Item

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

A single exemplar of a gmeow:Manifestation — one copy. An InformationObject; a physical copy is linked via gmeow:hasCarrier to a gmeow:PhysicalObject, keeping informational identity distinct from the physical carrier. Library circulation/holdings detail is out of scope for this base (carrier hook only). Identity changes when you hold a different physical or digital copy.

Structure

Subclass of: gmeow:CreativeWork

Practical Pattern

Use gmeow:Item 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

# --- Item: one exemplar — a specific physical copy of the hardback.
ex:libraryCopy a gmeow:Item ;
    gmeow:exemplifies ex:hardback .

Common Companion Terms

gmeow:CreativeWork

External Equivalences

Equivalent or closely aligned targets: bibframe, fabio, frbr, lrmoo

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 for ONE specific copy — the signed first edition on this shelf, a single loaned audiobook download; the bottom WEMI tier, where a physical carrier and copy-level provenance attach.

Avoid when

• Avoid when speaking of the edition in general (that is gmeow:Manifestation — 'the 2003 paperback' as a type is not an Item); do not model library circulation/holdings here (out of scope for this base), and keep the physical substrate on the carrier, not the Item.

How to use

• Link to its Manifestation with gmeow:exemplifies and, for a material copy, attach the physical substrate with gmeow:hasCarrier to a gmeow:PhysicalObject — born-digital Items may omit the carrier (Principle 11).

Examples

• ex:myCopy a gmeow:Item; gmeow:exemplifies ex:penguin2003; gmeow:hasCarrier ex:wornPaperbackVolume.