Determinacy

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

The model of ontic determinacy or indeterminacy for a value — whether it is inherently crisp, vague, fuzzy, probabilistic, or disputed. Distinct from epistemic confidence (how sure we are of a claim); determinacy records the nature of the value itself. Applies universally: a gender may be fuzzy, a date approximate, a boundary vague, a SLAM cell probabilistic, a contested fact disputed.

Structure

Subclass of: gufo:QualityValue

Practical Pattern

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

External Equivalences

Equivalent or closely aligned targets: bfo, gufo

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 as the value vocabulary for the ontic-determinacy axis — the closed-ish set of models (crisp, vague, fuzzy, probabilistic, disputed) a value may declare through gmeow:hasDeterminacy.

Avoid when

• Avoid conflating it with epistemic confidence or with sensitivity; determinacy is about the nature of the value itself, an axis orthogonal to how sure or how sensitive it is (Principle 9).

How to use

• Reference the seeded gmeow:Determinacy individuals from a value via gmeow:hasDeterminacy; extend the vocabulary with new individuals rather than subclasses if a domain needs a finer model.

Examples

• ex:determinacyFuzzy a gmeow:Determinacy.