Land Tenure

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

The reified, time-scoped fact that a party holds rights over a place — ownership, lease, easement, mortgage, usufruct, or another property right. Bridges the locations module to the rights module by referencing RightsStatement. Distinct from JurisdictionTenure (governance/sovereignty) and RegulatoryOverlay (regulation): LandTenure is about property rights. Contested titles coexist as multiple standpoint-indexed instances, never collapsing to a single winner (Principle 9).

Structure

Subclass of: gmeow:TimeScopedRelation

Practical Pattern

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

Common Companion Terms

gmeow:TimeScopedRelation

External Equivalences

Equivalent or closely aligned targets: cp, ladm

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 to reify a time-scoped property right (ownership, lease, easement, mortgage, usufruct) a party holds over a place, bridging to the rights slice.

Avoid when

• Avoid it for governance (gmeow:JurisdictionTenure) or regulation (gmeow:RegulatoryOverlay), and avoid deleting an expired tenure — keep it with gmeow:displayable false (Principle 10).

How to use

• Mint LandTenure, set gmeow:tenurePlace / gmeow:tenureParty / gmeow:tenureType, reference rights via gmeow:tenureRights, and model joint ownership or contested titles as multiple standpoint-indexed instances (Principle 9).

Examples

• ex:lt a gmeow:LandTenure; gmeow:tenurePlace ex:parcel42; gmeow:tenureParty ex:owner; gmeow:tenureType gmeow:tenureTypeOwnership.