * end earliest = earliest date or time at which it is envisaged to achieve it
 * end latest = latest date or time at which it is envisaged to achieve it
 * first &rarr; the principal sub-LEAP goal part, if any
 * has collaborator &rarr; any LEAP agent who shares in the very same goal (not just the same form of goal like 43 things)
 * has part &rarr; sub-LEAP goal
 * has pattern &rarr; LEAP pattern e.g. of the abilities to be demonstrated by it
 * intent = the reason for having it
 * is part of, &rarr; super-LEAP goal
 * spatial = where it will (or may) be achieved
 * target = date or time which was set for its achievement (relatively static)
 * (temporal = plain text note of when it will (or may) be achieved -- prefer date ref)

Inverse

 * is pattern of &larr; LEAP pattern

Subclasses
none

IMS EP
See the eP spec as a whole or the Goal class definition.

43 Things
See 43 Things. Things are goals, when you mark them with "I've done this" they become achievements.

Now they have added a new facility for adding dates to goals which brings 43 things goals towards the consensus position here.

HR-XML
Surprisingly perhaps, I can't find anywhere in HR-XML to record any (work-related or other) goals, ambitions or aspirations.

Existing places information held
See LEAP2A plan

Blog post (any blog tool)
A blog entry describing in narrative form a goal. Available as atom:entry or rss:item.

Calendaring and scheduling systems
Including iCal, Outlook, Exchange Server. Is a "TODO" the same as a goal?

LUSID
LUSID had goals, which are the same as achievements, except for one flag.

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Issues
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