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, …) from gmeow: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.