Contribution Degree

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

The degree or weight of a contribution — a VALUE vocabulary (individuals, never subclasses) characterizing a gmeow:Contribution. Lead, equal, and supporting are the canonical seeds; the set is open.

Structure

Subclass of: gufo:QualityValue

Practical Pattern

Use gmeow:ContributionDegree 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 open value vocabulary for the weight of a credit — lead, equal, or supporting — characterizing a gmeow:Contribution and projecting to CRediT degree qualifiers.

Avoid when

• Avoid minting a subclass for a new degree (degrees are individuals on an open vocabulary) and avoid using it for the CITATION's purpose (that is gmeow:CitationIntent); degree weights credit, intent types citation.

How to use

• Reference a seeded gmeow:degree* individual from a contribution's degree property; extend by minting a new individual with rdfs:label and skos:definition, mapped to a CRediT degree by reference.

Examples

• ex:credit gmeow:contributionDegree gmeow:degreeLead.