Life Event

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

An event in the life of a person or family — a birth, death, marriage, christening, name change, and so on — to which sources and confidence can be attached. A thin, person-scoped phase of gmeow:Event (NOT a type taxonomy): the specific kind is a gmeow:eventType value (gmeow:eventTypeBirth, …). The seam joining the names module to the event spine: gmeow:conferredByEvent ranges over it.

Structure

Subclass of: gmeow:Event

Practical Pattern

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

Common Companion Terms

gmeow:Event

External Equivalences

Equivalent or closely aligned targets: wd

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 a person- or family-scoped occurrence (birth, death, marriage, christening, name change) that genealogical sources and confidence attach to, and as the range a name-conferring gmeow:conferredByEvent points at.

Avoid when

• Avoid for non-life occurrences (a software release or a survey is a plain gmeow:Event or gmeow:Activity), and never read it as a kind taxonomy — the specific kind is still a gmeow:eventType value, not a LifeEvent subclass.

How to use

• Type the occurrence gmeow:LifeEvent, give it the kind via gmeow:eventType (gmeow:eventTypeBirth / gmeow:eventTypeMarriage / …), and attach the principal as a gmeow:Participation with gmeow:roleParticipantPrincipal when role and evidence matter.

Examples

• ex:birth a gmeow:LifeEvent; gmeow:eventType gmeow:eventTypeBirth; gmeow:hasParticipant ex:child.