Expression

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

A realization of a gmeow:Work in a specific language, script, notation, or arrangement. The original-language text, a translation, and an audiobook narration are distinct Expressions of one Work. The realizing language/notation is carried as a reference frame (gmeow:hasReferenceFrame), not as a subclass. Identity changes when the language, notation, or arrangement differs.

Structure

Subclass of: gmeow:CreativeWork

Practical Pattern

Use gmeow:Expression as a specialized kind of gmeow:CreativeWork. 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.

Wemi Novel

• Source: slices/core/creative-works/examples/wemi-novel.ttl
• Examples catalog: open in catalog#example-slices-core-creative-works-examples-wemi-novel

# --- Expressions: two realizations of the one Work (P9-style co-equality — the
#     translation is not a lesser version, just another Expression).
ex:englishText a gmeow:Expression ;
    gmeow:realizes ex:novel .

ex:frenchText a gmeow:Expression ;
    gmeow:realizes ex:novel .

Two Critics

• Source: slices/extensions/affect/examples/two-critics.ttl
• Examples catalog: open in catalog#example-slices-extensions-affect-examples-two-critics

@prefix gmeow: <https://blackcatinformatics.ca/gmeow/> .
@prefix ex:    <https://blackcatinformatics.ca/gmeow/examples/> .
@prefix rdfs:  <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> .



# The minimal WEMI spine the shapes demand (the gts example precedent).
ex:novelWork a gmeow:Work ; rdfs:label "the appraised work"@en .
ex:novelExpression a gmeow:Expression ;
    rdfs:label "the appraised text"@en ;
    gmeow:realizes ex:novelWork .
ex:novel a gmeow:BookRelease ;
    rdfs:label "the appraised release"@en ;
    gmeow:embodies ex:novelExpression .
ex:criticA a gmeow:Person ; rdfs:label "critic A"@en .
ex:criticB a gmeow:Person ; rdfs:label "critic B"@en .

Common Companion Terms

gmeow:CreativeWork

Projects To

External Equivalences

Equivalent or closely aligned targets: fabio, frbr, lrmoo

Linkages

Generated from the canonical mapping DSL. SSSOM files are the generated public interchange form for term equivalences.

Term Equivalences

Projection Coverage

Usage Advice

Use when

• Use when the LANGUAGE, script, notation, or arrangement is what distinguishes this realization from the abstract Work — a translation, an audiobook narration, a score-versus-recording rendition; one tier below Work, one above Manifestation.

Avoid when

• Avoid for the language-neutral abstract creation (that is gmeow:Work) and for an edition/format/release (that is gmeow:Manifestation — a paperback is not a new Expression unless its text differs); carry the realizing language as a frame, never as a subclass (Principle 9).

How to use

• Link to the Work with gmeow:realizes, declare the realizing language/notation with gmeow:hasReferenceFrame (required-frame, P11), and let editions hang below via gmeow:embodiedIn; for music set gmeow:realizationMode rather than splitting into notated/performed subclasses.

Examples

• ex:hamletGermanTranslation a gmeow:Expression; gmeow:realizes ex:hamlet; gmeow:hasReferenceFrame ex:germanLanguage.