Inference Mode

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

The Peircean mode of an inference — a closed-but-open value vocabulary (individuals, never subclasses; the gmeow:StandpointModality idiom): gmeow:modeDeduction, gmeow:modeInduction, gmeow:modeAbduction, gmeow:modeAnalogical. The mode rides as a gmeow:inferenceMode value on the claim (or gmeow:inferenceModeOf on the commitment), never as a subclass of gmeow:InferenceCommitment (Principle 9: no overtyping). The modes differ by warrant and default modality, not by subsumption.

Structure

Subclass of: gufo:QualityValue

Practical Pattern

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