Cryptographic Key

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

A public key, certificate, or key material bound to an agent's identity — the thing a signature is made with and a certification vouches for.

Structure

Subclass of: gmeow:InformationObject

Practical Pattern

Use gmeow:CryptographicKey as a specialized kind of gmeow:InformationObject. 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.

Web Of Trust

• Source: slices/core/trust/examples/web-of-trust.ttl
• Examples catalog: open in catalog#example-slices-core-trust-examples-web-of-trust

ex:aliceKey a gmeow:CryptographicKey ;
    gmeow:keyScheme    gmeow:keySchemePGP ;
    gmeow:keyAlgorithm "ed25519" ;
    gmeow:fingerprint  "ABCD 1234 EF56 7890 ABCD 1234 EF56 7890 ABCD 1234" ;
    gmeow:keyId        "0xEF567890" .

ex:bobKey a gmeow:CryptographicKey ;
    gmeow:keyScheme   gmeow:keySchemePGP ;
    gmeow:fingerprint "EF01 5678 ABCD 1234 EF01 5678 ABCD 1234 EF01 5678" .

Common Companion Terms

gmeow:InformationObject

External Equivalences

Equivalent or closely aligned targets: wd, wot

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 model a public key, certificate, or key material as a first-class entity that an agent holds, a certification vouches for, and a signature is made with — across OpenPGP, X.509, SSH, or Nostr.

Avoid when

• Avoid for the binding of a key to an identity (that is gmeow:Certification) and for an act of signing (that is gmeow:CryptographicSignature); the key is the material, not the attestation or the signature it produces.

How to use

• Mint the key, name its format with the functional gmeow:keyScheme, carry source-variable identifiers (gmeow:fingerprint, gmeow:keyId, gmeow:keyMaterial, gmeow:keyAlgorithm, gmeow:keyExpiresAt) non-functionally, and link it to its holder with gmeow:holdsKey and to an account with gmeow:accountKey.

Examples

• ex:lillithKey a gmeow:CryptographicKey; gmeow:keyScheme gmeow:keySchemePGP; gmeow:fingerprint "A1B2...".