Authority Level

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

The claimed authority grade of a norm within its issuing system — an ordered value vocabulary (absolute ≻ high ≻ medium ≻ conditional), the kernel GranularityLevel pattern. The ordering is carried by gmeow:strongerThan on the LEVELS; what the ordering does to conflicting norms is solver work over recorded precedence claims, never a reasoner entailment (Principle 12).

Structure

Subclass of: gufo:QualityValue

Practical Pattern

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

Usage Advice

Use when

• Use as the ordered value vocabulary for the authority-grade axis — the seeded levels (absolute ≻ high ≻ medium ≻ conditional) a norm claims via gmeow:hasAuthorityLevel.

Avoid when

• Avoid minting per-level subclasses (levels are individuals) and avoid treating the ordering as a reasoner entailment over norms — level comparison resolving conflicts is solver work (Principle 12).

How to use

• Reference the seeded levels from a norm via gmeow:hasAuthorityLevel and order them with gmeow:strongerThan on the levels; extend the ladder by minting a fresh individual ordered into it.

Examples

• ex:authorityStatutory a gmeow:AuthorityLevel; gmeow:strongerThan gmeow:authorityMedium.