Contribution Role

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

The role an agent played in contributing to a creative work — a VALUE vocabulary (individuals, never subclasses). Author, editor, translator, illustrator, narrator, composer, performer, director, photographer, and cover-artist are examples; the set is open.

Structure

Subclass of: gufo:QualityValue

Practical Pattern

Use gmeow:ContributionRole 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 value vocabulary for the role of a credit — referenced by gmeow:contributionRole inside a Contribution, spanning creative, CRediT research, and software roles.

Avoid when

• Avoid encoding roles as Contribution subclasses or as bespoke properties (Principle 9) and avoid using it for the weight of a credit (that is gmeow:ContributionDegree).

How to use

• Reference a seeded gmeow:ContributionRole individual from gmeow:contributionRole; extend with new role individuals (not subclasses) when a domain needs one.

Examples

• gmeow:roleTranslator a gmeow:ContributionRole.