Criterion Pole

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

A NAMED extreme of a criterion — a small information object carrying its own label and definition. Poles are content, not numbers: 'Power from the Bottom' names what the high end rewards; 'Passive Victimhood' names what the low end penalizes. The numeric mapping lives on the scale and anchors.

Structure

Subclass of: gmeow:InformationObject

Practical Pattern

Use gmeow:CriterionPole as a specialized kind of gmeow:InformationObject. Add statement metadata or a standpoint when the assertion needs provenance, confidence, or vantage.

Common Companion Terms

gmeow:InformationObject

Usage Advice

Use when

• Use for a named extreme of a criterion — a small information object with its own label and definition naming what one end rewards or penalizes.

Avoid when

• Avoid reducing a pole to a bare number (the numeric mapping lives on gmeow:ScoreScale and gmeow:ScoreAnchor) and avoid reusing the same pole for both ends — reward and penalty poles must differ (SHACL).

How to use

• Mint each pole with its own label and definition, then attach it to a criterion via gmeow:rewardPole or gmeow:penaltyPole.

Examples

• ex:powerFromBottom a gmeow:CriterionPole; rdfs:label "Power from the Bottom"@en.