1     Definition 2     Functional Requirements 3     Syntax
4     Semantics 5    Conformance Testing 6     Performance Assessment

Definition

The digital representation of goal orientation and behavioural drive that energises and directs an Entity’s behaviour toward achieving goals or fulfilling needs, for example, hunger, fear, sexual attraction, curiosity, pain, etc.

Functional Requirements

  • Semantic Representation: Encodes the Entity’s goal-oriented drive and underlying reasons for action supporting structured attributes such as:
    • MotivationType: Nature of motivation (e.g., intrinsic, extrinsic).
    • GoalOrientation: Associated goal or objective driving behaviour.
    • PersistenceLevel: Degree of sustained effort (e.g., short-term, long-term).
  • Execution Modifiers: Allows optional parameters that refine how motivation influences behaviour
    • Urgency: Priority level of the motivational drive.
    • Intensity: Strength of motivation (e.g., low, medium, high).
    • TemporalCue: Time-related context for motivation (e.g., “immediate”, “future”).

Alignment and Contextualisation: Supports linkage to other Entity State components

    • Beliefs: Motivation should align or conflict with beliefs.
    • Desires: Motivation should reinforce or prioritize desires.
    • CognitiveState: Motivation may vary based on mental disposition.
  • Confidence Scoring: Includes a numeric confidence score representing certainty in motivation inference or assignment (range: 0.0–1.0).
  • Traceability: Includes a Trace object with
    • Origin: The Entity or AIM that inferred or assigned the motivation.
    • Timestamp: Time of motivation creation or update.
  • Uniqueness and Referencing: Provides a globally unique MotivationID for runtime referencing, logging, and chaining with related intents or actions.

Syntax

https://schemas.mpai.community/MMC/V2.5/data/Motivation.json

Semantics

Label Description
Header Motivation Header
– Standard‑MTV The characters “MMC‑EMT-V” marking the Motivation data type family.
– Version Major version – 1 or 2 characters.
– Dot‑separator The character “.” separating version components.
– Subversion Minor version – 1 or 2 characters.
MotivationID Unique identifier for the Motivation instance.
MotivationData Unified Motivation object integrating all fields below.
– Type Canonical motivation category (e.g., goal‑seeking, avoidance, affiliation).
– Subtype Specific motivational subclass (e.g., information‑acquisition, safety‑seeking).
–– goal-seeking “achieve_target”, “maximize_gain”, “reach_milestone”, “complete_task”
–– avoidance “reduce_risk”, “prevent_error”, “avoid_conflict, minimise_stress”,
–– socialisation “connect_socially”, “align_team”, accept_member, build_relationship
–– learning “explore_information”, “learn_new_skill”, discover_novelty, test_hypothesis
–– control “assert_authority”, “maintain_order”, “optimise_process”
–– validation “seek_feedback”, “gain_recognition”, “confirm_belief”, “prove_capability”
– Intensity (of the Motivation) Numeric score (0.0–1.0).
– Trace Metadata concerning creation.
—— Origin Module or subsystem that registered the Motivation.
—— Timestamp Time of this Motivation instance.
DescrMetadata Additional descriptive metadata for extensibility (annotations, overrides, etc.).

5     Conformance Testing

A Data instance Conforms with MPAI-MMC Motivation (MMC-EMT) if:

  1.  Its JSON Object validates against its JSON Schema.
  2. Any included  JSON Object validates against its JSON Schema.
  3. All Data in the JSON Object:
    1. Have the specified Data Types.
    2. Conform with the Qualifiers signaled in their JSON Schemas.

6     Performance Assessment