Copyright Status
- CURIE:
gmeow:CopyrightStatus - IRI: https://blackcatinformatics.ca/gmeow/CopyrightStatus
- Category: class
- Defined by:
gmeow:slices/rights - Box roles: TBox role (What is this?)
The copyright standing of a work — a VALUE aligned to the RightsStatements.org standardized statements and PREMIS copyright status. Open: a finer-grained statement is a fresh individual.
Structure
Subclass of: gufo:QualityValue
Practical Pattern
Use gmeow:CopyrightStatus 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 copyright-standing axis — the RightsStatements.org / PREMIS statements a work declares via
gmeow:copyrightStatus.
Avoid when
- Avoid minting per-status subclasses (statuses are individuals, Principle 9) and avoid using it for licence or trademark standing; those have their own vocabularies.
How to use
- Reference a seeded value (
gmeow:copyrightStatusInCopyright,gmeow:copyrightStatusPublicDomain, …) fromgmeow:copyrightStatus; mint a fresh individual aligned by reference when a finer RightsStatements.org statement is needed.
Examples
- ex:statusInC a
gmeow:CopyrightStatus; rdfs:label "in copyright"@en.