Copyright

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

The reified copyright over a work — binding the work, its holder(s), the copyright year and the human-readable notice. Its status (in-copyright, public-domain, …) is a gmeow:copyrightStatus value aligned to RightsStatements.org / PREMIS.

Structure

Subclass of: gufo:Relator

Practical Pattern

Use gmeow:Copyright as a specialized kind of gufo:Relator. 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.

Licensed Dataset

• Source: slices/core/rights/examples/licensed-dataset.ttl
• Examples catalog: open in catalog#example-slices-core-rights-examples-licensed-dataset

# --- Flat copyright fact.
ex:copyright a gmeow:Copyright ;
    gmeow:copyrightWork   ex:dataset ;
    gmeow:copyrightHolder ex:researcher ;
    gmeow:copyrightYear   "2026"^^xsd:gYear ;
    gmeow:copyrightStatus gmeow:copyrightStatusInCopyright .

External Equivalences

Equivalent or closely aligned targets: premis, wd

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 to reify the copyright over a work when its holder(s), year, notice, or RightsStatements.org/PREMIS status must be recorded as a first-class relator.

Avoid when

• Avoid for the deontic rule layer (who-may-do-what is a gmeow:RightsStatement) and avoid duplicating it as a parallel holder model — holder attribution reuses gmeow:wasAttributedTo via gmeow:copyrightHolder.

How to use

• Mint one Copyright, bind it to the work with gmeow:copyrightWork, attribute holders with gmeow:copyrightHolder, carry gmeow:copyrightYear and gmeow:copyrightNotice, and set gmeow:copyrightStatus to a RightsStatements.org-aligned value; link from the work with gmeow:hasCopyright.

Examples

• ex:reportCopyright a gmeow:Copyright; gmeow:copyrightWork ex:report; gmeow:copyrightHolder ex:blackcat; gmeow:copyrightYear "2026".

Use For Consumers

• gmeow:consumerPublicSite
• gmeow:consumerSchemaOrgJsonLd
• gmeow:consumerWikidata