Describe Offline GTS Distribution
Treat a GTS file as a first-class graph object with segments, profiles, chain heads, opaque frames, codecs, and compaction lineage.
Core Terms
gmeow:GTSDocument, gmeow:GTSProfile, gmeow:GTSSegment
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Examples
Dist Package
- Source:
slices/core/gts/examples/dist-package.ttl - GMEOW terms:
gmeow:Agent,gmeow:Expression,gmeow:GTSDocument,gmeow:GTSSegment,gmeow:OpaqueFrame,gmeow:Work,gmeow:codecZstd,gmeow:contentDigest,gmeow:embodies,gmeow:gtsHeadId - External prefixes:
xsd
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 Blackcat Informatics® Inc. <paudley@blackcatinformatics.ca>
# SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
# Worked example: a two-segment GTS distribution package described
# in GMEOW's own transport vocabulary — the dogfood loop closed. Validates
# in `make validate` against the merged ontology + SHACL (the segment
# shapes demand the composite-identity parts: head, index, profile).
@prefix gmeow: <https://blackcatinformatics.ca/gmeow/> .
@prefix ex: <https://blackcatinformatics.ca/gmeow/examples/> .
@prefix rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> .
@prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> .
# The full WEMI spine the shapes demand: Work ← realizes ← Expression
# ← embodies ← Manifestation (the GTS document and its segments).
ex:gmeow-ontology-work-001
a gmeow:Work ;
rdfs:label "the GMEOW ontology"@en .
ex:gmeow-ontology-expression-001
a gmeow:Expression ;
rdfs:label "the GMEOW ontology, v0.1.0 statement-complete expression"@en ;
gmeow:realizes ex:gmeow-ontology-work-001 ;
# P11: an expression's content lives in a reference system — here the
# (English-labelled) vocabulary expression of the ontology.
gmeow:hasReferenceFrame gmeow:referenceFrameEnglish .
ex:gts-dist-package-001
a gmeow:GTSDocument ;
rdfs:label "gmeow.gts — the dist snapshot, with a music extension appended"@en ;
gmeow:embodies ex:gmeow-ontology-expression-001 ;
gmeow:contentDigest "blake3:0e2f4b8a3c1d5e7f9a0b2c4d6e8f0a1b2c3d4e5f6a7b8c9d0e1f2a3b4c5d6e7f" .
ex:gts-dist-segment-core
a gmeow:GTSSegment ;
rdfs:label "core dist segment"@en ;
gmeow:gtsSegmentOf ex:gts-dist-package-001 ;
gmeow:embodies ex:gmeow-ontology-expression-001 ;
gmeow:gtsSegmentIndex "0"^^xsd:nonNegativeInteger ;
gmeow:gtsHeadId "blake3:929d046b2300eb09424f2d46b07fb793ad97ddde5e9fdb25ebefe245e8da8be8" ;
gmeow:gtsProfile gmeow:gtsProfileDist ;
gmeow:usesTransformCodec gmeow:codecZstd .
ex:gts-dist-segment-music
a gmeow:GTSSegment ;
rdfs:label "appended music-extension segment"@en ;
gmeow:gtsSegmentOf ex:gts-dist-package-001 ;
gmeow:embodies ex:gmeow-ontology-expression-001 ;
gmeow:gtsSegmentIndex "1"^^xsd:nonNegativeInteger ;
gmeow:gtsHeadId "blake3:167704cc2c533090b63ff3bf38b4fcff2bb70b33f996aa22f53025044e310ee8" ;
gmeow:gtsProfile gmeow:gtsProfileGeneric ;
gmeow:usesTransformCodec gmeow:codecZstd .
# A sealed frame: opacity is vantage-relative — transparent to its recipient.
ex:gts-opaque-frame-001
a gmeow:OpaqueFrame ;
rdfs:label "sealed evidence attachment"@en ;
gmeow:opaqueFrameIn ex:gts-dist-segment-core ;
gmeow:opacityReason gmeow:opacityMissingKey ;
gmeow:sealedRecipient ex:agent-archivist-001 .
ex:agent-archivist-001
a gmeow:Agent ;
rdfs:label "the archivist"@en .