Appellation

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

A name as an information object borne by an entity — a person's name, a filename, a place name, an organization name. It carries the surface form (gmeow:fullName) and the structured parts (gmeow:hasNamePart); who uses it, toward whom, in what register and over what period is carried by gmeow:NameUsage. The universal superclass reconciling the scattered naming terms. Multiple appellations on one entity are CO-EQUAL — none is canonical or 'primary'.

Structure

Subclass of: gmeow:InformationObject, ontolex:LexicalEntry

Practical Pattern

Use gmeow:Appellation as a specialized kind of gmeow:InformationObject, ontolex:LexicalEntry. Add statement metadata or a standpoint when the assertion needs provenance, confidence, or vantage.

Common Companion Terms

gmeow:InformationObject

External Equivalences

Equivalent or closely aligned targets: ontolex

Linkages

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

Term Equivalences

Usage Advice

Use when

• Use as the universal name-object umbrella when bearing a name on any entity and a more specific kind (PersonName, PlaceName, Filename) does not apply, or when modelling a name's surface form and structured parts independently of who uses it.

Avoid when

• Avoid typing a name-bearing fact's CONTEXT here (audience, register, period live on gmeow:NameUsage) and avoid bare gmeow:Appellation when a specific subkind fits; never treat one of an entity's many appellations as canonical or primary.

How to use

• Mint one Appellation per co-equal name, give it gmeow:fullName plus gmeow:nameLanguage, decompose into typed gmeow:NamePart, and bear it with gmeow:hasAppellation (or a subkind property); promote to a gmeow:NameUsage only when audience, register, or evidence must be first-class.

Examples

• ex:gennyAunt a gmeow:Appellation; gmeow:fullName "Aunt Genny"; gmeow:hasNamePart ex:gennyGiven.