Agent

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

An entity that can act, bear responsibility, and enter into agreements: a person, an organization, or a software agent.

Structure

Subclass of: gmeow:Entity, gufo:FunctionalComplex

Practical Pattern

Use gmeow:Agent as a specialized kind of gmeow:Entity, gufo:FunctionalComplex. Add statement metadata or a standpoint when the assertion needs provenance, confidence, or vantage.

Example Snippets

These snippets are generated from canonical slice examples and trimmed to the Turtle blocks where this term appears.

Ai Inference Regime

• Source: slices/core/awareness/examples/ai-inference-regime.ttl
• Examples catalog: open in catalog#example-slices-core-awareness-examples-ai-inference-regime

@prefix gmeow: <https://blackcatinformatics.ca/gmeow/> .
@prefix ex:    <https://blackcatinformatics.ca/gmeow/examples/awareness/> .
@prefix rdfs:  <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> .
@prefix xsd:   <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> .



# --- The machine experiencer. An AI agent is a gmeow:Agent like any other.
ex:lillith a gmeow:Agent ;
    rdfs:label "Lillith (AI agent)"@en .

Sleep Episode

• Source: slices/core/awareness/examples/sleep-episode.ttl
• Examples catalog: open in catalog#example-slices-core-awareness-examples-sleep-episode

@prefix gmeow: <https://blackcatinformatics.ca/gmeow/> .
@prefix ex:    <https://blackcatinformatics.ca/gmeow/examples/awareness/> .
@prefix rdfs:  <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> .
@prefix xsd:   <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> .



# --- The experiencer.
ex:lillith a gmeow:Agent ;
    rdfs:label "Lillith"@en .

Common Companion Terms

gmeow:Entity

Projects To

External Equivalences

Equivalent or closely aligned targets: foaf, ladm, prov, sosa, wd

Linkages

Generated from the canonical mapping DSL. SSSOM files are the generated public interchange form for term equivalences.

Term Equivalences

Projection Coverage

Usage Advice

Use when

• Use for the bearer of action, responsibility, authorship, agreement, or trust — the domain of contribution, attestation, and provenance roles whenever the participant is a person, organization, or software agent.

Avoid when

• Avoid for things that are merely acted upon or that carry information without acting (use PhysicalObject or InformationObject); avoid asserting bare gmeow:Agent when Person or Organization is meant.

How to use

• Type the participant as Agent (or a Person/Organization specialization) and link it through role relators — contribution, attribution, party-to-agreement — rather than flattening agency into a single attribute.

Examples

• ex:lillith a gmeow:Agent; gmeow:hasName ex:lillithName.