Exemplar

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

A citation act that holds something up as an example — positively, negatively, or as a cautionary boundary case. Pins into the cited work via the citation Selector machinery (page, quote, locator) AND/OR names an entity subject (gmeow:exemplarSubject — a character's conduct across a whole work, foundation-corpus coordination): at least one of the two (SHACL). The kernel aboutness axis carries the phase-gate: an exemplar whose span DESCRIBES trust is source material; one whose span ENACTS it is embodiment — same selector, different gmeow:hasAboutness, different anchored range. CiTO alignment arrives free through CitationAct.

Structure

Subclass of: gmeow:CitationAct

Practical Pattern

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

Common Companion Terms

gmeow:CitationAct

Usage Advice

Use when

• Use for a citation act that holds something up as an example — positive, negative, or cautionary — pinned into the cited work by selector and/or naming an entity subject.

Avoid when

• Avoid an exemplar with neither a selector nor a subject (at least one is required — SHACL) and avoid conflating a span that DESCRIBES a quality with one that ENACTS it — the kernel aboutness axis carries that phase-gate.

How to use

• Mint the exemplar (⊑ CitationAct), set its direction with gmeow:exemplarPolarity, pin it via the citation Selector and/or gmeow:exemplarSubject, set gmeow:hasAboutness for describe-vs-enact, and add gmeow:exemplarRationale; CiTO comes free.

Examples

• ex:ex1 a gmeow:Exemplar; gmeow:exemplarPolarity gmeow:polarityPositive; gmeow:exemplarSubject ex:hari.