Acquaintance Relationship

• CURIE: gmeow:AcquaintanceRelationship
• IRI: https://blackcatinformatics.ca/gmeow/AcquaintanceRelationship
• Category: class
• Defined by: gmeow:slices/contacts
• Box roles: TBox role (What is this?)

An interpersonal relationship of social acquaintance — agents who have met and know one another (the reified form of hasMet).

Structure

Subclass of: gmeow:InterpersonalRelationship

Practical Pattern

Use gmeow:AcquaintanceRelationship as a specialized kind of gmeow:InterpersonalRelationship. Add statement metadata or a standpoint when the assertion needs provenance, confidence, or vantage.

Common Companion Terms

gmeow:InterpersonalRelationship

Usage Advice

Use when

• Use as the reified form of gmeow:hasMet — a social acquaintance tie that must carry its own interval, confidence, or evidence.

Avoid when

• Avoid it for the bare symmetric fact (use gmeow:hasMet) and for a working tie (use gmeow:ProfessionalRelationship).

How to use

• Mint the relator, bind its agents with gmeow:relationshipParty, and carry its span with gmeow:relationshipInterval; it inherits the at-least-one-party axiom from gmeow:InterpersonalRelationship.

Examples

• ex:acq a gmeow:AcquaintanceRelationship; gmeow:relationshipParty ex:lillith, ex:morgan.